10 Actors You Never Knew Were Child Stars

3. Paul Walker

Monster_02 Lately, this heartthrob has been paying his bills with the surprisingly lucrative Fast and the Furious franchise. Back in the 90s, he was often cast as an attractive but somewhat dopey high school jock, as we saw in She's All That, Pleasantville, and Varsity Blues. But before he achieved Tiger Beat pin-up status, this blond-haired, blue-eyed California native was a pretty successful child actor. He began appearing in commercials as a toddler, and got his first film role in a horror movie parody called Monster in the Closet at the age of 12. Throughout the 80s and early 90s, he got steady work in television, appearing on shows like Who's the Boss? and Charles in Charge.
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