The Ones: Older Actors Continuing to Cast

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Tommy Lee Jones is an excellent actor, remembered by the audience for playing both in action films and comedies. Today, September 15, Tommy celebrates his 68th birthday. Despite his venerable age, the actor is still acting in films. We wish Tommy Lee Jones a happy birthday and remember other foreign actors who continue to act in their old age.

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The Oscar winner for his supporting role in The Fugitive was born on September 15, 1946 in San Saba, Texas. After school, he entered Harvard, graduating with honors. Tommy began his film career with the film "Love Story". The actor is best known for the role of imperturbable, judicious sheriffs, investigators and special agents.

Currently, Tommy is still actively filming.

In the 1990s, Jones became one of the highest paid and in-demand actors in Hollywood with a $ 10 million film fee. Currently, Tommy is still actively filming. Jones' recent films include Malavita and Local. In the first, he played the usual FBI agent Robert Stansfield. In Local, Tommy not only played the main role (the elderly cowboy George Briggs, who helps the main character transport three mentally ill women to Iowa), but also became the director of the film. In total, Jones has over 70 roles in movies and TV shows.

Jeff Bridges

Oscar-winning Jeff is 64 and still plays in movies. For the first time, the actor "lit up" in front of the camera at 4 months, appearing in the series with his father, the famous actor Lloyd Bridges and his brother Beau. Jeff got his first serious roles while still a student. So, in 1970, he appeared in Paul Bogart's drama Halls of Wrath, but the role of Dwayne Jackson in The Last Picture Show brought Bridges an Oscar nomination.

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All in all, Jeff has about 80 roles in the film bin, the last of which are in the films "Ghost Patrol" and "Initiate". In the fantastic comedy Ghost Patrol, the actor appeared in the form of an experienced sheriff from the afterlife department who fights against restless villains. In the dystopian film The Initiate, Jeff played the Giver - the Keeper of the Memory, who must pass on to his successor knowledge about the past, present and future world.

In 2015, the long-awaited picture of Sergei Bodrov Sr. "The Seventh Son", where Bridges played one of the main roles, was released on the big screens. He appeared in the form of the witcher Master Gregory, who imprisoned the powerful witch Mother Malkin. But the witch got out, and the Master only has time until midnight to teach magic to Tom Ward - the seventh son who must save mankind from evil.

Christopher Walken

One of the most active actors in Hollywood, who almost never refuses the roles offered to him. Christopher believes that each new role is a new experience that you will not get anywhere else. Most of all, the actor is known in the role of negative characters, criminal geniuses, crazy and sinister mystical personalities.

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Walken is 71 years old, but he is not going to retire yet. Since childhood, he tried his acting skills, starring in television series. He got his first role in the film in 1966, starring with George Schaefer ("Barefoot in Athens"), but he attracted the attention of film critics after the episodic film "Annie Hall" by the inimitable Woody Allen. The Deer Hunter brought Christopher an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

During his acting career, Walken has appeared in more than 110 films.

During his acting career, Walken has appeared in more than 110 films. Recently, the actor has been drawn to the comedy genre - among his works have appeared "Balls of Fury", "Five Dollars a Day", "Dark Horse", "Seven Psychopaths", etc. Now the actor is involved in six projects, two of which are due out in 2015.

Ian McKellen

This actor is best known for the role of Gandalf in the film adaptations of the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. McKellen began acting in films back in the 60s, playing secondary roles, but worldwide fame and recognition came to Ian only in the 90s, when he played roles in Hollywood blockbusters. In the 70s, the actor played actively in the theater, played in almost all the plays of Shakespeare's repertoire.

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McKellen got his first major role in the film "Richard III", where he played Richard - the Duke of Gloucester, the youngest son of the Duchess of York. Three years after this role, Ian was awarded an Oscar nomination for his role as director James Weil in the dramatic biopic Gods and Monsters. In total, the actor played more than 90 roles, the last of which were roles in the films The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Currently filming the comedy "The Curse of the Fat Whore" and the detective "Mr. Holmes", where Ian plays the main roles. Very soon, or rather December 17, the premiere of the last part of the Hobbit's adventures - "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" will take place, where McKellen again plays the beloved magician and wizard Gandalf.

Harrison Ford

The Star Wars and Indiana Jones star was born in Chicago. He is now 72 years old. At first, Harrison was considered a failure actor, especially after all of his scenes from Zabriskie Point were cut during editing. This incident knocked Ford down, and he retrained as a carpenter. His acting talent was "saved" by George Lucas, who met him by chance and invited him to the filming of American Graffiti. Despite being branded as a "loser", Harrison has managed to become one of the most sought-after and highest paid actors in Hollywood, who still acts in films.

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You recently saw him in the action comedy "The Expendables 3", where he played one of the main roles along with the most brutal actors in Hollywood. Harrison is currently involved in five film projects. So, for example, in 2015 the seventh episode of "Star Wars" and the melodrama "Age of Adeline" are released. According to rumors, Steven Spielberg is going to shoot another Indiana Jones, and Ridley Scott is going to shoot the second part of Blade Runner. In these projects, Ford was given the main roles.

Jane Fonda

Jane's film career began with the title role in Joshua Logan's Big Story.

The 76-year-old actress and daughter of the famous actor Henry Fonda keeps up with young actresses and continues to act in films. Jane's film career began with the title role in Joshua Logan's "Big Story" and has not ended until today. However, after the failure of the film "Stanley and Iris" Jane did not act for a whole 16 years. Jane Fonda's fans were upset and no longer hoped to see their favorite actress in the movies. But a miracle happened - in 2005, Jane again shone on the screen in the comedy "If the mother-in-law is a monster", where she played the grumpy mother of the protagonist, who is trying with all her might to upset his wedding. Two years later, the actress appeared in the Georgia Tough melodrama, after which Jane left for a four-year hiatus. The Foundation resumed filming only in 2011. Currently, Jane is involved in work on three films: "Then Live Yourself", "Fathers and Daughters" and "Youth".

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Maggie Smith

She is a leading British character actress of the post-war era and two-time Academy Award winner, who is no less than 79 years old. Maggie first appeared as Bridget Howard in Nowhere to Go. In total, the actress starred in 74 films. Smith played in all seven parts of the Harry Potter series, playing the role of Minerva McGonagall, a Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She also appeared in the fantasy series My Horrible Nanny 2 and the TV series Downton Abbey.

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By the way, Maggie Smith, by being knighted by the British crown, received the right to add the honorary title "Lady" to her name.

She starred in the drama "My Old Lady", which will hit the big screens on September 14, and will also star in the second part of the movie "The Marigold Hotel: Best of the Exotic", which is scheduled to premiere in 2015.

Meryl Streep

Film critics consider her one of the greatest actresses of our time, and at 65 she continues to star in films. She has about 80 film roles and three Oscars behind her. Streep's film debut took place in Fred Zinnemann's melodrama Julia, where her co-stars were Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave. Meryl received critical acclaim after her role in the war drama The Deer Hunter. Since then, the actress has received proposals after proposals, she just had to choose the most suitable for herself. Almost every film with her participation brought Meryl honorary film awards.

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Some of Streep's last films were August, The Local and The Initiate. In the tragicomedy "August", which takes place between members of the large Weston family, who got together after the disappearance of the head of the family. Meryl played here Violet Weston - the wife of the missing. In The Initiate, the actress appeared in the guise of the Chief Elder, and in The Local, she played the priest's wife Altu Carter. In December, two films with the participation of Meryl Streep will be released at once - "Suffragette" and "Into the Woods".

Susan Sarandon

Susan, who is now 67 years old, was born into a large family, and started thinking about her film career after she married Chris Sarandon (she took his last name). The actress made her film debut in 1970, when she played in the movie Joe. Before The Eastwick Witches, few people knew about Susan, although she actively acted in films. In the 90s, she was nominated for an Oscar for almost every film in which she played. Susan also appeared in the famous sitcom Friends, played in The Lovely Bones and Cloud Atlas.

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In 2014, three films with Sarandon's participation were released at once: "My Ping-Pong Summer", "Tammy" and "The Calling".

In 2014, three films with Sarandon's participation were released at once: "My Ping-Pong Summer", "Tammy" and "The Calling". In the first, she played Randy Jammep, an outcast neighbor who helped the main character find himself. At Tammy, she changed into Grandma Pearl, a groovy old lady who loves to drink. In the latter, she played the experienced detective Hazel Micallef, who is investigating the murder of an elderly respectable lady. In 2015, the premiere of the drama "Mother's Day" will take place, which describes the relationship of ten women with their daughters on the eve of Mother's Day.

Catherine Deneuve

The great French actress who rose to star status after her triumph in the 1964 musical film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Interestingly, Katrin is terribly afraid of the stage, so she never played in the theater. In total, the actress has 119 film roles. She was invited to Hollywood more than once, but Catherine remained faithful to her native France. The only Hollywood film for the actress was The Hunger, in which she played the cold and beautiful vampire Miriam, wandering in the darkness of Manhattan's trendy nightclubs in search of fresh blood.

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Some of the last films with the participation of Catherine were the films "The Woman in the Yard" and "The Man Loved Too Much." In the first, she performed Matilda, a woman who, due to failures, gradually plunges into the abyss of madness. In the second, Deneuve played Rene, a wealthy casino owner.