In terms of making it big, Jonathan Brandis had things pretty much covered at the age of just six years old. He scored a role playing Kevin Buchanan on popular ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, and the rest, as they say, is history. He also appeared on television shows such as Blossom, L.A. Law, Who's the Boss?, Murder She Wrote, The Wonder Years, and Full House.
At the age of 14 he landed the lead role of Bastian Bux in the film The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter. From there, things really picked up for him when he started playing Lucas Wolenczak in the series, seaQuest DSV. Unfortunately, Brandis decided to end his own life in 2003, at the age of 27. He didn't leave a suicide note, but he had spoken to friends about being depressed due to his failing career.