- DailyMail.com spotted this 34-year-old former child star stepping out to Los Angeles for a burger and beer
- At the age of eight, he replaced an icon for the third installment of a classic Christmas franchise by playing Scarlett Johannsen's younger brother
- He quit acting and opted for an ordinary childhood, attending high school and then graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 2011.
Gone are the chubby cheeks and the pudding bowl hairstyle. Instead, this former child star now sports a full, scruffy beard.
He was just eight years old when he found fame replacing an iconic leading man for the third installment of a classic Christmas franchise.
He went on to star in several heartwarming Disney films, but has since shunned the spotlight.
Have you guessed who it is?
DailyMail.com spotted this 34-year-old former child star stepping out to Los Angeles for a burger and beer
At the age of eight, he replaced Macaulay Culkin for the third installment of a classic Christmas franchise in which he played Scarlett Johannsen's younger brother.
DailyMail.com spotted the first stopping to grab a burger and a beer in Los Angeles
The actor wore AirPods as he enjoyed his lunch. He retired from acting and reportedly works as a legal analyst
He had a bushy beard, messy hair and wore jeans and Crocs for this outing in Los Angeles
He went on to star in several heartwarming Disney films, but has since shunned the spotlight
It's Alex D. Linz from Home Alone 3!
DailyMail.com spotted the 34-year-old stepping out for a burger and beer in Los Angeles.
He had a bushy beard, messy hair and wore jeans and crocs as he wolfed down his lunch.
Linz co-starred with Scarlett Johansson in the film, playing a young boy left at home after Macaulay Culkin left the franchise following Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
Home Alone 3 hit theaters in 1997 and was the first not to star Culkin as Kevin McCallister.
Instead, the filmmakers opted for an entirely new cast and enlisted eight-year-old Linz to play Alex Pruitt, a boy with chickenpox who foils a group of international criminals by booby-trapping his house.
But the film was not nearly as successful as the first two films.
It reportedly made $79 million at the box office, while Home Alone grossed $476 million and its sequel grossed $359 million.
It's Alex D. Linz! He starred in Home Alone 3 at the age of eight as a boy with chickenpox who booby traps his house to thwart burglars.
Scarlett Johansson was 12 when she played Linz's big sister in Home Alone 3
Linz played Sammy, Michelle Pfeiffer's son, in the 1996 film One Fine Day. The film also featured George Clooney and some very dated cell phones
Linz was the voice of young Tarzan in the 1999 animated hit Tarzan and starred in the 2001 Disney film Max Keeble's Big Move
Linz got his first break on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in 1995 and was also Michelle Pfeiffer's son in the 1996 film One Fine Day, but it was the Home Alone film that brought him fame.
After Home Alone 3, he had a successful career with various acting and voiceover roles.
He was the voice of young Tarzan in the 1999 animated hit Tarzan and played the lead role in the 2001 Disney film Max Keeble's Big Move.
But after his success, Linz quit acting and opted for an ordinary childhood, attending high school and then graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 2011.
Linz received his master's degree in urban and regional planning from UCLA in 2017.
He now reportedly works as a legal analyst and rarely makes public appearances.
Linz seems to be living a quiet lifestyle since leaving Hollywood behind.