These Famous Bald Dudes Prove Losing Your Hair Doesn't Mean Losing Your Edge

So you're going bald. Big deal. It happens to the best of us. (And by "us," I mean literally everyone but George Clooney. The day George Clooney goes bald is the day we should all really start to panic.) So don't despair. Though it doesn't always feel like it, you're more than your hair. And if you woke up one morning and then started closely examining your upper forehead in a panic, or, hell, if the events of the last year alone set your hairline back by half a decade, fret not. Going bald is far from the end of the world. Consider all the time you can now dedicate to thinking about other, more important things. (Like, say, what to wear!)

In light of your newfound baldness, you've got a few options. You could become a beanie guy. You could grow a beard. Or you could embrace the look wholeheartedly, like any of the famous—and famously bald—dudes below. All of these guys are not only bald, they revel in their baldness, taking so much pride in their signature shiny domes it's hard to imagine them looking any other way. These are the dudes holding it down for bald people the world over since time immemorial—or, uh, at least since they all got their big breaks. Which is to say you'd never so much as consider asking any of them if they think of their baldness as an impediment, let alone something to be ashamed of.

In need of some inspiration now that your hair has up and gone the way of the dodo? Together, these guys prove once and for all going bald isn't the end—it's only the beginning. (Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life, etc.) Because, as the kids say, we stan a bald king. Especially when he looks this damn good.