30 Under 30 - The Most Promising Young Actors Under the Age of 30 (MY CHOICE)

1. JIM STURGESS (Age: 27)
Why He's Promising: "Mouth to Mouth" (2006), "Across the Universe" (2007), "21" (2008) and "The Other Boleyn Girl" (2008)

2. JAMES MCAVOY (Age: 29)
Why He's Promising: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" (2005), "The Last King of Scotland" (2006), "Atonement" (2007) and "Wanted" (2008)

3. KEIRA KNIGHTLY (Age: 23)
Why She's Promising: "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002), "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), "Pride and Prejudice" (2005, Best Actress Oscar Nomination) and "Atonement" (2007)

4. JAKE GYLLENHAAL (Age: 28)
Why He's Promising: "Donnie Darko" (2001), "Brokeback Mountain" (2005, Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nomination), Jarhead (2005) and "Zodiac" (2007).

5. EMILE HIRSCH (Age: 23)
Why He's Promising: "The Girl Next Door" (2004), "Imaginary Hereos" (2004), "Lords of Dogtown" (2005) and "Into the Wild" (2007)

6. HEATH LEDGER (Age: 29)
Why He's Promsing: "10 Things I Hate About You" (1999), "Brokeback Mountain" (2005, Best Actor Oscar Nomination), "I'm Not There" (2007) and "The Dark Knight" (2008)

7. RYAN GOSLING (Age: 28)
Why He's Promising: "Murder by Numbers" (2002), "The Notebook" (2004), "Half Nelson" (2006, Best Actor Oscar Nomination) and "Lars and the Real Girl" (2007)

8. ED WESTWICK (Age: 21)
Why He's Promising: TV's "Gossip Girl" (2007 - )

9. EVAN RACHEL WOOD (Age: 21)
Why She's Promising: "Thirteen" (2003), "The Upside of Anger" (2005), "Running with Scissors" (2006) and "Across the Universe" (2007).

10. ELLEN PAGE (Age: 21)
Why She's Promising: "Hard Candy" (2006), "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006), "An American Crime" (2007) and "Juno" (2007, Best Actress Oscar Nomination)

11. NATALIE PORTMAN (Age: 27)
Why She's Promising: "Leon" (1994), "Cold Mountain" (2003), "Closer" (2004, Best Supporting Actress Nomination), and "V for Vendetta" (2006).

12. JOE ANDERSON (Age: 26)
Why He's Promising: "Beoming Jane" (2007), "Control" (2007), "Across the Universe" (2007) and "The Ruins" (2008)

13. SCARLET JOHANSSON (Age: 24)
Why's She's Promising: "Ghost World" (2001), Lost in Translation" (2003), "Match Point" (2004) and "The Prestige" (2006)

14. AMANDA SEYFRIED (Age: 23)
Why She's Promising: "Mean Girl" (2004), TV's "Veronice Mars" (2004-2006), TV's "Big Love" (2006- ) and "Mamma Mia!" (2008)

15. PAUL DANO (Age: 24)
Why He's Promising: "The Girl Next Door" (2004), "Fast Food Nation" (2006), "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006) and "There Will Be Blood" (2007)

16. SHIA LABEOUF (Age: 22)
Why He's Promising: "Holes" (2003), "Disturbia" (2006), "Transformers" (2007) and "Indianna Jones and the Island of the Crystal Skull" (2008)

17. ZAC EFRON (Age: 21)
Why He's Promising: "High School Musical" (2006), "High School Musical 2" (2007) and "Hairspray" (2007)

18. LEIGHTON MEESTER (Age: 22)
Why She's Promising: TV's "Entourage" (Season 6 2008 - ) and TV's "Gossip Girl" (2007 - )

19. AMANDA BYNES (Age: 22)
Why She's Promising: TV's "What I Like About You" (2002-2006), "Loved Wreck", "She's the Man" (2006) and "Hairspray" (2007)

20. KEVIN ZEGERS (Age: 24)
Why He's Promising: "Transamerica" (2005) and "It's A Boy Girl Thing" (2007)

21. MICHAEL CERA (Age: 21)
Why He's Promising: TV's "Arrested Development" (2003-2006), "Superbad" (2007) and "Juno" (2007)

22. JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT (Age: 27)
Why He's Promising: "10 Things I Hate About You" (1999), "Mysterious Skin" (2004), "Brick" (2005) and "The Lookout" (2007)

23. ADAM BRODY (Age: 29)
Why He's Promising: TV's "The OC" (2003-2007), "Mr and Mrs Smith" (2005), "Thank You For Smoking" (2005) and "In the Land of Women" (2007)

24. ABIGAIL BRESLIN (Age: 12)
Why She's Promising: "Sings" (2002), "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006, Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nomination) and "No Reservations" (2007)

25. KRISTEN STEWART (Age: 18)
Why She's Promising: "Panic Room" (2002), "Zathura" (2006), "In the Land of Women" (2007) and Into the Wild" (2007)

26. BRITTANY SNOW (Age: 22)
Why She's Promising: "John Tucker Must Die" (2006) and "Hairspray" (2007)

27. BLAKE LIVELY (Age: 20)
Why She's Promising: "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (2005) and TV's "Gossip Girl" (2007 - )

28. JOSH HUTCHERSON (Age: 15)
Why He's Promising: "Little Manhattan" (2005), "Zathura" (2005), "Bridge to Terribithia" (2007) and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (2008)

29. DANIEL RADCLIFFE (Age: 19)
Why He's Promising: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix" (2007), "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005), "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002) and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001)

30. CHANNING TATUM (Age: 28)
Why He's Promising: "She's the Man" (2006), "Step Up" (2006), "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints" (2006) and "Stop Loss" (2008)