Rypro 525

We all know for most of these teen movies, they are really in their late 20's or early 30's, but i wonder who the oldest is?

Cygnet74

i'm thinking George Burns.... in "18 Again".

Alan Smithee

Anyone in Grease or Porky's Revenge?

NatrlBornThrllr

Kal-El

Probably Gabrielle Carteris? I heard she was already 31 at the beginning of 90210.

Michael Corvin

That would be my guess, followed by a 28 year old Luke Perry.

Giantrobo

Stacey Dash is not to far behind them.

Played a seventeen-year-old girl on Clueless (1995) when she was really in her late twenties.

The Nature Boy

Tom Hanks was 38 when he played Forrest Gump in High School, and was suprisingly convincing.

SPiRAL

Joyce Hyser played " Terry " in Just One Of The Guys at 28.

wendersfan

Margot Fonteyn was 47 when she played the female lead in a film adaptation of the ballet Romeo and Juliet. That's gotta be a contender.

Cartload

Michael J. Pollard in the Star Trek episode "Miri". He was 27 and he was playing someone no older than 13 or 14.

TheAllPurposeNothing

Rusty van Reddick in "Oh That Rusty!"

Played an 8-year-old for 29 years.

marty888

Roddy McDowell was 38 years old when he played the lead role of a high-schooler in the 1966 comedy Lord Love A Duck.

TomOpus

Good grief! Looking good for 55

girlnextdoor

Stockard Channing in Grease.

Brent L

Damfino

Barbra Streisand must have been at least 40 when she made Yentl.

Heat

Stacey Dash was born in '66, so she was 29 when Clueless came out. And for what it's worth, there are some nude (topless) pics of her from the movie "Illegal in Blue" (also from '95).

Gabrielle Carteris was born in '61 (January 2), so would have been 29 when Beverly Hills 90210 first came on in '90. Luke Perry was born in '65 (so would have been 25).

Grease is from '78, Olivia Newton-John was born in '48, so she would have been 30.

In the Porky's Revenge movie which came out in '85, which depicted them about to graduate (Class of '55), there are a couple of the actors who were 30 (Kaki Hunter & Wyatt Knight). Was the Brian Schwartz character a teenager? If so, the actor Scott Colomby was 33 (born in '52).

Count Dooku

Stockard "Rizzo" Channing was born 2/13/44, so when Grease came out in 1978, she was 34.

Original Desmond

Yes but she really didn't look like a teenager ! nor did any of the cast for that matter

Count Dooku

If we're gonna talk about whether they could actually pass for their character's (teen)age, then that's a-whole-nuther matter.

Count Dooku

Gabrielle Union was 26-27 years old when she played a teenager in four movies:
She's All That, 10 Things I Hate About You, Bring It On, Love and Basketball

JP5683

Alan Ruck (born July 1956) was almost 30 when Ferris Bueller's Day Off (June 11, 1986) was released.

Matthew Broderick (born March 1962) was 24.

Mia Sara (born June 19 1967) was 18.

Jennifer Grey (born March 1960) was 26.

Count Dooku

And Martin Short was 44 when he played Clifford (age 10)

Charlie Goose

Henry Winkler started playing The Fonz when he was 29, although I'm not sure if he was supposed to be a teenager or a cool guy in his 20s.