Celebrity Bromances
These A-list dudes can't seem to get enough of each other. Check out our top celebrity best buds...
Rex FeaturesOf course James Corden is friends with Orlando Bloom, he's friends with everyone in Hollywood now!
Getty ImagesAww, could Sam Claflin and Nick Grimshaw be any happier to see each other at the Burberry menswear SS16 presentation?!
Rex FeaturesDermot O'Leary & Jonathan Ross
They are both presenters extraordinaire but Dermot O’Leary and Jonathan Ross were certainly off duty after the BRITs. The pair shared a touching (if not drunken) moment at the 2015 after party.
Rex FeaturesHarry Styles & Nick Grimshaw
These two are long time BFFs, often snapped together larking around their North London homes. From glitzy awards shows to nights on the tiles, they are each others' favourite +1.
PA PhotosBrad Pitt & George Clooney
These good looking pals – who’ve both been named Sexiest Man Alive in their time – bonded on the set of casino heist flick Ocean’s Eleven, and then went on to make two more sequels. Brad ‘n’ George have also worked together on the Coen brothers’ Burn After Reading and are well known for their partying sessions when they’re in the same time zone.
PA PhotosChace Crawford & Ed Westwick
These Gossip Girl actors liked working together so much, they ended up renting a flat with each other in Manhattan. Chace has now moved out of the apartment, but their closeness did prompt some awkward gay rumours for the pair - although both have denied they’re anything more than friends, with the boys even joking on US chat show The View that their rooming together was like a ‘book club’.
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Ben Affleck & Matt Damon
One of the most famous bromances in Hollywood began with the young Ben Affleck and Matt Damon grew up as neighbours in Cambridge, Massachussets. The acting, screenwriting and directing pair scooped a joint Best Screenplay Oscar for Good Will Hunting in 1997, which catapulted the friends to fame.
PA PhotosTom Cruise & David Beckham
It’s not a friendship we would have spotted coming, but when Hollywood royalty the Cruises met British A-list the Beckhams it was a match made in paparazzi heaven. While Victoria B and Katie Holmes chummed up over a mutual love of fashion back in 2003, their husbands became firm friends, too. Tom regularly watched David’s matches, with the football star even citing him as the inspiration behind the name of his son, Cruz. Now THAT’S bromance.
WENNLeonardo DiCaprio & Tobey Maguire
As struggling teen actors, 16 year-old Leo and Tobey instantly hit it off when they met at an audition TV series Parenthood, where they made a promise to help each other find more TV and movie roles. Leo landed the part and bagged Tobey a guest spot, and the friendship continued from there – the two still hang out on a regular basis and are sometimes spotted watching the LA Lakers, their favourite basketball team.
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Jude Law, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewan McGregor
These Brit Pack actors have a longstanding friendship; after Jonny and Jude met as teenagers at the National Youth Theatre, and set up production company Natural Nylon with fellow thesp Ewan McGregor in 1997. The three shared a flat together in the 90s, Jude was Jonny’s best man at his wedding to Angelina Jolie, and Ewan helped bag Jonny the part of Sick Boy in Trainspotting.
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Will Smith & Tom Cruise
When Tom made some controversial declarations about his Scientology beliefs back in 2007, Will was quick to publicly jump to his defence, saying, “He is one of the greatest spirits that I’ve ever met...how can I condemn someone for what they believe?” The most bizarre story about this A-list friendship? The two love nothing better than meeting up with David Beckham for a spot of fencing in the training room in Tom’s California mansion...
PA PhotosDavid Beckham & Gordon Ramsay
David Beckham and BFF Gordon Ramsey have long been pals, often seen enjoying a night out in LA or London together.
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Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson
“We just enjoy each other’s company and have fun working together. As long as people seem to allow us to work together, I think it will kinda keep going,” said Ben Stiller of this firm friendship. The comedy pair have worked on no less than ten films together, with the funny men often casting each other in roles they’ve written; Wilson chose Stiller for the part of Chas Tenenbaum in his film The Royal Tenenbaums, while Stiller brought in his pal to play Hansel for cult classic Zoolander.
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Ant & Dec
The term ‘bromance’ could have been coined for this diminutive pairing. They met back in 1990 on the set of BBC children’s drama Byker Grove and soon became inseparable BFFs - so much so, we’re pretty sure that they haven’t been seen apart on–screen since. They’ve been through the lot together; a short-lived ‘rap’ career, children’s TV presenting and a ‘golden handshake’ deal with ITV, and it’s even rumoured that they are each insured against the other’s death. Ooh-er.
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Justin Timberlake & Mike Myers
The funny-man and snake-hipped singer’s paths first crossed back in 2006 when Timberlake joined the good ship Shrek for the third instalment in the movie franchise. They hooked up again in 2008 to film the Love Guru and, during the premiere on MTV, confessed their, ahem, ‘fondness’ for one another, with Mike admitting to a ‘man crush’ on JT (who can blame him?) “He is the single most talented human being I’ve ever met in my life. He has 0% body fat, he’s musically gifted. He wears the underpants in this relationship,” said Mike, to which Justin replied, “There’s nothing wrong with a bit of bromance.” Brilliant.
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Adam Sandler & Rob Schneider
These two comics met way back in the early 1990s on Saturday Night Live (SNL) and both became members of The Bad Boys of SNL – with Rob playing Orgasm Guy and Adam, Stud Boy. Nowadays it seems these best pals won’t enter a movie set without one another; forever cameo-ing or starring in one another’s flicks, like The Waterboy, Big Daddy and Deuce Bigalow. In 2008, the pair were even spotted enjoying a cosy Valentines night meal. Aw!
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Mark Owen & Robbie Williams
They were best friends during the Take That golden era (you know, before Robbie went all rebellious, ditched the Thatters and became the biggest star on the planet) – and reunited in 2003 when Rob invited Mark to join him on-stage at Knebworth in front of over 100,000 screaming fans. Since, the duo have become firm friends again and often confess their admiration for each other in interviews. When Robbie went back to rehab in 2007, Mark said at the time: “If he wants me to see him, I'll be straight on that plane.” Aw, bless their little cotton socks!
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Ioan Gruffud & Matthew Rhys
Welsh actors Ioan and Matthew have been best friends since primary school, attending top drama school RADA together in their twenties, sharing a house for nearly 10 years and working on a number of films with each other – including their stint as the gay couple Hob and Nob in TV drama Very Annie Mary. Cementing their bromance, Ioan invited Matthew to be the best man at his wedding to Alice Evans – Matthew had introduced the pair when he starred in a play with the actress. What are friends for?
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Jake Gyllenhaal & Heath Ledger
Cowboy drama Brokeback Mountain was brought these two friends together – they became such good friends during filming that Heath asked Jake to be godfather to his daughter with Michelle Williams, Matilda, before Heath’s untimely death in 2008.
Rex FeaturesDaniel Radcliffe & Ruper Grint
They grew up together on-screen as the two stars of the Harry Potter film franchise, so it’s only natural that Harry and Ron’s counterparts would become close pals off-screen, too – with Daniel telling Empire magazine he found it impossible to get angry with Rupert because, “he’s the most laid-back guy in the world.”
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David Walliams & Matt Lucas
While both of these two comedy geniuses studied drama at Bristol University, it wasn’t until their stint at the National Youth Theatre that they became friends. “I kept my distance from Dave because I saw him as a bit of a star,” said Matt, but luckily for the rest of us, they hooked up in 1995 to take to the Edinburgh Festival comedy circuit. They famously worked on Rock Profile, It’s Reeves and Mortimer and Little Britain – and made a cameo on Ramsey Street!
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Johnny Depp & Tim Burton
When Winona Ryder suggested Johnny Depp for the role of Edward in Edward Scissorhands, it was to be the beginning of one of the weirdest, most wonderful partnerings in Celebville. As his favourite leading man, Tim has cast Johnny in the majority of the film’s that he’s made, even naming him the godfather of one of his children. Johnny’s equally enthusiastic about the director, writing in his autobiography, “What more can I say about him? He is a brother, a friend, my godson’s father. He is a unique and brave soul, someone that I would go to the ends of the earth for, and I know, full and well, he would do the same for me.”
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James Corden & Dominic Cooper
This pair of Brits first met when they both took roles in the stage production of The History Boys, and hit it off so much they moved in together. While both have followed their showbiz dreams – with Dominic occasionally appearing in James’ TV series - they’ve remained close, regularly being snapped out on the town together.
