Meet The Celebrities Who Became Grandparents Before Reaching The Age Of 55
Most of us associate grandparents with our sweet elderly grandmother or grandfather. They’re likely to have gray hair, decades of expertise, and plenty of opinions on how you should be raised. Grandpa, on the other hand, is a rockstar, and Grandma is an Academy Award-winning actress for some. Grandad is a voice actor for your favorite animated character, and Gram-Gram is a reality TV personality. It’s Hollywood, after all! Take a look at this list of celebrities who became grandparents before reaching the age of 55.
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan, an American-Irish actor, is already approaching traditional grandfather age, yet he was a considerably younger man when he first became a grandfather. When his daughter, Charlotte, gave birth in 1998, the former James Bond became a grandfather.
Pierce Brosnan
Brosnan has three grandchildren, Isabella Sophie Smith, Lucas Smith, and Marley May Cassandra, and five children (one of whom is deceased). When he originally became 00-Grandad, the Tomorrow Never Dies performer was only 44 years old.
Charlie Sheen
Cassandra, Sam, Lola, Max, and Bob are the five children of Charlie Sheen, who was born Carlos Irwin Estévez. In fact, you can watch Sam and Lola on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, where they co-star alongside Denise Richards.
Charlie Sheen
When his eldest daughter Cassandra gave birth to daughter Luna in 2013, Sheen became a grandfather at the age of 47. The actor’s twin boys are barely four years older than Luna, their niece from Two and a Half Men.
Ron Howard
Ron Howard, the director/writer has created a multi-generational acting family. Howard began his career as a child actor, portraying Opie in The Andy Griffith Show. He built on his popularity by starring as Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days and directing Grand Theft Auto.
Ron Howard
Howard married Cheryl Alley in 1975, and the couple has four children, including Bryce Dallas and Paige Howard, both actresses. Howard, who was 53 years old at the time of Bryce’s birth in 2007, became a grandfather.
Brett Favre
Brett Favre managed to play professional football in the NFL while also becoming a grandfather. He’s got to be the first footballing grandfather the NFL has ever seen, right? Let’s take a look at their beautiful family!
Brett Favre
Brett Favre, 40, was playing for the Minnesota Vikings when his daughter gave birth to Parker Brett. He is most known for his long stint with the Green Bay Packers. Favre is a grandfather to three grandsons and would prefer that they participate in a sport that is less dangerous than professional football.
NeNe Leakes
NeNe Leakes, star of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, is a tornado of drama. Bryson and Brentt are the reality TV star’s two boys, and she gave birth to her first grandchild when she was 45 years old. Bryson, NeNe’s older son, gave birth to a baby daughter called Bri’Asia in 2012.
NeNe Leakes
Leakes struggled with her oldest son on The Real Housewives, and she encouraged him to complete his schooling or look for work. Despite this, NeNe is smitten with her granddaughter and goes by the nickname Glam-ma.
Donny Osmond
Donny Osmond became a grandfather at a young age, which is somewhat surprising given the brilliant Osmonds’ big brood. Donny is the father of five sons and has seven siblings in the singing family.
Donny Osmond
The former teen idol became a grandfather for the first time in 2005 when he was 47 years old and now has ten grandchildren. This small group looks a lot like the children in The Sound of Music. We’d want to hear them perform!
Jim James Brolin
James Brolin is the father of three children, one of them is American actor Josh Brolin. At the age of 47, James became a grandfather when Josh had his first child, Trevor, in 1998. Brolin married Barbara Streisand, a legendary singer/actress, the same year he welcomed his first grandchild.
Jim James Brown
In an interview with The Guardian, Brolin said of being a grandfather, “When I became a grandfather, my first reaction was, ‘Don’t call me that!’ I write it ‘G-Pa Jim’ – but I’m warming up to it after 20 years.”
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg has starred in a number of critically acclaimed films. She’s also one of only 16 celebrities to have won an EGOT, which stands for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. On top of that, the Sister Act actress became a grandma at the tender age of 34. Wow!
Whoopi Goldberg
Alexandrea Goldberg, Goldberg’s daughter, was born when she was 18 years old, and Alexandrea gave birth at the age of 16. Whoopi has three grandchildren and is a great-grandmother!
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill, Whoopi Goldberg’s excellent teenage co-star in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, was still in school when the hit film was shot. Hill went on to win a Grammy Award with The Fugees, and her solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill set sales records.
Lauryn Hill
Hill had a long-term connection with Rohan Marley, the son of Bob Marley, a reggae artist. Hill became a grandmother at the age of 41 when their son, Zion Marley, had baby Zephaniah in 2017.
Kris Jenner
Kris Jenner adores her grandchildren even more than she does her children. After all, they’re so young, so cute, and so full of potential! When Mason Dash Disick was born in 2009, the Kardashian-Jenner matriarch became a grandmother for the first time. In fact, with Kris Jenner present, spectators witnessed Kourtney pulling Mason into the world.
Kris Jenner
Jenner has given birth to ten children in the span of eleven years. Her grandchildren nickname her “lovey,” and she regularly wears the word as a necklace.
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford is in his late fifties now, but he became a grandfather for the first time when he was just 51 years old. Indiana Jones has been married three times and has a total of five children. Willard Ford, Ford’s son from his marriage to Mary Marquardt, gave birth to his first kid, Eliel Ford, in 1993.
Harrison Ford
From his romance with Ally McBeal star Calista Flockhart, the Star Wars actor now has four grandchildren and an adopted son. We’re sure Han Solo would make a fantastic grandfather.
Sally Field
Sally Field, an Academy Award winner, is fantastic in each role she takes on. That includes roles such as Norma Rae’s factory worker, Mrs. Doubtfire’s disgruntled mother, and becoming a grandmother in her early fifties.
Sally Field
Field is the mother of three sons, two of whom she shares with Steven Craig and one with Alan Greisman. She has five grandchildren: Noah, Isabel, Colin, Ogden, and Sophie. Field told People magazine that she didn’t want her granddaughters to read her memoir In Pieces because it was too personal for them.
Flavor Flav
Flavor Flav is a rapper, TV personality, and hype man who was born William Jonathan Drayton Jr. Flavor Flav is a co-founder of Public Enemy and has been in several VH1 reality shows, including Flavor of Love. Dazyna, Karma, Shaniq, Quanah, Jasmine, Kayla, and William are seven of the rapper’s seven children.
Flavor Flav
The number of grandkids Flavor Flav has is unknown, however, in 2012, the VH1 star tweeted a photo of four of them. Michael, Eric, Mathew, and Brianna were their names.
June Shannon
The Shannon family rose to popularity after appearing on the TLC reality show Toddlers & Tiaras. Mama June and her vivacious daughter, Alana, went on to have their own show, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. June is the mother of four daughters: Alana, Anna, Lauryn, and Jessica.
June Shannon
Shannon now has three granddaughters, Kaitlyn, Kylee, and Ella, thanks to Anna and Lauryn. The Mama June: From Not to Hot actress was just 34 years old when she became a grandmother for the first time.
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage is a multi-award-winning actor who has been married four times and has two children. Cage’s son Weston was born in 1990 through his marriage to actress Christina Fulton, and son Kal-El was born 15 years later through his marriage to Alice Kim. When Weston received his son in 2014 at the age of 50, the Raising Arizona star became a grandfather.
Nicolas Cage
“I love it. Every Second.” the Con Air star told People magazine about being a grandfather. Lucian and Sorin, Cage’s grandsons, are named after him. They’re quite a beautiful family, don’t you think so?
Mick Jagger
Sir Mick Jagger, the Rolling Stones’ lead vocalist, has eight children from five different women and has been regarded as “one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock and roll.” When Jagger’s daughter Jade gave birth to her daughter Umbria in 1992, at the age of 50, he became a grandfather for the first time.
Mick Jagger
Jagger is now a grandfather to five grandchildren and a great-grandfather to three. “Pappy” enjoys being among newborns, according to daughter Jade.
Tamra Judge
Tamra Judge of the Real Housewives of Orange County gave birth to her first child at the age of 46. Ryan, Sidney, Sophia, and Spencer are the four children of the reality TV personality. Tamra gave birth to her first child when she was 19 years old, and he made her a grandmother in 2015 when his daughter Ava was born.
Tamra Judge
“NeNe has Glam-ma, Vicki has Nana, and I’m going to be Tam-ma!” Tamra told Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live.
Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman
The reality show Dog the Bounty Hunter made Duane Lee ‘Dog’ Chapman famous. The show tracked Chapman’s career as a bounty hunter over the course of eight seasons. Nicholas, Zebediah, Christopher, Wesley, James, Tucker, Dominic, Garry, Barbara, Bonnie, Duane, Lyssa, and Leland are among Duane’s 13 offspring from five marriages.
Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman
Chapman has seven grandchildren and welcomed his first when he was 42 years old. The number of great-grandchildren in the family varies according to sources.
Naomi Judd
The Judds, a country music duet comprised of Naomi Judd and her daughter Wynonna, have won five Grammy Awards. Naomi became a grandmother at the age of 48 when Wynonna gave birth to her son Elijah in 1994. Grace was born a year later, and she became a grandmother for the second time.
Naomi Judd
Judd, who goes by the nickname “Mawmaw,” was present at each of their births. Grace, Judd’s granddaughter, was sentenced to eight years in jail in 2018 for violating her probation.
Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar
Where better to find young celebrity grandparents than on reality TV, and where better than with the ensemble of 19 Kids and Counting? Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar had 19 children and four grandkids during the show’s run, which lasted from 2008 to 2015. That number has now risen to a whopping 15.
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar
The children of the Duggars all have names that begin with the letter J, and they were all homeschooled. Because of their religious views and because their eldest son, Josh, admitted to major crimes, the family is understandably divisive.
Rev Run
This celebrity grandfather is a member of a family that also includes another celebrity grandfather. Rev Run (born Joseph Ward Simmons) is a rapper and producer who has seven children, one of whom is married to Mike Wayans, the son of Damon Wayans.
Rev Run
In 2014, Mike Wayans and Vanessa Simmons welcomed their daughter, Ava Marie, becoming Rev Run and Damon Wayans grandfathers for the first time. Wayans has four children, including Damon Wayans Jr., who plays Coach in New Girl and is a member of the famous Wayans family. That’s a really large family!
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., became a grandfather at the age of 43. Snoop Dogg became granddaddy Snoop when his son Cordé Broadu brought his baby Zion into the world. “My 1st grandson […] The saga continues,” the rapper tweeted at the time.
Snoop Dogg
Snoop said on Instagram following the birth of his granddaughter in 2018, “My first granddaughter, lovely day, be blessed, y’all.” Sadly, Cordé’s second son, Kai, died 10 days after his birth.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine Zeta-Jones, a Welsh actress, married and became a young grandma. While the Chicago actress has her own children with actor Michael Douglas, she also has a stepson from a prior relationship. When Douglas’s son Lua Izzy Douglas was born in 2017, Zeta-Jones was 47 years old and a grandmother.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Douglas is known as “Bubba,” while Zeta-Jones is known as “Zee-Zee,” according to Zeta-Jones, who spoke about her granddaughter on Live With Kelly and Ryan.
Ice-T
Ice-T, whose real name is Tracy Lauren Marrow, is a rapper and producer who has three children. Ice-T became a father for the first time when his girlfriend Adrienne gave birth to her daughter LeTesha Marrow when he was still in high school. The pair maintained their education while parenting their child, which is impressive.
Ice-T
Ice’s second son was born in 1992, and his daughter was born in 2015. When daughter LeTesha gave birth to baby Elyjah Marrow, the rapper became a grandfather. Elyjah was arrested in 2014 after a fatal accident but was later released.
Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Barrino rose to fame after winning the American Idol talent competition in 2004. Barrino’s first child was born when she was a teenager, and her son Dallas was born in 2011. Barrino’s spouse, businessman Kendall Taylor, is Dallas’s father, whom she married in 2015.
Fantasia Barrino
The birth of Taylor’s son from a previous relationship, Treyshaun, turned the couple into young grandparents. Fantasia was only 32 years old at the time. The singer claimed that she prefers the moniker “Glam-mom” instead of “Grandma.”
Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey, who is constantly lively, became a grandfather at the age of 48. The Liar Liar star has been married twice and has a daughter with Melissa Womer from his first marriage. Jane Carrey, Carrey’s daughter, gave birth to a son named Jackson Riley Santana in 2010.
Jim Carrey
“I love being granddaddy, granddaddy Jim […] I just get a lot of joy, a lot of joy from that little boy,” Carrey said in an interview with Access Reporter. There’s no doubt that he really loves his grandkid!
Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard, the star of Empire, is the father of five children: Heaven, Aubrey, Hunter, Qirin, and Hero. The actor from Big Momma’s House has been married four times to three different women and became a grandfather in his late 40s. Howard is the grandfather of two grandchildren, a boy, and a girl.
Terrence Howard
Mr. Holland’s Opus star’s granddaughters affectionately refer to his youngest sons, Hero and Qirin (born in 2015), as “baby uncles.”
Vicki Gunvalson
Let’s welcome another Real Grandma, this time from The Real Housewives of Orange County, Vicki Gunvalson. From her first marriage to Michael J. Wolfsmith, the reality television personality has two children, Briana and Michael. Briana gave birth to her son in 2012, and Gunvalson became a grandma at the age of 50.
Vicki Gunvalson
Vicki, like the other genuine housewives on this list, despises the term “plain old grandmother.” Instead, she’s going by the name “nana.”
Priscilla Presley
Elvis Presley’s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, has two children. Presley has a daughter, Lisa Marie, with her rock ‘n’ roller spouse, and a son, Navarone, with her Italian husband, Marco Garibaldi. Lisa Marie has been married to Danny Keough, Michael Jackson, Nicolas Cage, and Michael Lockwood four times.
Priscilla Presley
In 1989, Lisa Marie gave birth to her first child, Danielle Riley Keough, making Priscilla a grandmother at the age of 44. Lisa Marie is the mother of four children, all of whom refer to Priscilla as “Nona,” the Italian word for grandmother.
Mike Epps
Mike Epps is a stand-up comedian and actor best known for his portrayal as L.J. in Next Friday. Resident Evil is a video game franchise created by Capcom. The comedian married twice, the first time in 2006 and the second time in 2019. Maddie, Indiana, Makayla, Bria, and Mariah are among Epps’ five children.
Mike Epps
Mike Epps, who is 47 years old, became a grandfather in 2013 when his granddaughter Skylar was born. Skylar was allowed to recite a knock-knock joke on stage when she was seven years old, and she nailed it.
Tony Danza
Tony Danza, born Antonio Salvatore Iadanza, first made waves in the entertainment sector in the late 1970s. After starring in smash shows like ‘Taxi’ and ‘Who’s the Boss?,’ Danza is certainly a critically renowned actor, which comes as no surprise.
Tony Danza
Danza has four children from his first marriage to Rhonda Yeoman: a son and a daughter, and two girls from his second marriage to Tracy Robinson. Danza became a grandfather in 2005, at the age of 54, when his son welcomed a baby boy into the world.
Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson, the family patriarch, had 11 children, including superstars Michael and Janet Jackson. Jackson became a grandfather for the first time when he was 42 years old. He would have had a whopping 26 grandchildren if he hadn’t died at the age of 89. That will undoubtedly be a large family Christmas!
Joe Jackson
Paris, Michael, Prince, Stevanna, Yashi, TJ, Brandi, Austin, Taryll, Jaafar, Taj, Jermajesty, Donte, Jurdynn, Stacee, Genevieve, Autumn, Jermaine, Valencia, Jaimy, Brittany, Jeremy, Marlon, Sigmund, Dawn, and Steven are the Jackson grandkids in no particular order.
Tina Knowles-Lawson
We now come to Celestine Anne Knowles, better known as Miss Tina, who is the daughter of a music manager. Tina Knowles married Matthew Knowles in 1980 and had two daughters with him, Beyoncé and Solange. The rest, as we all know, is history.
Tina Knowles-Lawson
Solange, the younger daughter, married at the age of 17 and gave birth to her son Daniel in 2004. Tina became a grandma at the age of 50 as a result of this. She is the grandmother of four grandchildren: Daniel, Blue Ivy, Rumi, and Sir.
A.B. Quintanilla
A.B. is a singer-songwriter and record producer. Selena Quintanilla, the “Queen of Tejano Music,” was Quintanilla’s older brother. Abraham, A.B., and his sisters Selena and Suzette — as well as his father — Until Selena’s terrible death in 1995, he was a member of the band Los Dinos.
A.B. Quintanilla
Quintanilla is the father of eight children, six boys, and two girls. At the age of 53, the producer became a grandfather when his son Svani gave birth to a daughter named Yvie. “Guess who’s an Abuelito?” he wrote on Instagram. ”
Terry Crews
Terry Crews married Rebecca King in 1989. He is a former professional football player, bodybuilder, and everyone’s favorite Lieutenant (Lieut!). Azriel, Naomi, Isaiah, Tera, and Wynfrey are the couple’s five children. At 45 years old, the Brooklyn 99 star became a grandfather when his adoptive daughter Naomi gave birth to Miley.
Terry Crews
Crews has remarked of being a grandfather, “I’ve learned how to be childlike. Childlike is awesome. You have eyes full of wonder. You’re creative. There are no rules for you.”
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor is best known for being married eight times, to seven different husbands, in addition to her brilliant playing career. Liza, Maria, Christopher, and Michael were Taylor’s four children. When her son Michael had a daughter named Laela at the age of 40, the Cleopatra actress became a grandma for the first time.
Elizabeth Taylor
Taylor’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren have continued to work with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation since her death in 2011. “Her heart was huge […] She made a big impact on us,” Laela told People magazine.
Tweet
Though we commonly identify tweeting with Twitter, there was Tweet – an American R&B and neo-soul artist who existed long before the social networking platform. Tweet had a successful career working with producers Timbaland and Missy Elliot, but he suffered from addiction.
Tweet
Tweet, whose real name is Charlene Keys, had her daughter Tashawna at the age of 19 and became a grandma at the age of 44 when her grandson Dallas was born. The singer remarked of the experience, “It’s the best thing in the world. I never knew love like that.”
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland, 24, is another shockingly young grandfather, has become a grandfather before the age of 40. Kiefer was only 39 years old when his stepdaughter Michelle gave birth to his son Hamish in 2005.
Kiefer Sutherland
Sutherland, of course, is a devoted grandfather, remarking, “His name is Hamish Adam Kiefer Sinclair, he’s four-and-a-half and he’s a train wreck. He already looks like a failed boxer. He falls down a lot and he gets cut up and he’s just beautiful.”
Tom Hanks
Imagine being able to call Tom Hanks, the man who played Mr. Rogers, your granddad. Consider all the glistening grins! Hanks has four children with his second wife, American-Greek actress Rita Wilson: Colin, Chet, Elizabeth, and Truman.
Tom Hanks
Hanks has two granddaughters, Olivia and Charlotte, from his son Colin. He also has a grandson, Michaiah, from his son Chet. The Hanks’ grandchildren refer to Tom as “Papou,” the Greek term for grandfather, while Wilson is referred to as “Yiayia.”
Dave Bautista
What if your grandfather was superhero villain Drax the Destroyer/famous WWE wrestler? Thanks to his daughter Keilani, Dave Bautista has been a grandfather since he was in his 30s. Bautista is the father of three children from two marriages, two daughters and one son.
Dave Bautista
The Guardians of the Galaxy star has two grandkids, Aiden and Jacob, who get to go to movie premieres with their amazing grandfather. That is, without a doubt, a fantastic deal.
Kid Rock
Kid Rock, real name Robert James Ritchie, is a singer-songwriter who raised his son as a single parent. On Christmas Day 2015, the performer became a grandfather when his son’s girlfriend gave birth to her daughter Skye.
Kid Rock
Kid Rock began his career as a hip-hop performer before branching out into other genres and scoring a global smash with the mashup “All Summer Long.” When it comes to his granddaughter’s nickname, the artist declared, “I’m going Southern all the way,” and chose Paw Paw.
Ice Cube
With his hip-hop group N.W.A, Ice Cube — born O’Shea Jackson — pioneered gangsta rap alongside Dr. Dre and Eazy-E, among others. Ice Cube and Kimberly Woodruff married in 1992 and have four children together: Darrell, O’Shea, Karima, and Shareef.
Ice Cube
When son O’Shea welcomed daughter Jordan in 2017, the rapper became a grandfather before he turned 50. When O’Shea became a father, he received some advice from Ice Cube, who played his father in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton.
Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens, better known as Chaka Khan, is a legendary singer who has won eleven Grammy Awards. The “I’m Every Woman” singer has been dubbed the Queen of Funk, but her four grandchildren, Raeven, Daija, Jett, and Josh, call her Nana.
Chaka Khan
After acquiring custody of Raeven when she was 11 years old, the “Aint Nobody” singer raised her. Khan has a daughter named Indira and a son named Damien. Chaka is pictured with her granddaughter Raeven and great-grandson MacKenzie in this charming photo.
Cedric The Entertainer
While we know him as Cedric the Entertainer, one beautiful little girl knows him as Grand-Ceddy. Since 1999, the actor and comedian has been married to Lorna Wells, with whom he shares two children, Croix and Lucky Rose. From a previous relationship, he has a daughter named Tiara.
Ceddy the Entertainer
When Tiara gave birth to Kylo Faith in 2016, the Barbershop actor became Grand-Ceddy. He refers to her as “doll,” despite the fact that she calls him Grand-Ceddy.
CeeLo Green
CeeLo Green, whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, is best known for the songs “Crazy” and “Forget You.” When he married Christina Johnson, he became a stepfather, and then a grandfather when her daughter gave birth to a newborn boy. CeeLo was only 35 years old at the time. That’s what I call a youthful grandparent!
CeeLo Green
CeeLo now has several grandchildren for whom he enjoys performing his songs. “My children/grandchildren call me Poppi,” The Voice judge said on Twitter in 2016. They’re certainly an adorable family, don’t you think so?