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The graphic designer said he's always trying to challenge himself when it comes to Photoshop. "The 'Then and Now' series is quite old when you consider that me and my brother made the first image for it about 10 years ago," Gelinck told Bored Panda. "About 5 years ago, I edited pictures for a lot of Dutch celebrities and it was a success, so I then started working with foreign celebrity photos. The first one was Madonna, and she even posted my image on her own Instagram."

The Queen of Pop, however, isn't the only Gelinck subject who has publicly admired his work. Rob Lowe, Tina Turner, Lionel Richie, Annie Lennox, BeeGees, Jason Priestly, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Carice van Houten, Sylvester Stallone, Robbie Williams, Michael Douglas, Ricky Gervais, and many more have also given him a shoutout. "When I think about it, the list is quite impressive," Gelinck said.

Carrie Fisher

Final score:

372points

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Jezergirl 4 years ago

This makes me cry a bit...

147points

When the Photoshop wizard is composing the pictures, he's often trying to make the subject and their former self embrace one another, be it an arm on the shoulder on a hug. "[The actual pose] depends on a lot of things. I'm trying to find one where they're standing next to each other."

The graphic designer thinks that his project has become so popular because people enjoy taking a trip down memory lane and remember the celebrities when they were young. Each of Gelinck's images is like a shot of nostalgia that brings back past moments of enjoying music chart hits, TV shows, and movies.

Daniel Radcliffe

Final score:

371points

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Sandra Simpson 4 years ago

Kind of looks like Harry and James.

92points

Queen Elizabeth

Final score:

355points

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Tori Duffek Flores 4 years ago

she was beautiful!!!

94points

Pierce Brosnan

Final score:

341points

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Bored Seb 4 years ago

Now he could play James Bond

91points

Robert De Niro

Final score:

340points

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Iris 4 years ago

And another one of my favorite actors ❤❤

42points

Ryan Reynolds

Final score:

339points

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Dorothy Parker 4 years ago

Love how his personality and sense of humor shines through.

74points

David Bowie

Final score:

338points

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Hisseefit 4 years ago

Wish they would of used a Ziggy Stardust pic. 1972 vs 1986

70points

Jennifer Aniston

Final score:

335points

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troufaki13 4 years ago

I think she has aged well

113points

#10

Will Smith

Final score:

328points

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Jezergirl 4 years ago

He didn't change much!

144points

#11

Jamie Lee Curtis

Final score:

325points

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Kathy Smith 4 years ago

I admire her immensely. Also, she’s a wonderful actress, and beautiful.

86points

#12

Julia Roberts

Final score:

324points

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Lilly's happy place 4 years ago

she is my favorite actress, she is beautiful and she has never made a bad movie.

76points

#13

Brad Pitt

Final score:

319points

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Aria Whitaker 4 years ago

Like fine wine :)

121points

#14

Matthew Perry

Final score:

309points

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Sandra Simpson 4 years ago

Could this photoshop 𝘣𝘦 any better?

172points

#15

Peter Venkman (Bill Murray)

Final score:

299points

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Mark 4 years ago

"I feel so funky" one of the best lines ever in a film, I know it's coming and it still makes me smile :)

56points

#16

Tom Hanks

Final score:

299points

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CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 years ago

Okay, but this is two of his characters, not how he actually looks. I'd like to see a side by side without costuming.

205points

George Clooney

Final score:

299points

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Jennifer Gould 4 years ago

Wished they used his pic from his time on Rosanne! lol With his curly hair! :)

55points

#18

Harrison Ford

Final score:

296points

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Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago

So amazing that he needs to be on here twice

49points

#19

Ricky Gervais

Final score:

294points

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N G 4 years ago

Ricky, please explain yourself

135points

#20

Mark Hamill

Final score:

290points

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Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago

Ah, the good old days when Luke preferred a blaster over a lightsaber, wanted to go to Tosche Station for power converters, and had two biological hands

74points

#21

Dolly Parton

Final score:

280points

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Aria Whitaker 4 years ago

I. LOVE. DOLLY. My daughter subscribes to her "Imagination Library" and has gotten a free book, every month since she was born! She has a heart of gold and is a true role model.

143points

#22

The Rock

Final score:

279points

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Zoe Murphy 4 years ago

I think he looks better now.

250points

#23

Hugh Grant

Final score:

256points

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Robin DJW 4 years ago

He has aged better than many.

51points

#24

Dave Grohl

Final score:

255points

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MagicalUnicorn 4 years ago

this dude aged like fine wine

93points

Kevin McCallister & Macaulay Culkin

Final score:

249points

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fro_st puppy 4 years ago

Kevin! wow i hardly recognize him now he looks to different

30points

#26

Whoopi Goldberg

Final score:

244points

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JessG 4 years ago

When did Whoopie's hair go completely white?!?!

50points

#27

George Michael

Final score:

243points

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ADHORTATOR 4 years ago

RIP

73points

#28

Sean Astin

Final score:

237points

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LoPandas 4 years ago

YES!!!! I WAS WAITING FOR THIS ONE

44points

#29

Conan O’brien

Final score:

206points

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Granny Square 4 years ago

That T-shirt! LOL

6points

#30

Tom Felton & Draco Malfoy

Final score:

200points

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Mark 4 years ago

I personally don't think he has aged well, probably comes from playing a evil character!

49points

Note: this post originally had 140 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.

Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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Greta is a Photo Editor-in-Chief at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication.In 2016, she graduated from Digital Advertising courses where she had an opportunity to meet and learn from industry professionals. In the same year, she started working at Bored Panda as a photo editor.Greta is a coffeeholic and cannot survive a day without 5 cups of coffee... and her cute, big-eared dog.Her biggest open secret: she is a gamer with a giant gaming backlog.

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What do you think ?

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Cassie 4 years ago

It would be nice if the titles were consistent, perhaps with actor name and then roles depicted.

13points

Up All Night 4 years ago

Not every one of them is an actor. And not all actor pictures are role-related.

4points

*Clears throat* 4 years ago

:( no Leonardo Dicaprio????

12points

Elsahthescienceguy 4 years ago

I know! I literally didn’t recognize him when I watched “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” ! He looks so different!

2points

Katherine Boag 4 years ago

Most of the ones with a child photo in aren't as interesting

10points

[] person [] 4 years ago

How do you get the kid photos

3points

Cassie 4 years ago

Some of them were child stars.

4points

Moose Keating 4 years ago

A lot of new noses on this page.

2points

Malcontent 4 years ago

I feel old all of a sudden...

1point

Johnny 4 years ago

These pictures were all photoshopped.

1point

Ang.stl 4 years ago

That was kinda in the name of the post. Kinda hard to have a 10 year old Conan standing next to his 55 year old self without a little photoshop or some other manipulation.

4points

Ronel du Plessis 4 years ago

In most of these photos I prefer the older one.

1point

shinshige 4 years ago

I LOVE these!!!

1point

AndersM 4 years ago

A lot of them aged naturally and became even more beautiful/cool

1point

Michael Caban 4 years ago

What was funny to me was that you could which stars got plastics done and which were done REALLY well! Haha

1point

Tori Duffek Flores 4 years ago

there was elevin!!!!!! i LOVE stranger things

1point

Danielle Wigger 3 years ago

i did not recognize half of them

0points

David de Fortier 4 years ago

Should have done arnold swarchenegger.. dont scold me on my spelling of his name.

0points

Fay Tong 4 years ago

I expected to see Tommie Lee Jones! or Clint Eastwood!

0points

Jo Choto 4 years ago

That just reminded me that I have gotten old!

0points

Keisha Walker 4 years ago

That was cool.

0points

Jeff Diamond 4 years ago

I was waiting for Sean Connery.

0points

Jessica Cowan 4 years ago

Paul Rudd would be interesting...

0points

Peter Parker 4 years ago

No woody harrilson? From cheers to now? I would have loved to see that.

0points

Eagle Girl 4 years ago

Jodi Foster? Miley Cyrus? Tom Cruise... Risky Business to Mission Impossible? C'mon, we want more!

0points

Julie Towers 4 years ago

I think most of them looked like they were posing with their children. Excellent pics - and for some reason made me feel a little choked up.

0points

Eddie 4 years ago

How about un-photoshoped "now" photos so we can see how they really aged?

0points

Robyn Denton 4 years ago

Why didn't he do Keanu Reeves?

0points

Jennifer Brown 4 years ago

You couldn't manage Colin Firth????

0points

Dorothy Cloud 4 years ago

For the most, I really enjoyed them and the photo-shopping is very well done!

0points

LlamuLuva13 4 years ago

I LOVED THIS PLLLLLEEEEEEAAAASSSEEE MAKE MORE!!❤❤❤❤❤

0points

Carolyn Scardino 4 years ago

the older the better looking

0points

Sadie Harold 4 years ago

WHAT ABOUT HERMIONE AND RON

0points

Lorene Schafer 4 years ago

many got better w/age

0points

Jackie Wacky 4 years ago

These are so well done. A lot of the time, it looks like a parent and their child.

0points

Annie 4 years ago (edited)

LOVE these pics! The choice of subjects, placement of shadows and hand, etc. are very impressive.Wish I had one of me. Ard Gelinck definitely has skills!

0points

Andrea Huelsenbeck 4 years ago

In my mind, they're all still their younger selves.

0points

furrybumkins 4 years ago

Many repeats and no Michael Jackson??!!!

0points

青寻元 4 years ago

谢谢

0points

Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago

不用谢

0points

Gianna 4 years ago

Most of them, they look better when they have aged! Seriously!! There are only a few that they look good when they were younger.

0points

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Cassie 4 years ago

It would be nice if the titles were consistent, perhaps with actor name and then roles depicted.

13points

Up All Night 4 years ago

Not every one of them is an actor. And not all actor pictures are role-related.

4points

*Clears throat* 4 years ago

:( no Leonardo Dicaprio????

12points

Elsahthescienceguy 4 years ago

I know! I literally didn’t recognize him when I watched “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” ! He looks so different!

2points

Katherine Boag 4 years ago

Most of the ones with a child photo in aren't as interesting

10points

[] person [] 4 years ago

How do you get the kid photos

3points

Cassie 4 years ago

Some of them were child stars.

4points

Moose Keating 4 years ago

A lot of new noses on this page.

2points

Malcontent 4 years ago

I feel old all of a sudden...

1point

Johnny 4 years ago

These pictures were all photoshopped.

1point

Ang.stl 4 years ago

That was kinda in the name of the post. Kinda hard to have a 10 year old Conan standing next to his 55 year old self without a little photoshop or some other manipulation.

4points

Ronel du Plessis 4 years ago

In most of these photos I prefer the older one.

1point

shinshige 4 years ago

I LOVE these!!!

1point

AndersM 4 years ago

A lot of them aged naturally and became even more beautiful/cool

1point

Michael Caban 4 years ago

What was funny to me was that you could which stars got plastics done and which were done REALLY well! Haha

1point

Tori Duffek Flores 4 years ago

there was elevin!!!!!! i LOVE stranger things

1point

Danielle Wigger 3 years ago

i did not recognize half of them

0points

David de Fortier 4 years ago

Should have done arnold swarchenegger.. dont scold me on my spelling of his name.

0points

Fay Tong 4 years ago

I expected to see Tommie Lee Jones! or Clint Eastwood!

0points

Jo Choto 4 years ago

That just reminded me that I have gotten old!

0points

Keisha Walker 4 years ago

That was cool.

0points

Jeff Diamond 4 years ago

I was waiting for Sean Connery.

0points

Jessica Cowan 4 years ago

Paul Rudd would be interesting...

0points

Peter Parker 4 years ago

No woody harrilson? From cheers to now? I would have loved to see that.

0points

Eagle Girl 4 years ago

Jodi Foster? Miley Cyrus? Tom Cruise... Risky Business to Mission Impossible? C'mon, we want more!

0points

Julie Towers 4 years ago

I think most of them looked like they were posing with their children. Excellent pics - and for some reason made me feel a little choked up.

0points

Eddie 4 years ago

How about un-photoshoped "now" photos so we can see how they really aged?

0points

Robyn Denton 4 years ago

Why didn't he do Keanu Reeves?

0points

Jennifer Brown 4 years ago

You couldn't manage Colin Firth????

0points

Dorothy Cloud 4 years ago

For the most, I really enjoyed them and the photo-shopping is very well done!

0points

LlamuLuva13 4 years ago

I LOVED THIS PLLLLLEEEEEEAAAASSSEEE MAKE MORE!!❤❤❤❤❤

0points

Carolyn Scardino 4 years ago

the older the better looking

0points

Sadie Harold 4 years ago

WHAT ABOUT HERMIONE AND RON

0points

Lorene Schafer 4 years ago

many got better w/age

0points

Jackie Wacky 4 years ago

These are so well done. A lot of the time, it looks like a parent and their child.

0points

Annie 4 years ago (edited)

LOVE these pics! The choice of subjects, placement of shadows and hand, etc. are very impressive.Wish I had one of me. Ard Gelinck definitely has skills!

0points

Andrea Huelsenbeck 4 years ago

In my mind, they're all still their younger selves.

0points

furrybumkins 4 years ago

Many repeats and no Michael Jackson??!!!

0points

青寻元 4 years ago

谢谢

0points

Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago

不用谢

0points