What 28 celebrities looked like before going gray

"I cannot tell you how amazing it is to feel free — free from hair color, and hair extensions, and hair tapes, and blah blah blah," Janney told Drew Barrymore on her talk show in April 2021.

She added that running her fingers through her hair is heaven-like, and that she's "enjoying this new chapter" in her "hairdo world."

Cohen said back in 2013 that he was going gray naturally.

"I promise you I'm not dyeing my hair," he said on his show "Watch What Happens Live." "I've never [dyed my hair]."

In 2021, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of "Real Housewives," he joked in an Instagram caption by writing, "I'm not saying the Housewives turned my hair entirely Grey, but they did."

He's mainly had brown hair to keep his look consistent on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." But in real life, he's actually had gray hair for awhile now.

Dane always had a little salt and pepper in his hair, but now he's gone full silver fox — and, as many people were happy to point out during his season 17 return to "Grey's Anatomy," he's just as handsome as ever.

Fonda is one the most famous blondes of all time, so even though it's not a huge leap from blonde to gray, it was still a bit shocking to see her new color on stage at the Oscars last year — but she looks great!

According to colorist Jack Martin, Fonda wanted "to surprise everyone at the 2020 Oscars presenting the final award winner for the movie of the year," with her new shade.

On the press tour for "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," Hanks made the rounds with a brand new silver beard, which he sported in his latest film "News of the World."

Clearly, age is just a number. Ford reprised his role as Han Solo in 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," appeared as Rick Deckard again in 2017's "Blade Runner 2049," and is set to once more don his fedora and whip for a new "Indiana Jones" movie sometime soon.

For the first few decades of her career, Curtis rocked a reddish-brown hue. But starting in the 2000s, she began embracing her graying hair and has kept it that way.

"The epiphany came when I was sitting in a hair salon thinking, 'What the eff am I doing putting a chemical on my head that burns?'" she told Everyday Health.

"Yup, I'm the guy who embraced going gray! There are a lot of gentlemen out there whose names I won't mention — and none of them have embraced the real them, have they," Bon Jovi told the Telegraph in 2018. "I'll embrace the gray hair — but I won't become fat Elvis," he continued.

Before "The Good Place" and "Mr. Mayor" shared his silver locks with us, arguably Danson's most famous hair moment came during an episode during the 11th and final season of "Cheers," in which his character Sam Malone whipped off his toupee to cheer up Carla (played by Rhea Perlman).

The EGOT winner says she's lucky she doesn't "look like an old wallet" after all the time she spent in the sun in her youth.

"I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon," Moreno told People in 2017.

MacLachlan is mainly known for roles with his trademark jet black hair, but over the last few years, he has embraced the gray.

In 2014, the Daily Mail reported that he was voted the No. 1 "Man Aging Gracefully" poll.

Whitford has always been politically outspoken, and during a January 2019 appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the former "West Wing" star joked that his new 'do was due to stress over the presidency.

Nichols, best known for her role as Uhura in "Star Trek," was 34 years old when the sci-fi show premiered in 1966. She became a huge role model for people of color in both STEM and entertainment, and was even asked by NASA to recruit women and minorities.

The former James Bond has been dyeing his hair on and off for the past few years, but back in April 2019, he decided to embrace his inner silver fox.

The presidency definitely ages you — even Obama himself has joked about his new hair color.

He definitely doesn't look like Michael Scott anymore. When Carell debuted this look back in 2017, the internet immediately took notice and declared him a hottie.

His response? "I am so sick of people just looking at me for my physical attributes," he (jokingly) told ET at the premiere of "Despicable Me 3."

As recently as 2015, Mirren was dyeing her own hair a beige shade of blonde. For the past couple of years though, she started transitioning from blonde to a bright white.

However, she's not totally done with experimenting — she debuted a new pink 'do at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019.

Goldblum's luscious black hair was a part of his identity for years, but he's embracing a new look now.

"My hair used to be dark, and now it's salt-and-pepper. I like the way it looks. Luckily it's still mostly there, so this is easy for me to say, but I would hope that if I lose my hair, I'll just roll with it," he told GQ in 2016. "When you try to be youthful, it only makes you look older," he continued.

To watch this transition in high-speed, look no further than this supercut done by YouTuber Billy Chasen, who assembled footage from every single episode of "The Daily Show" and smashed it together in honor of the host's final episodes in 2015.

During a stint on "Justified," Elliott appeared without his mustache and looked almost unrecognizable.

"It was fun transforming my look, but I did feel naked without the mustache," he told AARP in 2015.

Cooper admitted on "Live with Kelly and Ryan" in 2016 that he's not totally cool with his white hair, going so far as to say, "I don't really like my gray hair. I wish I still had brown hair. It's not my thing."

He even compared himself to a White Walker from "Game of Thrones," according to People.

We beg to differ, Mr. Cooper.

Keaton debuted her gray hair at the 2014 Golden Globes, but she's rocked a few different shades over her decades-long career, including both brown and blonde.

Mulroney has been a part of our lives since the '80s, but is most famous for his role in 1997's "My Best Friend's Wedding" alongside Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, and Rupert Everett. He reunited with Roberts in 2013 for "August: Osage County," and then again in 2018 in "Homecoming."

Apparently, LeBlanc was going gray as early as the second season of "Friends," in which he played lovable dummy Joey Tribbiani. He shared on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in 2017 that he even attempted to dye it himself, but he accidentally dyed his ears black too.

In fact, one might have called his hair dreamy. We think that the salt and pepper suits him, especially with the silver streak in front.

Close is still turning in Oscar-worthy performances decades into her career — just look at "The Wife" and "Hillbilly Elegy," both of which earned her noms — and is also breaking boundaries when it comes to Hollywood, sex, and aging.

"I think people don't realize that you keep your sexuality up until you die," she told the Guardian in 2017. "I think it's good for kids to see it."