Stars and Their Dads: Jennifer Aniston, Beyonce, Blake Lively and More

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Stars and Their Dads: Jennifer Aniston, Beyonce, Blake Lively and More

Fathers to the famous! Celebrities including Jennifer Aniston, Beyoncé and Blake Lively have lots of love for their dads — and they aren’t afraid to show it. The Friends alum even credits John Aniston with the start of her acting career. “My dad became a soap opera actor,” she revealed to the International Herald Tribune in 2008. “I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn’t audition. It was nepotism all the way,”she joked. She went on to recall the first time she saw him onscreen. “I went to the Rudolf Steiner School in New York, and you're not allowed to watch TV,” the We're the Millers star explained. “But I saw my dad on ‘That Girl’ when I was home sick one day. I wanted to tell my mom, but I had to keep it to myself.” Aniston’s father wasn’t always famous, though. “When I was a kid, he was selling vacuum cleaners door to door because he wasn’t making any money as an actor.” In 2018, the father-daughter pair shared the screen when Ellen DeGeneres brought the actress and the Days of Our Lives alum onto the show for a soap opera spoof. [jwplayer KSydPlvS-l3ahXupL] Lively and her father also worked together. While Ernie Lively is best known for his parts in Passenger 57 and Turner & Hooch, he acted alongside the Gossip Girl alum in 2005’s Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, playing her fictional father. Keep scrolling for a look at celebrities with their dads, from Chris and Liam Hemsworth to Paris Hilton.

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Stars and Their Dads: Jennifer Aniston, Beyonce, Blake Lively and More

Fathers to the famous! Celebrities including Jennifer Aniston, Beyoncé and Blake Lively have lots of love for their dads — and they aren’t afraid to show it. The Friends alum even credits John Aniston with the start of her acting career. “My dad became a soap opera actor,” she revealed to the International Herald Tribune in 2008. “I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn’t audition. It was nepotism all the way,”she joked. She went on to recall the first time she saw him onscreen. “I went to the Rudolf Steiner School in New York, and you're not allowed to watch TV,” the We're the Millers star explained. “But I saw my dad on ‘That Girl’ when I was home sick one day. I wanted to tell my mom, but I had to keep it to myself.” Aniston’s father wasn’t always famous, though. “When I was a kid, he was selling vacuum cleaners door to door because he wasn’t making any money as an actor.” In 2018, the father-daughter pair shared the screen when Ellen DeGeneres brought the actress and the Days of Our Lives alum onto the show for a soap opera spoof. [jwplayer KSydPlvS-l3ahXupL] Lively and her father also worked together. While Ernie Lively is best known for his parts in Passenger 57 and Turner & Hooch, he acted alongside the Gossip Girl alum in 2005’s Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, playing her fictional father. Keep scrolling for a look at celebrities with their dads, from Chris and Liam Hemsworth to Paris Hilton.

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Ariana Grande

While the singer fell “out of touch” with her dad, Edward Butera, in 2014, he was by her side at the 2020 Academy Awards.

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Bryce Dallas Howard

Ron Howard was “very hesitant” to participate in his daughter’s feature film directorial debut, Dads, in June 2020. She told Us exclusively at the time: “My dad is totally my best friend and he’s always nervous that he’s going to be annoying to people with us and me being like, ‘I love my dad!’”

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Jennifer Aniston

The star's father, John Aniston, moved his family from Greece to New York when Jennifer was 5; he began shooting a soap opera soon after. "We were able to afford cereal," Jennifer said on Inside the Actor's Studio. "We were pretty broke growing up."

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Jake Gyllenhaal

The actor's father, director Stephen Gyllenhaal used to "wake me up and we would go running together," Jake told The Guardian. "A love of being physical, being active and being outside was something he instilled in me."

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Paris Hilton

In 2011, the heiress took to Twitter to praise her papa, hotel mogul Rick Hilton, during a ski trip. "Having the best time skiing with my dad in Aspen," she wrote. "Feel so lucky to have such an amazing dad, love him so much!"

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Matt Damon

"He's all you could ever for ask for in a son," Kent Telfer Damon, a stockbroker, has said of his actor son. "It's been a wonderful ride being his dad."

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Blake Lively

The Gossip Girl alum's father, Ernie Lively, played her onscreen dad in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. "I grew up on sets," she told The Boston Herald. "He's very helpful and understanding."

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Liam and Chris Hemsworth

"Me and my brothers all said we wanted to be actors and jump into this business," the Thor actor has said of parents, Leonie and Craig Hemsworth. "Our parents said 'Cool! Do it! And the moment you don't enjoy it, come back!'"

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Anne Hathaway

The actress brought her father, Gerald Hathaway to the 81st Annual Oscars in 2009. "My family is the most important thing in the world to me, so I definitely wanted them by my side," she said.

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Justin Bieber

Althought the singer was raised by his mother in Canada, he still maintains a "great relationship with my dad," he told Seventeen. "When I was younger, he taught me how to play some songs on the guitar, like 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' by Bob Dylan." The star added, "He taught me how to drive too. He's cool."

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Jessica Simpson

The mom and Fashion Star mentor shared her love for her dad, Joe Simpson, by tweeting on his birthday in 2010, "You are the most incredible father/mentor a daughter could ever be blessed with."

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Beyonce Knowles

Although the singer's father, Matthew Knowles, is no longer her manager, the two maintain a strong relationship within their family. "He is my father for life and I love my dad dearly," the star told Us. "I am grateful for everything he has taught me. I grew up watching both he and my mother [Tina Knowles] manage and own their own businesses. They were hard-working entrepeneurs and I will continue to follow in their footsteps."

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Prince Harry and Prince William

Although the royals struggled in the past through their parents' divorce, the Duke of Cambridge still regards his father, Prince Charles, genuinely. "I really hold him in great admiration for the amount of time he gives up to do work here and there," William has said.