<P> Jake Matthew Lloyd was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, the son of EMT William "Bill" Lloyd and entertainment agent Lisa Riley . He attended Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana and graduated from there in 2007 . </P> <P> 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 . Despite the film's box office success, reception of Lloyd's performance was mixed, and he was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor, though he lost to co-star Ahmed Best . </P> <P> After retiring from acting in 2001, Lloyd continued to make appearances at sci - fi and comic - book festivals . In 2012, he announced that he was directing a documentary highlighting the Tibetan refugees in India, who are attempting to escape persecution by the Chinese government . </P> <P> 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 film, was cast as the star in his video . </P>

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