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Peter Gallagher in "Summer Lovers," 1982

Is it any wonder that this man grew up to be Seth Cohen's father? These are his "I can read Greek Spider-Man comic books and still look groovy" eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher in "Summer Lovers," 1982

And his Giddy Threesome eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher in "Sex, Lies, and Videotape," 1989

These are "Hey, James Spader, your hair is JUST as feathered as I thought it would be" eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher in "While You Were Sleeping," 1995

These are "No way does anyone believe me and Bill Pullman are brothers, but whatever; ACTING" eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher in TV's "Titanic," 1996

These are "If I'd known James Cameron was going to make an Oscar-winning version of this for theaters in a year I WOULD HAVE WAITED" eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher in "Johnny Skidmarks," 198

Those are "Couldn't they have called this movie something else?" eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher in "Center Stage," 2000

These are "HOW DO YOU EXPECT THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE TO WATCH YOU RAISE YOUR ARM IF YOU DON'T. DO IT. BEAUTIFULLY" eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher, November 2001

These are "I played a really uptight dude in Center Stage so now I'm going to LET IT FLOW" eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher, April 2002

These are "Why did I never notice before that Peter Gallagher kind of looks like Matt Bomer" eyebrows.

Matt Bomer

I mean, right? This detour is brought to you by the letters "Y," E," and "S," on several levels.

Peter Gallagher, July 2003

These are "Tom Cruise Borrowed MY Flowbee, Not The Other Way Around" bangs, which merge with the eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher, August 2003

These are "Am I Peter Gallagher, or The Dude From Train?" eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher, September 2003

These are "People LOVE ME! Welcome to The O.C., Bitch!" eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher, March 2004

These are Danny Zuko brows. (Actually they are -- it was a "Grease"-themed tribute.)

Peter Gallagher, May 2004

These are WHAAAAAAAA eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher, June 2004

These are FUHGEDDABOUDIT brows.

Peter Gallagher, July 2005

These are Double Bogey brows. Just guessing.

Peter Gallagher, March 2006

These are "I can quit you! Me! Me! Call on me!" brows.

Peter Gallagher, November 2008

These are Rapacious Scamp brows.

Peter Gallagher, March 2010

These are gleebrows. Not to be confused with Gleebrows, although come to think of it, why haven't there been any of those? He's a singer, he's done theater... let's get it on, Ryan Murphy.

Peter Gallagher, November 2010

These are "YES, I AM in Burlesque, and I'm not sorry about it, so settle down" eyebrows.

Peter Gallagher on "Rescue Me" in 2010

These are confession-inducing brows. I WOULD tell them all my secrets, it's true.

Peter Gallagher, July 2011

These are "raise your hands if you're Sure" brows.

Peter Gallagher, May 2013

And these, courtesy of "Covert Affairs," are present-day spybrows. And they are just as majestic with age as they ever were. As is the man. Keep browed and carry on, Peter.

The O.C.'s Tenth Anniversary: A Fabtrospective of Peter Gallagher's Eyebrows
Does it make you feel old that The O.C. is ten? Surprisingly, it doesn't, for me -- but talk to me again when it turns twenty -- or at least not in the way I felt ancient when Johnny Depp turned fifty. Regardless, many things about The O.C. are timeless, and Peter Gallagher's hungry, hungry facial caterpillars are one of them. It takes some serious blue steel to wear those god-given marvels, and the erstwhile Sandy Cohen has it. Let's marinate in their glory. [Photos: Getty, grainy YouTube videos]

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