This transformation will have you yelling, "Shut up!"
One of our favorite men from Disney's The Princess Diaries has been enchanting our small screens and we didn't even know it. Remember the cute red-headed Grove High School student Jeremiah Hart? Well, he traded his seat on Lilly's talk show Shut Up and Listen for a spot on the Chicago police force.
That's right: Jeremiah, a.k.a. Patrick John Flueger, is all grown up and stars on NBC's Chicago P.D. as Detective Adam Ruzek. Not to mention, he is hot.
In a recent Tik Tok, a fan of the film made the connection and our minds have been blown ever since.
"Who was going to tell me? Because right now I'm panicking at the disco," the fan says in the video. "I just found out that this man, Jeremiah from The Princess Diaries—who I might add is an absolute snack and severely underrated—now looks like this and is on Chicago P.D."
Patrick starred in 2004's The Princess Diaries alongside Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews and Mandy Moore. Turns out he's been cuffing the bad guys on Chicago P.D.—which also stars Jason Beghe, Jesse Lee Soffer and Marina Squerciati—since the series' premiere in 2014. Maybe he was undercover?
While we process this new knowledge, scroll through to see what your other favorite Disney hunks look like now!
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Ryan Merriman, Smart House & The Luck of the Irish
Ryan is still acting, appearing in Model House in 2024 and Out of Exile in 2022. He played Ian Thomas on Pretty Little Liars, and was in quite a few horror movies. He married Kristen McMullen in 2014 and still celebrates St. Patrick's Day every year, thankfully.
Erik von Detten, Brink!
Erik Von Detten is practically a Disney prince himself, with roles in Brink! and The Princess Diaries and voice roles in Toy Story, Recess and Tarzan. He took an extended Hollywood hiatus starting in 2010 to start a family, but he returned to acting in the 2024 TV movie My Acting Coach Nightmare. The former Pup 'N Suds member and his wife Angela welcomed their first baby, a daughter named Claire, in May of 2019 and, welcomed baby no. 2 in 2021.
Sam Horrigan, Brink!
Sam played Val, leader of Team X-Bladz, in 1998's Brink!. In the years since, he's made appearances on shows including Veronica Mars, One Tree Hill, Modern Family, Desperate Housewives, CSI, and True Blood. Not too bad of a resume! He has two kids with estranged wife Betty.
Phillip Rhys, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century
Superstar Proto Zoa is still acting to this day. He was in CBS All Access' Tell Me a Story, and two episodes of Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists as Sophia Carson's dad. Plus, we'd be remiss not to mention his run on 24 in 2002 and 2003. These days, he's stepped behind the camera and now serves as a director.
Gregory Smith, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century
Post Zenon, he starred in Everwood from 2002 to 2006 and Rookie Blue from 2010 to 2015. But after 2015, he switched gears and started directing, particularly on CW shows such as Arrow, Riverdale, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl and Superman & Lois. He married Taylor McKay in 2018 and the pair share two children.
Brandon Baker, Johnny Tsunami
After playing Johnny Kapahala in 2007's Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board, he went on to star in two other films: 2013's The Formula and 2015's Up on the Wooftop. These days, he works as a wedding officiant for an elopement company. He married his wife Nina Crouse in 2024.
Riley Smith, Motocrossed
Since the 2001 movie, he's kept a steady stream of acting gigs, including Nancy Drew, Proven Innocent, Life Sentence, Frequency, Nashville, The Messengers, True Blood, 90210, Drive, Joan of Arcadia, 24 and maaaany more. He's also got a band called The Life of Riley.
Chez Starbuck, The Thirteenth Year
His acting career hasn't been too eventful since The Thirteenth Year. These days Chez creates workout content on his social media and shares three adorable kids with wife Whitney.
Taylor Ball, Eddie's Million-Dollar Cookoff
Taylor hasn't done much since Eddie's Million-Dollar Cookoff in 2003, sadly, only really acting in the show Still Standing from 2002 to 2006. He's kept an incredibly low profile, not even having obvious active social media accounts.
Chris Olivero, Double Teamed
Chris unfortunately hasn't acted since 2014. Before then, he played Declan on Kyle XY and also appeared in the DCOM Now You See It. He's married to actress Alexandra Picatto and together they have a young son.
Justin Timberlake, Model Behavior
Disney royalty JT was a cast member in The Mickey Mouse Club and channeled a male model in Model Behavior, acting as Jason Sharpe. In case you've been on a decades-long silent retreat or have been living on Mars, he's very much still a household name. He and wife Jessica Biel are parents to Silas and Phineas.
Robert Ri'chard, Alley Cats Strike
Robert Ri'chard has followed up 2000's Alley Cats Strike with a long acting career, including stints on Cousin Skeeter, Veronica Mars, Meet the Browns, The Vampire Diaries and Empire. Plus, he's made appearances on iZombie, CSI: NY, NCIS, and CSI: Miami. To this day, his IMDb continues to be filled with new projects, including the 2025 TV show Mind Your Business.
Kyle Schmid, Alley Cats Strike
Kyle has also kept busy since leaving the bowling alley, starring in Netflix's The I-Land, as well as Being Human, Lost Girl and a 2012 episode of Arrow. He is currently part of the main cast of NCIS: Origins. He married actress Caity Lotz in 2023.
Taran Killam, Stuck in the Suburbs
Taran played famous pop singer Jordan Cahill in the 2004 movie, and went on to be a Saturday Night Live cast member from 2010 to 2016. He also appeared on How I Met Your Mother with Cobie Smulders, who he married in 2012. They have two daughters, born in 2009 and 2015.
Clayton Snyder, Lizzie McGuire
After playing Lizzie McGuire's crush from 2001 to 2004, he moved on to real estate and married longtime girlfriend Allegra Edwards in November 2020. These days, he still acts in the occasional movie or TV series, and was even set to play Ethan again in the Lizzie McGuire revival (though the show was ultimately axed). And yes, he's still just as dreamy as he was way back when.
Adam Lamberg, Lizzie McGuire
Lizzie McGuire's best friend Gordo only acted in two projects after starring in the hit Disney Channel show, with the last of his projects airing in 2008. He was set to reprise his role in the killed revival, too. He worked as a development professional at the Irish Arts Center in NYC until 2019, according to his LinkedIn. Nowadays, he works in fundraising.
Zac Efron, High School Musical
Zac Efron may always be Troy Bolton to many of us, but the HSM star went on to do quite a lot. He starred in 17 Again, Neighbors, Baywatch, The Greatest Showman, and even played Ted Bundy. He won a daytime Emmy in 2021 for his Netflix series, Down to Earth with Zac Efron, and starred in the critically acclaimed movie The Iron Claw in 2023.
David Henrie, Wizards of Waverly Place
During his time on Wizards of Waverly Place, David Henrie was also playing the son on How I Met Your Mother. And while he hit pause on his acting career in 2016, he co-wrote, directed and starred in 2020's This Is The Year. Now, he stars in and executive produces the Wizards revival Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.
He wed Maria Cahill in 2017, and their first daughter Pia was born in March 2019. Son James arrived in December 2020. They welcomed another baby girl in summer 2022.
Lucas Till, Hannah Montana: The Movie
Best known for romancing Hannah Montana in the 2009 flick, he went on to star as the titular character on CBS' MacGyver from 2016 to 2021. He's also been in two X-Men movies as Havok and played the boy next door in Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me" video.
In 2024, Till's longterm girlfriend Skyler Samuels revealed they had previously tied the knot and welcomed a child that year.
Cole and Dylan Sprouse, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
Apologies to Cole and Dylan for putting them in one slide, but where would Zack be without Cody? And Cody without Zack? The twins mostly took a break from acting to go to college between 2011 and 2017, but now they're both back in it and taking advantage of their new hunk status.
Cole starred in Riverdale and following his split from costar Lili Reinhart, he started dating Ari Fournier. He still acts, appearing in the 2024 dark comedy Lisa Frankenstein.
Meanwhile, Dylan continues to act and tied the knot with model Barbara Palvin in 2023.