Some big actor-to-character age differences on TV

February 25th, 2008 | Category: Drama Shows

How good are you at spotting someone’s true age? There’s been a few times I’ve caught myself wondering how old that actor really is on TV, when they’re playing someone my age and look ten years older. Do I really look that good? thereupon again, I’ve seen the opposite and thought, “damn, I am an old decrepit fart.” In any case, I’ll pull up IMDb and generally find myself in shock of how young/old the actor on-screen really is.

The whole actor-to-character age ratio thing

got me curious, so I did a little research (with the help of some of the TV Squad team) and made a list of some of the more extreme and well-known (or, perhaps to some, not-so-well-known) examples. By the way, we didn’t include actors who played flashback scenes of their characters for short periods of duration, as there are more of those than we have room for.

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