# Celebrities Who Look(ed) Significantly Different than Earlier in their Careers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869 "2018-01-18T01:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/21 "2018-01-18T12:44:35Z")
Not a single woman mentioned thus far, I note (with the possible exception of Caitlyn Jenner). I can’t think of many that have changed dramatically over the years for reasons other than plastic surgery. That said, [Renee Zellweger](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTgyMzYwMDI2OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzg3NjYwMzE@._V1_UY317_CR30,0,214,317_AL_.jpg) is all over the map looks-wise - some of that is surgery, some of that is exercise and dieting, and some of that is aging. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/22 "2018-01-18T13:06:56Z")
[Diana](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001671/mediaviewer/rm580110592) [Rigg](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001671/mediaviewer/rm3835208192) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/23 "2018-01-18T13:47:53Z")
[Jerry O’Connell.](https://images-production.global.ssl.fastly.net/uploads/photos/file/179668/jerry-oconnell-stand-by-me.jpg?auto=compress&crop=top&fit=clip&h=700&q=55&w=700) Well, I know he was just a kid in Stand By Me, but I was pretty damn surprised at how he turned out anyway. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/24 "2018-01-18T13:54:05Z")
[Anthony](http://hilobrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/anthonymichaelhall31.jpg) [Michael](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/10/610e5f4a-f493-5e0c-b6cd-24203e9f9850/5758436aba518.image.jpg) Hall. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/25 "2018-01-18T14:33:17Z")
A recent New York magazine cover featured [Bruce Springsteen](http://variety.com/2017/music/news/bruce-springsteen-politics-trump-marriage-1202576624/). He turns 70 this year, and he is not aging well. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/26 "2018-01-18T14:45:34Z")
Wilmer Valderrama, who played the fey, pixie-ish Fez on _That 70s Show_, and then hit the gym for a few years to play the hulked-out generic tough guy cop Nick Torres on _NCIS_. Jennifer Lopez, on _Shades of Blue_, is scarcely recognizable as the youngster who played _Selena_ back in the 90s. And Elias Koteas has sure changed from _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_ to _Chicago Blue_. Cop shows. They change ya. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/27 "2018-01-18T14:51:17Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > [Anthony](http://hilobrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/anthonymichaelhall31.jpg) [Michael](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/10/610e5f4a-f493-5e0c-b6cd-24203e9f9850/5758436aba518.image.jpg) Hall. Good one. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/28 "2018-01-18T15:06:56Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > A recent New York magazine cover featured [Bruce Springsteen](http://variety.com/2017/music/news/bruce-springsteen-politics-trump-marriage-1202576624/). He turns 70 this year, and he is not aging well. You’re a tough crowd, **Annie** ; I think he looks hot for any age 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/29 "2018-01-18T15:37:35Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Not a single woman mentioned thus far, I note (with the possible exception of Caitlyn Jenner). Not sure if I’m invisible, or you think Melissa McCarthy’s a man. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/30 "2018-01-18T15:50:22Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Original Iron Maiden lead singer [Paul Di’Anno.](https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Paul_Di%27Anno/124) I see your Di’Anno and raise you [Jon Oliva](https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Jon_Oliva/6652) of Savatage and Trans Siberian Orchestra. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/31 "2018-01-18T15:57:34Z")
Frank Langella was heart-throb handsome in Mel Brooks’ **the Twelve Chairs** , and as Dracula onstage in the 1970s and in the 1979 film **Dracula** adapted from it. [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_(1979_film)#/media/File:Dracula_ver2_poster.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_(1979_film)#/media/File:Dracula_ver2_poster.jpg) We all get older and grayer, of course, but when Frank Langella shaved his hair real short and started taking rock-hard serious roles it changed him completely. I don’t think I’ve seen him smile in ages > **[Frank Langella To Return To ‘The Americans’ For Season 4](https://deadline.com/2015/04/frank-langella-cast-the-americans-season-4-fx-1201415989/)** > > Gабриэль возвращается. After recurring on the third season of FX’s Cold War drama The Americans, Frank Langella is set to return for Season 4, reprising his role as Gabriel, Philip (Matthew R… A guy I knew as a grad student followed the same route – long-haired Bohemian appearance when young, now close-cropped gray hair and no smile. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/32 "2018-01-18T16:15:24Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > [Diana](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001671/mediaviewer/rm580110592) [Rigg](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001671/mediaviewer/rm3835208192) We seem to do these threads about every six months and I have some of the same issues every time. While the OPs question is indeed a broad one, are we really surprised that someone (Diana Rigg in this case) looks a lot different at 75 than she did at 23? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/33 "2018-01-18T16:19:19Z")
> [@spifflog](#): > > We seem to do these threads about every six months and I have some of the same issues every time. > > While the OPs question is indeed a broad one, are we really surprised that someone (Diana Rigg in this case) looks a lot different at 75 than she did at 23? The point of this thread is people who look significantly difference due to age. We aren’t surprised, we’re pointing it out. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/34 "2018-01-18T16:25:20Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > [Jerry O’Connell.](https://images-production.global.ssl.fastly.net/uploads/photos/file/179668/jerry-oconnell-stand-by-me.jpg?auto=compress&crop=top&fit=clip&h=700&q=55&w=700) Well, I know he was just a kid in Stand By Me, but I was pretty damn surprised at how he turned out anyway. Along similar lines: [Troy](http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Troy+Gentile+Premiere+Dreamworks+Nickelodeon+PbmOuVF4w7Pl.jpg) [Gentile](https://media.baselineresearch.com/images/374090/374090_full.jpg), _Hotel for Dogs_ (2010) [Troy](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/4b/59/58/4b5958e8a1383c50aec976bc8ed3e776--johnny-galecki-the-goldbergs.jpg) [Gentile](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTAxODQ5NDgwNTZeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDUzNjI1MzAx._V1_.jpg), _The Goldbergs_ (2013 - present) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/35 "2018-01-18T16:27:08Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Not sure if I’m invisible, or you think Melissa McCarthy’s a man. 😛 :smack: ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/36 "2018-01-18T16:30:31Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > You’re a tough crowd, **Annie** ; I think he looks hot for any age 🙂 I don’t know about hot, but I think Bruce looks good for being 70. I know I’ll look a lot worse when I hit 70. I have to agree with Renee Zellweger. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/37 "2018-01-18T16:57:11Z")
[Val Kilmer](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/batman/images/f/fb/ValKilmer.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080621224646) [Val Kilmer](http://ksassets.timeincuk.net/wp/uploads/sites/55/2016/11/ValKilmerGettyImages-142156593.jpg) [Val Kilmer](https://i0.wp.com/radaronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/val-kilmer-cancer-disease-spread-pp-.jpg?fit=1200%2C788&ssl=1) He apparently has throat cancer. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/38 "2018-01-18T17:14:20Z")
[Chaz Bono](http://www.bizpacreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/chaz-bono-before-after-transition-sex-change-surgery.jpg), though for very obvious (and appropriate) reasons. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/39 "2018-01-18T17:20:38Z")
Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films) went from [round-faced nerdy kid](https://pmchollywoodlife.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/matthew-lewis-harry-potter-transformation-young.jpg?w=600) to [stud](https://i.huffpost.com/gen/2979870/thumbs/o-COVER-570.jpg?7). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/40 "2018-01-18T17:22:29Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > A recent New York magazine cover featured [Bruce Springsteen](http://variety.com/2017/music/news/bruce-springsteen-politics-trump-marriage-1202576624/). He turns 70 this year, and he is not aging well. Jeez. He looks fantastic. All the pictures I’ve seen lately makes him look like a 50 year old. I do have suspicions about his hair color. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869.md?page=3)