Interesting Stories
Famous Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren of Huge Hollywood Stars
It’s common for actors to have other stars in their families, but more often than not, most of us don’t realize. Some of today’s biggest stars on the rise have incredibly interesting family histories. To them, entertainment is the family business. It comes naturally, the same way we might have a knack for plumbing or studying law.
Stars often don’t like to shout about who their grandparents are, as they don’t want to be viewed differently by the world. After all, with a grandfather like Clark Gable or a Nana like Debbie Reynolds, it would be easy to assume they’ve been given everything on a silver platter. Without further ado, these are the Hollywood A-listers with acting in their blood.
1. Francis Ford Coppola and Granddaughter Gia Coppola
Best Known For: Directing The Godfather, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Apocalypse Now
Est. Net Worth: $400 million*
Grandchild’s Est. Net Worth: $1 million*
Director Francis Ford Coppola is perhaps most famous for making The Godfather franchise, which catapulted his Est. Net Worth: into the hundreds of millions and allowed him enough money to found his own winery in Geyserville, California. He and his wife, Eleanor, have been married since 1963.
2. Lloyd Bridges and Grandson Jordan Bridges
Best Known For: Sahara, High Noon
Est. Net Worth: $15 million*
Grandchild’s Est. Net Worth: $14 million*
Actor Lloyd Bridges certainly kept busy in Hollywood. Over the course of his career, the acclaimed actor starred in over 150 feature movies. Among them was Sahara, Sea Hunt, and High Noon. Four years before his passing in 1998, Bridges received a star on the Walk of Fame.
3. Robert De Niro Sr. and Grandson Raphael De Niro
Best Known For: Being an Abstract Expressionist Painter
Est. Net Worth: Unknown
Grandchild’s Est. Net Worth: $1 million*
We all know who actor Robert De Niro is, but his father, Robert De Niro, Sr., remains more of a mystery. He was an abstract expressionist painter, and his works were heavily influenced by Henri Matisse. Nude with Leg Up and Studio Interior with Guitar Case are two of his most famous paintings.
His son, Robert De Niro Jr., would later find journals of De Niro Sr.’s. The journals spoke about De Niro Sr.’s struggles with mental health and his sexuality, and the actor says he “can’t bear” to read them. De Niro Sr.’s grandson, Raphael, is currently a real estate broker, having stepped away from Hollywood.
4. Alan Thicke and Grandson Julian Thicke
Best Known For: Growing Pains, Unusually Thicke, How I Met Your Mother, Thicke of the Night
Est. Net Worth: $40 million*
Grandchild’s Est. Net Worth: $15 million*
Actor Alan Thicke was born in 1947 in Canada, and he starred in some of the biggest sitcoms in modern times, including Growing Pains and How I Met Your Mother. He is the father of Robin Thicke, a singer who is known for hit singles like “Lost Without U,” “Magic,” “Can’t Help Myself,” and the controversial “Blurred Lines.”
Robin is the father of Julian Fuego Thicke, who was born in 2010. Julian’s mother is Paula Patton, an actress who has starred in blockbuster movies like The Do-Over, Warcraft, Déjà vu, Mission Impossible, and 2 Guns. Sadly, Robin and Paula split in 2015.
5. Jerry Stiller and Granddaughter Ella Olivia Stiller
Best Known For: The King of Queens, Seinfeld, The Heartbreak Kid, Zoolander, Heavyweights
Est. Net Worth: $12.5 million*
Grandchild’s Est. Net Worth: $200 million*
Jerry Stiller was a part of a comedy team with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married from 1954 until 2015 when she died. Stiller is also an actor, starring as Frank Costanza on Seinfeld and Arthur Spooner on King of Queens. Stiller and Meara have two kids, one of whom is actor Ben Stiller.
Jerry is also grandfather to Ella Stiller, Ben’s daughter. Ella was born in 2002, and she has taken to acting as well. The eighteen-year-old LA native has starred in voiceover movies like Megamind. Ben and Ella were spotted at a movie premiere in NYC recently.
6. Bob Dylan and Grandson Pablo Dylan
Best Known For: Singer
Est. Net Worth: $160 million*
Grandchild’s Est. Net Worth: $50,000*
Bob Dylan has made a career of being too cool for school. He’s undeniably talented as a musician, while also slightly reclusive and always manages to hold on to an air of mystery. That’s no easy task when you’ve got millions of fans.
His grandson Pablo has high aspirations of following in Bob’s footsteps, but he doesn’t want to ride on any coattails. “My lineage is just my lineage at this point. I’m not going to run from it,” he told Rolling Stone. “I love my grandfather as any grandson loves his grandfather. I’m incredibly proud of the work he’s made. But I’m doing my own thing.”
