James Earl Jones, now 91, became a father at 51 to his son, Flynn.

Jones – who voiced the famous line “I am your father” to Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back – and his second wife, Cecilia Hart, who died of ovarian cancer in 2016, welcomed their son Flynn in 1982.

David Letterman

David Letterman became a dad when he was 56 years old.

Letterman’s then-girlfriend Regina Lasko gave birth to their son, Harry, in 2003. Lasko and Letterman married in 2009.

In 2019, he told the Today show, Willie Geist, that he feels “most secure” when he’s with his son.

“People always say, ‘Well you’re not going to be the kid’s best friend,’” Letterman said. “And I say, ‘Screw that! Look at me. How much longer am I going to be around?’ I want to be the best friend.”

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Chris Noth

Chris Noth and his wife, Tara Wilson, welcomed their first child, Orion, together in 2008, when Noth was 53.

The couple now has two boys: their second – Keats – was born in 2020, when Noth was 65.

Elton John

Elton John became a father with husband David Furnish at 63 via surrogate.

The couple has two children: Zachary Jackson Levon, born in 2010, and Elijah Joseph Daniel, born in 2013.

John told People that he wrote his 2019 memoir Me for his sons.

“I wanted my boys to know what I was like and what happened, so that when I’m not here, they can read the book and read the truth,” he said. “I just want them to understand what I was like when I went through the journey I had before I had them. How they made my life complete. How they’ve, you know, finished the circle. And that, you know, they were the last chapter in an incredible life.”

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant was 51 years old when he became a father in 2011. Grant has a total of five children – two with his ex, Tinglan Hong, and three with his wife, Anna Elisabet Eberstein.

Steve Martin

Steve Martin became a first-time father at 67 when his wife, Anne Stringfield, gave birth to their daughter in 2012. Martin and Stringfield married in 2007.

“If I’d had a child earlier, I would have been a lousy father, because I would have misplaced my attention on my career,” he told AARP in 2017.

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Simon Cowell

When he was 54, Simon Cowell and girlfriend Lauren Silverman became parents to a son, Eric, born on Valentine’s Day in 2014.

“When you become a dad, something clicks in you,” he told British media in 2019. “It’s all about them … You become very protective and importantly, part of the reason I changed everything in my life.”

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum became a father at 62. Goldblum shares two sons, Charlie Ocean (born in 2015) and River Joe (born in 2017), with wife Emilie Livingston.

Jonathan Silverman

Weekend at Bernie’s actor Jonathan Silverman became a dad at 51 with his wife, Jennifer Finnigan, having a daughter, Ella Jack, in 2017.

Silverman shared the news of his daughter Ella Jack’s birth on Instagram.

“First we had each other. Then we had you. Now we have everything. Welcome to the world my sweet daughter,” he wrote.

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George Clooney

In 2017, George Clooney welcomed twins Ella and Alexander with his wife, Amal, at the age of 56. Clooney told Hoda Kotb on Today that he didn’t realise what his life had been missing before having kids.

“I wasn’t looking at life, going, ‘My life will be unfulfilled without children,’” he said. “I felt like I had a pretty full life. Then I met Amal and realised that my life had been pretty empty. And then when you throw these two kids in there, then suddenly you realise how incredibly empty it was.”

John Stamos

At 54 years old, actor and musician John Stamos became a dad to a son, Billy, with his wife, Caitlin McHugh. Stamos named Billy, born in 2018, after his father.

Andy Cohen

Talk show host Andy Cohen was 50 years old when his son, Benjamin Allen, was born in 2019 via surrogate. Cohen named his son after his grandfather, Ben Allen.

“I’m in love. And speechless. And eternally grateful to an incredible surrogate. And I’m a dad. Wow,” he wrote in an Instagram post announcing his son’s birth.

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Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper welcomed his first born, a son, Wyatt Morgan, in 2020 at the age of 53. He had since had a second son.

“He is sweet and funny, happy and kind, and I love him more than I ever thought possible,” Cooper wrote in an Instagram post on Wyatt’s first birthday in April.

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty and Annette Bening had the first of their four children when Beatty was 54. The couple met when Beatty cast Bening in his 1991 film Bugsy, and they tied the knot in 1992, two months after their first child was born.

“That’s the biggest thing that’s ever happened to me – and their mother,” Beatty told People about his children in 2016. “That’s bigger than fame, and it came not a moment too soon.”