logo
youtube.com/Movieclips Classic Trailers  // Wikimedia Commons
youtube.com/Movieclips Classic Trailers // Wikimedia Commons

Jake Lloyd Who Played Little Jamie Langston in 'Jingle All the Way' Is Now 30 and Looks Unrecognizable

Rebelander Basilan
Dec 22, 2019
07:30 P.M.

Jake Lloyd, who got his big break playing Jamie Langston in "Jingle All the Way," is all grown up and looking very different.

Advertisement

Lloyd will probably always be remembered as his lovable character on the hit 1996 American Christmas family comedy "Jingle All the Way."

But he's not a little boy anymore, and he looks unrecognizable.

Jake Lloyd at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 2, 2010. | Photo: Luigi Novi / Wikimedia Commons

Jake Lloyd at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 2, 2010. | Photo: Luigi Novi / Wikimedia Commons

As indicated by IMDB, the former child actor is most popular for portraying Anakin Skywalker in the 1999 film "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace," the first in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

The epic space-opera film turned into the second highest-grossing film worldwide behind the 1997 epic romance and disaster film "Titanic."

Lloyd, presently 30 years of age, is no longer acting, as reported by Romper.

Advertisement

Even though he retired from acting in 2001, he kept on showing up at sci-fi and comic-book festivals.

Lloyd left Hollywood for Chicago. He studied film and psychology at Columbia College Chicago but dropped out after a semester.

Lloyd was moved from prison to a psychiatric facility; schizophrenia was given as the reason.

Anthony Daniels and Jake Lloyd during the Star Wars Celebration in September 2007. | Photo: Flickr/Doug Kline

Anthony Daniels and Jake Lloyd during the Star Wars Celebration in September 2007. | Photo: Flickr/Doug Kline

Advertisement

In 2012, Lloyd, who was ten at the time of the shooting, disclosed that his choice to retire from acting in 2001 was because of bullying at school.

"Other children were really mean to me…They would make the sound of the lightsaber every time they saw me. It was totally mad," Lloyd told The Sun. He added:

"My entire school life was really a living hell, and I had to do up to 60 interviews a day. I've learned to hate it when the cameras are pointed at me."

Thus, he chose to ruin all his Star Wars memorabilia. In June 2015, Lloyd was arrested in South Carolina for reckless driving, driving without a license, and resisting arrest, as reported by ABC News.

Lloyd, who was born on March 5, 1989, in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, was not released on bail. As of December 2015, he was still awaiting trial.

Advertisement

In April 2016, In the wake of being kept for ten months without preliminary in Colleton County Detention Center, Lloyd was moved from prison to a psychiatric facility; schizophrenia was given as the reason, US Weekly reported.

It has been reported that there is no set time for his discharge from the unit.

Advertisement
info
Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories!
By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy
Advertisement
Related posts

Kevin Costner’s Rarely-Seen Youngest Son, 15, Makes Acting Debut in Dad’s Movie

February 28, 2024

Kevin Costner’s Rarely-Seen Youngest Son, 15, Makes Acting Debut in Dad’s Movie

February 27, 2024

‘Grinch Girl’ Started Working at 2, Lived ‘A Very Adult Life’ in Her Teens & Turned to Drugs after Producer Died

November 14, 2023

This Girl Became a Star - The 'Product of 13 Divorces,' Her Dad Left Her Mom for 17-Year-Old Actress

February 26, 2024

Paige Tamada Went from Child Star to Human Resource Specialist – More about Her Now

December 08, 2023

This Boy, Whose Parents Abandoned Him at 7 Months, Kept Promise to Save Dad’s Life & Became Doting Dad to Own Kids

November 03, 2023

Cameron Diaz Normalizes 'Separate Bedrooms' for Married Couples – Inside Her House Where She Lives as an Ordinary Mom

December 26, 2023

Robert Redford Lost Both Sons: The Story of Two of the Darkest Days of His Life

December 08, 2023

Cameron Diaz Seen in Public with Co-Star after Coming Out of Retirement for New Movie

January 23, 2024

'Home Alone' Star Macaulay Culkin's Lookalike Brother Experienced Fame 'Secondhand' as a Child — Details

January 17, 2024

'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Actor Richard Lewis Dies at Home – Cause of Death Revealed

February 28, 2024

5 Celebrities with Rarely-Seen Kids You Possibly Didn’t Know About

January 30, 2024

This Star Is Now Living Privately with Famous Spouse - He Proposed on 2nd Date & Still Loves Her at Any Weight

February 14, 2024

What Happened to Starsky from 'Starsky & Hutch' Who Raised Son Following Death of His Wife & Daughter

January 09, 2024