Time Waits For No One: 50 Pics Of Celebrities Hanging Out With Their Younger Selves (Best Of All Time)
Dutch artist, Ard Gelinck has been dishing up nostalgic magic for years. His series of celebrities hanging out with their younger selves seamlessly blends the past with the present. He has over 293 thousand followers on Instagram, and his page is a gorgeous gallery of famous faces traveling through time. In a world where photoshop fails are flooding the internet, Gelinck’s work puts the wow factor back into digital manipulation.
Bored Panda has shared his pics on several occasions. Because we love them so much, we’ve decided to honor him, and spoil you, with a compilation of his best ever photos. Keep scrolling for a trip down the Hollywood walk of memory lane. And don’t forget to upvote your favorites.
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Keanu Reeves
Happy Birthday! Wishing you more happy and healthy birthdays to come.
Load More Replies...I went to school with the guy on our left. His name is Robert "Bob" Sauve. It looks exactly like him. I mean EXACTLY!
Robin Williams
You mean his Lewy Body Dementia? Clearly he found escape from it, unless you think he still has it wherever his soul is now. My Dad had that for the last few months before he died. I will say very frankly that I wish he had died before it got bad. And if he'd had a choice, I know he would think the same. To lay on the kitchen floor, with your legs still "walking" because you didn't realize you were prone. To forget how to swallow so the food just gets gummed up on the back of your throat. To have vivid sometimes scary, hallucinations. To forget how to use the bathroom. To forget who everyone is. To forget how to talk. I am glad for Robin that he did what he did while he still had the wherewithal to do it. I would only wish Lewy Body Dementia on my worst enemies.
Load More Replies...All I got in my head is the speech from Birdcage. "I was young and beautiful once you know, now look at me, I'm fat and hideous and old, you made me this way" "I made you old?" 😆
Betty White
Gelinck is a self-taught “photoshoppper”. He spends between one and three hours on each image. "Sometimes, I react to a news item, a birthday, or day of death and then post an edit of that celeb as an honor or celebration," he previously told Bored Panda. Gelinck has become somewhat of a celebrity in his own right. And many of the famous faces he's featured love his work. Madonna, Sylvester Stallone, Ricky Gervais, and Snoop Dogg are among some of those who have shared his photos.
Harrison Ford
April 21 In Loving Memory Of Her Majesty The Queen. A Heavenly Birthday
Even those of us across the pond loved her so!
Load More Replies...I gotta admit, I never was a royalist by any means, but I miss her. especially since charles has become king and went against his mothers last wishes by naming carmilla "queen" as well as continuously increasing his own pay, as if he isn't rich enough already... ugh
Freddie Mercury
Saw the film with Rami Malek last month. Me and a couple of middle aged ladies singing along and crying our eyes out
Gelinck uses editing software called Adobe Photoshop. He has this advice for anyone wanting to try their hand at some digital photo manipulation: "You have to buy that software and just begin and try and practice a lot until, in my case, you have the luck that a lot of people like it." But as we’ll explain a bit later, sometimes you’ll need a lot more than luck to ensure success. And to avoid your photos being shared for all the wrong reasons.
Pink
Check out her singing with daughter at the DNC. Kid inherited her mother's talent...
Load More Replies...Did you know that she chose her name Pink because she was nicknamed Mister Pink (Reservoir Dogs) at school? How to change negative into positive! ✌
Yes, and she purchased rights to the name from another woman already calling herself Pink. It was all very agreeable.
Load More Replies...Morgan Freeman
Up and down and left to right, this reading stuff is out of sight!
Load More Replies...He attended NYU at the same time he was on The Electric Company. He did his thesis on the show.
Anthony Hopkins
One of my all time favorite actors and arguably one of the best of all time. When he was cast as hannibal lector, he'd already been in the industry for 30 years. While he'd had moderate success and recognition, by the 1980's he was deep into alcoholism, he was questioning his ability and potential and the roles he was getting were reinforcing his disillusionment. He was ready to call it a career and move on to something else at 50 years old....and than SoTL came along. Without that movie, without him being cast in that specific roll, we would not have had the past 34 years of his films.
I don't find him physically attractive at all, but I could listen to him talk all day long.
Donald Trumps "late great Hannibal Lector"..poor guy being roped into Trumps speech. Not clear if Trump belives the movie is real.
Gelinck made headlines again this year when he took his "Then And Now" series a step further. He photoshopped some images and then enlisted the help of a “friend” to finish the work. The photos were turned into a video that showed celebrities hugging their younger selves.
“MINDBLOWING!!” he posted on Instagram in July. “Of the 20 images in this video, I created 17 and someone(Ai) finished it.” Followed by a bunch of emojis. Gelinck then went on to say that it was unbelievable, and "Ai is fun but also really, really crazy and scary and also moving. Ai don’t know where this ends."
Tom Hanks
Im sure he'd rather that be his youngest son than the wannabe-rapping mess he ended up raising.
At least he has his other son Colin who followed in his acting footsteps albeit TV rather than film
Load More Replies...Drew Barrymore
She's beautiful, and always seems so comfortable in her own skin. Confidence is beautiful
We are 1 year apart, and I had a schoolboy crush on her when I saw E.T
Barack Obama
Aside from Jimmy Carter, there was no better man in the white house. He modeled kindness as he led tge country.
I was born into the Carter admin and my elders still to this day believe that very sentiment.
Load More Replies...Gelinck’s post managed to clock up over 20 thousand likes on Instagram. But it was met with mixed reactions. Some were wowed. While others were clearly freaked out. X user @jrawson shared the video and joked that they “might have found the most cursed thing on the internet”.
@aerocles reposted the video with the caption, “Hey AI what would it look like if a bunch of celebrities were in love with their younger selves? Make it really awkward and creepy.”
“Even with recent years' leaps and bounds in sophistication, these sorts of outputs are still so uncanny that they even seem to freak out the people creating them — a certain indictment of the reality of generative AI as it stands today,” wrote The_Byte.
Bruce Willis
Me too! I have loved him since the TV series "Moonlighting". He was acting in comedies at the time, before becoming a bad a*s in action films. I always found him sexy! 😍
Load More Replies...Meryl Streep
and a sos tupid director dared to say that this beautiful and even more talented woman was ugly
Load More Replies...If anything, she has gotten even more beautiful with age. Absolutely gorgeous
Michelle Obama
I KNOW!!!! I think she would have won in 2016 and 2020. Actually she would probably win in any year.
Load More Replies...If she'd run instead of Hilary things might be different today, but respect to her for the firm no.
It’s intentionally obvious that Gelinck's his images are photoshopped. But there are times some other people have posted overpolished pictures that they want us to believe are perfectly pure. Some photoshop fails that were definitely not the flex they set out to be.
Pierce Brosnan
What I like about him is that he is also beautiful on the inside and humble. It makes it even more beautiful!
Jeff Bridges
I am shocked how I fell in love with this guy in my 30s and wonder why I was so stupid for 30 yrs.
Michael J. Fox
The royal family rocked the boat big time this year, when Kate Middleton released a Mother’s Day photo. It featured the princess sitting on a chair, flanked by her three children. The pic was uploaded to Instagram, and landed in the inboxes of news editors around the world. To the untrained eye, it seemed like nothing out of the ordinary.
But within a few hours, the photo was pulled from some of the biggest news agencies on the planet. Associated Press, AFP, and Reuters, all refused to publish the photo, saying it had been altered in violation of their photography standards.
Matt LeBlanc
I always thought he was quite good looking when he was younger, but now he's older, he is really handsome.. Foxy.
Silver? He's only a little older than me and I'm still young damnit. He can't be more than 50.
Load More Replies...I thought that was Johnny Depp at first and got really confused. 😅
David Bowie
Beautiful and otherworldly until his last days. I wish he had more time, but I'm glad he found peace before he left.
Please tell me what you refer to by "found peace," because musically he was brilliant, but as a person, he was FUBAR.
Load More Replies...I am now going to refer to fabulous people as “knicker wettingly fabulous” 😁
Load More Replies...It is not the right picture for the older Bowie.... he was always zmiling and happy his last years... thus picture is so wrong!!
I agree! He was laughing and smiling in public until we no longer saw him.
Load More Replies...Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe is adorable. He also turned into quite a good actor and seems to be a very kindhearted bloke.
To avoid being typecast. Elijah Wood and Robert Pattinson have done the same.
Load More Replies...I appreciate the way he takes such unpredictable roles. Versatile actor as well as very good actor.
He is only in mid 30's, so as older version of himself, he's the age of younger version of other celebrities on this list.
Middleton admitted she’d manipulated the image and had to say something to settle the storm. "Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing," she wrote in a statement posted to the Prince and Princess of Wales's social media accounts. "I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused."
Social media users didn’t skip a beat. They made the most of the situation, and there were memes for days. The amateur photoshoppers had been let loose, and they were running wild with perfectly imperfect posts.
Carrie Fisher
Not sure I understand ? Carrie (who I adored) was still taking coke right up until her death.
Load More Replies...I still have the article from George magazine, where she interviewed George Clooney about the abuse of the 1st Amendment by journalists.
Johnny Depp
Sorry?!! That second one is supposed to be what he looks like now!!???
I saw that movie more then once because of him, tjen I had nigjtmares for about 7 years. I should be mad, but how could I be.
Load More Replies...Mark Hamill
When I was a child, I was in love with Luke Skywalker. When I was a teenager, I had a crush on Han Solo, the bad boy. As an adult, I now Han Solo arrogant and a little too sure of himself: "I love you" / "I know" Now, I prefer Obi-Wan Kennobi for his wisdom... and his British accent. It's complicated, huh? 😅😄😆 But Luke Skywalker will always be THE hero of Star Wars for me ❤
Why is is lightsaber hanging in front of his crotch? Is that a sensible place for it? How? That's just weird!
The Kardashians are also constantly criticized for their photoshop faux pas. Khloe has come under fire for her unusually elongated fingers. She’s even been accused of editing out her leg once. Kylie has deleted pics after fans noticed photoshop fails. Kris Jenner once posted the exact same photo as Gordon Ramsay - except it wasn’t exactly the same. And Kim, well… she’s been accused of editing everything from her waist to her face.
Macaulay Culkin
George Clooney
That's what I thought, so here it is. untitled-6...d3d57b.jpg
There is a film called Combat Academy from 1986, not sure if anyone is familiar with it, but definitely worth a look. 😀
Kate Winslet
Cate Blanchett
I love Cate Blanchett. I'll watch anything she is in. Unfortunately that included Borderlands. Not a good movie.
Load More Replies...Obviously she still looks the same, elves like Galadriel don't age :)
Robert De Niro
This man is iconic!! I love to hear him speak his mind. Easily one of the greatest of all time.
Robert Downey
Agreed! So many dudes get more handsome with a bit of age. As a woman, I'm jealous!
Load More Replies...He was good looking at any age. I have huge respect for him after he worked so hard to turn his life around.
And can handle any journalist who tries to meddle in his personal life.
Load More Replies...Fell in love with him in Chaplin. Was amazed at how talented he was, still is.
Jason Momoa
That's because he's only 45. There is no old Jason. There's young Jason, and slightly less young Jason. Jesus Christ people. He's probably going to live another 40 years.
Load More Replies...No man has a chance when you're the same handsome all your life no fair
Christina Applegate
Old picture looks like it's from 91 or 92, the "recent" picture looks to be from 7 or 8 years ago Sadly, she was diagnosed with MS a few years ago, shortly after her netflix series "Dead to me" premiered. Her mobility has been seriously affected and she's gained a considerable amount of weight.
Winona Ryder
Oh, excellent photoshopping, putting a Stranger Things t-shirt on her younger self!
OK, so how did the younger Winona get a stranger things tee shirt?????
Because the description of this page is the older and the younger selves hanging out together. The creator chose to have her younger self enjoy her older self's work.
Load More Replies...Haley Joel Osment
It's a shame Hollywood didn't give him a chance. He was a very good actor when he was a child!
Nice to see his sister also landed a good role. (Mandy, Young Sheldon)
Pedro Pascal
When he smiles, his whole face lights up and makes me automatically smile back!
Reese Witherspoon
Ryan Reynolds
One of my fav's since all the way back to "Two guys, a girl and a pizza place" He's at least had a hair transplant, but i can't tell if he's had other work done too his face looks subtly different. I can't tell if he's had fillers somewhere, or something sucked out to make his jaw/face more angular, or if it's just the effects of 20 years of "TRT" and personal trainers that eroded the fullness seen in his younger self.
Or he just aged. People's faces are often fuller when they are younger.
Load More Replies...I know some people who look a bit like the young version of him, weirdly.
Jennifer Aniston
Denzel Washington
Always loved him. Watching him and Tom Hanks in Philadelphia cemented my admiration.
Yes! I was a child when the movie was released (11), and my best friend at the time was gay. We went to see it together (my dad took us) and we both cried at the end. Watching Denzel's amazing portrayal of a man who went from fearing and misunderstanding HIV/AIDS (as was so common in the early 90s) to someone who got to know and care about Tom Hanks' character as a person behind the disease was just so powerful to us as kids. We watched the movie many more times together over the next few years, whenever my friend was feeling down or afraid.
Load More Replies...St. Elsewhere! He was pretty memorable in that hospital TV show
I'd recommend watching Denzel wearing blue leather breeches in *Much Ado About Nothing*. Hot 🤓 lol
Marilyn Monroe
Poor her! Her story is so sad. We would like to go back in time and be her friend to encourage and support her. She would have really needed it 😢
In spite of what seems to be a glamorous lifestyle, I think Hollywood can be a very lonely place to be. I feel that this is why so many stars don't live in the area itself.
Keanu Reeves And Carrie-Anne Moss
Carrie Anne Moss is beautiful but normal person beautiful rather than obvious plastic surgery and makeup.
Lady Gaga
I've come to sincerely appreciate this woman's talent. She's the real deal, and a chameleon with her looks.
Neil Patrick Harris
OMG, I am today years old to realise why he looked so familiar……..he is Doogie Howser…….
Emma Watson
Wait ... is she a natural ginger, or is she not? I always thought she was, but ... uh ... whatever, anyway - is she?
Hair color can change with age. My hair was pale blond when I was a baby. When I was a toddler, it changed to a pale apricot-ish blond for a while. Now that I'm 42, it's this weird dark dishwater blond. So, Emma could have been ginger when she was younger, and her hair's darkened as she's gotten older.
Load More Replies...Tom Hardy
That's not young Tom Hardy! That's young Patrick Stewart! :p (probably no one will get this joke, but f**k it :p)
I do! I always forget Tom Hardy was in the movie.
Load More Replies...Elton John
Brad Pitt
He was actually in Dallas as a teenager (Bobby Ewing's girlfriend's daughter's boyfriend, I think).
Brigitte Bardot
I love how she didn't fight aging like so many other actresses, who have so much cosmetic surgery work done that they look like they have plastic sheets stapled onto their faces.
Leaving the film industry before she turned 40 helped her avoid image pressure and intense surgery
Load More Replies...If only she'd just stuck to defending animal rights rather than turning into a foul white supremacist neo-nazi.
A really awesome person too, an activist for good causes all her life.
Ricky Gervais
He was a pop singer in the 80s, in a band called Seona Dancing. Look them up and you'll see him looking very much like Bowie.
Load More Replies...Boy George
Is it just the angle of the photo, or is there something really off with his jawline?
Perhaps it's the angle of the bottom of his bearded chin with his exposed neck behind it.
Load More Replies...(Younger him) looks like a teenager forced to take a pic with their dad (older him)
I remember watching a video of Boy George with a friend -- we'd never heard of him before. We both shook our heads and said something like, "See? If she tried, she could probably be cute! I don't know why she *tries* to look like that!" (What a couple of doofusses we were! LOL)
Bill Murray
Paul Rudd
Rob Lowe
When I watch his younger version, I have in my head: "🎵 Wake me up! before you gogo!" 🎶
Jennifer Coolidge
Queen Elizabeth
Julia Roberts
Not in reality/untouched photos. She’s still beautiful obviously but she has aged. And good for her for doing it naturally. Although I have unfortunately read many stories lately that have changed my perception of the down to earth, wholesome person I believed she was.
Load More Replies...Halle Berry
Angelina Jolie
Michael Jackson
Definitely didn’t age well. Only makes the plastic surgery more obvious
Tom Selleck
Clark Gable, Steve Harvey, Adolphe Monjou, Thomas Dewey, Walt Disney, William Howard Taft, Groucho Marx, Errol Flynn, Sam Elliott, Albert Einstein, Salvador Dali, Mark Twain, Little Richard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rollie Fingers, Fats Waller, John Waters, and Theodore Roosevelt all disagree.
Load More Replies...I have always found him very handsome, so much so that my boyfriend is jealous! 😆
Dwayne Johnson
Have you noticed that men with curly hair are the ones who go bald as they age?
Richard Gere
Margot Robbie
Amy Winehouse
My mum's friend went to school with her. She used to practise singing in the P.E changing room toilets apparently.
A singer: https://youtu.be/KUmZp8pR1uc?si=vIXiZmw0EaL7P4mh She died at age 28, following the ingestion of a large quantity of alcohol after a period of abstinence.
Load More Replies...George Clooney
Beard, no beard... If you looked up what a movie star looks like in the dictionary, you would find George Clooney's face.
Ricky Gervais
Clint Eastwood
Have you seen his sons? They are the spitting image of Blondie from GB&U.
Matthew Perry
Chandler Bing, my favorite Friends! He was so funny! I liked the Chandler-Monica couple better than Ross-Rachel. Their relationship seemed healthier and much less complicated!
Sean Connery
Selena Gomez
Bruno Mars
Jennifer Aniston
Dwayne Johnson
Gotta love a man in a f***y-pack 😉 (FYI, in Australia we call them bum-bags)
Usher
Julia Roberts
Will Smith
I thoroughly enjoyed most of his movies. Don't think he managed the celebrity-status too well (isn't he Scientology?icky)
I used to like him, but between seeing how f****d up his kids are, the BS he endures from his terrible wife, and his little performance at the oscars a few years ago, not seeing any redeeming qualities anymore.
Load More Replies...Leonardo Dicaprio
His personal life is his business, still a hell of an actor
Load More Replies...Jimmy Fallon
Absolutely cannot stand him. A mannequin with a tape recorder taped to its's face would come off as more genuine
What did he do to get The Tonight Show? It's an insult to the great hosts of the past.
Wow. I didn't know so many ppl disliked Jimmy Fallon...did I miss something? I don't watch his show or anything so I have no idea, I just remember him from snl.
He's just really... not good at the job. Compared to most other hosts of similar shows, you'll see the difference. There are some where the script-writing is very obvious (the other Jimmy, for example) and yet they seem to actually be interested in making a good impression or selling the joke. Fallon always comes across as so full of himself that it's just distracting.
Load More Replies...Mick Jagger
Aw. No picture of him as a young man? He was quite cute, with his long hair and his bad boy look! 🥰
Madonna
Her cosmetic procedures have got out of control... I barely recognised her the last time I saw her on TV.
I've actually heard of most of them! That's extremely rare
I know! And I had crushes on at least four of them
Load More Replies...Most of these have so much more character as they aged. One actress who aged beautifully was Sophia Loren.
Further than Michelle Obama, yeah, a let down in that area.
Load More Replies...Too many of the same people. And I don’t like the use of pictures of dead celebrities.
I've actually heard of most of them! That's extremely rare
I know! And I had crushes on at least four of them
Load More Replies...Most of these have so much more character as they aged. One actress who aged beautifully was Sophia Loren.
Further than Michelle Obama, yeah, a let down in that area.
Load More Replies...Too many of the same people. And I don’t like the use of pictures of dead celebrities.
