Oscar-Tykes: Child Actors Quiz

Eleven-year-old Haley Joel Osment isn't the first child to be an Oscar nominee. Test your trivia smarts about talented tykes.

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1. Which Best-Picture winner did Haley Joel Osment appear in?

Titanic.
Better jump ship. Young Mr. Osment played Tom Hanks' son, Forrest Gump, Jr., in the 1994 Oscar winner for Best Picture, Forrest Gump.
The Sixth Sense.
Are you seeing dead people? Although not even 12 years old when the movie was released, Haley's performance helped this movie get nominated for Best Picture in 1999. However, it lost to American Beauty.
Young Mr. Osment also played Tom Hanks' son, Forrest Gump, Jr., in the 1994 Oscar winner for Best Picture, Forrest Gump.
Forrest Gump.
You win the box of chocolates! Young Mr. Osment played Tom Hanks' son, Forrest Gump, Jr., in the 1994 Oscar winner for Best Picture, Forrest Gump.

2. Former teen Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1994)) had a recurring role in what family sitcom?

Family Ties.
Nope. Young DiCaprio showed up as Luke Brower in the '80s hit, Growing Pains, playing second fiddle to star of the day, Kirk Cameron.
Family Ties brought us a Fox (as in Michael J.) but no Leo.
Growing Pains.
Yes. Young Leo showed up as Luke Brower in the 80s hit, Growing Pains, playing second fiddle to star of the day, Kirk Cameron.
Full House.
Sorry. Young DiCaprio showed up as Luke Brower in the '80s hit, Growing Pains, playing second fiddle to star of the day, Kirk Cameron.

3. Which of these young Oscar nominees did not walk home with a statuette for Best Supporting Actress in the year she was nominated?

Tatum O'Neal Paper Moon (1973)
No. Tatum won her Oscar just a few months after her 10th birthday.
The only one not to win was Ms. Foster. She went on to win Best Actress for The Accused (1988) and Silence of the Lambs (1991), but the 14 year-old actress did not win for her controversial role in Taxi Driver.
Jodie Foster Taxi Driver (1976)
Yes. The only one not to win was Ms. Foster. She went on to win Best Actress for The Accused (1988) and Silence of the Lambs (1991), but the 14 year-old actress did not win for her controversial role in Taxi Driver.
Anna Paquin The Piano (1993)
No. Ms. Paquin became an Oscar winner for this film before turning 12 and has been quite busy since then.
The only one not to win was Ms. Foster. She went on to win Best Actress for The Accused (1988) and Silence of the Lambs (1991), but the 14 year-old actress did not win for her controversial role in Taxi Driver.
Patty Duke The Miracle Worker (1962)
No. Ms. Duke won the award at the age of 17 for her role as Helen Keller. She had first performed the part onstage when she was just 13.
The only one not to win was Ms. Foster. She went on to win Best Actress for The Accused (1988) and Silence of the Lambs (1991), but the 14 year-old actress did not win for her controversial role in Taxi Driver.

4. Dean Stockwell has been acting in movies since he was 9 years old. At the age of 52, he finally received his first Oscar nomination. Which young actor shared the Supporting field with him for a 1988 performance?

Ethan Hawke
No, it was 18-year-old River Phoenix, who was nominated for his performance in Running on Empty.
Phoenix and Stockwell, along with Martin Landau and Alec Guinness, all lost to Kevin Kline in that year's A Fish Called Wanda.
Young Hawke won notice for his role in Dead Poets Society the following year when he was 19.
River Phoenix
Yes. 18-year-old River Phoenix was nominated for his performance in Running on Empty.
Phoenix and Stockwell, along with Martin Landau and Alec Guinness, all lost to Kevin Kline in that year's A Fish Called Wanda.
Christian Bale
Sorry, it was River Phoenix, who was nominated for his performance in Running on Empty.
Phoenix and Stockwell, along with Martin Landau and Alec Guinness, all lost to Kevin Kline in that year's A Fish Called Wanda.
13-year-old Bale shone the previous year in Empire of the Sun, but without Academy recognition.

5. Which of this year's Oscar contenders first appeared in a film with her famous dad at age seven?

Angelina Jolie
Yes! Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight shared the screen with his young daughter in Lookin' to Get Out (1982). She caught the acting bug and 18 years later, Angelina's up for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Julianne Moore
No. It's Angelina Jolie. Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight shared the screen with his young daughter in Lookin' to Get Out (1982). She caught the acting bug and 18 years later, Angelina's up for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Julianne didn't start acting in films 'til she was in her 20s, but she has made up for the late start by appearing in nearly 30 movies since 1990!
Annette Bening
Sorry. It's Angelina Jolie. Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight shared the screen with his young daughter in Lookin' to Get Out (1982). She caught the acting bug and 18 years later, Angelina's up for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Even without such an early head start, Ms. Bening's talent has already earned her two Oscar nominations.

1. Which Best-Picture winner did Haley Joel Osment appear in?
Forrest Gump.

2. Former teen Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1994)) had a recurring role in what family sitcom?
Growing Pains.

3. Which of these young Oscar nominees did not walk home with a statuette for Best Supporting Actress in the year she was nominated?
Jodie Foster Taxi Driver (1976)

5. Which of this year's Oscar contenders first appeared in a film with her famous dad at age seven?
Angelina Jolie

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