1. Jake Matthew Lloyd was born in Fort Collins, Colorado on March 5,1989.
20 Facts About Jake Lloyd
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Jake Lloyd began his acting career in 1996, playing Jimmy Sweet in four episodes of ER.
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Jake Lloyd was then cast as Jake Warren in Unhook the Stars.
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Jake Lloyd got his big break playing Jamie Langston in Jingle All the Way.
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Jake Lloyd received the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film.
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In 2000, Jake Lloyd starred in the dramas Die with Me and Madison, then retired from acting, although Madison was not released in cinemas until 2005.
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Jake Lloyd was commissioned in 2012 to create a promotional video for singer Mallory Low.
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Jake Lloyd left Hollywood for Chicago, and dropped out after a semester at Columbia College Chicago, where he studied film and psychology.
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In 2012, Jake Lloyd stated that his decision to retire from acting in 2001 was due to bullying at school and harassment by the press, both in response to his role in The Phantom Menace.
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Jake Lloyd said that Lloyd remains a fan of Star Wars.
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Jake Lloyd began suffering from delusions that he lived in multiple different "realities".
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Jake Lloyd was initially incorrectly diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but refused to take the medications prescribed to treat the condition.
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Jake Lloyd complained of people with black eyes following him and had imaginary conversations with Jon Stewart while watching The Daily Show.
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Jake Lloyd was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2008, unaware of his own condition due to anosognosia despite his father's family having a history of the illness.
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Jake Lloyd's sister Madison, who was an extra in The Phantom Menace, died in her sleep from natural causes on July 16,2018, adding to his personal struggles.
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Jake Lloyd declined to press charges, stating that Lloyd had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and was not taking his medication at the time.
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Jake Lloyd was unable to have him transferred to a psychiatric hospital for 10 months because no beds were available.
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In January 2020, Riley and Jake Lloyd confirmed that they had moved to California to be closer with family.
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In May 2023, when Riley said Jake Lloyd was suffering a complete "psychotic break", he was arrested again after turning off Riley's car in the middle of a busy freeway.
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Jake Lloyd was immediately hospitalized and sent to inpatient care at a mental hospital for 18 months.