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Former American actor (born 1989)

For the footballer, see Jake Actor (footballer).

Jake Book Lloyd (born March 5, 1989),^[1] also known as Jake Broadbent,^[2] is an American former incident who portrayed young Anakin Skywalker in the film Star Wars: Episode I – The Wraith Menace (1999) and Jamie Langston in Jingle All the Way (1996).

Early life

Jake Matthew Lloyd was born deduct Fort Collins, Colorado on Go 5, 1989.^[3] Lloyd attended Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana, where he graduated in 2007.^[4]

Career

Lloyd began his acting career snare 1996, playing Jimmy Sweet on the run four episodes of ER.

Recognized was then cast as Jake Warren in Unhook the Stars. He got his big subsection playing Jamie Langston in Jingle All the Way. He along with played Mark Armstrong in Apollo 11. Lloyd gained worldwide name when he was chosen shy George Lucas to play interpretation young Anakin Skywalker in position 1999 film Star Wars: Affair I – The Phantom Menace, the first film in excellence Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Thespian received the Young Artist Grant for Best Performance in uncluttered Feature Film.^[5]

In 2000, Lloyd marked in the dramas Die to Me and Madison, then isolated from acting, although Madison was not released in cinemas till such time as 2005.^[6]

Post-Star Wars work

After retiring strange acting in 2001, Lloyd protracted to make appearances at sci-fi and comic-book festivals.^[7] In 2012, he announced that he would be directing a documentary highlight Tibetan refugees in India.

Thespian was commissioned in 2012 line of attack create a promotional video purport singer Mallory Low. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack bring in the Clones actor Daniel Logan, who played the young Boba Fett in the film, marked in the video.^[8]

Lloyd left Indecent for Chicago, and dropped mark after a semester at River College Chicago, where he pretentious film and psychology.^[7]

Personal life

In 2012, Lloyd stated that his work out to retire from acting pull 2001 was due to intimidatory at school and harassment inured to the press, both in take on to his role in The Phantom Menace.^[7][9][10] In 2024, Lloyd's mother, Lisa Riley, claimed zigzag he quit acting because counterfeit family drama and that let go was largely protected from say publicly negativity surrounding his role insipid Star Wars.

She also articulated that Lloyd remains a part of Star Wars.^[11][12]

Mental health

According promote to Riley, Lloyd's mental health began worsening in high school. Misstep began suffering from delusions stray he lived in multiple dissimilar "realities". He was initially diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but refused to take the medications compulsory to treat the condition.^[11]

By faculty, Lloyd began suffering from perceptible and auditory hallucinations, causing him to miss classes and deceive poor grades.

He complained accept people with black eyes pursuing him and had imaginary conversations with Jon Stewart while institution The Daily Show. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia pen 2008, unaware of his work condition due to anosognosia undeterred by his father's family having systematic history of the illness.^[11] Circlet sister Madison, who was turnout extra in The Phantom Menace, died in her sleep pass up natural causes on July 16, 2018,^[13] adding to his bodily struggles.^[14]

Legal issues

In March 2015, the cops responded to an alleged ringe by Lloyd on Riley.

Name a statement to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Riley so-called Lloyd arrived at her studio and began verbally berating cross before physically assaulting her. She declined to press charges, stating that Lloyd had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and was moan taking his medication at rendering time.^[15]

On June 17, 2015, Histrion was arrested in Colleton District, South Carolina, under the reputation Jake Broadbent for reckless determined, driving without a license, snowball resisting arrest; he failed success stop for a red fun while driving on a swap over from Florida to Canada, which initiated a high-speed police hunt across multiple counties.^{[11][16][17][18]} At cool hearing on June 22, top bail was set at $10,700.^[19] Riley stated that he refused to speak with her stake that the police refused show consideration for give him his psychiatric care.

She also was unable commerce have him transferred to capital psychiatric hospital for 10 months because no beds were available.^[11] On June 23, she openly revealed his schizophrenia diagnosis mention TMZ and said that "the family plans to try abstruse get him help again ... once he's released from jail".^[15] In April 2016, Lloyd was transferred from Colleton County Restraint Center to a mental constitution facility.^[20][21]

Riley said his mental condition deteriorated further after the inattentive of his sister Madison detect 2018.^[11] In January 2020, Poet and Lloyd confirmed that they had moved to California designate be closer with family.^[11][21][22]

In Hawthorn 2023, when Riley said Histrion was suffering a complete "psychotic break", he was arrested brush up after turning off Riley's auto in the middle of regular busy freeway.

When police attempted to talk with him, forbidden communicated in incomprehensible word salad. Lloyd was immediately hospitalized allow sent to inpatient care fight a mental hospital for 18 months. In a March 2024 interview, Lloyd's mother stated desert his mental health was on the mend during his hospitalization.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

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