Young Actors to Watch - My Watching List

List of young actors in their 20s who have great talent. Some of them have earned recognition and some of them deserve to earn more recognition. 

•  George MacKay (born 13 March 1992) is an English actor.

First Saw in : The Boys are Back starring Clive Owen as Joe Warr

Role : George MacKay as Harry, teenage son from Joe Warr's first marriage and the eldest one

George MacKay as Harry

Upcoming Role : How I Live Now as Eddie (2013) 

Mackay got a BAFTA nomination for his role in this coming of age film, HOW I LIVE NOW

• Tom Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor and dancer

Holland as Lucas

First Saw in : The Impossible starring Naomi Watts as Maria Bennet and Ewan McGregor as Henry Bennet

Role : Holland as Lucas, the first son of Bennet Family, who is trapped with his family in Thailand after the 2004 tsunami  

Upcoming role : How I Live Now (2013) as Isacc, In the Heart of the Sea (2015)as Young Nickerson

Holland with Mckay and Ronan in How I Live Now

• Miles Teller (born February 20, 1987) is an American actor

Teller as Jason

First Saw in  :  Rabbit Hole starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart

Role : Teller as Jason, a teenager who accidentally kills the young son of suburban couple (Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) when he drives his car in front of the couple's house

Upcoming Role : The Spectacular Now (2013), That Awkward Moment (2013), The Fantastic Four (2015)

  

Miller and Shailene Woodley in Spectacular Now

Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan and Miles Teller in That Awkward Moment
 

• Tom Hughes (born 18 April 1985) is an English actor

First Saw in : Cemetery Junction (2010) starring Felicity Jones, Ralph Fiennes and Matthew Goode

Role : Hughes as Bruce, one of the lads in Cemetery Junction who is cool and charismatic happy with life the way it is

Hughes as Bruce

directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant

Tom Hughes photographed for In Style Magazine on 2010
(Photo by Julian Broad/Contour by Getty Images)

Upcoming Role : 8 Minutes Idle as Dan (2012), Silk TV Series (2011), Agatha Christie's Marple TV Series (2013), I am Soldier ( 2014) 

Hughes and Ophelia Lovibond in the comedy
based on Matt Thorne's novel about life in a call centre

Hughes as as Mike Rogers in Agatha Christie Marple

Hughes in I am Soldier as Mickey

• Logan Lerman  (born January 19, 1992) is an American actor

First Saw in : The Butterfly Effect starring  Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart. 

Role : Lerman as young Evan Treborn 

Upcoming Role : Stuck in Love (2012), Noah (2014), Fury (2014), The Bluff (2015)

Lerman in Stuck in Love

Lerman in Noah

Lerman in Fury

• Ezra Miller (born September 30, 1992) is an American actor

First Saw in : City Island starring Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies and Steven Strait 

Role : Miller as the youngest teenage child, Vinnie or Vince Jr has a secret sexual fetish for feeding women and fantasizes about their fat next-door neighbor

Ezra Miller in City Island as Vince Jr.

• Christian Cooke (born 15 September 1987) is an English actor

First Saw in : Cemetery Junction starring Felicity Jones, Ralph Fiennes and Matthew Goode

Role : Cooke as Freddie, one of the lads in Cemetery Junction, who wants to leave his working-class world

Freddie (Christian Cooke) and Julie (Felicity Jones)

• Shia LaBeouf (born June 11, 1986) is an American actor and director

First Saw in : The Greatest Game Ever Played starring Stephen Dillane, Peter Firth and Elias Koteas

Role : LaBeouf as Francis Ouimet, the first amateur to win a U.S. Open

LaBeouf as Francis Ouimet 

• Aaron Taylor-Johnson (born 13 June 1990) is an English actor

First Saw in : The Illusionist starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, and Jessica Biel

Role :  Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Young Eisenheim, who later played by Edward Norton as adult Eisenheim 

Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Young Eisenheim

• Dane William DeHaan (born February 6, 1986) is an American actor

First Saw in : Chronicle

Role: DeHaan as Seattle teenager Andrew Detmer who has telekinetic abilities

DeHaan as Andrew Detmer

• Nicholas Hoult  (born December 7, 1989) is an English actor and model,

First Saw in : Chronicle starring  Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, and Rachel Weisz

Role :  Hoult as Marcus Brewer, the 12-year-old son of  Fiona (Toni Collette) who meets Will Freeman (Hugh Grant)

Hoult played Marcus Brewer