11 Famous People You’ve Never Seen Young

There are a lot of famous people these days that we literally watched grow up on the screen.

Every kid in the Harry Potter movies? Yeah, we saw them grow from tiny 10-year-olds into awkward teenagers and then turn into bright and sophisticated men and women. Most Disney Channel kids – we watched them struggle to shed that Disney Channel vibe and try to settle into being adults. But you know what you rarely think of? All those celebs we only know as middle-aged people used to be young and looked very different. Ian McKellen wasn’t always a grey-bearded wizard, Betty White wasn’t just born as a hilarious grandma, and believe it or not Willie Nelson used to have short hair. Let’s take a look at some famous people you’ve probably never seen in their formative years.

1. Sir Ian McKellen

Who knew that apart from being Magneto and Gandalf, Sir Ian McKellan also used to be a hottie in the 70s.

2. Betty White

Even though most of you will know Betty White as one of the Golden Girls and then just a hilarious grandma, she used to be a very beautiful lady back in the day.

3. Sir Patrick Stewart

Star Trek’s Jean-Luke Picard and X-men’s professor X is a good looking man still, and weirdly enough he looked like this for a while. Patrick Stewart lost his hair as a young man, but have you seen what great shape he is to this day? Google it, the man is 79 and he can still wear tight t-shirts.

4. Regis Philbin

Regis and Kelly was an iconic duo, but we’re kind of used to Regis being an old man, slightly out of touch with what’s cool and Kelly was the younger hip one. Well, look how Regis looked like in his prime.