--- title: The Internet Is Getting Nostalgic with #OldHeadshotDay description: Celebrities are posting their old photos on Twitter and Instagram under #OldHeadshotDay. Here are some of the best old headshots. canonical: https://time.com/5258748/old-headshot-day/ author: Jamie Ducharme article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-28T18:56:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:29.658Z og:title: Everyone's Posting Adorable, Awkward and Adorably Awkward Old Photos of Themselves for #OldHeadshotDay og:description: These are pretty great og:url: https://time.com/5258748/old-headshot-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfaf619b4a73a5592/69892f06096a9451696a244c/matt-damon.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: "Downsizing" New York Screening og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Everyone's Posting Adorable, Awkward and Adorably Awkward Old Photos of Themselves for #OldHeadshotDay twitter:description: These are pretty great twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfaf619b4a73a5592/69892f06096a9451696a244c/matt-damon.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Everyone's Posting Adorable, Awkward and Adorably Awkward Old Photos of Themselves for #OldHeadshotDay > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=6be3298e-f95e-4416-b884-e554689d3a23&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Apr 28, 2018 6:56 PM UTC  Matt Damon attends the "Downsizing" New York screening on December 11, 2017. Matt Damon attends the "Downsizing" New York screening on December 11, 2017. Noam Galai—WireImage  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Apr 28, 2018 6:56 PM UTC The internet is getting nostalgic this week, with celebrities and everyday citizens alike posting their cute, comical and cringe-worthy old photos under the hashtag #OldHeadshotDay. Plenty of Hollywood stars used the hashtag as an opportunity to poke fun at their younger selves… > [](https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome/status/990041035517591552) > [](https://twitter.com/JuddApatow/status/990029836373520385) > [](https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/990271159106134017) > [](https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/990103860201967617) …and their friends’ younger selves. Others posted shots highlighting their days as adorable children. > [](https://twitter.com/hitRECordJoe/status/990026338420514816) > [](https://twitter.com/MoMcCormick7/status/990037193119821825) > [](https://twitter.com/RWitherspoon/status/989973443176087552) Plenty simply marveled at how young they looked. > [](https://twitter.com/karliekloss/status/989939243333095424) > [](https://twitter.com/TheRealAnnaCamp/status/990046508706709504) And then there’s this guy, who had some very real questions about his preferred photoshoot prop. > [](https://twitter.com/KevOnStage/status/989996215499657216) You can see the whole array on Twitter and Instagram, under the hashtag #OldHeadshotDay. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5258748/old-headshot-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5258748/old-headshot-day/"},"headline":"Everyone's Posting Adorable, Awkward and Adorably Awkward Old Photos of Themselves for #OldHeadshotDay","datePublished":"2018-04-28T18:56:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:29.658Z","description":"See some of the best celebrity posts","url":"https://time.com/5258748/old-headshot-day/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfaf619b4a73a5592/69892f06096a9451696a244c/matt-damon.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfaf619b4a73a5592/69892f06096a9451696a244c/matt-damon.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Downsizing\" New York Screening","caption":"\"Downsizing\" New York Screening","creditText":"Noam Galai—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5258748/old-headshot-day/","name":"Everyone's Posting Adorable, Awkward and Adorably Awkward Old Photos of Themselves for #OldHeadshotDay"}}]}] ```