Meet the Unknowns Who Play the Younger Versions of 23 Favorite TV Characters

By Nadia Chaudhury | Lists | March 25, 2014

While watching last Friday’s Raising Hope (R.I.P.), I was taken aback when I realized the show had changed the actor who plays teenage Burt Chance. It wasn’t that big of a switch — he still had luxurious hair — but it did get me thinking about the actors and actresses who play the younger versions of our favorite TV characters. Such as…

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Played by Alice Richmond (her actual daughter)

Michael Bluth, Arrested Development

Played by Michael Bartel

Ben & Kate Fox, Ben & Kate
Played by Henry Shotwell & Olivia Moss

Jeff Winger, Shirley Bennett, & Pierce Hawthorne, Community
Played by Jacob Bertrand, Taylar Hollomon, & Max Charles

Dexter Morgan, Dexter

Played by Devon Graye & Maxwell Huckabee

Amy Pond, Doctor Who

Played by Caitlin Blackwood

Kurt Hummel & Blaine Anderson, Glee

Played by Adam Kolkin & Ravi Sinha Smith

Barney Stinson, How I Met Your Mother

Played by Tanner Maguire & Riley Thomas Stewart

Louie, Louie
Played by Max Behren

Don Draper/Dick Whitman, Mad Men

Played by Brandon Killham (who also played young Brian/Rudy from Dexter and Michael Bluth from Arrested Development for one episode)