Here's How Drastically Different 55 Celebs Looked Exactly 40 Years Ago (Except Rob Lowe)

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I traveled back to 1985 (with Google, not a DeLorean) to see what celebs looked like then.View Entire Post ›

1. The ICONIC Cher was 39 at the time: 2. Sarah Jessica Parker , at age 20, with her then-boyfriend Robert Downey Jr.

, who was also age 20: 3. Tom Cruise was 23: 4. Eddie Murphy was fresh off of SNL , a box-office king, and just 24 years old: 5.



Madonna was 27 and at her peak '80s Madonna: 6. George Clooney was 24 and starring on The Facts of Life : 7. Eugene Levy was 39: 8.

Drew Barrymore was 10 years old and was celebrating the re-release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial : 9.

Rob Lowe was 21 and part of the "Brat Pack": 10. Dolly Parton was a well-cemented iconic legend and just 39! While Reba McEntire was nearly a decade into her career and 30 years old: 11. Janet Jackson was 19 years old: 12.

Tom Hanks was 29 years old: 13. Steven Spielberg was 38 and had already directed some of the biggest and most influential films of all time. While Ke Huy Quan was 14 and a Goonie: 14.

Elton John was 38: 15. Diana Ross was 41 years old: 16. Catherine O'Hara was 31: 17.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was 38 and an up-and-coming action star in the middle of his rivalry with Sylvester Stallone: 18. Whoppi was 29 years old and had just starred in her breakthrough role as Celie in The Color Purple : 19. Demi Moore was 22 and also part of the "Brat Pack": 20.

Jeff Bridges was 35: 21. Vanessa Williams was 22 years old: 22. Woody Harrelson was 24 and just started appearing as Woody Boyd on Cheers : 23.

Isabella Rossellini was 33, and Laura Dern was 18: 24. Denzel Washington was 30 and starring on the TV show St. Elsewhere : 25.

Robert Redford was 49: 26. The legendary Stevie Nicks was 37: 27. Anjelica Huston was 34 and appeared in Prizzi's Honor — the film would lead her to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: 28.

Jessica Lange was 36: 29. Bill Murray was 35: 30. Meryl Streep was 36 and had already been nominated five times for an Oscar — winning two of them for Best Supporting and Best Actress: 31.

Jim Carrey was a 23-year-old up-and-coming stand-up comedian and actor: 32. Cindy Crawford was a 19-year-old model: 33. Jamie Lee Curtis was 26: 34.

John Travolta was 31: 35. John Lithgow was 40: 36. Kyle MacLachlan was 26 and had just made his film debut the year before in Dune : 37.

Alec Baldwin was 27 and was probably best known for his role as Joshua Rush on Knots Landing : 38. Jason Bateman was a 16-year-old kid actor: 39. Helen Mirren was 40: 40.

Ian McKellen was 46: 41. Sheryl Lee Ralph was 28 and probably still best known for playing Deena Jones in the Broadway production of Dreamgirls : 42. Jeff Goldblum was 33: 43.

Glenn Close was 38 and had already been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: 44. Willem Defoe was 30 and starred in the critically acclaimed film To Live and Die in L.A .

: 45. Michelle Pfeiffer was 27 and, at the time, was probably best known for playing Elvira Hancock in Scarface : 46. Julie Andrews turned 50 that year: 47.

Bono was 25 and was busy touring with U2 for their The Unforgettable Fire Tour and performing in Wembley Stadium as part of Live Aid: 48. Anthony Hopkins was 47: 49. Regina King was 14 and made her acting debut as Brenda Jenkins on 227 : 50.

The legendary EGOT-winning Rita Moreno was 53: Images) 51. Diana Keaton was 39: 52. Courteney Cox was 21 and starring in her first primetime TV show, Misfits of Science : 53.

Harrison Ford was 43 and starred in the film Witness , which would earn him the only Academy Award nomination he has (I know wild!): 54. Stanley Tucci was 24 and made his film debut in Prizzi's Honor , as well as starring in a Levi's 501 commercial (as seen below): 55. And lastly, the queen herself, Jane Fonda, was 47, and building an empire with Jane Fonda's Workout videos and books:.