Oscar kids' careers

By Susan King, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

The life of a child actor is never easy.

Several Academy Award-winning and nominated young performers have had illustrious careers as adults. Others ran into peril, or worse.

Here’s a look at several young performers who received or were nominated for Academy Awards and what happened — or is happening — to their careers.

Hannibal gets his just desserts and Hanks goes back-to-back.