As Anderson Cooper turns 50, here are some of his most memorable TV moments

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper reaches the half-century mark today.

Yes, the Silver Fox is 50.

The youngest son of Gloria Vanderbilt, Cooper has been in the public eye virtually his entire life.

As a baby he was photographed by Diane Arbus for Harper’s Bazaar and appeared on The Tonight Show with his mother at the age of three. Then at the age of nine, Cooper appeared on TV’s To Tell the Truth game show as an impostor.

As an adult, he’s been logging countless hours on television first as an anchor and correspondent for ABC News before he headed over to CNN in 2001.

Over the past 15-plus years, Cooper has been a part of many memorable television moments – from harrowing to snarky to being dissolved in giggles.

I have compiled some memorable television moments for Cooper’s milestone birthday.