What Our 16 Favorite Actors Looked Like in Their First Films Compared to Now

What Our 16 Favorite Actors Looked Like in Their First Films Compared to Now

If we were asked to explain what an actor looked like in their first film, most of us would probably recall them as they were in one of their most prominent early roles. Leonardo DiCaprio is best remembered for his role in Titanic; Arnold Schwarzenegger will always be the Terminator; Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark from Iron Man.

But it’s often the case that an actor’s first famous performance was not, in fact, their first time ever on screen. Take a look at the following selection of photographs that compares how some of today’s most well-known stars looked the first time they stepped in front of a camera with their most recent performance. We at Bright Side were certainly surprised!

16. Robert Downey Jr.

Pound (1970) vs. Captain America: Civil War (2016)

15. Charlize Theron

2 Days in the Valley (1996) vs. Snow White and the Huntsman 2 (2016)

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14. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hercules in New York (1969) vs. Terminator Genisys (2015)

13. Leonardo DiCaprio

Santa Barbara (1984-1993) vs. The Revenant (2015)

12. Mila Kunis

Baywatch (1989-2001) vs. Jupiter Ascending (2015)

11. Scarlett Johansson

North (1994) vs. Captain America: Civil War (2016)

10. Lindsay Lohan

The Parent Trap (1998) vs. The Canyons (2013)

9. Tom Cruise

Endless Love (1981) vs. Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation (2015)

8. Brad Pitt

Dallas (1978-1991) vs. The Big Short (2015)

7. Jessica Alba

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000) vs. Dear Eleanor (2015)

6. Matt Damon

Mystic Pizza (1988) vs. The Martian (2015)

5. Tom Hanks

He Knows You’re Alone (1980) vs. A Hologram for the King (2016)

4. Jean-Claude Van Damme

Monaco Forever (1984) vs. Pancake Man (2015)

© Skatetown USA Movie Company Inc. /  New Classics Media  

3. Angelina Jolie

Lookin’ to Get Out (1982) vs. By the Sea (2015)

2. Josh Herdman

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) vs. MMA fighting (2016)

1. Macaulay Culkin

Home Alone (1990) vs. :DRYVRS (2015)

We’d love to hear your views on this…