Who is Star Wars actor Jake Lloyd and where is he now?
Who is Star Wars actor Jake Lloyd and where is he now?
JAKE LLOYD is best known for starring as a young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace in 1999.
After his breakthrough role in Star Wars, Jake Lloyd has mostly stepped away from the spotlight.
Who is Star Wars actor Jake Lloyd?
Jake Lloyd is a former child actor born in 1989.
The Colorado native is best known for playing a young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in 1999.
He received theYoung Artist Awardfor Best Supporting Actor for his role in Star Wars.
His final acting role was in the film Madison. He worked on the film in 2000, but the movie was not released until 2005.
Where is he now?
Jake Lloyd retired from acting in 2001.
His mother, Lisa Lloyd, revealed in 2015 that he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia a few years prior in 2008.
At that time, TMZ reported that Jake had been arrested for attacking his mother, who declined to press charges.
By 2020, his family issued a statement saying that he moved closer to his family, and was officially diagnosed withparanoid schizophrenia.
Lisa revealed to Scripps that her son had been in a mental health rehabilitation facility for ten months.
She updated the public on his condition on March 11, 2024, ahead of the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace.
"He's doing much better than I expected, Lisa said. He is relating to people better and becoming a little bit more social, which is really nice.
"It's kind of like having more of the old Jake back, because he has always been incredibly social until he became schizophrenic.
What has Jake Lloyd starred in?
Jake's acting career began about three years before his breakthrough role in Star Wars.
In 1996, he made his film debut in Unhook the Stars. His castmates included Marisa Tomei, Gena Rowlands,and Grard Depardieu.
That same year, he played Neil Armstrong's son Mark in the TV film Apollo 11.
Jake also played Jamie Langston in the 1996 Christmas family comedy film Jingle All the Way alongside Sinbad and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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