Nothing melts the heart (or revvs the ovaries) quite like seeing a dad with his daughter.
Thankfully, Hollywood has plenty of girl dads to swoon over. This includes everyone from Ryan Reynolds to Dwayne Johnson to the late Kobe Bryant who basically coined the phrase.
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Ready for this? Here are 10+ celeb fathers who are the ultimate girl dads.
Kobe Bryant
The late star helped coin the phrase “girl dad” before his tragic passing in 2020.
As a dad to four girls, he once gushed to ESPN reporter Elle Duncan that “girls are the best” and that he “would have five more girls if I could.”
Ryan Reynolds
The Deadpool actor doesn’t mind being outnumbered by the three daughters he had with wife, Blake Lively.
“I love being a girl dad. I have three daughters, which I never in a million years would have imagined,” he told Access .
Dwayne Johnson
He may be hard as a rock, but the Hobbs & Shaw actor turns into a softie when it comes to his four daughters.
Back in February, he gushed on Instagram about being a girl dad. “Every man wants a son, but every man needs a daughter,” he wrote.
Alex Rodriguez
The retired pro baseball player wrote on Twitter that he’s “so proud and lucky to be a #GirlDad” to his two daughters, Natasha and Ella.
When he marries his fiancée, Jennifer Lopez, he will be a girl dad to three daughters!
Aaron Paul
This picture is EVERYTHING!
“The fact that I have just a beautiful, healthy, happy daughter that runs and screams at me and throws her arms around me, and calls me daddy, is such a dream come true,” he told Us Weekly .
Bruce Willis
The Die Hard actor is the girl dad of five girls: Evelyn Penn, 6, Mabel Ray, 8, Tallulah, 26, Scout, 29, and Rumer, 31.
Being the only male surrounded by girls isn’t a walk in the park, but he makes it look easy!
Russell Wilson
The Seattle Seahawks quarterback’s daughter, Sienna, has scored a touchdown on his heart. I mean, her middle name is Princess!
He once even attended ballet class with the three-year-old who he shares with wife, Ciara.
Steph Curry
The Curry family is straight-up adorable. He and his wife, Ayesha, have three kids, including two daughters.
While he probably can’t wait to teach his son basketball, he has such a special bond with his girls. Here’s him doing his daughter, Ryan’s, hair !
Matt Damon
The Bourne Identity actor has four daughters with his wife, Luciana, including one step-daughter.
While he never expected to be surrounded by girls, he told Today that he’s learning so much, including how “smart” girls are.
Jimmy Fallon
The late-night star feels so incredibly blessed to be a girl dad to daughters, Frances Cole and Winnie Rose.
“It’s the greatest thing that has ever happened to me,” he told People about fatherhood. “You realize what’s important in life.”
Dwyane Wade
The basketball star was so supportive when his transgender daughter Zaya came out.
“My sole job and responsibility was to make sure that this kid grew up knowing that they are supported and loved by the father and the other parent,” Dwyane told I Am Athlete .
Dax Shepard
The Parenthood star loves the perks that come with being a girl dad to his daughters with wife, Kristen Bell.
“The snuggle sessions with them are beyond anything I could have ever dreamt of,” he told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show .
Ryan Gosling
While you won’t find pictures of the actor with his and Eva Mendes’ two daughters on social media, he isn’t afraid to gush about them.
“It’s heaven. It’s like walking through a field of flowers every day,” he said on Good Morning America .
John Legend
The singer bonds with his daughter, Luna, through music.
“She’ll point to that room where we have a record player and say she wants to hear music and dance with Dada,” he told Today . He’s even written songs for her!
Mario Lopez
By the looks of it on social media, there isn’t much the television host won’t do for his only daughter, Gia.
How adorable is this time he took her to a daddy/daughter dance?? We would have so loved to see those moves!
Jamie Foxx
He’s a girl dad to Annalise, 11, and Corinne, 26.
If you want to see how much he rocks at being a girl dad, just tune into Beat Shazam , the show he co-hosts with his eldest daughter!
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
The Walking Dead star has one daughter, George (yes, that’s her real name) with wife, Hilarie Burton.
Back in January 2020, he shared an adorable video of his daughter combing what little hair he has on his head.
Kevin Jonas
The singer is dad to Valentina Angelina, 3½, and Alena Rose, 6 — and he loves every second of it.
He even told Sirius XM Nigel Barker’s Gentleman’s Code that he hoped for daughters since he was surrounded by boys all his life.
Adam Levine
With a picture like this, how could the Maroon 5 crooner not be the ultimate girl dad?!
“girls just wanna have fun,” he captioned this picture of his family, which includes wife Behati Prinsloo and their two daughters, Dusty Rose and Gio Grace.
