By Wonderwall.com Editors
8:14am PDT, May 2, 2018
Remember the days when we thought George Clooney would be single forever? Well, in his 50s, he finally met his match in human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin, whom he married in 2014. Amal Clooney gave birth to their twins, Ella and Alexander, in June 2017. Dear daddy George was 56 at the time of his children's birth. Read on for more celebs who became papas later in life…
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After marrying Hilaria Thomas — who's more than two decades his junior — in 2012, Alec Baldwin and the former yoga instructor welcomed daughter Carmen in 2013, son Rafael in 2015, son Leo in 2016 and son Romeo in 2018. Hilaria is due to deliver their fifth child in 2020 when Alec — who also has an adult daughter, Ireland, with first wife Kim Basinger — is 62.
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Bruce Willis sure does love to be surrounded by beautiful ladies! All his children are girls, starting with his three adult daughters with first wife Demi Moore: Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. He became a dad again in 2012 at age 57 and in 2014 at age 59 when current wife Emma Heming gave birth to daughters Mabel and Evelyn, respectively.
Robert De Niro is a papa to six. Drena (born in 1967) and Raphael (born in 1976) are from his first marriage to Diahnne Abbott. Twins Julian and Aaron were conceived via in vitro fertilization and delivered by a surrogate in 1995 when he was with ex-girlfriend Toukie Smith. The actor and his current wife, Grace Hightower, have a son, Elliot (born in 1998), and a daughter, Helen Grace (born via surrogate in 2011), who arrived when the actor was 68.
Kevin Costner loves being a daddy so much that he became a father seven times over! He has three kids with second wife Christine: Cayden (born in 2007), Hayes (born in 2009) and Grace (born in 2010). And from a previous marriage and relationship, he has daughters Annie (born in 1984) and Lily (born in 1986) and sons Joe (born in 1988) and Liam (born in 1996). The actor was 55 when his last child arrived.
In 2009, John Travolta and Kelly Preston's 16-year-old son, Jett, passed away during their Christmas vacation when he had a severe seizure. Daughter Ella was 8 at the time. They were blessed with baby joy again in November 2010 when they welcomed son Benjamin. John was 56 and Kelly was 48.
Jeff Goldblum was in his 60s when he became a first-time daddy with his Canadian dancer and gymnast wife, Emilie Livingston. Son Charlie Ocean was born in 2015 and son River Joe arrived in 2017.
Jack Nicholson had his first child in 1963 — daughter Jennifer with then-wife Sandra Knight. And he had his last — son Raymond — in 1992 with ex-girlfriend Rebecca Broussard when he was 55. Jack and Rebecca also welcomed daughter Lorraine in 1990. Jack also has a daughter with Danish model Winnie Hollman, Honey, who was born in 1981.
After having seven children and spending nearly 30 years together, Mel Gibson and wife Robyn split in 2009. That same year, he welcomed another baby, daughter Lucia, with girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. They split five months later. By 2015, he'd found love again, this time with screenwriter Rosalind Ross, and in January 2017 — when Mel was 61 — they welcomed son Lars.
Iman and the late, great David Bowie welcomed their daughter, Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones, in 2000 when the musician was 53. Lexi is David's second child. Son Duncan Jones, with first wife Mary Angela Barnett, was born in 1971.
Elton John and his filmmaker husband, David Furnish, have two young sons — Zachary, born in 2010, and Elijah, born in 2013 — who were both carried by the same surrogate mother. The Rocket Man was 65 when his first son was born!
With his first wife, who died in 1998, Paul McCartney had four kids including designer Stella McCartney. In 2002, the Beatles star married former model Heather Mills and the two had a daughter, Beatrice Milly. Paul was 61 at the time.
At 66, Clint Eastwood welcomed his seventh child — and first with then-wife Dina — when she gave birth to daughter Morgan. The actor-director has six other children from previous relationships. The first, Kimber, was born in 1964.
Billy Joel had his first child with then-wife Christie Brinkley, Alexa Ray Joel, in 1985. Thirty years later in 2015, the musician — who was 66 at the time — and current wife Alexis welcomed daughter Della Rose. In October 2017, the couple became parents again when Alexis gave birth to daughter Remy Anne.
In 2016, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger became a dad for the eighth time — at the age of 73 — when ballerina girlfriend Melanie Hamrick gave birth to their son, Devereaux. Mick's eldest child was born in 1970. He became a great-grandfather in 2014.
Oscar winner Al Pacino didn't become a first-time daddy until he was 49 when daughter Julie was born. He waited 12 years to be a pop again when, in 2001, he and then-girlfriend Beverly D'Angelo had twins Anton and Olivia.
When President Donald Trump was 62, he had his fifth child, son Barron Trump, with third wife Melania.
Hugh Grant was 57 when he became a dad for the fifth time in the spring of 2018. Girlfriend Anna Eberstein gave birth to their third child together (they'd previously welcomed a son in 2012 and a daughter in 2015). Hugh is also a daddy to son Felix Chang (born in 2012) and daughter Tabitha Xaio Xi (born in 2011) with ex Tinglan Hong.
In 2000 when Warren Beatty was 63, he and wife Annette Bening had their fourth and final child, Ella (pictured). Warren and Annette had their first child, daughter Kathlyn — who's now known as Stephen Ira — in 1992. Their second baby, son Benjamin, arrived in 1994, and daughter Isabel came in 1997.
Fifteen years after Dennis Quaid and ex-wife Meg Ryan became parents to son Jack in 1992, the actor signed up for diaper duty again when then-wife Kimberly, whom he married in 2004 and divorced in 2018, welcomed twins Thomas and Grace. The actor was 54 at the time of their birth.
Though Rod Stewart was already a dad to six, he still wanted to add to his family after he began dating Penny Lancaster in 1999. The two had son Alastair in 2005 before marrying in 2007. Rod was 66 when their second son, Aiden, arrived in February 2011 just six months before daughter Kimberly Stewart made the rocker a first-time grandpa.
David Letterman was 56 when he became a first-time dad after his partner of 17 years, Regina Lasko, gave birth to their son, Harry in 2003. David and Regina eventually married in 2009 when Harry was 5.
One of our favorite on-screen dads became a dad in real life when he was well into his 60s. "Father of the Bride" star Steve Martin and wife Anne Stringfield welcomed their first child in 2013.
When the late Hugh Hefner had his last child, Cooper, with then-wife Kimberley Conrad, a Playmate of the Year, he was 66 years old. Before Cooper arrived, the Playboy mogul and Kimberly had son Marston. He joined Hugh's two other children, daughter Christie and son David, from his previous marriage to Mildred Williams.
George Lucas and wife Mellody Hobson, who married in 2013, welcomed a daughter, Everest, in 2014. George, who also has three adopted kids who are all over 20 — Amanda, Katie, and Jett — was 69 at the time. Everest arrived via surrogate and is the couple's biological child.
After marrying for the seventh time in 1997, Larry King — who already had three kids — welcomed two more with wife Shawn: son Chance in 1999 when the TV host was 65 and son Cannon in 2000 when he was 66.
Actor Gary Busey became a first-time dad back in 1971 when ex-wife Judy Helkenberg gave birth to their son, William. Daughter Alectra, with actress Tracy Hutchinson, arrived in 1995. And son Luke, with girlfriend Steffanie Sampson, was born in 2010 when Gary was in his mid-60s.
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is a father of five and a grandfather of 10. His last two children, twin girls with wife Sally Wood, arrived in May 2016 when he was 68.
Back in 2007 when actor Nick Nolte was 66, he and wife Clytie Lane welcomed daughter Sophie, who was Nick's second child.
Bryan Adams is surrounded by beautiful ladies. The rocker and girlfriend Alicia Grimaldi had their second daughter, Lula Rosylea, in February 2013 when the musician was 53. Their first daughter, Mirabella Bunny, was born in 2011.
