# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/41 "2018-01-18T17:25:32Z")
[Hank Williams Jr.](https://countryrebel.com/blogs/videos/hank-jr-the-kind-of-woman-i-got) ---
**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, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/42 "2018-01-18T17:26:55Z")
> [@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. Oh, and going down this route… Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter movies. [Lewis in Philosopher’s Stone](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypotter/images/2/2c/Neville_being_Sorted.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140921223031) [Lewis in Half-Blood Prince](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypotter/images/1/10/Neville-promo-pics-neville-longbottom-28261912-390-520.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140610141612) [Lewis in 2016](http://www.matthew-lewis.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=6017) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/43 "2018-01-18T17:35:19Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Sean](http://www.joblo.com/images_arrownews/vlcsnap-2014-10-05-22h28m46s55.png) [Astin](https://www.biography.com/.image/t_share/MTMxMjY0OTMzOTU3NTA3NTUw/sean-astin-wikicommonsjpg.jpg) No way! He’s still the same cutie pie I married\*, now there’s just more to love! \*may have been a dream ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/44 "2018-01-18T19:12:09Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > 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. He turns 69 later this year, not 70, but he looks pretty normal for his age. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/45 "2018-01-18T19:17:06Z")
[Willie](https://img.wennermedia.com/660-width/rs-115741-b2b86ab843ec2616844ca15dc6d42ac1239e0e9e.jpg) [Nelson](https://img.wennermedia.com/article-leads-horizontal/rs-170915-98302649.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/46 "2018-01-18T19:20:56Z")
[Haley Joel Osment](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4194220.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/Haley-Joel-Osment-main.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/47 "2018-01-18T19:45:14Z")
> [@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? I have no problem recognizing Diana Rigg, especially when she speaks (although the last thing I saw her in was probably an intro segment for _Masterpiece Theater_ a few years ago). The one I can’t recognize is… **Carrie Fisher** Watching her in the last two _Star Wars_ movies, she just doesn’t trigger any familiarity at all. I think it’s more than just age; her demeanor, the tempo of her voice, just doesn’t look like the same person to me. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/48 "2018-01-18T20:16:29Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > He turns 69 later this year, not 70, but he looks pretty normal for his age. I’d say he looks pretty good for someone 15-20 years younger. Hell, I’m 42 and I wish I looked that good! 🙂 Tough crowd, indeed. What kind of septuagenarians do you lot know? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/49 "2018-01-18T22:13:20Z")
[David](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRQdH-9qHn1G5J9e7abJ4fQIYeIX69zbkvAO9gSYHKcuCxoQKMuQg) [Vanian](http://c8.alamy.com/comp/J0D4C7/san-francisco-california-usa-11th-apr-2017-dave-vanian-of-the-damned-J0D4C7.jpg) Literally did not recognize him last year, even up close, until several songs in. The beard was not a good look for him, [but](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT8S6jPoocM1Wb7Bfum-GOXHyanLz6469dZSkWbBbC1jfdwMRkT) [still](http://image.ibb.co/jkDkAa/Vanian.jpg). Was gonna go with Iggy Pop or Debbie Harry back before their collagen just up and left them, but they’re also in their 70s and they look like it. Vanian is just 61 and aging very well for a punk. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/50 "2018-01-18T22:34:05Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’d say he looks pretty good for someone 15-20 years younger. Hell, I’m 42 and I wish I looked that good! 🙂 Tough crowd, indeed. What kind of septuagenarians do you lot know? He looks good, and I’d recognize him, but he is finally starting to look somewhat like an old man. A good-looking old man, but still. > **[Bruce Springsteen Extends Broadway Run](https://variety.com/2017/music/news/bruce-springsteen-extends-broadway-run-1202623810/)** > > Bruce Springsteen must be enjoying himself: "Springsteen on Broadway" has been extended for four more months. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/51 "2018-01-18T22:46:11Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > He looks good, and I’d recognize him, but he is finally starting to look somewhat like an old man. A good-looking old man, but still. > > [Bruce Springsteen Extends Broadway Run](http://variety.com/2017/music/news/bruce-springsteen-extends-broadway-run-1202623810/) He still looks damned good there to me. I guess I’m horrible with guessing ages, but from that pic, I’d guess 55-ish. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/52 "2018-01-18T22:50:02Z")
Oh, back to the OP. For me, it was Paul Reiser. I kept seeing him in the credits of Stranger Things and it took me about four or five episodes before I realized who his character was in the show. I kept being like, where is Paul Reiser? Is he not in this episode. [Mad About You Paul Reiser](https://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Mad-About-You-Paul-Reiser-and-Helen-Hunt.jpg) [Stranger Things Paul Reiser](https://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2017/10/30/30-paul-reiser-stranger-things.w710.h473.jpg) I mean, now that I realize who he is, I can see the facial features, but if I was not told to look out for it, I wouldn’t have made the connection ever. (And even as I was told about it, it took me several episodes to glom onto it.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/53 "2018-01-18T23:00:53Z")
I found Billy Crystal unrecognizable the last time I saw him, on Modern Family. [https://s.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/hgCuoKA5qeDA9kkqPoRNVQ--~D/cm90YXRlPWF1dG87dz05NjA7YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVv/https://s.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/n.HejatNfXPlGyewkgyXeA--~D/cm90YXRlPWF1dG87dz0xMjAwO2FwcGlkPXl2aWRlbw--/https://s.yimg.com/ea/img/-/171201/5a20e2d3ae41e\_billy\_crystal\_5a20e2a125658.jpg](https://s.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/hgCuoKA5qeDA9kkqPoRNVQ--~D/cm90YXRlPWF1dG87dz05NjA7YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVv/https://s.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/n.HejatNfXPlGyewkgyXeA--~D/cm90YXRlPWF1dG87dz0xMjAwO2FwcGlkPXl2aWRlbw--/https://s.yimg.com/ea/img/-/171201/5a20e2d3ae41e_billy_crystal_5a20e2a125658.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/54 "2018-01-18T23:15:18Z")
[Jon Favreau](http://static.tvgcdn.net/rovi/showcards/feed/110/thumbs/30665110_1300x1733.jpg) in _Rudy_. [Jon Favreau](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODMxOWIxZjgtMDYwZC00NGM2LTliMjMtOTBjNDkzMjBjMjcyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjAwODA4Mw@@._V1_.jpg) in _Rocky Marciano_. Whuh…?!? ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/55 "2018-01-18T23:16:56Z")
Alec Baldwin. He’s aged well, but just looks so much different. [![](https://screencrush.com/files/2013/07/Beetlejuice-Alec-Baldwin.jpg) ](https://screencrush.com/files/2013/07/Beetlejuice-Alec-Baldwin.jpg) ---
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/56 "2018-01-18T23:59:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Oh, back to the OP. For me, it was Paul Reiser. I kept seeing him in the credits of Stranger Things and it took me about four or five episodes before I realized who his character was in the show. I kept being like, where is Paul Reiser? Is he not in this episode. > > [Mad About You Paul Reiser](https://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Mad-About-You-Paul-Reiser-and-Helen-Hunt.jpg) > > [Stranger Things Paul Reiser](https://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2017/10/30/30-paul-reiser-stranger-things.w710.h473.jpg) > > I mean, now that I realize who he is, I can see the facial features, but if I was not told to look out for it, I wouldn’t have made the connection ever. (And even as I was told about it, it took me several episodes to glom onto it.) Good one! My wife and I both knew we knew him but we had to IMDB it to go “ohhhhhh”. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/57 "2018-01-19T01:08:42Z")
Remember the punk Archie from [Repo Man](https://www.picsofcelebrities.com/celebrity/miguel-sandoval/pictures/large/miguel-sandoval-hd-wallpaper.jpg)? And the Columbian Drug Lord bad guy from [Clear and Present Danger](http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/7/72//clear_and_present_7.png)? Same guy. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/58 "2018-01-19T01:08:55Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > [Haley Joel Osment](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4194220.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/Haley-Joel-Osment-main.jpg) For a less cruel comparison, here he is [at, IIRC, eighteen](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/heyarnold/images/a/aa/Hjo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160630174243) (maybe twenty) and here he is [last year](https://nyppagesix.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/haley.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200), age 29. Also, here’s a still from [the new X -files](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fewedit.files.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F01%2Fxf-s2_206_scn30-32-sh_0216-21.jpg&w=1100&q=85). ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/59 "2018-01-19T01:31:56Z")
David Crosby in the mid 1980s was pretty much unrecognizable (except for the smirk) from his days 20 years earlier in the Byrds. But since then he has looked pretty much the same. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/60 "2018-01-19T01:54:04Z")
The guy from Voyager. [https://goo.gl/images/gRVBRk](https://goo.gl/images/gRVBRk) WTH happened to his long, thin face? [https://goo.gl/images/zzHbvQ](https://goo.gl/images/zzHbvQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869.md?page=4)