We all have embarrassing photos, but most of us like to bury them in an old photo album or in the depths of our Facebook archive.

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If you've spent your life on screen it's a little different. Actors from across the world of film and television have been making some seriously old snaps public in aid of #oldheadshotday – a hashtag that has been doing the rounds on social media.

The baby-faced throwback photos have been shared by the likes of Sam Heughan...

... Emma Watson (who demonstrates her strong hat game):

And John Barrowman...

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill shared a whole series of youthful snaps.

And The Big Bang Theory's Johnny Galecki is sporting a heap of hair:

Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon doesn't look all that different.

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While Melissa McCarthy demonstrated her, er, range from an early age...

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