Pics of Familiar Faces (140 Pics)

Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth at McDonald’s, 1978

A 17 year-old Elon Musk, wearing two hats and holding a hammer the wrong way. Clearly his genius started early.

Tupac opening Christmas presents.

Steven Spielberg on the set of JAWS. I have many questions.

Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye, back when they worked at Häagen-Dazs.

Katharine Hepburn skateboarding. She was quite fond of it, apparently.

Richard Brooker as Jason Voorhees reading Time Magazine on the set of Friday the 13th Part III.

Robin Williams and Todd Oppenheimer working their mime skills in 1974, Central Park, NY.

Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall play with a puppy during a break in filming on the set of The Breakfast Club.

Aww, baby Jack Black.

A wee Simon Pegg.

Iggy Pop's yearbook photo.

Tim Curry doing makeup testing for IT.

Elvis Presley with his folks. They look like real cool cats who were down with his rock 'n roll music, right?

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, with Erik Estrada on the set of CHiPS. Jesus Christ was she hot.

Buster Keaton with pocket dog, colorized. Hubba hubba.

Woody Allen and Michael Jackson attend the 1978 Pedophile Convention. Kidding. I have no idea where they are, but yeah.

Liberace and Cher.

Pre-Chaz Chastity Bono with pre-Friends Jennifer Aniston, back in high school.

Pope John Paul visits the set of the Blues Brothers, here having his hand kissed by John Belushi. Just...WTF.

Freddie and Darth Vader, Radio Gaga performance.

Pee Wee Herman and Phil Hartman. Miss you Phil.

Super 80s-y Ozzy Osborne and Annette Funicello for Skippy peanut butter. Because why not.

Henry Kissinger discusses politics with Dolly Parton.

Colonel Sanders and Alice Cooper, because of course.

John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono.

Eartha Kitt and James Dean. I have no idea what the context here could possibly be and isn't that just delicious?

Hey lady, nice pumpkin. Sigourney Weaver.

Gene Simmons and Brooke Shields

A very young John Waters.

Steve Buscemi as John Waters, 1995.

Young and sassy Gillian Anderson.

But I'm too young for a nice chianti! A very wee Anthony Hopkins.

Mr. Stay Puft

Just: Ann-Margret. Need I say more?

Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, back when she was only her momma's princess. :)

Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall.

Wow. I just. No. I don't want "intimacy advice" from any of these people.

Stephen King, 4 years old.

Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill recreate the famous Star Wars movie poster in a hotel room, 1978.

Downtime on the set of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon. This picture isn't that interesting, but I keep going back to it because of how serious it looks. The film is so flamboyant and fun, and this picture is so....not that.

Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke, 1995. Annie Leibovitz photographer, of course.

Janis Joplin's high school yearbook photo, 1960.

Dave Grohl, Ru Paul, tiny Frances Bean, and Kurt Cobain. The shit eating grin on Grohl kills me, and Kurt's death grip on his child's ankle...best.

Back in his earlier body building days, Arnold Schwarzenegger worked for a brickylaying/patio biz called European Brickworks.

Speaking of Arnold Schwarzenegger, screentests for Junior,1994.

Woof. Here's a very a typical photo of Judy Garland, a test for Annie Get Your Gun. She was always late to set and often combative, so they released her and eventually hired Betty Hutton for the role which she made famous.

A little something for the ladies (well, sort of). Ian McKellen, backstage during a production of Ruling the Roost in 1972.

Chaka Khan waits for the bus near the Capitol Records building.

Jayne Mansfield displays her two lovely chihuahuas in the frozen food section. Those puppies are probably pretty cold.

Kurt Cobain, guitar technician Big John Duncan, Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic backstage at James A. Rhodes Arena during a Halloween show, 1993. Kurt dressed as Barney the dinosaur, Pat as Slash and Krist as politically correct Ted Danson with whiteface.

Stephen Colbert and David Schwimmer with their improv group "No Fun Mud Pirhanas" at Northwestern Uni.

Dave Grohl high school yearbook photo, not sure what the performance is.

Dee Wallace Stone, Gary Morgan and director Lewis Teague showing off some excellent gams during some downtime filming Cujo.

Stars, they're just like us: Elvis playing some football.

Carrie Fisher practicing holding/shooting a gun for Star Wars, 1977.

Chris Farley. Miss you, dude.

A rare face shot of Felix Silla, the man behind (or inside I suppose) Cousin It.

Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder on the set of Hanky Panky, 1982.

Young hippie Harrison Ford working his carpenter gig.

Carrie Fisher with her stunt double Tracey Eddon and a very lucky Vic Armstrong in the middle, set of Return of the Jedi.

17 year old Susan Sarandon.

That's some serious resting Hitch face. Alfred Hitchcock in drag. Context was conspicuously absent so feel free to help a girl out.

Judy and a few munchkins during a break in filming the Wizard of Oz, 1938. I love the non-ruby slippers, probably hidden away on a high shelf during breaks to keep them clean, the Life magazine, and the half-dressed munchkin. What a world, what a world.

Kurt Cobain playing drums at Montesano High School.

Malcom McDowell and Stanley Kubrick play a little ping pong during a break in filming A Clockwork Orange.

Tiny, innocent wee Johnny Knoxville.

Michael Jackson "in disguise" out on the town with Tatum O'Neal.

MIchael Keaton working as a stagehand on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood in the early 70s.

Motley Crue's Tommy Lee never looked so normal, here drumming in the Royal Oak High School Band.

I prefer candids over posed shots, but I couldn't resist putting this promotional shot from The Outsiders in. Look at those baby faces: Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, and Matt Dillon, 1983.

Neil Young wearing a Bart Simpson mask at a Sonic Youth show, 1990.

Young, hip Bela Lugosi.

Young and sassy Rue McClanahan.

Oh my, the 80s were a heady time. Young, beachy-waved Steven Seagal.

19 year old Andre the Giantat a Paris fashion exibition in 1966.

Nicolas Cage (with Tim Burton) doing costume tests for the scrapped Superman Lives. I am super sad this dumpster fire never got made, I was 100% here for it.

Tween Tina Fey. Undated photo, but probably late 70s.

Anthony Perkins, Alfred Hitchcock and Janet Leigh in a casual moment on the set of Psycho. You so rarely see Hitch laugh. Side story: Apparently Hitchcock was a notorious prankster, and pretty mean spirited and dogged about it. One of his most famous and meanest pranks involved a bet between him and a member of his crew to spend the night in a dark and spooky film set chained to a camera with a week’s salary on the line. Just before the bet got underway, Hitchcock offered some brandy to the man to help him sleep as a sign of good faith but by the following morning, the man and the rest of the crew learned that Hitchcock spiked the brandy with a strong laxative. The crew found the man just where Hitchcock left him, weeping in a puddle of his own filth.

Tim Curry during makeup tests and applications for Legend, 1985. Directed by Ridley Scott, which is bananas.

Publicity pic for Westlemania 1 with Muhammad Ali, Hulk Hogan, Cyndi Lauper, Liberace, and Wendi Richter, 1985.

Linda Blair knitting during a break in filming on the set of The Exorcist, 1972/3ish.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson in his college wrestling days.

Outtake from Tammy and the Bachelor, with Debbie Reynolds and Leslie Neilsen, 1956-57ish. Leslie was a HUNK. I mean, we knew that already, but damn.

Leonardo DiCaprio having his makeup applied on the set of The Revenant.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana on vacation in 1982.

Tiny Martin Short with his parents during a lakeside beach vacation.

Jimi Hendrix. He served in the army from 1961 to 1962 in the 101st airborne division. Upon his release, 3 years and 3 records later he'd be no longer with us.

Look at tiny Dwayne The Rock Johnson, junior, with Rocky Johnson, senior, also awesome pro-wrestler. That suit! Eeee!

12 year old Norma Jean Baker, aka Marilyn Monroe.

Baby Slash with his parents! Ola, Anthony and young Saul Hudson.

David Bowie as Tilda Swinton with Tilda Swinton as David Bowie. Epic.

Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister did a mall glamour shot. Epic. Also, fuck cancer.

David Letterman at his job stocking groceries.

Jada Pinkett (now Smith) and Tupac Shakur, Baltimore School for the Arts High School. Late 80s (88-89ish)

Blizzard of Ozz at Disneyworld, 1981. Ozzy Osbourne, Tommy Aldridge, Randy Rhodes and Rudy Sarzo.

Goonies set studio teacher Rhoda C Fine with Chunk/ Jeff Cohen in a wedding dress, 1984/1985.

Young Alan Rickman, Latymer Upper School

Harrison Ford on his first carpentry job, which was incidentally building a recording studio for Sergio Mendes.

Bruuuuuuuuuce in LA, 1975. He was there for the release of Born to Run. For a short while in the early 2000s I worked in the building in the background with the 9000 on the top. In my era, it was the corporate offices for House of Blues, among other boring office stuff. In the era of this shot of Bruce Springsteen/late 70s it housed a notorious dance club called Disco 9000, which at night would apparently have crazy laser light shows and loud music that you could see and hear for miles, apparently. Kind of awesome.

Hugo Weaving and his extra heads.

A very young Larry Hagman with his mom, Mary Martin.

Andre the Giant at Disneyland! I love that he wore that shirt (which is obviously waaaaay too hot in the 90+ degree Anaheim summer).

Sigourney Weaver sampling a hot dog outside of Tail of the Pup, a famous hot dog shaped hot dog joint in LA, 1983.

A very, VERY young and un-bearded Jim Henson working on the first version of Kermit, 1970-71ish.

Vincent Pricec and Michael Cross at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, 1984. Love seeing him smile.

Herve Villechaize super stylin'. I would wear this suit right this minute if I had one.

Baby Bee Gees!

A crazy-eyed Joan Crawford, undated pic. If I said Amy Pohler you probably wouldn't have argued.

Steve Buscemi high school yearbook photo, 1975.

Conan O'Brien school photo. That hair, tho.

Debbie Harry and David Bowie, 1976. I love how fresh-faced Debbie Harry is here.

Bruuuuuuuce Lee in a sweater!

Bruuuuuuce Lee relaxing heavily.

John Belushi with his dog in his high school jock years, before everything went all to hell.

Jack Nicholson, Candace Bergen, and Art Garfunkle, doing whatever this is.

Oh Axl Rose, were you ever so clean cut and young... and mustachioed David Bowie.

Sexy, cosmopolitan dreamboat John Wayne. Late 1920s-early 1930s.

Quentin Tarantino 1973. Or maybe Chucky's teenage years. (You know that bro cut his own hair for this, right?)

Tim Curry and Nell Campbell during a break while filming Rocky Horror Picture Show,1975.

Tiny Madonna Louise Chiccone, in the arms of her mother Madonna Fortin and father Silvio 'Tony' Ciccone, 1958.

Madonna and Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1983. This was just after Madonna had just released her first record and right before her career went bananas, and Basquiat himself was on the sharp upslope of his own fame arc. Introducing her to gallery owner Larry Gagosian, he said of her: “She will be very, very famous one day.“

Wilt Chamberlain, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Andre the Giant on the set of Conan the Destroyer, 1983.

Stars, they're just like us: Robert Downey Jr. at the DMV. I like that he stands like a superhero for a headshot.

Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, David Lee Roth and Sonia Braga at the 1984 MTV VMAs after party. There are no words.

Raquel Welch in the make up room on the set of One Million Years BC, 1967.

Queen Elizabeth visits Belfast set Game of Thrones. Apparently she didn't sit on it, which is horseshit. I mean, you're the goddamn queen...that would be a legendary legacy shot.

Muhammad Ali skiing (well, sort of) at Mount Snow,Vermont, 1970.

Brian Hugh Warner aka Marilyn Manson and his dad Hugh Warner in full Marilyn makeup. In an interview tied to this photo shoot, Manson, mentioned that he may have gotten his love of theatricality from his dad. "The first time that I did see my dad in makeup was, ironically, the second concert I ever went to. He dressed as Gene Simmons and took me to the Kiss 'Dynasty' tour when I was 11. And people were asking my dad for his autograph."

Lucille Ball, early 1940s, when she was still blonde.

Leonard Nimoy and son Adam surfing in the early 70s. I love seeing dads dadding. Speaking of which...

Francis Ford Coppola with his mother Italia Coppola dressed as her son for some reason, on the set of The Godfather III, 1973. All other information about this photo seems to be lost to history, which is pretty great really.

Chuck Norris, kicking a skateboard in the face with his hands.

Would you believe this is a very young Robert DeNiro? Adorable.

A very young Drew Barrymore alone at a party with the weight of the world on her small shoulders, 1983.

Marilyn Monroe enjoying a coke while Jane Russell checks her makeup during a break on the set of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953.

Stunt coordinator Jonathan Pendragon with John Belushi and Hunter S. Thompson. From JP: "I was stunt coordinator on Continental Divide, credited under the name I used as a stunt man, 'Jonathan Yarbrough.' This picture was taken on location in Colorado, and later we went to Hunter’s house and blew up beer bottles with a Thompson submachine gun — not an experience you tend to forget!"

Madeline Kahn, 1967, age 25. Drop dead bombshell.

Jesus, can you even with this goddamn pic? Angelica Huston and Liza Minelli, 1975.