Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor is one of the annual awards given by the American professional organization the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, awarded by the World Science Fiction Society who reward science fiction and fantasy in various media, is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films).
The category was first introduced for the 1984 film year, specifically to reward young actors and actresses in films, and was the first acting award of the Academy to reward both males and females. Tom Holland is the only actor to have won it three times, to have won it three years in a row, and to have won three times for the same role. Haley Joel Osment and Chloë Grace Moretz have each won the award twice. Moretz and Daniel Radcliffe have received the most nominations, with 5 each. Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Kirsten Dunst, and Tobey Maguire are the only actors to have won both Best Performance by a Younger Actor and later a Saturn Award for adults.
Winners and nominees
1980s
| Year | Actor | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
1984 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(12th) |
Noah Hathaway | The NeverEnding Story | Atreyu |
| Drew Barrymore | Firestarter | Charlene "Charlie" McGee | |
| Nick Corri | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Rod Lane | |
| Corey Feldman | Gremlins | Pete Fountaine | |
| Ke Huy Quan | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Short Round | |
1985 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(13th) |
Barret Oliver | D.A.R.Y.L. | Daryl |
| Fairuza Balk | Return to Oz | Dorothy Gale | |
| Jeff Cohen | The Goonies | Lawrence "Chunk" Cohen | |
| Ilan Mitchell-Smith | Weird Science | Wyatt O'Donnelly | |
| Amelia Shankley | Dreamchild | Young Alice | |
1986 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(14th) |
Carrie Henn | Aliens | Rebecca "Newt" Jorden |
| Joey Cramer | Flight of the Navigator | David Freeman | |
| Lucy Deakins | The Boy Who Could Fly | Amelia "Milly" Michaelson | |
| Scott Grimes | Critters | Brad Brown | |
| Jay Underwood | The Boy Who Could Fly | Eric Gibb | |
1987 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(15th) |
Kirk Cameron | Like Father Like Son | Chris Hammond / Dr. Jack Hammond |
| Scott Curtis | Cameron's Closet | Cameron Lansing | |
| Stephen Dorff | The Gate | Glen | |
| Andre Gower | The Monster Squad | Sean Crenshaw | |
| Corey Haim | The Lost Boys | Sam Emerson | |
| Joshua John Miller | Near Dark | Homer | |
1988 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(16th) |
Fred Savage | Vice Versa | Charlie Seymour / Marshall Seymour |
| Warwick Davis | Willow | Willow Ufgood | |
| Rodney Eastman | Deadly Weapon | Zeke | |
| Lukas Haas | Lady in White | Frankie Scarlatti | |
| Corey Haim | Watchers | Travis Cornell | |
| Jared Rushton | Big | Billy | |
| Alex Vincent | Child's Play | Andy Barclay | |
1989/1990 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(17th) |
Adan Jodorowsky | Santa Sangre | Young Fenix |
| Thomas Wilson Brown | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Russ Thompson, Jr. | |
| Gabriel Damon | RoboCop 2 | Hob | |
| Jasen Fisher | The Witches | Luke Eveshim | |
| Charlie Korsmo | Dick Tracy | Kid | |
| Bryan Madorsky | Parents | Michael Laemle | |
| Robert Oliveri | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Nick Szalinski | |
| Jared Rushton | Ron Thompson | ||
| Faviola Elenka Tapia | Santa Sangre | Young Alma |
1990s
| Year | Actor / Actress | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
1991 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(18th) |
Edward Furlong | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | John Connor |
| Jonathan Brandis | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | Bastian Bux | |
| Chris Demetral | Dolly Dearest | Jimmy Wade | |
| Corey Haim | Prayer of the Rollerboys | Griffin | |
| Candace Hutson | Dolly Dearest | Jessica Wade | |
| Joshua John Miller | And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird | Josh Carson | |
| Justin Whalin | Child's Play 3 | Andy Barclay | |
1992 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(19th) |
Scott Weinger | Aladdin | Aladdin (voice) |
| Brandon Adams | The People Under the Stairs | Poindexter "Fool" Williams | |
| Edward Furlong | Pet Sematary Two | Jeff Matthews | |
| Robert Oliveri | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Nick Szalinski | |
| Christina Ricci | The Addams Family | Wednesday Addams | |
| Daniel Shalikar | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Adam Szalinski | |
| Joshua Shalikar | |||
1993 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(20th) |
Elijah Wood | The Good Son | Mark Evans |
| Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus | Slaughter of the Innocents | Jesse Broderick | |
| Manuel Colao | Flight of the Innocent | Vito | |
| Joseph Mazzello | Jurassic Park | Tim Murphy | |
| Austin O'Brien | Last Action Hero | Danny Madigan | |
| Christina Ricci | Addams Family Values | Wednesday Addams | |
| Ariana Richards | Jurassic Park | Lex Murphy | |
1994 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(21st) |
Kirsten Dunst | Interview with the Vampire | Claudia |
| Luke Edwards | Little Big League | Billy Heywood | |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Angels in the Outfield | Roger Bomman | |
| Miko Hughes | Wes Craven's New Nightmare | Dylan Porter | |
| Jonathan Taylor Thomas | The Lion King | Young Simba (voice) | |
| Elijah Wood | North | North | |
1995 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(22nd) |
Christina Ricci | Casper | Kathleen "Kat" Harvey |
| Kirsten Dunst | Jumanji | Judy Shepherd | |
| Bradley Pierce | Peter Shepherd | ||
| Max Pomeranc | Fluke | Brian Johnson | |
| Hal Scardino | The Indian in the Cupboard | Omri | |
| Judith Vittet | The City of Lost Children | Miette | |
1996 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(23rd) |
Lucas Black | Sling Blade | Frank Wheatley |
| Kevin Bishop | Muppet Treasure Island | Jim Hawkins | |
| James Duval | Independence Day | Miguel Casse | |
| Lukas Haas | Mars Attacks! | Richie Norris | |
| Jonathan Taylor Thomas | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Pinocchio (voice) | |
| Mara Wilson | Matilda | Matilda Wormwood | |
1997 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(24th) |
Jena Malone | Contact | Young Ellie |
| Vanessa Lee Chester | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Kelly Curtis | |
| Alexander Goodwin | Mimic | Chuy | |
| Sam Huntington | Jungle 2 Jungle | Mimi-Siku | |
| Dominique Swain | Face/Off | Jamie Archer | |
| Mara Wilson | A Simple Wish | Anabel Greening | |
1998 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(25th) |
Tobey Maguire | Pleasantville | David / Bud |
| Josh Hartnett | The Faculty | Zeke Tyler | |
| Katie Holmes | Disturbing Behavior | Rachel Wagner | |
| Jack Johnson | Lost in Space | Will Robinson | |
| Brad Renfro | Apt Pupil | Todd Bowden | |
| Alicia Witt | Urban Legend | Natalie Simon | |
1999 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(26th) |
Haley Joel Osment | The Sixth Sense | Cole Sear |
| Emily Bergl | The Rage: Carrie 2 | Rachel Lang | |
| Jake Lloyd | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Anakin Skywalker | |
| Justin Long | Galaxy Quest | Brandon | |
| Natalie Portman | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Queen Padmé Amidala | |
| Devon Sawa | Idle Hands | Anton Tobias |
2000s
2010s
| Year | Actor / Actress | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
2010 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(37th) |
Chloë Grace Moretz | Let Me In | Abby |
| Logan Lerman | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Percy Jackson | |
| Frankie and George McLaren | Hereafter | Marcus and Jason | |
| Will Poulter | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Eustace Scrubb | |
| Kodi Smit-McPhee | Let Me In | Owen | |
| Hailee Steinfeld | True Grit | Mattie Ross | |
| Charlie Tahan | Charlie St. Cloud | Sam St. Cloud | |
2011 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(38th) |
Joel Courtney | Super 8 | Joe Lamb |
| Asa Butterfield | Hugo | Hugo Cabret | |
| Elle Fanning | Super 8 | Alice Dainard | |
| Dakota Goyo | Real Steel | Max Kenton | |
| Chloë Grace Moretz | Hugo | Isabelle | |
| Saoirse Ronan | Hanna | Hanna Heller | |
2012 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(39th) |
Suraj Sharma | Life of Pi | Pi Patel |
| CJ Adams | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Timothy Green | |
| Tom Holland | The Impossible | Lucas Bennett | |
| Daniel Huttlestone | Les Misérables | Gavroche | |
| Chloë Grace Moretz | Dark Shadows | Carolyn Stoddard | |
| Quvenzhané Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Hushpuppy | |
2013 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(40th) |
Chloë Grace Moretz | Carrie | Carrie White |
| Asa Butterfield | Ender's Game | Ender Wiggin | |
| Sophie Nélisse | The Book Thief | Liesel Meminger | |
| Saoirse Ronan | How I Live Now | Daisy | |
| Ty Simpkins | Iron Man 3 | Harley Keener | |
| Dylan Sprayberry | Man of Steel | Clark Kent (13 Years) | |
2014 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(41st) |
Mackenzie Foy | Interstellar | Murph (10 Yrs.) |
| Elle Fanning | Maleficent | Aurora | |
| Chloë Grace Moretz | The Equalizer | Teri | |
| Tony Revolori | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Young Zero Moustafa | |
| Kodi Smit-McPhee | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Alexander | |
| Noah Wiseman | The Babadook | Samuel Vannick | |
2015 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(42nd) |
Ty Simpkins | Jurassic World | Gray Mitchell |
| Olivia DeJonge | The Visit | Becca | |
| James Freedson-Jackson | Cop Car | Travis | |
| Milo Parker | Mr. Holmes | Roger | |
| Elias and Lukas Schwarz | Goodnight Mommy | Elias and Lukas | |
| Jacob Tremblay | Room | Jack Newsome | |
2016 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(43nd) |
Tom Holland | Captain America: Civil War | Peter Parker / Spider-Man |
| Ruby Barnhill | The BFG | Sophie | |
| Julian Dennison | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Ricky | |
| Lewis MacDougall | A Monster Calls | Conor | |
| Neel Sethi | The Jungle Book | Mowgli | |
| Anya Taylor-Joy | The Witch | Thomasin | |
2017 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(44th) |
Tom Holland | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Peter Parker / Spider-Man |
| Dafne Keen | Logan | Laura Kinney / X-23 | |
| Sophia Lillis | It | Beverly Marsh | |
| Millicent Simmonds | Wonderstruck | Rose | |
| Jacob Tremblay | Wonder | August "Auggie" Pullman | |
| Letitia Wright | Black Panther | Shuri | |
| Zendaya | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Michelle | |
2018/2019 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(45th) |
Tom Holland | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Peter Parker / Spider-Man |
| Evan Alex | Us | Jason Wilson and Pluto | |
| Asher Angel | Shazam! | Billy Batson | |
| Millie Bobby Brown | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Madison Russell | |
| Jack Dylan Grazer | Shazam! | Freddy Freeman | |
| Shahadi Wright Joseph | Us | Zora Wilson and Umbrae | |
| Millicent Simmonds | A Quiet Place | Regan Abbott | |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | |||
| Kyliegh Curran<ref name="mercury 2020"/> | Doctor Sleep | Abra Stone | |
| Ella Jay Basco<ref name="mercury 2020">Template:Cite news</ref> | Birds of Prey | Cassandra Cain | |
| Julia Butters<ref name="mercury 2020"/> | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Trudi Frazer | |
| Roman Griffin Davis<ref name="mercury 2020"/> | Jojo Rabbit | Jojo Bectzler | |
| Lexy Kolker<ref name="mercury 2020"/> | Freaks | Chloe Lewis | |
| JD McCrary<ref name="mercury 2020"/> | The Lion King | Young Simba (voice) |
2020s
| Year | Actor / Actress | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | Finn Wolfhard | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Trevor Spengler |
| Noah Jupe | A Quiet Place Part II | Marcus Abbott | |
| Madeleine McGraw | The Black Phone | Gwendolyn "Gwen" Blake | |
| Millicent Simmonds | A Quiet Place Part II | Regan Abbott | |
| Mason Thames | The Black Phone | Finney Blake | |
| Jacob Tremblay | Luca | Luca (voice) | |
| {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | Xolo Maridueña | Blue Beetle | Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle |
| Halle Bailey | The Little Mermaid | Ariel | |
| Jack Champion | Avatar: The Way of Water | Miles "Spider" Socorro | |
| Violet McGraw | M3GAN | Cady | |
| Vivien Lyra Blair | The Boogeyman | Sawyer Harper | |
| Noah Schnapp | The Tutor | Jackson | |
| {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | Jenna Ortega | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Astrid Deetz |
| Freya Allan | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Mae | |
| Mckenna Grace | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Phoebe Spengler | |
| Kaylee Hottle | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Jia | |
| Calah Lane | Wonka | Noodle | |
| Alisha Weir | Abigail | Abigail Lazaar | |
| Rachel Zegler | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Lucy Gray Baird |
Multiple nominations
- 5 nominations
- Chloe Grace Moretz
- Daniel Radcliffe
- 4 nominations
- Freddie Highmore
- Tom Holland
- 3 nominations
- Corey Haim
- Christina Ricci
- Saoirse Ronan
- Millicent Simmonds
- Kodi Smit-McPhee
- Jacob Tremblay
- Elijah Wood
- 2 nominations
- Asa Butterfield
- Kirsten Dunst
- Alex Etel
- Elle Fanning
- Edward Furlong
- Lukas Haas
- Josh Hutcherson
- Justin Long
- Joshua John Miller
- Robert Oliveri
- Haley Joel Osment
- Jared Rushton
- Devon Sawa
- Ty Simpkins
- Jeremy Sumpter
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas
- Mara Wilson
Multiple wins
- 3 wins
- Tom Holland
- 2 wins
- Chloe Grace Moretz
- Haley Joel Osment
See also
References
External links
- Saturn Awards official website
- Internet Movie Database: 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd
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