Actors who were discovered in their 40s or later

[Max_Torque]

I’ll put forth F. Murray Abraham, who played Salieri in 1984’s Amadeus (a role for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor). Amadeus was Abraham’s first work of any note; before that, his biggest role was probably “Pile Of Leaves” on Fruit Of The Loom commercials. His IMDb resume pre-1983 is a rather short list of one-shot roles on various TV shows.

Anyway, Amadeus came out in 1984, and Abraham was born in 1939, making him 45 at his first big gig.

[Annie-Xmas]

David “Dudu” Fisher. His first acting job was Jean Valjean in the Israeli production of “Les Miserables.” He then took the role on Broadway at the age of 42.

[lizardling]

@Mahna Mahna

Michael Clarke Duncan qualifies, more or less.

IMDB credits him with a bunch of small roles as a bouncer or security guy going back to the mid-90’s, but nothing of note prior to The Green Mile in 1999. Apparently his early roles wouldn’t have been much of a stretch… prior to getting into acting, he worked as a bodyguard.

He may not qualify simply because he hasn’t done much of note since then (though I see his body of work this year includes a role in Kung Fu Panda, which clearly will do well during next year’s award season)

Daredevil and Sin City don’t count as “much of note”?