Early life

Jake Matthew Lloyd was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, the son of William 'Bill' Lloyd, an E.M.T. set medic, and Lisa Riley, an entertainment agent.

Child acting career

Lloyd began his acting career in 1996, playing Jimmy Sweet in 4 episodes of ER. He was then cast as Jake Warren in Unhook the Stars. He got his big break playing Jamie Langston in Jingle All The Way. He also played Mark Armstrong in Apollo 11.

Lloyd gained worldwide fame when he was chosen by George Lucas to play the young Anakin Skywalker in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, the first film in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

After portraying Anakin in a chain of related video games, Lloyd retired from acting in 2001, citing bullying on the part of classmates and the stress of doing up to 60 interviews a day as his reasons for doing so.

Education

Lloyd attended Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana. He left Hollywood for Chicago, and dropped out after a semester at Columbia College Chicago, where he studied film and psychology.

Post-Star Wars work

Lloyd continues to make appearances at sci-fi and comic-book festivals. In 2012, he announced he was directing a documentary highlighting the Tibetan refugees in India, who are attempting to escape persecution by the Chinese.

Lloyd was commissioned in 2012 to create a promo for singer Mallory Low's song, and Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones actor Daniel Logan, who played young Boba Fett in that movie, was cast as the star in his video.

Personal life

Lloyd currently lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.

On June 17, 2015, Lloyd (going by the name Jake Broadbent) was arrested for reckless driving, driving without a license, and resisting arrest. His mother, Lisa, stated that Lloyd suffers from schizophrenia and that the driving incident was brought on by him having failed to take his medication. She added that Lloyd attacked her at her home in Indianapolis the previous March 26, also due to his struggles with the condition. In April 2016, he was transferred to a psychiatric facility after being diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Unhook the Stars	J.J.
	Jingle All the Way	Jamie Langston
	Apollo 11	Mark Armstrong
1996-1999	The Pretender	Young Angelo / Timmy / Ronny Collins
1999	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Anakin Skywalker	Lead role Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Actor Ten Years or Younger Nominated-Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
2005	Madison	Mike McCormick	shot in 2000, release delayed until 2005

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Star Wars Episode I: Racer	Anakin Skywalker	Voice Role Only
2000	Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles
2001	Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
	Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing
2002	Star Wars Racer Revenge

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1996	ER	Jimmy Sweet	"Dead of Winter" (Season 2, Episode 11) "The Right Thing" (Season 2, Episode 14) "A Shift in the Night" (Season 2, Episode 18) "Take These Broken Wings" (Season 2, Episode 21)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]