Take a closer look at some of Hollywood's top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

Child Stars, Then and Now

Take a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

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As Father in The Strength Within You: Love Wins

As father in The Strength Within You: Love Wins

As Minister in The Black Drum with Daniel Durant and Dawn Jani Birley

Guest star as Hal in Hawaii 5-0, Season 9, Episode 16

As Mitch in "A Streetcar named Desire" at The Deaf West Theatre.

As Mitchell in "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Deaf West Theatre.

As Orin Dennis in Paramount Pictures "Children of a Lesser God."

As homeless Jacob Nair on TV's final episode "Siren." Circa 1995.

As homeless Jacob Nair on TV's final episode "Siren."

Bob Hiltermann and Melissa Claire Egan in ABC's All My Children

Best Audience Award for "The Hammer," the Movie

As a drummer with Beethoven's Nightmare in the documentary movie "See What I'm Saying."

As a drummer for Beethoven's Nightmare in the documentary movie "See What I'm Saying."

As Purdue Professor in "The Hammer," The Movie

As Bobbette in "Shut Up And Sign" video series.

Robert DeMayo, TL Forsberg, CJ Jones, and Bob Hiltermann in See What I'm Saying

As Walter Novak in ABC's "All My Children"

Bob Hiltermann in See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary (2009)

T.L. Forsberg, Bob Hiltermann, CJ Jones, and Robert DeMayo in See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary (2009)

Bob Hiltermann is a true success story. He was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, the 10th of 11 children. Spinal meningitis left him deaf at the age of 4, but without that knowledge, his family just assumed he was "slow". They moved to Canada when he was 5 years old, making communication even more difficult for Bob. His family finally discovered he was deaf when he was 10 years old! But it wasn't until Bob was 18 years old and went to Gallaudet University that he learned sign language, and it changed his life.

Bob was raised in a family of classical musicians, which inspired his love for music. He learned to play drums at the age of 16. He gravitated toward performance, and is well known for his pioneering work in the award-winning sign language musical theater, "MUSIGN." Bob is the drummer with the wildly popular all-deaf rock band "Beethoven's Nightmare" which performs around the world. He also plays percussions, harmonica, piano, and electric keyboard.

As an actor, he has starred in several award-winning documentary films, TV, soaps, stage productions, and feature films. Bob's credits include, a year's run on TV soap, "All My Children," several features that include, "Children of a Lesser God," "The Heart is a Drum Machine," and "The Hammer." He is one of four deaf entertainers starring in the well-received documentary, "See What I'm Saying." Bob is the star of the new educational DVD's sign language series, "Shut Up and Sign," and has received interest as a TV series.

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