By Wonderwall.com Editors
7:45am PST, Jan 18, 2023
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Join Wonderwall.com as we take a look at some of the Hollywood stars who became dads later in life, starting with this music star…
David Foster became a father for the sixth time at 71 in 2021 when wife Katharine McPhee, who's 34 years his junior, gave birth to son Ren. After raising five daughters, all of whom are now adults (he also has multiple grandchildren), the producer-composer has acknowledged that being an older father is different. The 16-time Grammy winner told People magazine in February 2022 that it's nice to have a different pace of life than he did when his girls were born. "It's just great being a dad," he said. "It's too cliché to say 'Now I have more time,' but I do: I have more time. Without any reflection on any of my other children, whom I all love equally, and equally as much as my son."
In January 2023, David opened up even more about being a septuagenarian dad, explaining how it's "not better or worse, just different. I still work, I'm still gone a lot, but maybe the time is a little more precious to me because I got more runway behind me than I have ahead of me now," he told People, adding that it takes "patience" to be a father to a toddler. "I was not patient when I was young," he admitted. "I was arrogant and just on the move." He's also realized he has something he can give his son that maybe a younger father couldn't. "I think that I can offer one thing to Rennie even though I won't be around when he's 50 or 40 even, or 30 maybe. I think I can offer him wisdom from my [73] years on the planet. And maybe that's not a bad trade-off. I hope so."
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Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea became a dad for the third time just weeks after his 60th birthday when his second wife, fashion designer Melody Ehsani, gave birth to their first child together in December 2022. Flea is also a dad to two older daughters — Clara Balzary, who's in her 30s, with first wife Loesha Zeviar, and teenager Sunny Bebop Balzary with former fiancée Frankie Rayder.
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Steve Martin was 67 when he became a father for the first time: He and wife Anne Stringfield welcomed a daughter, whose name they've never publicly revealed, in December 2012. "I think if I'd had a child earlier, I would have been a lousy father because I would have misplaced my attention on my career," the actor-musician told AARP magazine in 2017.
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Since tying the knot with second wife Hilaria in 2012, Alec Baldwin has been a busy dad! He and the former yoga instructor (who's 26 years his junior) welcomed their sixth child, daughter Lucia, in 2021 when Alec was 62, and their seventh will arrive in 2022 when Alec is 64. The "30 Rock" star also has an adult daughter, Ireland, with ex-wife Kim Basinger.
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"Pretty Woman" star Richard Gere is another older dad. In 2019 when he was 69, he and wife Alejandra Silva (who's 34 years his junior) welcomed their first child together, son Alexander. They had their second child in 2020 when Richard was 70. The actor also shares adult son Homer with ex-wife Carey Lowell.
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Mick Jagger still has the moves! In 2016, the Rolling Stones frontman became a father for the eighth time at 73 when his 29-year-old ballerina girlfriend Melanie Hamrick gave birth to their son, Deveraux Octavian Basil Jagger. Mick is also a dad to seven adult children with four other women.
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Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood became a dad to twins when he was 68. He and wife Sally (who's more than 30 years his junior) welcomed Grace and Alice in 2016. Ronnie is also a father to adult children Jamie, Jesse, Leah and Tyrone from previous relationships.
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Music star Billy Joel had daughter Alexa Ray Joel with now-ex Christie Brinkley in 1985, but he's since welcomed two more children: In 2015, wife Alexis Roderick gave birth to their first child together, daughter Della Rose, when Billy was 66. Then in 2017 when he was 69, daughter Remy Anne arrived.
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Paul McCartney was 61 when he welcomed his fifth child, daughter Beatrice, with now-ex-wife Heather Mills, who was 35 at the time. He also has adult children Heather, Mary, Stella and James with his late first wife, Linda McCartney.
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In July 2019 when he was 60, Motley Crüe rocker Nikki Sixx welcomed his first child with wife Courtney (who's 27 years his junior), daughter Ruby. "Fatherhood has been the greatest joy in my life," he wrote on Instagram following his youngest daughter's birth. The musician has four other children from previous relationships — Gunner, Decker, Storm and Frankie-Jean.
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Clint Eastwood has at least eight children with six different women. His youngest, daughter Morgan, was born in 1996 when the actor-director was 66. (Her mother, Clint's now-ex-wife Dina Ruiz, was 41 at the time.)
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Rod Stewart has eight children. His youngest son, Aiden, was born in 2011 when Rod was 66 and wife Penny Lancaster was 40. They also share son Alastair. Rod also has six other kids from previous relationships: Sarah, Kimberly, Sean, Ruby, Renee and Liam. Kimberly had her own baby — daughter Delilah Del Toro — just six months after Aiden was born, meaning Rod has a grandchild and a child who are about the same age.
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Robert De Niro was 68 and now-ex Grace Hightower was 56 when they welcomed daughter Helen Grace via surrogate in December 2011. Helen is the actor's youngest kid: He's also a dad to adult children Elliot (with Grace); Drena and Raphael (with former wife Diahnne Abbott); and twins Julian and Aaron (with ex-girlfriend Toukie Smith).
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Elton John and husband David Furnish welcomed second son Elijah in 2013 when Elton was 66. Their firstborn, Zachary, arrived two years prior in 2011.
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In 2013 when he was 69, "Star Wars" mastermind George Lucas welcomed son Everest with wife Mellody Hobson via surrogate. The acclaimed filmmaker also has three adult children: Amanda, whom he adopted with ex-wife Marcia Lou Griffin in 1981, and Katie (born in 1988) and Jett (born in 1993), whom he adopted as a single parent.
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In 2007 at 63, singer Julio Iglesias welcomed son Guillermo with wife Miranda Rijnsburger, who's 22 years his junior. Julio has seven other children. With ex-wife Isabel Preysler, Julio welcomed his most famous offspring — pop star Enrique Iglesias — as well as son Julio Jr. and daughter Chabeli. With Miranda, he also has adult sons Miguel and Rodrigo and twin daughters Victoria and Cristina.
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Nick Nolte welcomed his second child, daughter Sophie, with wife Clytie Lane in 2007 when he was 66. He also has an adult son, Brawley, with ex-wife Rebecca Linger.
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Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard was 61 when he and second wife Megan Everett (who's 22 years his junior) welcomed their second son, Kolbjörn, in 2012. They're also parents to son Ossian, who was born in 2009. Stellan also has six adult children — five boys and one girl — with first wife My: Alexander, Gustaf, Bill and Valter are actors while Sam is a doctor and Eija is a former model.
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Gary Busey was 65 when he welcomed son Luke with girlfriend Steffanie Sampson in 2010. He also shares adult son Jake Busey, an actor, with ex-wife Judy Helkenberg and has an adult daughter, Alectra, with Tracy Hutchinson.
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Warren Beatty and wife Annette Bening (who's 21 years his junior) have four children: Stephen, Isabel, Benjamin and Ella. Ella was born in 2000 when Warren was 63.
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The late Larry King's youngest son with Shawn Southwick (who's 26 years Larry's junior), Cannon, was born in May 2000 when Larry was 67. A year before Cannon arrived, Larry and Shawn welcomed son Chance in 1999. Larry has been married eight times. He did not meet son Larry King Jr., whom he had with ex-wife Annette Kaye in 1961, until Larry Jr. was in his 30s. He also had two children with ex-wife Alene Akins. He adopted Alene's son Andy in 1962 and had daughter Chaia with her in 1969.
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Late "Lawrence of Arabia" actor Anthony Quinn became a father to his youngest (and 13th) child, son Ryan Nicholas Quinn, in 1996 when he was 86. Wife Kathy Benvin, to whom he was married until his death in 2001, was 47 years Anthony's junior.
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The late Hugh Hefner and future ex-wife Kimberley Conrad (who's 37 years his junior) had two sons together: Marston in 1990 and Cooper in 1991. When their youngest was born, Hef was 66. The Playboy mogul, who died in 2017, also had two older kids — Christie and David — with ex-wife Mildred Williams.
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Charlie Chaplin had 12 kids. The silent film star was 73 when he welcomed his youngest child, Christopher James, with wife Oona O'Neill in 1962. Charlie passed away 15 years later.
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Pablo Picasso was 68 when he welcomed his youngest daughter, Paloma, in 1949 with Francoise Gilot. Francoise, who was 40 years younger than Pablo, is also the mother of his son Claude. The famed painter, who died in 1973 at 91, also had two other children: son Paulo, with Olga Khokhlova; and daughter Maya, with Marie-Therese Walter.
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Rupert Murdoch was 72 when he had his youngest daughter, Chloe, with third wife Wendi Deng (who's 38 years his junior) in 2003. They also had daughter Grace in 2001. The media mogul also has three older children with second wife Anna Murdoch Mann: Elisabeth, Lachlan and James. Eldest daughter Prudence's mom is Rupert's first wife, Patricia Booker. He and ex-wife No. 4, model Jerry Hall, didn't have any children together.
