A child star of a beloved ’80s 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 throughout the country at just 13 years old when he appeared in a highly successful film.
In that film, one of the biggest celebrities of the time played an adult version of his character, someone who remains a star to this day.
As the 1980s turned into the 1990s, the teenage actor continued to work, appearing in a 1992 musical film that became a cult video hit.
In more recent years, the actor was engaged for three years to a woman who later emerged as one of the most recognizable faces on television.
Can you guess who it is?
A child star of a beloved ’80s 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 box office hit Big.
David, now 50, cut a handsome figure when he was spotted in Los Angeles this week, showing off his toned arms in a tight-fitting T-shirt.
With a distinctive touch of gray in his hair, the New York City native could be seen talking on the phone as he walked down the street.
In Big, he appeared as a pre-teen boy named Josh Baskin who puts a coin into a fortune-telling machine at a fair and asks to be an adult.
When he wakes up the next morning, Josh discovers 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 film was a huge financial and critical success, turning Tom into a bona fide star and earning him an Oscar nomination for best actor.
When David was 17, he appeared in the 1992 musical film Newsies about a newsboy strike in New York in the early 20th century.
Directed by Kenny Ortega, who later made High School Musical, the film featured 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 box office hit Big.
David, now 50, cut a stylish figure when he was spotted in Los Angeles this week, showing off his toned arms in a tight-fitting T-shirt.
In Big, he played a preteen boy named Josh Baskin who puts a coin into a fortune-telling machine at a fair and asks to be an adult.
Josh discovers 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 appears in the film with Elizabeth Perkins.
When David (right) was 17, he appeared in the 1992 musical film Newsies about a newsboy strike in the early 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; in the photo 2004
More recently, David and his father Jon collaborated on the cooking and travel show From Scratch, which they later turned into a book; David appears in the photo of the series.
Newsies flopped at the box office, but became a cult hit on video and was eventually adapted into a musical that premiered 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 their time together, David helped produce the first production of the rap musical In The Heights, which featured Kerry in the cast and was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who later became a Broadway titan thanks to Hamilton.
More recently, David and his father Jon collaborated on the cooking 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 partially funded on Kickstarter, publicizing the campaign with a video in which he recreated his iconic Big Fortune Telling Machine scene.