Jake Matthew Lloyd was born on 5th March 5 1989, in Fort Collins, Colorado USA. His mother is an entertainment agent and his father is an emergency medical technician. Jake became famous as a child actor, but he decided to leave acting when he was a teenager. The role which made him famous was young Anakin Skywalker, in the film “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace”. He is now an entrepreneur.
So just how rich is Jake Lloyd? Sources estimate Jake’s net worth is over $4 million, money made mostly during his childhood acting career; he had several roles in films before appearing in “Star Wars”.
Jake Lloyd Net Worth $4 Million
Jake Lloyd started his acting career in 1996, by playing the role of Jimmy Sweet in “ER”, a medical television series. In the same year, after his appearance in four episodes of the series, the young actor played Jake Warren in “Unhook the Stars”, a drama film. He became known after his role in “Jingle All The Way”, a Christmas comedy, in which Jack played Jamie Langston, the 9-year-old son of Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Jake Lloyd also appeared in the film “Apollo 11”, in the role of Mark Armstrong, and in “The Pretender”, where he played young Angelo.
In 1999, Jake Lloyd was chosen to play young Anakin Skywalker, in the film “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace”, which was the first film of the series “Star Wars”. After this role, Jake appeared in five related video games and made another film, “Madison”, shot in 2000, but released only in 2005. 2 years after “The Phantom Menace”, in 2001, Jake decided to quit his career. He declared that the role of Anakin Skywalker has ruined his childhood. He added that he had to deal with bullying from his classmates and to handle about 60 interviews a day after his appearance in “Star Wars”. Jake eventually graduated from Carmel High School in Indiana, and then went to Columbia College Chicago. The actor wanted to study film and psychology, but he quit after the first semester.
He continued though to go to sci-fi festivals. As a filmmaker, Jake Lloyd made a promo for “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones”. In the same period, in 2012, Entertainment Weekly magazine wrote that Jake was directing a documentary about Tibet and the refugees running from the Chinese, to India.
In 2015, Jake comes back in the spotlight, after he was arrested for driving without a license, reckless driving, and resisting arrest. His mother excused the episode by blaming schizophrenia and the fact that the actor hadn’t taken his medication a day before. She also mentioned her son attacking her the night before the incident for similar reasons. His mother declared for Daily Mail that when he was 19, Jake Lloyd started showing signs of schizophrenia, but he was normally fine, as he was treating his condition. Jake Lloyd tried unsuccessfully to go by the name of Jake Broadbent during this episode, in order to keep the media away.
Race to Space, Madison, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Virtual Obsession, Unhook the Stars, Apollo 11, Jingle All the Way
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You can't go fighting everyone that's harsh towards you.
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None of us really understood exactly how much Star Wars would affect us for the rest of our lives.
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I've learned to hate it when the cameras are pointed at me.
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Violence is used to portray what happens in a film. It only helps portray the actors and what they do. I think it is more about the story, when you have something to play off of.
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I had some issues. When I first had to deal with being in 'Star Wars,' you know, who wouldn't?
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Arrested on charges of resisting arrest, reckless driving, driving without a license and failure to stop in South Carolina [June 2015].
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Was formally diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2015. According to his mother, his arrest for reckless driving without a license, as well as an instance of domestic violence, was brought about due to the struggle with his condition, and a failure to take his medication.
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Was the subject of a lot of ridicule and derision for his portrayal of young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), which many people described as "wooden" (they even coined the nickname "Mannequin Skywalker"). However, actor/director Ron Howard, a child star himself, famously defended him in a letter to Newsweek, praising both Lloyd and the movie.
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He works at Pac Sun at an outdoor mall in Carmel, Indiana. [January 2006]
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Living normal life in Carmel, Indiana. Attends Carmel High School. [November 2002]
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Currently attends Columbia College Chicago as a Film Major. [March 2008]
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Beat out actor Justin Berfield in the auditions to play Anakin Skywalker on the Star Wars series
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Prior to appearing together in "Star Wars", he and Ewan McGregor both appeared in episodes of ER (1994).