{"id":210467,"date":"2025-10-09T01:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/210467\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T01:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:15:12","slug":"80s-heartthrob-who-starred-opposite-sandra-bullock-in-panned-sequel-looks-unrecognizable-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/210467\/","title":{"rendered":"80s heartthrob who starred opposite Sandra Bullock in panned sequel looks unrecognizable now"},"content":{"rendered":"

An 80s heartthrob who worked with a string of A-list stars looked unrecognizable during a rare outing in Los Angeles<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, the 59-year-old was spotted enjoying an outing with his lookalike teenage son, Gus, which included a stop at a beach in Santa Monica.<\/p>\n

Instead of his signature curly, brown mop, the actor is now rocking a graying beard, a shorter haircut and glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He comes from a lineage of famous actors but changed his stage name to avoid nepo baby<\/a>\u00a0accusations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He first rose to stardom in 1987 after starring in the hit teen vampire thriller The Lost Boys, along with the likes of Corey Haim and\u00a0Kiefer Sutherland.<\/p>\n

The film catapulted him to heartthrob status and he later nabbed roles\u00a0in major films like the 1996 drama film Sleepers and the 2002 police thriller Narc.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As for his once-turbulent private life, he was caught up in a notorious love triangle involving Julia Roberts, leading to a bitter feud with his equally famous best friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Can you guess who he is?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"An <\/p>\n

An 80s heartthrob who worked with a string of A-list stars looked unrecognizable during a rare outing in Los Angeles on Sunday\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The silver screen star himself \u2014 who was once more commonly recognized by his curly, brown mop \u2014 rocked a graying beard and a short haircut during his weekend outing<\/p>\n

He’s Jason Patric!<\/p>\n

Now age 59, he has continued acting and adding to his impressive filmography but remains famously known for his breakthrough roles in the 80s.<\/p>\n

The actor was born Jason Patric Miller into a family of famous actors with the talent and passion already in his genes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His late father Jason Miller was an accomplished playwright and actor, best known for his Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play That Championship Season as well as playing the priest in The Exorcist.<\/p>\n

Patric’s mother Linda Miller (n\u00e9e Gleason) is also a Tony-nominated actor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His maternal grandfather was the legendary actor Jackie Gleason of The Honeymooners fame.<\/p>\n

His brother Joshua Miller is also a famous actor and screenwriter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When he was starting his career, however, Patric dropped his last name from his stage moniker because he intended to do it his own way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I want to make my ascent or demise as pure as possible,’ he previously told\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/a>\u00a0in 1990.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, he has continued acting but also juggles fatherhood as he raises his teenage son Gus as a single dad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"He <\/p>\n

He was joined by his lookalike son, Gus<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The unrecognizable star is Jason Patric; seen in 2985<\/p>\n

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Nearly four decades ago, Patric famously had starred in the teen vampire thriller comedy The Lost Boys; Patric seen in the 1987 film with his on-screen brother Corey Haim<\/p>\n

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Patric and his teen son reportedly went to church in Santa Monica on Sunday and then stopped by the beach for an early morning swim<\/p>\n

\"During <\/p>\n

During their outing, the pair seemingly coordinated their Sunday best as the father-son duo wore matching, short-sleeved polo shirts paired with blue joggers<\/p>\n

\"Patric <\/p>\n

Patric sported a pair of tinted, transition glasses and with his goatee going white, the movie star, though still dapper, looked much different after transitioning into another era of his life<\/p>\n

He was joined by his 15-year-old son Gus as they reportedly went to church in Santa Monica and then stopped by the beach for an early morning swim.<\/p>\n

During their outing,\u00a0the pair seemingly coordinated their Sunday best as the father-son duo wore matching, short-sleeved polo shirts paired with blue joggers.<\/p>\n

Patric sported a pair of tinted, transition glasses and with his goatee going white, the movie star, though still dapper, looked much different after transitioning into another era of his life.<\/p>\n

The actor previously made headlines back in 2013 and 2014 due to a contentious IVF custody battle with his ex-girlfriend Danielle Schreiber.<\/p>\n

He eventually won full custody of Gus, who was only age four at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Most recently, Patric made a three-episode guest appearance in Law & Order: Organized Crime’s fifth season as a detective with the Narcotics Division and an old partner of Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni).\u00a0<\/p>\n

As for some of his most famous roles, Patric famously starred in The Lost Boys alongside Haim as well as Cory Feldman, Jamie Hertz and Kiefer Sutherland in the 80s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He is also known for his famous roles in Rush (1991), Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) and Sleepers (1996).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Patric <\/p>\n

Patric seen in The Lost Boys (1987)<\/p>\n

\"He <\/p>\n

He is also known for his famous roles in Rush (1991), Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) and Sleepers (1996); pictured in 1985 Toughlove movie still<\/p>\n

\"He <\/p>\n

He is also known for his famous roles in Rush (1991), Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) and Sleepers (1996) and many more; pictured in 1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control press junket\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"He <\/p>\n

He famously played the male lead in Speed 2: Cruise Control alongside Sandra Bullock; pictured at Speed 2: Cruise Control premiere in 1997<\/p>\n

\"He <\/p>\n

He starred in Your Friends & Neighbors, The Losers and The Alamo; pictured in 2010 The Losers movie still<\/p>\n

He starred in Your Friends & Neighbors, The Losers and The Alamo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And he famously played the male lead in Speed 2: Cruise Control alongside Sandra Bullock, which flopped at the box office in 1997.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At one point in his life, he was he was also caught up in a famous love triangle in 1991 over Julia Roberts and feuded with Sutherland, his close friend and co-star in The Lost Boys, before they eventually reconciled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Back then, Roberts had infamously flown to Ireland with Patric on the same day she was set to wed Sutherland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2011, they reunited for a Broadway revival of Patric’s late father Jason Miller’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play That Championship Season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘When I saw him again…there were a few words and more of a laugh and a toast,’ Patric once recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I’ve said before that [he and Julia] have both been subsequently married since a couple times and I think they’re both very happy in their lives. What lasted after all that is me and Kiefer as 35-year buddies.’\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An 80s heartthrob who worked with a string of A-list stars looked unrecognizable during a rare outing in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,98,88,32177,54572,2726],"class_list":{"0":"post-210467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-julia-roberts","12":"tag-sandra-bullock","13":"tag-tvshowbiz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}