A child star from a beloved 1980s classic was unrecognizable when he was spotted in Los Angeles this week at the age of 50.
Born in the Bronx, this actor became recognizable all over the country at just 13 years old when he featured in a smash hit movie.
In that film, an adult version of his character was portrayed by one of the top celebrities of the time – one who remains an A-lister to this day.
As the 1980s rolled into the 1990s, the teen actor continued working, featuring in a 1992 movie musical that became a cult hit on video.
In more recent years, the actor spent three years engaged to a woman who later became one of the most recognizable faces on television.
Can you guess who he is?
A child star from a beloved 1980s classic was unrecognizable when he was spotted in Los Angeles this week at the age of 50
The former child star is David Moscow, best known as the 12-year-old boy who transforms into Tom Hanks in the 1988 blockbuster Big.
David, now 50, cut a dashing figure when he was spotted out in Los Angeles this week, showing off his toned arms in a fitted t-shirt.
Sporting a distinguished touch of grey in his hair, the New York City native could be seen chatting on the phone as strolled up the street.
In Big, he featured as a preteen boy called Josh Baskin who puts a coin in a fortune-teller machine at a fair and makes a wish to be a grownup.
When he wakes the next morning, Josh finds that although he still has the consciousness of his 12-year-old self, he now inhabits the body of an adult man, played by Tom Hanks.
The movie was a thunderous success both financially and critically, making a bona fide star out of Tom and earning him an Oscar nomination for best actor.
When David was 17 years old, he featured in the 1992 movie musical Newsies about a newsboys’ strike in New York at the turn of the 20th century.
Directed by Kenny Ortega, who later made High School Musical, the film boasted a cast that included Christian Bale, Ann-Margret, Bill Pullman and Robert Duvall.
The former child star is David Moscow, best known as the 12-year-old boy who transforms into Tom Hanks in the 1988 blockbuster Big
David, now 50, cut a dashing figure when he was spotted out in Los Angeles this week, showing off his toned arms in a fitted t-shirt
In Big, he featured as a preteen boy called Josh Baskin who puts a coin in a fortune-teller machine at a fair and makes a wish to be a grownup
Josh finds that although he still has the consciousness of his 12-year-old self, he now inhabits the body of an adult man, played by Tom Hanks, who is pictured in the film with Elizabeth Perkins
When David (right) was 17 years old, he featured in the 1992 movie musical Newsies about a newsboys’ strike at the turn of the 20th century, starring Christian Bale (left)
In his adult life, David was engaged to Kerry Washington from 2004 to 2007, years before she became a small screen superstar on Scandal; pictured 2004
More recently, David and his father Jon collaborated on the cookery and travel show From Scratch, which they later turned into a book; David is pictured on the series
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Newsies flopped at the box office but became a cult hit on video and was ultimately adapted onto a stage musical that opened on Broadway in 2012.
In his adult life, David was engaged to Kerry Washington from 2004 to 2007, years before she became a small screen superstar on Scandal.
During the time that they were together, David helped produce the first production of the rap musical In The Heights, which featured Kerry in the cast – and which was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who later became a Broadway тιтan thanks to Hamilton.
More recently, David and his father Jon collaborated on the cookery and travel show From Scratch, which they later turned into a book.
David made his directorial debut with a 2018 thriller called Desolation, which he crowdfunded partly on Kickstarter, advertising the campaign with a video in which he reenacted his iconic Big scene with the fortune-teller machine.
