As much as youth and beauty are celebrated, the world of celebrity gossip is slowly coming around to the fact that, surprise surprise, most of us continue to age past twenty-five. On the other end of the spectrum, some people achieved fame later in life, so the vast majority of the population doesn’t even have a frame of reference for what they may have looked like at a younger age.
So here is a collection of actors, actresses, musicians, and other assorted famous people at the age of forty, a perfect midway point in age. So scroll through, upvote your personal favorites, and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments section below.
#1 Keanu Reeves
In 2004.
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#2 Betty White
In 1962.
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#3 Dolly Parton
In 1986.
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#4 Sandra Bullock
In 2004.
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#5 Sir Ian Mckellen
In 1979.
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#6 Jason Momoa
In 2020.
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#7 Harrison Ford
In 1982.
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#8 Barack Obama
In 2002.
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#9 Angela Lansbury
In 1965.
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#10 Meryl Streep
In 1989.
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#11 Cher
In 1986.
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#12 Ryan Reynolds
In 2017.
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#13 Paul Rudd
In 2009.
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#14 Clint Eastwood
In 1970.
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#15 Idris Elba
In 2012.
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#16 Anthony Hopkins At 40
In 1977.
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#17 Helen Mirren
In 1985.
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#18 Denzel Washington
In 1994.
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#19 Natalie Portman
In 2021.
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#20 Al Pacino
In 1980.
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#21 Maggie Smith
In 1974.
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#22 Catherine O’hara
In 1994.
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#23 Macaulay Culkin
In 2020.
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#24 Julia Louis-Dreyfus
In 2001.
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#25 Dwayne Johnson
In 2012.
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#26 Joan Collins
In 1973.
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#27 Jake Gyllenhaal
In 2021.
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#28 Jennifer Aniston
In 2009.
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#29 Jim Carrey
In 2002.
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#30 Kim Kardashian
In 2021.
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