How many new actors appear annually in Hollywood? No one will tell you the exact number. Most of them remain "people from the crowd."
Some, brightly tanned for a short time (starring in one, two or three, more or less well-known films), suddenly disappear from the radar and can not break into the Hollywood skyline again.
But there are such actors (actors!) Who won the recognition of the audience 30, 40 or more years ago, and are still not going to lose it.
Yes, they are aging before our eyes (someone faster, someone very slowly, as if cheating time itself), of course, they are no longer given romantic roles, but they are very willing to take on any other roles (and even specially prescribe some characters personally under these talented and incredibly charismatic elderly gentlemen).
Let's remember 10 “age” actors, who still have not lost their former charm and talent, who continue to actively star in great films.
10. Ian McKellen
British actor Ian McKellen in May this year will be exactly 80 years old. We all know him well as the wizard Gandalf the Gray from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, as well as the supervillain Magneto from X-Men.
In fact, McKellen has been acting in films since the late 1960s. (And in the 1970s, he replayed the entire Shakespearean repertoire as a theater actor).
But fame finally came to him only in 1995, when Ian McKelen got the first major role - Richard III in the film of the same name.
And after 3 years (in 1998), he was nominated for an Oscar for the excellently played director James Wale in the drama Gods and Monsters. By the way, the second time the actor was nominated for this award in 2002 (just for the role of Gandalf).
Now McKelen starred in Bill Condon's drama “Good Liar” and the musical “Cats” (both pictures should be released this year).
9. Clint Eastwood
“Eternal Cowboy” Clint Eastwood wrinkles even to the face. A film actor, director, composer and four times “Oscar-bearer” (in the nominations “Best Director” and “Best Film of the Year”) will be 89 (!) Years old in May.
But he is still vigorous, resolute and full of ambitious plans for the future. His film career began in 1955 (with a small role in the film "Creature's Revenge"), and real fame came in the 1960s - after the release of the paintings "For a Fistful of Dollars", "Good, Bad, Evil", "Gold of California", etc. .d., where Eastwood fit perfectly into the image of the laconic, but brave hero of the Wild West.
In the past (2018), he became the director and producer of the films “Train to Paris” and “Drug Courier” (in the second of them he played the main role). By the way, do you know that from 1986 to 1988 Clint Eastwood was even the mayor of Carmel-by-Sea (in California)?
8. Tommy Lee Jones
Actor and director Tommy Lee Jones - 72. Most often, he got the roles of laconic, unflappable and wise sheriffs, special agents, etc.
Although, in fact, he feels great both in comedy films (“Men in Black”) and in the role of villains (“Under Siege”, “Batman Forever”).
Jones' career began in 1970 with a small role in the film "Love Story." And in the 1990s, he was literally "snapped up" by directors and received some of the highest royalties in Hollywood.
In 1992, Jones was first nominated for an Oscar (he has 4 nominations in total) for his role as banker Clay Shaw in the movie J. F. Kennedy. Shots in Dallas. "
And in 1994, he was awarded this coveted award (for the role of Samuel Gerard in "The Fugitive"). In 2016, Tommy Lee Jones starred in the action movie "Jason Bourne", in 2017 - in the comedy "Everything Is Just Beginning" (with Morgan Freeman and Rene Russo), and this year the fantastic film "To the Stars", where the main roles were played by Tommy Lee Jones and Brad Pitt.
7. Morgan Freeman
One of the most "age-old" Hollywood African American actors is 81 years old.
Young Morgan Freeman became quite famous in the early 1970s, starring in the television series Electric Company.
He received his first film role in 1971 (in the film "Who Says I Can't Walk the Rainbow?"). Since the late 1980s, Freeman is already a very sought-after actor. He has 4 Oscar nominations (the first, in 1988, for the role of Fast Black in the film “The Street Guy”) and the one he won the Oscar (for the excellently performed role of the old boxer Eddie Dupree in “Baby on Million ”- 2004 film).
Now Morgan Freeman is still actively filming. For example, in 2017, he robbed a bank in the comedy “It's Beautiful to Leave,” and in 2018 he played Drosselmeyer (Clara's godmother) in “The Nutcracker and the Four Kingdoms”. In addition, Freeman often voices cartoons and documentaries.
6. Al Pacino
Al Pacino - an unflappable Italian with a bright charisma of a negative hero - will be 79 in April. But he still looks great for his age (hmm ... maybe he really has some kind of joint business with the devil, whose role he played once, in the 1997 film Devil's Advocate).
Alfredo James Pacino firmly decided to become an actor in the early 1960s. But his first small role was received only in 1969 (in the film "I, Natalie").
But in 1972, he managed to interest Francis F. Coppola himself at the screenings and prove to everyone that he was really a great actor by playing Michael Corleone in the first “Godfather”.
After that, in the career of Al Pacino there were sharp declines and sudden booms, but, in any case, he forever inscribed his name in Hollywood history with roles in such films as “The Scarface”, “The Smell of a Woman”, “The Venetian Merchant” etc.
This year, Quentin Tarantino’s thriller Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Scorsese’s drama “The Irishman” featuring Al Pacino will be released.
5. Harrison Ford
The worldly adored Indiana Jones and Han Solo (“in the world” - the American actor Harrison Ford) are also many years old - 76. And somehow it is already very noticeable that it is difficult for him to chase ancient artifacts and “steer” a starship.
Nevertheless, Ford is very actively acting (often in rather brutal roles).
It all started back in 1964, when he signed the first contract with Columbia Pictures and immediately fell into a long streak of failure.
For the long 9 years, Ford did not manage to get any significant roles. And he almost "freaked out", leaving the acting profession and becoming a carpenter.
But in 1973, George Lucas invited him to the role of Bob Felfa in American Graffiti, and in 1977 (“by the grace” of the same Lucas) the world first learned about space smuggler Han Solo. And Ford's career went uphill.
Well, since 1981, after the release of the first Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford has become one of the most sought-after actors.
In 2017, we could see him as the aged Rick Deckard in Blade Runner 2, and Indiana Jones 5 is expected to be released in 2021.
4. Jeff Bridges
“Big Lebowski” Jeffrey Leon Bridges a couple of months ago, “hit” 69, but he is still magnificent.
Bridges, unlike Al Pacino and Harrison Ford, practically did not know the failures or stagnation in his career (and not thanks to the famous father - Lloyd Bridges, but only due to his own talent).
Already the first serious role (in the 1971 film "The Last Movie Show") brought Jeff Bridges an Oscar nomination. He has 6 of them (!), Plus one victory for the lead role in Crazy Heart (2009).
This actor is equally good at comedic and dramatic roles. Not only that, Bridges is an artist, photographer and musician. His paintings and photos can be seen in the famous galleries of the United States.
And in 2000, he released the album of his own songs “Be Here Soon”. In 2017, we saw him in the comedy spy detective “Kingsman: The Golden Ring” and the drama “The Case of the Brave”, and in 2018, in the thriller “Nothing Good at the El Royal Hotel”.
3. Samuel L. Jackson
Charming and brutal Samuel Leroy Jackson (it seems, just created to play the role of smart, insidious and reckless villains) - one of the most beloved actors of Quentin Tarantino.
In his solid 70 he looks (and, apparently, feels) better than in 40.
Jackson played his first role in 1972 in the movie Together Forever. Then for several years his career almost did not move off the ground until Jackson “bailed” Morgan Freeman.
In the early 1980s, the actor noticed and began to invite Spike Lee to his films. But Jackson periodically “dropped out” of the acting schedule, sitting down on cocaine and getting into rehabilitation clinics.
A real finest hour happened for him in 1994 - after the release of the Tarantino Pulp Fiction. For the role of the gangster Jules Wynnfield, Jackson was nominated for an Oscar.
In total, there are more than 120 (!) Roles in the filmography of Samuel L. Jackson. He is without a doubt one of the most recognizable African American actors. In the near future we will see him more than once in the role of Nick Fury in the Marvel comic book films.
2. Robert de Niro
In 2015, Rolling Stone magazine recognized de Niro as one of the greatest actors of all time. The 75-year-old Oscar-winner twice (and 4 times the nominee for this award) doesn’t really need a special introduction.
His career began in 1963 with the film Brian de Palma "Wedding Party". Two-thirds of his career, Robert de Niro played mainly “tough guys” - bandits, mafiosi, soldiers with post-traumatic stress, etc.
He even received both of his Oscars for just such roles (Vito Corleone from The Godfather 2 and Raging Bull by Jake La Motta). And critics were very fond of de Niro for HOW he embodied these characters on the screen (almost on the verge of a nervous breakdown).
But in the 6th decade, the actor, apparently, was tired of menacingly frowning eyebrows in each film, and he began to choose roles in which you can laugh at your former image.
Now he rarely receives praise, but completely "comes off" in comedies. In 2018, we could see him in the family comedy War with Grandfather.
1. Bruce Willis
"Die Hard" John McClain and the cool taxi driver Korben Dallas from "The Fifth Element" in March will be "just something" 64 years old.
In his latest films, Bruce Willis (oh, his slightly crooked smile, grin!) Is still as cool as 30 years ago. True, he no longer crushes the jaws of the enemy right and left, but gives a chance to prove himself to the "younger comrades", encouraging them with wise advice and jokes-jokes. But, if necessary, he enters the fray and puts a bullet in the protracted "showdown".
Willis' career began, in fact, with the series "Detective Agency" Moonlight "", for the role in which he was automatically "identified" as comedian.
But it soon turned out that he was able to play both in action films and in serious dramas. And yet, for most of us, Bruce Willis is a brutal man with an excellent sense of humor, who knows how to skillfully handle a pistol (and many other types of firearms).
In 2018, four militants with his participation immediately appeared: “Acts of violence”, “Thirst for death”, “Violence” and “Unbending spirit”. And this year the superhero thriller “Glass” is expected (continuation of the events of the film “Split”).