Do You Recognize These Past GQ Breakouts?

After a seven-year hiatus, we’re thrilled to announce the return of GQ’s Breakouts portfolio. First launched in 2014, the series has highlighted (often young) stars just as they hit. Our group in 2026 includes Belmont Cameli of Off Campus, Owen Thiele of Adults, and Rosalind Eleazar of Misty Green. We also expanded our scope beyond actors: There’s the electronic musician duo Fcukers, the Spanish director duo Los Javis, Pablo Torre—a longtime podcaster and journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize—and many more. We suspect you’ll be seeing them around for years.The people we’ve featured in past breakouts have often gone on to become beloved household names. For instance, when this portfolio first began, we included Shailene Woodley, Jack O’Connell, and the late Chadwick Boseman. In 2017, we featured Timothée Chalamet, now a bona fide movie star. Jack Lowden, also included that year, is a frontrunner to play James Bond. And so on.As we bring back this portfolio, it felt only fitting to take a trip down memory lane. Everyone, after all, has to start somewhere. Here are some stars who were once GQ Breakouts:Shailene Woodley, for Divergent2014Jack O’Connell, for Unbroken2014Miles Teller, for Whiplash2014Chadwick Boseman, for Get On Up2014Rami Malek, for Mr. Robot2015Photo: Peggy SirotaThe Stranger Things Kids2016Timothée Chalamet, for Call Me by Your Name and Lady Bird2017Photo: Billy KiddDaniel Kaluuya, for Get Out2017Photo: Billy KiddJack Lowden & Barry Keoghan, for Dunkirk2017Claire Foy, for The Crown and First Man2018Photo: Erik TannerJohn David Washington, for BlacKkKlansman2018Photo: Erik Tanner