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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Keegan Joyce, Jackson Gallagher, and Josh Thomas in Please Like Me (2013)

Keegan Joyce and Josh Thomas in Please Like Me (2013)

Debra Lawrance, David Roberts, and Josh Thomas in Please Like Me (2013)

David Roberts, Renee Lim, and Josh Thomas in Please Like Me (2013)

David Roberts and Josh Thomas in Please Like Me (2013)

Keegan Joyce, Hannah Gadsby, Josh Thomas, and Thomas Ward in Please Like Me (2013)

Josh Thomas and Wade Briggs in Please Like Me (2013)

Caitlin Stasey, Keegan Joyce, Josh Thomas, and John in Please Like Me (2013)

Caitlin Stasey, Keegan Joyce, Josh Thomas, and Thomas Ward in Please Like Me (2013)

Keegan Joyce, Josh Thomas, and Thomas Ward in Please Like Me (2013)

Emily Barclay, Caitlin Stasey, Keegan Joyce, and Josh Thomas in Please Like Me (2013)

Josh Thomas, Thomas Ward, and John in Please Like Me (2013)

Debra Lawrance and Josh Thomas in Please Like Me (2013)

Josh Thomas and Charles Cottier in Please Like Me (2013)

Nikita Leigh-Pritchard, Josh Thomas, Wade Briggs, and Thomas Ward in Please Like Me (2013)

Debra Lawrance, Caitlin Stasey, Josh Thomas, and Thomas Ward in Please Like Me (2013)

Josh Thomas, Maeve Press, Kayla Cromer, and Adam Faison in Everything's Gonna Be Okay (2020)

Caitlin Stasey, Josh Thomas, and Thomas Ward in Please Like Me (2013)

In 2005, aged just 17, Brisbane-based Josh Thomas was the youngest ever winner of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's RAW Comedy Competition, plus made the finals of the Edinburgh equivalent So You Think You're Funny. He thought he was the King of the World.

His next gig was in a scary 'you-might-actually-die-when-they-stab-you' style tavern in front of 12 comics and a man sitting at the bar crying into his beer. Josh was named Best Newcomer at the 2007 MICF for his show Please Like Me. That same year, he built a reputation for wearing cardigans, however not wanting to be type cast he then moved into V-neck knitted sweaters in 2008. Along with the Gen Y representative on Australia's latest TV show, Talkin' Bout Your Generation, Josh's next aim is to become Cleo's most eligible bachelor.

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