Photos of Celebrities When They Were Younger

Celebrity Heartthrobs: Hotter Now or Then?

July 13, 2012

Photos of Celebrities When They Were Younger

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Happy birthday, Harrison Ford! It's hard to believe that the Indiana Jones actor turns 70 today! Some celebrity men — like Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Tom Cruise, who turned 50 earlier this month — age like a fine wine, while others not so much. We've rounded up retro and new shots of some of Hollywood's hottest who have been in the spotlight for anywhere from a decade to several to see how they've gone from boy wonder to mature man candy. So weigh in now: are these celebs hotter now or hotter then?

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23 Comments

Zelideh 1 year 3 weeks

I'm amazed by the fact that some of them haven't aged at all...i.e. Will Smith, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mario Lopez and Joshua Jackson. Hello, amazing genes!

Assistant Community Manager 1 year 4 weeks

Brad was so hott as a young buck.

dvdsky81 1 year 4 weeks

@Bettye Wayne Mmmmmmm...Brenden Fraser. Him and Patrick Dempsey in With Honors = Amazing! (Yes I am the 1 person that voted for Patrick in the before catagory, though its a close one. Both Patricks are extremely hot, just in different ways now. Early Patrick is hot in a "beautiful" type way. The curly hair gets me. It's amazing on him. Older Patrick is hot in a George Clooney way.). As for the majority of the guys, they look pretty much exactly the same, so there's no way to really vote. Mario Lopez, James Van der beek, Joshua Jackson, Jimmy Fallon, Will Smith, Ashton, Freddie Prinze, even Ryan Reynolds...so many of those guys look EXACTLY the same, just with more facial hair or maybe thicker face. And some pics were just unfair-that now Brad Pitt pic couldnt have been a worse recent pic. While I am of the camp of him being hotter then, if he'd get rid of that horrible beard, my opinion may be drasically different. I LOVE beards on men. Actually I prefer a beard, but Brad is not the beard type-a full beard, maybe, but that goatee shit is awful. I hate goatees anyway, but that one is particularly bad. Unkept and gross . With that said-there are still pics of him with it that aren't so bad. Same with Val Kilmer, Ben Affeck (really? There's a ton of better recent pics of him and you use one really bad candid shot). The "Booo my favorite hot guy changed directions" bias is showing..lol. Actually in the cases of Ben and Jared Leto-both pics are terrible pics of them to begin with. Wow, this turned out long. My apologizes. My really long point being, on about 80% of these, it's impossible to judge.

Laura Marie Meyers 1 year 4 weeks

Mario Lopez must use La Mer...

missmaryb 1 year 50 weeks

I voted mostly for "now" on all the guys. They have all aged so well...except Sean Penn, who's always been butt ugly in my estimation.

amber512 2 years 20 weeks

On a few of these there really needs to be a "neither" option!

3 years 3 weeks

I think many of them look better "Now", especially George Clooney and Jon Stewart

3 years 6 weeks

George Clooney is like wine he just keeps getting better with age!!!!!!!! :)

Janine22 3 years 11 weeks

Eric Bana is hot now, then or whenever!

Pistil 3 years 11 weeks

Many of them have aged so well! Lucky!

3 years 11 weeks

Hello fellas... I am completely new here but I cannot wait to start having/getting several fantastic discussions with you all! I just figured i would introduce myself to you all so howdy!

TammyO 3 years 11 weeks

No Henry Cavill??? Who is now officially my Patron Saint of Hotness so I'll just keep promoting him on every poll and article about supposed hot guys!

jelibeann 3 years 11 weeks

i agree, mamasita...i chose almost all "now"...i mean, most of them i found hot then, as well, but i guess my own aging has made me realize how much like boys most of them looked in the younger photos

Bettye Wayne 3 years 11 weeks

And Brendan Fraser? I always thought he was so hot and he still is.

Bettye Wayne 3 years 11 weeks

There definitely needed to be an "ewwwwwww" button. I must have the same daddy complex as you mama, I think there were one or two I voted 'then' on.Why the fuck is Pierce Brosnon not on here?

Bettye Wayne 3 years 11 weeks

There definitely needed to be an "ewwwwwww" button. I must have the same daddy complex as you mama, I think there were one or two I voted 'then' on. Why the fuck is Pierce Brosnon not on here?

RoaringSilence 3 years 11 weeks

This was fun! but I demand more buttons:"Neither" for Tom Cruise"Hot always" for Jude Lawand "Hotter then, but would still do all day and all of the night" for the Boss :D

RoaringSilence 3 years 11 weeks

This was fun! but I demand more buttons: "Neither" for Tom Cruise "Hot always" for Jude Law and "Hotter then, but would still do all day and all of the night" for the Boss :D