CHILD star Haley Joel Osment has been spotted looking so different in a rare public appearance in Los Angeles.
The 36-year-old shot to fame in cult ’90s movies like The Sixth Sense and Forrest Gump.
Haley looked worlds away from his early acting days as he attended a Celebrity Golf Invitation at the Netflix Is a Joke festival on Monday.
The actor sported long dark hair and a thick beard as he posed at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades.
The LA native smiled alongside comedian Nate Bargatze, 45, at the event.
He looked smart in a black V-neck T-shirt, black bomber jacket, and black pants.
Haley began his acting career playing Tom Hanks’ son in the 1994 drama, Forrest Gump, a role that won him a Young Artist Award.
He portrayed a psychic child called Cole Sear at the age of 10 alongside Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense in 1999.
He was nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a SAG award in 2000 for his haunting performance.
The actor ran into trouble in 2006 when he got a DUI after crashing his car in LA.
Haley was sentenced to three years probation and 60 hours of alcohol rehab.
The incident was a one-off, and he later put it down to being a “foolish high-schooler.”
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The star avoided the troubled path some child actors stray down by going to New York University to study experimental theatre.
“I’m lucky to have a positive relationship with those periods that can sometimes be difficult for other people,” he told The Guardian in 2020.
He added in the interview that he grew a beard “to try to hide in public,” noting that it “didn’t really work at all.”
Since finding fame in his early years, Haley has nabbed consistent roles in Hollywood.
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Earlier this week, it was confirmed that he will be joining Jenna Ortega’s Netflix show, Wednesday, in season 2.
Haley is one of several guest stars alongside Joanna Lumley, Thandie Newton, Heather Matarazzo, Frances O’Connor, and Joonas Suotam, Indie Wire reported.
The show is officially in production in Ireland.
The star has also nabbed a role in Zoe Kravitz’s new thriller Blink Twice alongside Channing Tatum.
He has previously forayed into comedy, with roles in The Kominsky Method, Silicon Valley, Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens, and What We Do in the Shadows.
I’m lucky to have a positive relationship with those periods that can sometimes be difficult for other [child stars]
Haley Joel Osment
Haley recently spoke out about his Sixth Sense costar Bruce’s dementia diagnosis.
“I know his daughters and it’s been a couple of years now but… he and I got to spend a lot of time together doing this extensive press tour in Japan,” he said on The Adam Carolla Show podcast in March.
“He was a really good guy so it’s just a brutal break what happened to him.”
Haley is the older brother to actress Emily Osment, 32, who shot to fame on the Disney Channel and starred in Hannah Montana alongside Miley Cyrus.
