What 17 Celebrities From the 2000s Look Like Today

It’s been several years since we watched teen movies like High School Musical or Mean Girls, sang at the top of our lungs with Backstreet Boys songs, or were captivated by other talented youngsters of our generation. As you probably know, some of them managed to achieve spectacular fame, while many others had a fleeting step in the world of entertainment, but that doesn’t mean we’ll forget about them. In fact, it’s the exact opposite.

Bright Side put together a new selection of celebrities who were very popular over the course of the first decade of the 2000s to show you what they look like today compared to when we first saw them in movies and on TV.

1. Zac Efron

2. Chad Michael Murray

3. Jesse McCartney

4. Jesse Metcalfe

5. Milo Ventimiglia

6. Robert Pattinson

7. Wentworth Miller

8. Tom Welling

9. Ben McKenzie

10. Nick Carter

11. Robbie Williams

12. Jonathan Bennett

13. Adrian Grenier

14. Jensen Ackles

15. Emile Hirsch

16. Ben Affleck

17. Shane West

Which celebrity did you admire the most in the 2000s? What did you like most about actors or singers of that time? Let us know in the comment section!