As the years pass, some celebrities' families continue to grow.
These mixed groups and close-knit families have much to learn from experienced fathers. Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, and Alec Baldwin are just a few examples of big-name actors who welcomed children and became fathers later in life. To learn more about the members of Hollywood's older dads club, read on.
anthony michael hall
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Actor Anthony Michael Hall was 55 years old when he and his wife Lucia gave birth to baby Michael Anthony Hall II in June 2023.
“I couldn't be happier, because from a young age I always knew I wanted to start later,” he told People when he announced the happy news. “I'm 55 years old and fully committed. I'm excited. His wife and I are serious about raising children.”
robert de niro
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His role as a protective dad meet parents It's certainly not unreasonable. The Academy Award winner recently welcomed his seventh child at the age of 79.
De Niro and his first wife, Diane Abbott, welcomed their first child, Drena, in 1976 and had a son, Rafael, a few years later, but have since separated. He has twin sons Julian and Aaron with his ex-girlfriend Torquay Smith, and is also a parent to son Elliot and daughter Helen Grace with his ex-wife Grace Hightower.
bernie ecclestone
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At the age of 89, Ecclestone was the father of four children.
A spokesperson for Eccleston confirmed to CNN that the former F1 chief welcomed a son named Ace with his then 44-year-old wife, Fabiana Flosi, on July 1, 2020.
Ace is Ecclestone's eldest son and his first child with Flosi. He is also the father of daughters Petra, Tamara and Deborah (eldest son, born 1955) from his previous marriage.
clint eastwood
Eastwood, a 63-year-old father of seven children (his eldest son was born in 1954), never dreamed that more children were in his future until he married Dina. A few weeks after their wedding in Hawaii, the couple (now divorced) discovered they were pregnant with their first child. Eastwood's youngest child, daughter Morgan, was born in 1996, when the actor and director was 65 years old.
eddie murphy
Murphy was 59 when he and his girlfriend, Australian model Paige Butcher, welcomed their second child, their 10th child, but he worried he wouldn't have enough half-siblings to babysit. There was no need to.
The actor is the father of nine children with five women, including five with ex-wife Nicole Murphy.
jeff goldblum
The star was in his early 60s when he welcomed children River Joe and Charlie Ocean with his wife Emily Livingston, a Canadian dancer and gymnast. He said he is “a lot of fun” as a father, but said he is aware of it. His age when raising them.
“I keep doing the math and guessing where they're going to go and where I'm going,” Goldblum told British media. iNews About his children. “And when you buy a watch, you wonder who's going to get it.”
billy joel
Joel is already a father to adult daughter Alexa Ray with ex Christie Brinkley, but when he and wife Alexis welcomed daughter Della Rose in 2015, Joel was ready for a second round. was completed. Life got even sweeter in October 2017 when his then 71-year-old son welcomed a daughter, Remy Anne. -A year old musician and his wife.
elton john
”[Having children] It's about them, not you, and that makes all the difference,'' said the musician who shared his life with Zachary and Elijah – both stars who were adopted in their mid-60s.
He continued, “People say, 'No, I don't want kids,' and that's fine. I would have said the same thing until I had kids, and then I was like, 'Wow. I was like, “What is this? Is that you?'' Are you kidding? ” If I were 15 years younger, I would have had a couple more, no doubt. ”
mick jagger
Lucky number 8! The Rolling Stones frontman became a father again in December 2016, when he welcomed son Deveraux, 73, with ballerina girlfriend Melanie Hamrick. His eldest son Karis was born in 1970.
Ronnie Wood
When Jagger and Sally welcomed their first and fifth children, twin girls, in May 2016, Jagger was 68 years old and the grandfather of 10, according to his Rolling Stone colleague.
josh brolin
At 52 years old, Josh Brolin is a father of four, and his wife Kathryn announced her pregnancy on Instagram on July 7, 2020, with a photo of him posing with their young daughter Westlyn Reign.
“Brolin is growing!!” the entrepreneur captioned his post. “Our little December baby is almost here…🌱”
Josh left a cheeky comment on the post, writing, “Wow. That's amazing! Congratulations…wait…what!?!”
Apart from Westlyn, Josh has two adult children, daughter Eden and son Trevor, from his first marriage to actress Alice Adair. Josh and Kathryn married in September 2016.
alec baldwin
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Ireland is already the father of a daughter from his first marriage to Kim Basinger. 30 locks The star was 62 when he announced he and wife Hilaria were expecting a baby. Daughter Carmen was born in 2013, and the couple have since raised six more children together.
Ireland now has a daughter, Holland, born in May 2023, making Alec a grandfather.
steve martin
After spending years perfecting the role of a doting father on the big screen (cheaper by the dozen or father of the bride, who? ), the actor and writer's life finally imitated art. He and his wife, Anne Stringfield, quietly welcomed their daughter in 2012 at the age of 67.
“I have a really happy family life,” he said. Hollywood Reporter. “Right now, I don't want to make movies or go and live somewhere else. I can't just disappear for three months.”
bruce willis
of die hard The star was 57 years old when his daughter Mabel was born with wife Emma Heming in 2012. Two years later, in 2014, our daughter Evelyn was born.
Through his 10-year marriage to Demi Moore, Willis was already the father of three adult daughters, Rumer, Scout, and Talulah.
Gary Busey
The actor first became a dad in 1971 when he had son William with ex-wife Judy Helkenberg. His daughter Alektra was born in 1995, and in 2010, when he was 65, he had a son, Luke, with his partner Stephanie Samson.
Warren Beatty
When the legendary Eligible Bachelorette met Annette Bening, it was a marriage made in Hollywood heaven, and between 1992 and 2000 the couple welcomed four children – the same year the actor celebrated his 63rd birthday. “He's a great father. He's really engaging, very thoughtful, very communicative,” Benning said.
michael douglas
Cameron was already a father when he married Catherine Zeta-Jones in 1998. The couple welcomed son Dylan in 2000 and daughter Carys in 2003, when Douglas was 59 years old. Cameron is grateful for the gift, he said. At this age, I was expecting the joy of starting a family and raising children. ”
paul mccartney
Rock star Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda had four children together in the 1960s. Decades later, he married his mother, Heather Mills, and in 2003, at the age of 61, he became a father for the fifth time, giving birth to a baby girl, Beatrice. (He and Mills broke up soon after.)
McCartney shared a photo with his eight grandchildren late show In 2019 (photo).
david letterman
After nearly 17 years of dating, the late-night show host and his partner Regina took their relationship to a whole new level with the birth of their first child, son Harry, in 2003. The funny man, then 56, and his longtime girlfriend eventually married in 2009 with their then-5-year-old son by their side.
jack nicholson
The actor is the father of six children, and in 1963 his daughter Jennifer was born. A few years later he would welcome his daughter Lorraine and his son Raymond. Raymond was born in the same year that his famous father turned 54 years old. In 1994, aged 57, Nicholson welcomed a daughter, Tessa, with Jeanine Goorin. (Nicholson is also Honey Holman's father.)
larry king
After numerous relationships (they produced three children), the late-night host got married and settled down with his seventh wife, Sean. Now 65, he was back on double diaper duty when the couple welcomed their first son, Chance, in 1999, and then son Cannon just a year later.
john travolta
John Travolta and his late wife, Kelly Preston, gave birth to son Jett in 1992 and daughter Ella Blue in 2000, but were left heartbroken when Jett suddenly passed away from a stroke at the age of 16.
Less than two years later, the couple surprised everyone by announcing the news that they were adding another baby to their offspring. Travolta and Preston gave birth to son Benjamin in November 2010, just three months shy of her 57th birthday.
Hugh Grant
Just over a year after welcoming daughter Tabitha in 2011, actor and then-girlfriend Tinglan Hong has welcomed another baby (a son!) into the mix. He and his current wife, Anna Eberstein, have three children. He was 58 years old when the youngest was born.
