# Actors who always look the same age **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495 "2011-12-08T11:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Krav\_Manga](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krav_manga/32/3153_2.png) [@Krav\_Manga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krav_Manga)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/1 "2011-12-08T11:57:37Z")
Harry Morgan was an actor who pretty much looked the same age for the last 40 years of his life. Another that springs to mind is Max Von Sydow - that guy looks the same now as he did in the Exorcist. Name some other actors that always looked old (or young). ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/2 "2011-12-08T12:00:53Z")
Patrick Stewart - One of the benefits of going bald in your teens. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/3 "2011-12-08T12:07:54Z")
Leslie Nielsen. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/4 "2011-12-08T12:17:36Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Patrick Stewart - One of the benefits of going bald in your teens. See: Karl Malden ---
**Author:** ![deadindays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@deadindays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deadindays)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/5 "2011-12-08T12:24:16Z")
Telly Savalas - another hairless, ageless wonder ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/6 "2011-12-08T13:34:15Z")
Charles Lane, the guy who was Mr. Potter’s advisor in “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It’s funny: in the movie, he referred to himself as “this bright young man”, which was a lie. He was NEVER young in his life. hh ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/7 "2011-12-08T14:06:52Z")
John Cusack has looked about 33 his entire acting life. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/8 "2011-12-08T14:12:49Z")
Morgan Fairchild. My only explanation is that she’s a robot. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/9 "2011-12-08T14:14:58Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Morgan Fairchild. My only explanation is that she’s a robot. And Morgan Freeman. Did he ever look young?? ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/10 "2011-12-08T14:21:19Z")
I believe it has been proven that Keanu Reeves is immortal: [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhp126lfwt1qdsfn3o1_500.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhp126lfwt1qdsfn3o1_500.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/11 "2011-12-08T14:29:16Z")
Steve Martin for at least the last 30 years, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/12 "2011-12-08T14:57:00Z")
Abe Vigoda has looked like he was in his 80s ever since “The Godfather” and Barney Miller". He was in his 50s then. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/13 "2011-12-08T15:02:19Z")
[Andy Clyde](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Clyde). He started playing “old man” roles in silent comedies when he was in his 20s, and continued for over 40 years, using less makeup each year. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/14 "2011-12-08T15:06:55Z")
William (_ **Prizzi’s Honor** _) Hickey always looked ancient. I haven’t seen Ralph Macchio in years, but he kept getting teenage roles well into his thirties. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/15 "2011-12-08T17:44:55Z")
Walter Matthau. He was NEVER young. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/16 "2011-12-08T17:48:32Z")
[Animal Mother](http://www.indiana.edu/~polfilm/studen04/howden/Adam%20Baldwin%20is%20Animal.jpg) [Jayne Cobb](http://images.wikia.com/firefly/images/d/d0/Jayne.jpg) Adam Baldwin looks almost exactly the same. ---
**Author:** ![Bloodless\_Turnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/17 "2011-12-08T17:50:26Z")
Robert Hardy ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/18 "2011-12-08T18:05:29Z")
> [@Alias](#): > > Walter Matthau. He was NEVER young. That’s who I was going to mention. Also, along similar lines, Gene Hackman. He’s always looked middle-aged. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/19 "2011-12-08T18:07:32Z")
Kermit the Frog. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495/20 "2011-12-08T18:08:34Z")
Adrienne Barbeau Stephanie Powers (please note: I haven’t seen either of these two ladies in years, so they may have well caught up to the painting in the attic!) ~VOW [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-look-the-same-age/605495.md?page=2)