Child actors who grew up into stars

POSTED: 10:46 PM PDT Jul 17, 2011    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 07, 2013 

While the child stars whose careers fade seem to get most of the press, plenty of young actors have managed to stay successful into adulthood, including Jason Bateman, the star of this week's "Identity Thief."

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By 2007, he was seeing his career take off, starring in both "Disturbia" and "Transformers." The actor has since appeared in both "Transformers" sequels, "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and the 2012 prohibition-era crime drama "Lawless."

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