“From Stardom to Obscurity: Uncover the 25 Child Actors Who Vanished from the Spotlight!”
After earning a physics degree from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Korsmo pursued a legal career, attending Yale Law School and working for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Republican Party. In more recent years he has made a return to acting, appearing in 2018 film Chained for Life.
Ross Bagley
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After breaking through as Buckwheat in 1994’s The Little Rascals, Ross Bagley enjoyed a close association with Will Smith in the mid-90s. First, Bagley played Will’s young cousin Nicky in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; next, he played the stepson of Smith’s Steven Hiller in 1996 blockbuster Independence Day.
Bagley’s acting career cooled off soon afterwards, and aside from 2015 horror movie Gnome Alone he hasn’t made any further film appearances in recent years. He’s a California State University graduate, has served an internship with a company owned by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, and according to his Instagram he also works as a realtor and DJ.
Dante Basco
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Dante Basco broke into acting with minor roles in TV’s The Wonder Years and the Michael Jackson movie Moonwalker, before stealing the show as Rufio, leader of the Lost Boys in Hook. He continued to work in film and television throughout the 90s and 2000s, but rarely in work that attracted the same level of attention.
A lot of Basco’s work has been as a voice actor in animation, most notably with a key role on Avatar: The Last Airbender, plus appearances on Star Wars Rebels, Ultimate Spider-Man and Robot Chicken. In 2017, Basco started a Kickstarter campaign to make a prequel exploring the origins of Rufio, but this did not come to pass.
