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[Blind Gossip] This distinguished-looking man is the star of a new television series. However, this is not his first time on TV!

More than twenty years ago he starred on another TV series.

Let’s see if you can use your detective skills to figure out his identity!

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Actor:

[Optional] Does he look better now or then?

SOLVED!

It’s Mark-Paul Gosselaar!

mark paul goss before and after

Zach Morris from Saved By The Bell is all grown up!

Gosselaar will soon be seen in a new TV series, Pitch, about the first female baseball player to play on an MLB team.

Gosselaar’s new look was suggested by the Executive Producer of the series, Dan Fogelman.

Dan Fogelman told me to gain some weight and grow a beard. He didn’t want anyone to recognize me.

Well, it worked, because we didn’t recognize him. However, many of of our eagle-eyed readers could see past the beard straight to their hunky 1990s crush!

While he looks a bit different, Gosselaar has worked steadily since his SBTB days. Did you catch the “detective” clue? Gosselaar played a detective on  NYPD Blue for several years. He also played a lawyer on both Raising the Bar and Franklin & Bash.

Congrats to RiderW for being first, and to Mybeans for working the clue!

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  6. mondlerbing says

    Mark-Paul Gosselaar. I will never forget that face.

    Optional: He’s aging with grace but Zack Morris-era over everything.

  9. michelleaugust92 says

    Actor: Brian Austin Green
    Does he look better now or then? Then for sure

  11. SilentStar says

    Mark-Paul Gosselar, and normally I would say he’s way hotter nowadays, but what is going on with him in this picture? Is he dressed as a character? The heaviness in his face, the bad looking suit…does not flatter him.

  19. sawyer319 says

    Omg is that Zach from saved by the bell??
    Either way that guy is hot and the beard is crazy sexy. But ima girl that loves lumberjack beards. 😀

  27. triggerua says

    Is it Mark-Paul Gosselaar? This person looks good but doesn’t look like himself if it is him.

  33. mamacita3 says

    He’d have to have been a kid actor on a show and he looks familiar, but I am drawing a blank!

  43. Lindasu says

    Josh Hartnett,,,he’s in the show “Penny Dreadful”. Yes, he was looking scruffy for several years.

  49. Jennifer says

    Actor: Mark Paul Gosslear

    He’s kinda looking like Wil Wheaton in this pic with the brown hair and beard. (I like Wil Wheaton, so that’s not an insult.)

  52. MyBeans says

    mark paul gosselaar

    Starred on Saved By The Bell more than 20 years ago/

    Also was on NYPD Blue and Franklin and Bash (Hint: detective skills)

    It’s funny but my memory of him from Saved by the Bell Days were as a blue eyed blond, which at the time was only 50% correct.

    He is clearly an attractive man any way he does his hair and facial hair.

  54. rebecca1219 says

    Zac attack! My goodness, Mark Paul Goselaar with a beard. Weird.
    Clean shaven is soooo much better! But he’s still pretty handsome!

  59. NaughteeNine says

    Hi! First time poster! 🙂 This looks like Mark-Paul Gosselaar. Zack from Saved By The Bell!

    Optional: He looks alright, too much beard for my taste though….

  60. aligirl21 says

    Zach Morris!, AKA Mark-Paul Gosselaar. Umm, I preferred him before, but that’s just me.

  86. kittypryde777 says

    Actor: Mark-Paul Gosselaar

    He’s always been handsome but definitely aging very well, too!

  99. heloveshim says

    MPG! He’s always done pretty good roles on the series he’s worked on, I’m a big fan of him. I’ll look into whatever show he’s on now.

    He was a cute kid and I was definitely crushing on Zack Morris, but who wasn’t?

    Anyway, he’s aged super well and is still very handsome!

  100. MsLaceyLoo says

    Mark-Paul Gosselaar

    I don’t like the beard. I much prefer his look from Franklin & Bash over SBTB.