Desperate Housewives child star unrecognisable 17 years after debut hit show

A CHILD prima from Desperate Housewives looks wholly unrecognisable 17 years aft debuting connected the deed show.

Mason Vale Cotton starred successful the deed ABC soap opera erstwhile helium was conscionable a child, and successful 2024, helium looks precise antithetic from his iconic role.

The now-22-year-old played the relation of M.J. Delfino, the lad of Susan Mayer and Mike Delfino, successful the ABC soap opera from 2008 until 2012.

And successful caller snaps of the histrion connected societal media, the M.J. Delfino prima looks truthful overmuch much grown up and mature, and utterly worlds distant from his quality connected the show.

With much than 10,000 followers connected societal media, nether the grip @masonvcotton, the erstwhile kid prima has shared 16 posts, with his astir caller shared successful the spring.

In immoderate snaps that were shared backmost successful April, Mason could beryllium seen posing with his woman with his apical off.

Smiling beside her with his apical off, the kid prima showed disconnected his toned physique and 4 tattoos connected his torso.

Meanwhile, successful January, helium shared an day drawback with his woman to observe 1 twelvemonth together.

In the snaps, the brace could beryllium seen kissing, with the erstwhile Desperate Housewives prima adjacent rocking immoderate facial hairsbreadth which truly near fans taken aback by however overmuch older helium had gotten.

"So that's MJ," penned 1 instrumentality successful the comments section, with different replying, "Me rewatching Desperate Housewives and needing to cognize what MJ looks similar [in] this time and age".

Other snaps of Mason spot him rocking agelong hair, curtain bangs, and facial hairsbreadth backmost successful 2022.

Posing up a tempest successful an all-black ensemble, Mason held a cigaret and looked into the camera lens successful a sultry way.

The histrion was compared to Leonardo DiCaprio by fans, with 1 writing, "DiCaprio-vibes."

Another said, "Looks similar he's some the look blend of Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp."

Born connected June 25, 2002, successful San Diego, Mason's relation successful the comedy-mystery-drama wasn't his lone well-known stint arsenic a kid star.

PREVIOUS ACTING CREDITS

Mason is besides known for starring arsenic Bobby Draper successful the AMC play bid Mad Men, with him adjacent earning a information for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble successful a Drama Series successful 2016.

He has besides starred successful A Dennis the Menace Christmas, Medium, ER, The Spleenectomy, and Radio Free Albemuth.

Mason has lent his dependable to characters too, with him providing voiceovers successful respective shows and movies.

The kid prima provided further voices for the 2011 animated movie and played Max successful the 2015 film Russell Madness and its 2020 bid spinoff Russell Maniac.

BROTHERS OR RIVALS?

In 2014, Mason spoke retired successful an interrogation astir his career, with the past 12-year-old revealing the property helium really started acting.

"I started acting erstwhile I was 4 oregon 5 years old," helium said to Ness' Word.

He noted however his brother, who was 14 astatine the clip of the interview, was an histrion earlier helium was, adding however helium was "jealous".

"I talked to my cause and I became an actor," helium past revealed, adding, "I took a mates of acting lessons erstwhile I was younger. I learned with my brother, my agent, and connected set."