With news that Vince Vaughn has been cast in True Detective season two [1], we're taking a look back at his early years as an actor. Vince kicked off his Hollywood career in the late '80s with small appearances on TV shows like 21 Jump Street and Doogie Howser, M.D., eventually hitting the big screen with a role in 1993's Rudy before breaking out in Swingers in 1996. Off screen, he made a series of handsome red carpet appearances in the late '90s, when he also briefly dated actress Joey Lauren Adams. By the early 2000s, he was everywhere thanks to Old School, Dodgeball, Anchorman, and Wedding Crashers. For a fun blast from the past, check out these pictures of a 20-something Vince Vaughn [2], both on screen and off.

Source: Getty / SGranitz [3] and Miramax [4]

1993

Vince Vaughn [5] was just 23 when he appeared in his first film, Rudy.

1996

Vince's breakout role came in 1996, when he and Jon Favreau [6] starred in the movie Swingers.

1996

Here's another totally gratuitous picture of Vince in Swingers.

1997

Vince struck a serious pose at the LA premiere of The Locusts in 1997.

1997

Twenty-seven-year-old Vince was featured on the cover of Details magazine in September 1997.

1997

In September 1997, Vince and his dad posed for a photo together at the American Movie Classics Film Preservation Festival.

1997

At 27, Vince starred in the 1997 film The Locusts.

1998

Vince and Joey Lauren Adams stepped out for the Independent Spirit Awards in LA in March 1998. (Fun fact: she'd go on to play Jennifer Aniston [7]'s best friend in The Break-Up with Vince in 2006.)

1998

Vince suited up for the Return to Paradise premiere in September 1998.