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Hollywood child star looks unrecognizable 28 years after starring in movie and quitting fame

Hollywood child star looks unrecognizable 28 years after starring in movie and quitting fame

A Hollywood child actor who rose to fame in the 1990s has now completely changed since he stopped acting 24 years ago.

Actor Justin Pierre Edmund rose to fame when he first appeared in the 1996 film The Preacher’s Wife.

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No longer a child star, Justin Pierre Edmund now works in technologyCredit: Instagram @jedmund

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Justin was the adorable child star of the 1996 film The Preacher’s Wife.Credit: Alamy

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Justin Pierre Edmund starred alongside icon Whitney Houston in the 1996 filmCredit: Alamy

In the film, he plays Jeremiah Biggs, which follows the story of an angel who comes to Earth to help a pastor and his family while saving his church.

He has performed alongside big names including Courtney B. Vance, Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston, but even working with big names, it seems acting wasn’t right for Justin.

The actor left Hollywood and the film industry four years later after starring in four more films.

As a child actor, he appeared in “Went to Coney Island On A Mission From God”, “Loving Jezebel”, “Music of the Heart” and “Once In The Life”.

He also appeared in an episode of the television series Law and Order, where he played Andrew Howard in 2000.

Now he looks totally different from the adorable child star we might have seen him as, and his career has taken a different direction.

The star has now moved towards a career in social media and marketing.

In 2011, he earned a bachelor’s degree in communication design from Carnegie Mellon University.

From there, he interned at Facebook before moving to another social media platform, joining Pinterest to become the company’s first designer.

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He is now believed to work at Slack.

The actor has largely stayed out of the spotlight since deciding not to pursue an acting career.

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Justin completed four more films before leaving Hollywood for good in 2000.Credit: Alamy