Eminem turned 50 today! Gotham / GC Images / Getty Images
Which, like, what? Gotham / GC Images / Getty Image
So, because this is what we do here, let's take a look at celebrities who are 50, almost 50, or over 50 that I found genuinely surprising. 1. Mark Hoppus is 50 Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for Children's Hospital Los Angeles
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
2. Geri Halliwell is 50 Icon Sportswire / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Tim Roney / Getty Images
3. Kevin Richardson is 51 And here he is at the beginning of his career: Picture Alliance / picture alliance via Getty Images
4. Howie D. is the next oldest Backstreet member at 49 And here he is at the beginning of his career: Picture Alliance / picture alliance via Getty Images
5. Chris Kirkpatrick is 51 And here he is at the beginning of his career: Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
6. Steve from Blue's Clues is 49 And here he is at the beginning of his career: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
7. Gabrielle Union turns 50 next week Arturo Holmes / Getty Images for FLC
And here she is at the beginning of her career: J. Vespa / WireImage / Getty Images
8. Alfonso Ribeiro is 51 Noam Galai / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Nbc / NBCUniversal via Getty Images
9. Lil Jon is 51 Bravo / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Stephen Lovekin / FilmMagic / Getty Images
10. Johnny Knoxville is 51 Randy Holmes / ABC via Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
11. Steve-O is 48 Michael Tullberg / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Barry King / WireImage / Getty Images
12. Snoop Dogg is 50 Udo Salters / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Raymond Boyd / Getty Images
13. Jenny McCarthy turns 50 in a few months Fox / FOX Image Collection via Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
14. Mario Lopez turns 50 next year Momodu Mansaray / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Nbc / NBCUniversal via Getty Images
15. Marlon Wayans is 50 Nbc / Weiss Eubanks / NBCUniversal via Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic, Inc / Getty Images
16. Billie Joe Armstrong is 50 Steve Jennings / WireImage / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Robert Knight Archive / Redferns / Getty Images
17. Ben Affleck is 50 Michael Buckner / WWD via Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Ron Davis / Getty Images
18. Shaq is 50 Anadolu Agency / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Scott Cunningham / NBAE via Getty Images
19. Cameron Diaz is 50 Nbc / Todd Owyoung / NBC via Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Eric Robert / Sygma via Getty Images
20. Dwayne Johnson is 50 Kate Green / Kate Green / Getty Images for Warner Bros.
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Frank Micelotta Archive / Getty Images
21. Brendan Fraser is 53 Karwai Tang / WireImage / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Steve Granitz / WireImage / Getty Images
22. Nick Lachey is 48 Jerod Harris / Getty Images for Netflix
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Tim Roney / Getty Images
23. Pharrell Williams is 49 Arturo Holmes / VIBE via Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Christina Radish / Redferns / Getty Images
24. Carmen Electra is 50 Frazer Harrison / Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
25. Winona Ryder is 50 Roy Rochlin / Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Aaron Rapoport / Getty Images
26. Jay-Z is 52 Jesse D. Garrabrant / NBAE via Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Al Pereira / Getty Images
27. Ricky Martin is 50 Omar Vega / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Getty Images
28. Dane Cook is 50 Kevin Winter / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Nbc / NBCU Photo Bank / NBCUniversal via Getty Images
29. Idris Elba is 50 David M. Benett / Dave Benett / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Lawrence Lucier / Getty Images
30. Lil Kim is 48 Prince Williams / FilmMagic / Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Jim Smeal / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
31. Lucy Liu is 53 Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images for Disney
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Cbs Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images
32. Elizabeth Berkley is 48 Michael Buckner / WWD via Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Nbc / NBCUniversal via Getty Images
33. Chilli from TLC is 51 Andy Sheppard / Redferns / Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Al Pereira / Getty Images
34. Method Man is 51 Isaiah Trickey / FilmMagic / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Gregory Bojorquez / Getty Images
35. Rob Thomas is 50 Jeff Kravitz / Getty Images for Live Nation
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic, Inc / Getty Images
36. Carson Daly is 49 Nbc / Helen Healey / NBC via Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic, Inc / Getty Images
37. Shannon Elizabeth is 49 Tiffany Rose / Getty Images for GBK Brand Bar
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
38. Sean Paul is 49 Rebecca Sapp / Getty Images for The Recording Academy
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Theo Wargo / WireImage / Getty Images
39. Gwyneth Paltrow is 50 Brian Stukes / Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Nbc / NBCUniversal via Getty Images
40. Gwen Stefani is 53 Nbc / Todd Owyoung / NBC via Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Barry King / WireImage / Getty Images
41. Tony Hawk is 54 Randy Shropshire / Getty Images for Hilarity for Charity
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Marcel Noecker / Sygma via Getty Images
42. Maya Rudolph is 50 Nbc / NBC / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: Nbc / NBCUniversal via Getty Images
43. Busta Rhymes is 50 Paras Griffin / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: David Corio / Getty Images
44. Joey McIntyre turns 50 at the end of the year Emma Mcintyre / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
45. Jennifer Lopez is 53 Bellocqimages / GC Images / Getty Images
And here she is at the beginning of her career: David Lefranc / Sygma via Getty Images
46. Paul Rudd is 53 Jesse Grant / Getty Images for Disney
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Cbs Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images
47. And last but not least, Keanu Reeves is 58, which is just wild to me Albert L. Ortega / Getty Images
And here he is at the beginning of his career: Aaron Rapoport / Getty Images
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