Get ready to take a trip back in time and see your favorite stars before they were household names! These rarely seen pictures of celebrities as kids are a nostalgic blast from the past, featuring everything from awkward school photos to adorable baby smiles.
It’s proof that even the biggest stars started out as just regular kids—complete with questionable hairstyles and some truly epic 90s fashion choices.
So, if you’ve ever wondered what your favorite A-listers looked like before the fame, fortune, and red carpets, you’re in for a delightful (and occasionally cringey) treat!
1. Anthony Hopkins
2. Jason Bateman, Justine Bateman and Ted Danson
3. Back in his earlier body building days, Arnold Schwarzenegger worked for a bricklaying company
4. Chaka Khan
5. Dave Grohl
6. Ian McKellen
7. Janis Joplin’s high school yearbook photo, 1960
8. Stephen King
9. Gillian Anderson
10. Carrie Fisher and her mom, Debbie Reynolds
11. Chris Farley
12. That is Harrison Ford working as a carpenter
13. 17 year old Susan Sarandon
14. Alfred Hitchcock
15. Johnny Knoxville
16. Michael Jackson “in disguise” out on the town with Tatum O’Neal
17. MIchael Keaton working as a stagehand on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood in the early 70s
18. Tommy Lee
19. Bela Lugosi
20. Rue McClanahan (Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls)
21. Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, and Matt Dillon, 1983
22. Judy Garland
23. Dave Grohl, Ru Paul, tiny Frances Bean, and Kurt Cobain
24. Ann-Margret
25. tephen Colbert and David Schwimmer with their improv group
26. Kurt Cobain playing drums at Montesano High School
Mike Primavera is a Chicago-based comedy writer even though he doesn't HAVE to work. He lives comfortably off of his family's pasta fortune. Follow him on all social media at @primawesome