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42 celebrity couples with huge age differences between them

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have a bit of an age gap.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images For Entertainment Weekly
  • Some celebrity couples have large gaps between them.

  • Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas are 10 years apart.

  • Dick Van Dyke and his wife Arlene Silver are separated by 46 years.

Anjelica Oswald contributed to a previous version of this article.

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger: 10 years

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Pratt and Schwarzenegger got married in California in June 2019.Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Audi

Katherine Schwarzenegger, 33, married 44-year-old "Avengers" star Chris Pratt in a low-key ceremony on June 8, 2019.

The two had been engaged since January 2019 and were reportedly dating for many months before that.

The couple shared matching posts to their Instagram accounts after their wedding ceremony. Both called it "the best day of our lives" and said they feel "nothing but blessed."

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The couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Lyla Maria Schwarzenegger Pratt, in August 2020.

Their second child, a daughter named Eloise Christina Schwarzenegger Pratt, was born in May 2022.

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas: 10 years

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Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas got married in December 2018.Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

The 31-year-old singer and 41-year-old actor made their first public appearance together in 2017, a year before they began dating.

In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Chopra said that she and Jonas were both wearing Ralph Lauren to the Met Gala, so they decided to attend the event together. She described the night as "fun," but didn't reveal much of anything else until much later.

They married in December 2018 in multiple ceremonies.

The couple's first child together, a daughter named Malti Marie, was born via surrogate in 2022.

Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder: 10 years

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Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder at an EIF event in 2017.Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for EIF

Reed, 35, and Somerhalder, 44, started their relationship in 2014. They were engaged in early 2015 and were married in April of that same year. The couple welcomed their daughter Bodhi Soleil in July 2017.

Their second child, a son whose name hasn't been revealed yet, was born in their home in 2023.

Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo: 10 years

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Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo in February 2020.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Levine, 44, married Victoria's Secret model Prinsloo, 35, in 2014. Prinsloo gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Dusty Rose, in 2016 and their second daughter, Gio Grace, in 2018.

The couple's third child, a son, was born in January 2023.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds: 11 years

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Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively in May 2019.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Reynolds, 47, and Lively, 36, 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 has four children. Their first three children, all girls, are named James, Ines, and Betty. Details about their fourth child, reportedly born in February, are unknown.

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander: 11 years

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Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander at the 2016 Venice Film Festival.Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

Vikander, 35, and Fassbender, 46, started dating after meeting on the set of "The Light Between Oceans." They married in a secret ceremony in 2017.

Jay-Z and Beyoncé: 12 years

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Jay-Z and Beyoncé in July 2019.by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP

Beyoncé, 42, and Jay-Z, 53, first started dating back in 2001 before tying the knot on April 4, 2008. Blue Ivy Carter was born in 2012, and the couple welcomed twins, Rumi and Sir, in June 2017.

William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman: 12 years

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William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman at the 2017 Emmy Awards.Getty Images

"Desperate Housewives" actor Huffman, 60, and "Shameless" star Macy, 73, dated on and off for 15 years before marrying in 1997. They have two daughters.

 

Viola Davis and Julius Tennon: 12 years

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Julius Tennon and Viola Davis in September 2019.Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Davis, 58, has been married to Tennon, 69, since 2003. The couple adopted a daughter in 2011. Tennon has two kids from previous relationships.

Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin: 13 years

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Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin in January 2020.Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

"True Blood" costars Moyer, 54, and Paquin, 41, started dating while filming the first season of the HBO show, which ran from 2008 to 2014.

They were married in August 2010 and had fraternal twins, Charlie and Poppy, in September 2012. Moyer has two other kids, Billy and Lilac, from a previous marriage.

Camila Alves and Matthew McConaughey: 13 years

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Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves in January 2019.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

McConaughey, 54, met model Alves, 41, 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.

Matt Bomer and Simon Halls: 13 years

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Matt Bomer and Simon Halls at the 2016 GLSEN Respect Awards.Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for GLSEN

Bomer, 46, and publicist Halls, 59, married in 2011. They have three sons.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi: 15 years

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Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres in January 2020.Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

DeGeneres, 65, and de Rossi, 50, have been together since 2004 and tied the knot in 2008 after the same-sex marriage ban in California was overturned.

Daryl Hannah and Neil Young: 15 years

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Daryl Hannah and Neil Young at 2018 SXSW.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

Hannah, 62, and Young, 78, got married in 2018. Young confirmed the news in November of that year when he shared a video online urging fans to vote and referred to Hannah as his "wife."

People reported that the couple had two separate ceremonies: one on Young's yacht and another in California. They started dating in 2014.

Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan: 16 years

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Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in September 2019.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic via Getty Images

"One Tree Hill" actor Burton, 41, and "The Walking Dead" star Morgan, 57, started dating in 2009 and officially got married in 2019. They have one son and a daughter.

Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz: 16 years

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Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz in January 2020.Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Model Klum, 50, started dating Tokio Hotel guitarist Kaulitz, 34, in 2018. Klum opened up to InStyle about how dating a man 17 years her junior makes people bring up age more.

"My boyfriend is many years younger than me, and lots of people are questioning that and asking about it," she said. "That's really the only time when age seems to be shoved in my face and I have to give an answer for it. I don't really think about it that much otherwise."

The couple got legally married in early 2019 and had a formal ceremony in Italy in August 2019.

Amal and George Clooney: 17 years

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George Clooney and Amal Clooney in May 2019.Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

George, 62, met international human-rights lawyer Amal, 45, 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.

Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher: 18 years

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Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher together.Chris Farina/Corbis via Getty Images

Murphy, 62, and Butcher, 44, have been together since 2012 and became engaged in 2018. The couple has two kids together, a son Max named and a daughter named Izzy.

Amber Tamblyn and David Cross: 19 years

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Amber Tamblyn and David Cross at the 2017 premiere of "Paint It Black."Christopher Smith/Invision/AP

Tamblyn, 40, married comedian Cross, 59, in 2012. The couple welcomed a daughter, Marlow, in 2017.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Jason Statham: 20 years

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Jason Statham in July 2019.Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Actor Statham, 56, and model-actor Huntington-Whiteley, 36, started dating in 2010. The couple got engaged in 2016 and welcomed their first child, Jack Oscar, in June 2017.

Their second baby, a daughter named Isabella James Statham, was born in February 2022.

Annette Bening and Warren Beatty: 21 years

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Annette Bening and Warren Beatty in January 2020.Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP

Bening, 65, and Beatty, 86, met in 1991 while filming the gangster drama "Bugsy." The two married in 1992 and have four kids together.

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart: 22 years

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Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart in November 2018.Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Ford, 81, and Flockhart, 59, first met at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards. They married in 2010 and have an adopted son.

Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin: 22 years

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Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin in August 2019.Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP