Top 10 Oldest Actors to Play Teenagers on TV
When it comes to age, these television stars prove that looks really are deceiving. Join as we count down our picks for the top 10 oldest actors to play teenagers on TV. Suggestion Tool►► Subscribe►► Facebook►► Twitter►► Instagram►► Channel Page►►
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how about tom welling for smallville?
Basically every adult actor over 20 today will virtually look old enough to play a teenager on-screen.
I clicked this because I was sure Cory was on it.
Wait what about Ian in tvd??
Thomas Sangster played 13 year old jojen reed in game of thrones at age 23
yeah they're not really fooling anyone. they look old af and it's clear that they were casted because they needed beautiful full grown people instead of potato face teenagers to portray their fake illusion. Really why even make a show for teenagers, trying to portray teenage problems when you're only giving them complexes about their looks because they're starting to compare themselves to 30 year olds.
The best would be The Waif from Game of Thrones. She is not a major actor but the actress is 30 and accurately plays a character who looks 10.
Everyone from 90210 (2008-2013) There were 22-27 playing sophomores !!!
where isellen page?
Brick from The Middle?
Evan Peters was in his mid twenties when American Horror Story season one was released. While he hasn't played teenagers throughout the entire series, he still played one in the first season.
Was at least expecting a few classics from the '70's to make the cut… Happy Days for example, since it as of the first episode in '74 Little Opie Cunningham would have been twenty, Don Most would have been 21, and Anson Williams was 25. Was another three years until they graduated high school.
Welcome Back Kotter comes to mind too. Show ran 4 seasons, was based around high school students, and Travolta was 21 when it started. Hehyes was 24, and Pallilo was 26… so as the oldest of them he was pushing thirty by the time the show ended. Of course this mean that their teacher (Gabe Kaplan) was only four years older than the oldest student… though that does kind-of fit the "just got his bachelors on his first teaching job" story.
Though to be fair, in the case of the sweathogs they were all supposedly held back more than a couple years… but then a number of other students NOT in the remedial crew were all portrayed by actors well into their thirties. Charles Fleischer comes to mind since I was watching BTF2 the other day and went "hey, isn't that Carvelli?".
I kind of enjoy it when you watch a movie you've not seen in a while and go "hey isn't that _ from __"
You give credit to Henry Winkler in "Happy Days" but Ron Howard was already in his 20s when the series started and continued playing a teenager in the series as well.
The only one that surprised me was the brother from Hannah Montana!! He looked like a 16 year old at almost 30 thats frigging crazy!!
Paul Wesley is not playing a fucking teenager, Stefan is over 160 years old.
Keiko for the win. I love Lane so much, she played her perfectly.
how about the entire cast of pretty little liars?! one of the students was actually older than the guy that plays ezra the english reacher/arya's other half!!!
They should do a list top 10; actors that were teenagers playing teenagers. Most TV series have twenty year old + playing teenagers especially male actors.
Luke Perry better be included…
Bianca should have been number 1.. she has been playing a teen for 20 years.. i have seen memes stating how she doesnt age at all