Adam Brody Just Shaved His Beard and Time Traveled Back 20 Years to Seth Cohen Heartthrob Days

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo:Raymond Hall/GC Images; Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage

Raymond Hall/GC Images; Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage

Adam Brodyis sending us back to 2004 with his clean shaven look.

In the midst of the press tour for his upcoming Netflix seriesNobody Wants This, the 44-year-old actor debuted a new clean-shaven look.

Brody appeared sans beard while arriving toGood Morning Americain New York City on Monday, Sept. 23. He was all smiles as he greeted fans, wearing a casual ensemble of a heather gray cable knit sweater, black trousers and brown Oxford shoes.

That same day, he appeared at a screening of the romantic comedy series at N.Y.C.’s Paris Theater alongside his costar,Kristen Bell. Brody wore a dark suit with a tan sweater underneath, while Bell, 44, wore a maroon jacket-style minidress and red knee-high boots.

Adam Brody shaves his beard while promoting ‘Nobody Wants Us’ in New York City.Olivia Wong/Getty; Raymond Hall/GC Images

Olivia Wong/Getty; Raymond Hall/GC Images

Previously, Brody had been rocking a beard and mustache at varying lengths for years. He was last spotted with facial hair at the Wednesday, Sept. 18 photo call forNobody Wants Thisin Los Angeles.

The actor kept things casual in a tan cardigan over a dark button-down shirt and black trousers. Bell looked elegant in a plum-colored satin dress.

Adam Brody and Kristen Bell, Sept. 18, 2024.Olivia Wong/Getty

Olivia Wong/Getty

Brody’s smooth-faced transformation harkens back too his breakout role as Seth Cohen on the teen drama seriesThe OC, which ran from 2003 to 2007.

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Adam Brody in 2004.Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage

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InNobody Wants This, Brody plays a newly single rabbi who falls in love with an sex-and-dating podcaster (Bell).

Nobody Wants Thispremieres on Netflix on Sept. 26.

source: people.com