12 Actors' Kids Who Went On To Become Stars

With Fathers' Day right around the corner, we got to thinking about all the famous Hollywood acting dynasties that have come and gone in the last century of filmmaking, and the score of celebrity children who keep up the family business by becoming performers themselves.

To celebrate dads across the country, here are 11 children of famous actors who followed in their father's footsteps…

Colin Hanks has had a full and successful career starring in indie dramas, like Orange County, big box-office blockbusters, like King Kong, and a number of celebrated television shows, like Dexter and Fargo. He still has a ways to go to match his father, who has been nominated for Oscars five times, and won twice in a row.

Both father and son have become pillars of Hollywood. Kirk Douglas was one of the most iconic actors of his generation, appearing in acclaimed classics like Ace In The Hole, Spartacus, and Paths Of Glory, and earning three Oscar noms. Michael Douglas has won two Oscars, one for Best Actor in Wall Street, and in 1976 for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, which he produced.

Jeff 'The Dude' Bridges and his older brother Beau, who can currently be seen on the CBS sitcom The Millers, are the children of celebrated actor Llyod Bridges. While Lloyd spent most of his life in dramatic roles, most will probably remember him for his show-stealing performance as the drug-addicted control tower supervisor McCroskey in the slapstick spoof comedy Airplane!

Now days, Jaden might be better known for his cryptic and often head-scratching tweets about the meaning of life than for his performance in The Karate Kid, or his performances alongside his father Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness or the 2013 bomb After Earth. However, his career is far from dead and he's still seven years younger than Will was when he starred in his breakthrough role as The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.

The stunningly beautiful Maleficent star, who won an Oscar in 2000 for her performance in Girl, Interrupted, is the daughter of Ray Donovan's Jon Voight, a four-time Oscar nominee who actually snagged the golden statue in 1979 for Coming Home. Voight and Jolie were famously estranged for several years, but reconciled in 2007.

Charlie Sheen, who was taken very seriously as a dramatic actor back in the 80s and 90s, is best known these days for 'winning', for conducting comically bizarre and rambling interviews with reporters, and for partying with porn stars. Emilio Estevez is still best known for his participation in the ‘Brat Pack.’ Their father, Martin Sheen, is best known for being the greatest president in the history of America.

Josh Brolin's career has exploded recently, appearing in nine major films in three years. His father, James Brolin, never quite had the main-stream blockbuster success of his A-list son, however he did almost get cast as James Bond back in the 1980s, despite being American, and he did get to marry the mega-talented and insanely wealthy Barbara Streisand in 1998. So, you know, life finds a balance.

Scott Eastwood has been surrounded by a whole lot of buzz recently, mainly due to his roles in exciting new projects like the WWII tank drama Fury, and due to the fact that he looks exactly like his cowboy father did back when Clint was the hottest, most rugged leading man in movies. Clint made a name for himself as an unparalleled action star, and then reinvented himself as one of the best directors in Hollywood. It will be interesting to see the trajectory of Scott's career as the years go by.

Emma Roberts is one of the hottest actresses in Hollywood today, recently starring in American Horror Story, the James Franco-written indie drama Palo Alto, the raunchy comedy We're The Millers, among many others. Her father, Eric Roberts, who was nominated for an Oscar in 1986 for Runaway Train, has decided to go for quantity over quality. Eric has appeared in 57 movies or television shows between now and the beginning of 2013, and he is currently "filming", "in post-production, or "in pre-production" on over 50 more films and television shows slated for release in the coming year. It's almost unimaginable that he isn't the most famous person on the planet given how many projects he shows up in.

Kiefer is best known for his work on 24, and most of the campy movies you loved in the late 80s and early 90s. Meanwhile his father Donald is best known for his work in everything you loved from the 70s and early 80s, and now for playing President Snow in The Hunger Games Franchise. In this picture from 2006, Kiefer and Donald are standing together outside the Governor's Ball after the Primetime Emmys, and Donald is holding one of the two awards his son won that night. Donald was nominated for an Emmy that same year for his performance in the TV movie Human Trafficking.