Age Is Just A Number: These Famous Couples Have Big Age Gaps Between Them

Age is just a number right? Read here to discover which famous couples ditch the digits for their dearest loves to make one-of-a-kind super couples. Some of these might surprise you!

Dick Van Dyke and Arlene Silver

With a whopping 46-year age gap, showbiz legend Dick Van Dyke married make-up artist Arlene Silver on February 29, 2012 — when he was 86 and Silver was 40 years old. The couple’s romance started budding when they met six years earlier at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. When Van Dyke played Bert in the 1964 musical-fantasy film Mary Poppins, Silver wasn’t even born yet.

Amal and George Clooney

George, 56, met international human-rights lawyer Amal, 40, at a dinner party hosted by a mutual friend in 2013. The couple tied the knot in Italy in 2014 and welcomed twins, Ella and Alexander, in June 2017.

Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Actor Statham, 50, and model-actress Huntington-Whiteley, 30, started dating in 2010. The couple got engaged in 2016 and welcomed their first child, Jack Oscar, in June 2017.

Anette Bening and Warren Beatty

Bening, 59, and Beatty, 80, met in 1991 while filming the gangster drama “Bugsy.” The two married in 1992 and have four kids together.

Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” actor Aaron Johnson, 27, met director Sam Taylor-Wood, 50, when he starred in her movie “Nowhere Boy.” He was 18 at the time. They were engaged months after meeting in 2009 and married in 2012. They changed their last name to Taylor-Johnson. The couple have two daughters, Wylda Rae and Romy Hero. Sam also has two daughters from a previous marriage.

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas

Zeta-Jones, 48, and Douglas, 73, share the same birthday. The two were introduced at the Deauville Film Festival in 1998, married in November 2000, and have two kids. The couple briefly separated in 2013, but are now back together.

Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor

“American Horror Story” star Paulson, 43, has been dating the 75-year-old Taylor since early 2015. Paulson confirmed their relationship in an interview with the New York Times in 2016.

Scott Disick and Sofia Richie

Disick, the 34-year-old father of Kourtney Kardashian’s three kids, is now dating 19-year-old model Richie, the daughter of Lionel Richie, who is apparently not pleased with the relationship and told Us Weekly he is “scared to death.”

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi

DeGeneres, 60, and de Rossi, 45, been together since 2004 and tied the knot in 2008 after the same-sex marriage ban in California was overturned.

Matthew McConaughey and Camilla Alves

McConaughey, 48, met model Alves, 36, in 2006. He proposed on Christmas in 2011, and the couple married in June 2012. They have three kids: sons Levi and Livingston and daughter Vida.

Beyonce and Jay Z

Beyoncé Knowles might be 12 years younger than Jay-Z, but the bootylicious diva is definitely “irreplaceable” to the rap superstar, otherwise known as Shawn Carter. The pair hit it off after collaborating on the song “03 Bonnie & Clyde” featured on Jay-Z’s seventh album Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse, released in 2002. She appeared as his girlfriend in the music video which sparked speculation about the two.

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart

It’s no secret that Harrison Ford is quite the adventurous type, landing roles such as Han Solo and Indiana Jones, so there’s no reason why his love life wouldn’t follow suit. While Ford likes to keep his personal life private and guarded, everyone knows that his wife Calista Flockart, a.k.a. Ally McBeal, is 22-years his junior.

Mel Gibson and Rosalind Ross

Mel Gibson knows “What Women Want,” and such was the case when he met screenwriter and former champion equestrian vaulter Rosalind Ross in 2014. This pair go down as one of the famous couples to turn heads seeing that Ross is 34 years younger than Gibson — a decade younger than Gibson’s eldest daughter Hannah.

Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster

When British rocker Rod Stewart sang “Some Guys Have All the Luck” way back in 1984, he must have been referring to his suave charm in the love department because of his ability to win over much-younger women such as his current wife Penny Lancaster, the English model, TV personality, and photographer who is 26 years younger than him.

Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate Olsen

Child-star-turned-fashion-designer Mary-Kate Olsen is married to Olivier Sarkozy, the half brother of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The pair began a relationship in May 2012, and two years later, photos were published of Mary-Kate brandishing an engagement ring from the man who is 17 years her senior.

Patrick Stewart and Sunny Ozell

Patrick Stewart met singer and songwriter Sunny Ozell in 2008 at Franny’s restaurant in New York where Ozell was a waitress. Stewart was performing in Macbeth at the time at the nearby Brooklyn Academy of Music. Despite the whopping 38-year age gap between the two, they couldn’t help but fall in love.

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall

Most people remember model and actress Jerry Hall for her relationship with the Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger, with whom she shares four children. That changed when Hall started dating media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 2015. With a 25-year age divide between Hall and Murdoch, it seemed a bit far-fetched for the two to be together. Well, that couldn’t be more false, as it was virtually love at first sight when they were seen together at the Rugby World Cup final on November 1, 2015.

Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee-Furness

Hugh Jackman might be 13 years her junior, but they knew it was love from the moment they met.
The Australian actors met when they were working together on the Australian TV show Correlli, The pair tied the knot on April 11, 1996. They expanded their family by adopting two kids, Oscar and Ava.

Elton John And David Furnish

Musical legend Elton John and Canadian filmmaker David Furnish became one of the first UK couples to form a civil partnership in 2005 after John took the opportunity to propose to Furnish at a dinner party with friends and family. It therefore comes as no surprise that when gay marriage was legalized in England in March 2014, the pair got married that same year on December 21, 2014. The pair have zero reservations about their 15-year age gap, which blossomed in 1993, and couldn’t be happier together.

David Hasselhoff and Hayley Roberts

“The Hoff” set a Guinness World Record for being the most watched man on TV — must have been his iconic red bathing suit in the series Baywatch. Welsh model Hayley Roberts stole his heart in 2013. She is 27 years his junior, and shares the same age as Hasselhoff’s daughter Taylor Ann Hasselhoff.

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander

Vikander, 29, and Fassbender, 40, started dating after meeting on the set of “The Light Between Oceans.” They married in a secret ceremony in 2017.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

Reynolds, 41, and Lively, 30, met and became friends while filming “Green Lantern” about a year before they officially started dating in 2011. They married in 2012. The happily married couple have two daughters, James and Ines.

Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo

Levine, 38, married Victoria’s Secret model Prinsloo, 28, in 2014. Prinsloo gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Dusty Rose, in 2016 and announced a second pregnancy on Instagram in September 2017.

Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas

Nothing can stop the love between actor and comedian Alec Baldwin and yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas. The only thing that seems to separate them is their 26-year age difference, as Baldwin is 60 years old while Thomas is 34 years old. They have three kids together.