Little Earl (kid with bandage) child Terrence Howard lookalike?

I think the title says it all. I was really expecting to get to the credits and see that Little Earl (the kid with the bandage on his knee) was the current popular actor Terrence Howard when he was a child--something about the face is very similar.

But no, it was a child named Herbert Newsome. Herbert must be about 32 years old now.