He was photographed at the premiere of his first movie, Myra Breckinridge, in 1970 at the age of 25, as a dark-haired, dimpled male next to his co-star Mae West. As a nod to his appearance when he was younger, one netizen wrote: “I’d forgotten how insanely good-looking he was.”
Think Casino, Gangs of New York, and Goodfellas.
According to UCLA’s School of Film, Scorsese’s vocation is anchored in two degrees from New York University’s School of Film. In his early 20s, he favored shoulder-length hair and was noted to be passionate about filmmaking, to the point that he even lectured at the same institution.
He married Laraine Marie Brennan in 1965, the same year he welcomed his first daughter, Catherine, into the world. Their marriage lasted until he was 29 in 1971.
Her claim to fame was the Broadway production Hair in 1968, and four years later, she appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Twenty-six at the time, the actress, in a suit, sported a bob not much different from the style she favors today.
Much like the anchors of The Tonight Show of this era, Carson dug deep and was able to draw out a few facts, including, to the audience’s delight, that Diane was single.
Goldblum moved to New York at 17 to pursue his career in 1970 and worked with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse to sharpen his acting skills. His first role in the Big Apple was the stage play Two Gentlemen of Verona.
He was later spotted by director Robert Altman, who cast him in California Split (1974) and Nashville (1975). In 1974, at 21, he also took on the role of a home invader in the movie Death Wish. In character, he can be seen as a clean-cut figure with loose curls that fell to the bottom of his ears.
The Tennessee native was born in 1937, making him 88 today, and he’s become synonymous with roles that exude experience and calm authority—like the all-knowing Professor Samuel Norman in Lucy and the analytical CIA director Bill Cabot in The Sum of All Fears.
His path to screen legend started at the age of nine when he acted in a school play, and by the age of twelve, he won a state drama competition. In his adult life, Freeman made his Broadway debut at age 30 in the musical Hello, Dolly!, perhaps delayed by his service in the Airforce.
A photo of Freeman in his twenties shows a clean-shaven, rangy young man in his military uniform.
He began acting at age 10, when he played the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz. His professional film career kicked off at age 20 with his role in The Wedding Party in 1963. The real recognition came in 1965’s Three Rooms in Manhattan.
In his 20s, De Niro exuded a vibrant masculinity that still grabs the attention of netizens today.
Alfredo James Pacino was born in 1940 in New York City to Italian-American parents. He was raised in the South Bronx, and his trajectory to stardom did not fall in his lap, so he honed his craft at the prestigious Actors Studio in New York.
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