Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and More Men Who Had Kids Later in Life

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Al Pacino Expecting Baby With Girlfriend Noor Alfallah

We're seeing real-life godfather imaginable here.

Robert De Niro's recent revelation that he had conscionable welcomed his seventh kid astatine 79 was trumped lone by the confirmation that his longtime person and occasional co-star Al Pacino is due to go a dada for the 4th time at 83.

"He's a fewer years older than me, God bless him," De Niro said on TODAY June 1, reacting to the news that Pacino's 29-year-old girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, was 8 months pregnant. "Very blessed for him."

Now that is immoderate feline talk.

Thankfully, it's nary longer breaking news when a pistillate has a child in her 40s (well, unless she's famous, but successful that lawsuit she's making headlines nary matter what age she is)—but determination is, astatine immoderate point, an end to the carnal possibility.

Not so much for men, though, and a fig of celebrated ones person served arsenic salient reminders that fathering children knows acold less bounds than giving commencement to them.

A number of stars we each cognize and emotion didn't become dads until they were successful their fifties, the George Clooneys and Hugh Grants of the world. Pretty mean these days, really. In fact, it's a not-infrequent refrain to perceive them accidental they wouldn't person been acceptable immoderate earlier.

And past determination are the ones who started adjacent later—or who didn't bounds themselves to immoderate 1 decade, having more kids when they were successful their sixties, seventies and beyond, the much the merrier. 

Scroll connected to spot the personage fathers who welcomed babies connected the older broadside of life:

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Al Pacino

Dad to daughter Julie Marie (1989) with Jan Tarrant and twins Anton James and Olivia Rose (Jan. 25, 2001) with ex Beverly D'Angelo, the never-married Oscar victor is owed to become a begetter of 4 astatine 83. Pacino's rep confirmed May 30 that his woman Noor Alfallah was 8 months pregnant.

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Robert De Niro

The 79-year-old and girlfriend Tiffany Chen welcomed his seventh child, daughter Gia Virginia Chen De Niro, connected April 6, 2023.

De Niro is besides dad to daughter Drena De Niro (Sept. 3, 1971), who helium adopted erstwhile helium joined her parent Diahnne Abbot successful 1976, and his and Diahnne's lad together, Raphael De Niro (Nov. 9, 1976); duplicate sons Julian and Aaron (Oct. 20, 1995) with Touki Smith; and son Elliot (March 18, 1998) and daughter Helen Grace with 2nd woman Grace Hightower.

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Jeff Goldblum

The joie de vivre whitethorn transmission agelessness, but first-time dada Goldblum was technically 62 erstwhile helium and woman Emilie welcomed son Charlie Ocean on July 4, 2015. Brother River Joe was calved April 7, 2017.

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Mick Jagger

The legendary Rolling Stones frontman continues to get restitution from fatherhood: He became a dada for the eighth clip astatine 73 erstwhile helium and ballerina woman Melanie Hamrick welcomed son Deveraux Octavian Basil Jagger on Dec. 8, 2016.

Mick is besides dada to daughter Karis Hunt Jagger (Nov. 4, 1970) with Marsha Hunt; daughter Jade Sheena Jezebel Jagger (Oct. 21, 1971) with first wife Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias; daughters Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger (March 2, 1984) and Georgia May Ayeesha Jagger (Jan. 12, 1992) and sons James Leroy Augustin Jagger (1985) and Gabriel Luke Beauregard Jagger (1987) with longtime spouse Jerry Hall; and son Lucas Maurice Morad Jagger (1999) with Luciana Gimenez.

Meanwhile, the granddad of 5 is besides a great-grandfather to girl Jade's 2 granddaughters.

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Ronnie Wood

A romanticist similar his band's pb singer, the Rolling Stones guitarist and granddad of six is simply a begetter of six, including 2 with third wife Sally Humphreys. Their twin daughters, Gracie Jane and Alice Rose, were calved May 30, 2016—two days earlier Ronnie's 69th birthday.

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Rod Stewart

The "Forever Young" vocalist was 60 erstwhile helium and 3rd woman Penny Lancaster welcomed son Alastair Wallace Stewart on Nov. 27, 2005, and 66 erstwhile their youngest, Aiden Patrick Stewart, arrived Feb. 16, 2011.

And Rod was 65 erstwhile helium met Sarah Streeter, the girl helium had astatine 18 with Susannah Boffey and enactment up for adoption. "Rod has really travel into my beingness successful a large mode since mother's gone," Sarah said in 2010 following the decease of her adoptive mother, "and I don't deliberation that's a coincidence. Now we're astatine the commencement of a caller chapter, and that's wonderful."

The "Forever Young" creator is besides dada to girl Kimberly Stewart (Aug. 21, 1979) and lad Sean Stewart (Sept. 1, 1980) with archetypal woman Alana Hamilton; girl Ruby Stewart (June 17, 1987) with Kelly Emberg; and girl Renee (June 1, 1992) and lad Liam (Sept. 5, 1994) with 2nd woman Rachel Hunter.

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Clint Eastwood

Almost arsenic prolific off-screen arsenic on, the movie prima turned Oscar-winning filmmaker is simply a begetter of 8 and was 66 erstwhile helium and then-wife Dina Ruiz welcomed daughter Morgan Eastwood on Dec. 12, 1996.

But helium didn't meet his eldest girl until she was successful her 30s. Laurie Murray was calved successful 1954—reportedly without his knowledge—and enactment up for adoption, but sought retired to reconnect with her celebrated begetter successful the 1980s and they've maintained a narration since.

Clint besides shares Kimber Lynn Eastwood (b. June 17, 1964) with Roxanne Tunis; instrumentalist lad Kyle Eastwood (May 19, 1968) and girl Alison Eastwood (May 22, 1972) with his archetypal woman Maggie Johnson; lad Scott Eastwood (March 21, 1986) and girl Kathryn Ann Eastwood (Feb. 2, 1988) with Jaclyn Reeves; and girl Francesca Eastwood (Aug. 7, 1993) with erstwhile spouse Frances Fisher.

The Dirty Harry star also has five grandchildren.

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Steve Martin

It was lone grown-ups successful the gathering until Martin was 67 and helium and 2nd woman Anne Stringfield welcomed a girl successful aboriginal 2013—whose sanction they've ne'er adjacent shared, fto unsocial a photo.

"If I'd had a kid earlier, I would person been a lousy father," the Father of the Bride star told AARP The Magazine in 2017, "because I would person misplaced my attraction connected my career."

Taking banal of the trajectory his beingness had taken, helium noted, "It's been a gentle up-hill slope to a real, existent happiness."

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Anthony Quinn

Lust for Life was the sanction of the crippled for the two-time Oscar victor and begetter of 12, who was 81 erstwhile his youngest, Ryan Nicholas Quinn, was born July 5, 1996.

Quinn had 5 children with archetypal woman Katherine DeMille (Cecil B.'s daughter), 3 with 2nd spouse Jolanda Addolori, 2 with Friedel Dunbar, and 2 with eventual 3rd wife Katherine Benvin, whom helium joined successful 1997 when Ryan was 17 months old and their daughter Antonia Patricia Rose Quinn was 4.

The histrion and Benvin were unneurotic until his decease successful 2001.

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Charlie Chaplin

The silent-film pioneer and iconic "Little Tramp" shared sons Charles Spencer Chaplin III (May 5, 1925) and Sydney Earl Chaplin (March 30, 1926) with 2nd woman Lita Grey and past had 8 children with 4th woman Oona O'Neill, who was 18 erstwhile she joined the 54-year-old successful 1943.

The brace would stay unneurotic until Chaplin's decease successful 1977, welcoming Geraldine Leigh (July 31, 1944), Michael John (March 7, 1946), Josephine Hannah (March 28, 1949), Victoria Agnes (May 19, 1951), Eugene Anthony (Aug. 23, 1953), Jane Cecil (May 1957), Annette Emily (December 1959) and Christopher James (July 8, 1962).

Chaplin was 73 erstwhile Christopher was born.

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Elton John

The perpetually touring Rocket Man couldn't beryllium slowed down successful the 1970s, '80s, '90s or '00s. But erstwhile helium was 63, John and hubby David Furnish kicked the adjacent decennary disconnected right, welcoming son Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John via surrogate connected Dec. 25, 2010. The aforesaid surrogate carried their younger son, Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John, who was calved Jan. 11, 2013.

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Billy Joel

The Piano Man welcomed girl Alexa Ray Joel with second woman Christie Brinkley on Dec. 29, 1985.

Fast-forward a fewer decades and helium became a dada again at 66 erstwhile helium and 4th woman Alexis Roderick welcomed girl Della Rose Joel connected Aug. 12, 2015. She was joined by small sister Remy Anne Joel connected Oct. 22, 2017.

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