Top 10 Actors You've Never Seen Young

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11 ай бұрын

Wait, they weren't born that way? For this list, we’ll be looking at the most notable stars of film and television who didn’t get their big breaks until a bit later in life, or who have been on the scene so long that most viewers only know them as elder statespeople. Our countdown includes actors Ken Jeong, James Earl Jones, Viola Davis and more! Which actor do you think has done their best work in their golden years? Be sure to let us know in the comments below.
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@MsMojo 11 ай бұрын

Which actor do you think has done their best work in their golden years? Let us know below, and be sure to also check out our video of the Top 10 Actors Who NEVER Make Bad Movies: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/btV9qLR337mmmKc.html

@bentorres4620 11 ай бұрын

Sir Ian McKellen, hands down. Although you could make an argument for sir Anthony Hopkins!

@ma53jg 11 ай бұрын

What an original idea for a list-great job!

@fangirlable 11 ай бұрын

Eric Roberts

@BallymurphyBabe 11 ай бұрын

Wilfred Brimley! I loved that guy!! 🥰

@pandorasbox4238 11 ай бұрын

You should do actors you may not know are military veterans. Put James Earl Jones on the list.

@user-qt6zl9oi8t 11 ай бұрын

Alan rickman was such a great actor....so sad he's gone😢😢😢😢😢

@layneannen 10 ай бұрын

I agree, he was ausome!😢

@mimic1176 10 ай бұрын

They really missed a chance to show him in a very very early stage role as Tibault in Romeo and Juliet in the 1980s. I didn't recognize him but the minute he opened his mouth...! They showed Maggie Smith in Othello from the same time period, so why not Rickman?

@ruthkletke 10 ай бұрын

@@layneannen Awesome

@layneannen 10 ай бұрын

@@ruthkletke thank you

@user-te4of2fq5d 10 ай бұрын

Considered in England as one of the finest Shakespearean actors of all time. He was unparalleled. A devastating loss to the theatre.

@DanGamingFan2846 11 ай бұрын

Morgan Freeman is an absolute legend as the narrator/grandpa we all wish we had. Seeing pictures and photos of what he looked like young is so surreal.

@oxfanblink4115 11 ай бұрын

It’s personally more between Patrick Stewart and Samuel Jackson for legendary actor grandad as a marvel fan for a long time 👴🏻👴🏾 Though agree Morgan is a legend too to also have a career a lot longer than i’ve been around 😮

@LeaWildcat 11 ай бұрын

I always looked forward to watching him and Rita Moreno on 3-2-1 Contact as a kid :)

@Otokichi786 11 ай бұрын

As a "TV dinosaur from the early days" of PBS, I remember young Morgan Freeman as "Easy Reader" on "The Electric Company.";)

@crystalshaw8744 11 ай бұрын

@@Otokichi786 Me too...smile. And thanks, now I don't have to type

@bennymora3086 11 ай бұрын

He’s one of my favorite actors!🕴🏾

@ilahjarvis 10 ай бұрын

All of us who grew up in the 1970's loved Morgan Freeman on the Electric Company.

@caronstout354 10 ай бұрын

For some reason he doesn't like to talk about his role as Easy Reader...

@marcpeterson1092 10 ай бұрын

I also remember Patrick Stewart as Sejanus in I, Claudius.

@ninaharper6282 10 ай бұрын

He was fantastic then and phenomenal now. Simply the best.

@ninaharper6282 10 ай бұрын

James Earl Jones is not replaceable. So true.

@codyclaeys2008 4 ай бұрын

@@caronstout354easy reader that's my name

@emiliomanueldepedro9650 11 ай бұрын

Other examples include: -Estelle Harris (she began her career in 1977, at 49-years-old) -Judi Dench -Philip Baker Hall (it's pretty hard to find a picture of him in his 40s) -David Kelly (if you don't know him, he was Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) -Bea Arthur -James Cromwell -Mark Margolis (though he can be seen in Scarface, he wasn't that much known before being Uncle Héctor in Breaking Bad) -Liz Smith -Murray Gershenz (the naked old man in The Hangover) -Rodney Dangerfield -Betty White -Lawrence Tierney -Helen Mirren

@miaya.micronis 11 ай бұрын

Surprisingly we’ve seen Betty when she was young, at least I think we have. Ohhh nvm we haven’t 😂. I think she was in her 40s during the MTM show.

@anabltc 11 ай бұрын

I like your choice! Some incredibly fine actors there I can't totally agree abt Helen Mirren tho, she was quite famous as a younger actress too, admittedly not in Hollywood but in UK But she always had that mature quality about her, it's as if she just waited to get to her mature peak. I love that

@pattytheseeker8902 11 ай бұрын

@@miaya.micronisBetty White was on T.V. in the 1950's.❤

@CortexNewsService 11 ай бұрын

@@anabltc True. I've seen an interview she did when she was in her thirties. (Side note, she has always looked gorgeous.) But yeah, she wasn't really recognized worldwide until she was in her 40s.

@anabltc 11 ай бұрын

@@CortexNewsService Prime Suspect 🔥

@emilyeshelman5216 11 ай бұрын

Disappointed there wasn't even an honorable mention for Angela Lansbury- her film debut was as early as 1944 (in Gaslight), and if modern audiences more familiar with her work in Murder She Wrote and Beauty and the Beast (or even her Broadway work) saw what she looked like young, they'd probably be quite stunned.

@OrdenJust 10 ай бұрын

Bride of Frankenstein, 1935.

@julietfischer5056 10 ай бұрын

@@OrdenJust- She wasn't in that. She would have been 10 years old or so. Elsa Lanchester was in that movie. _Gaslight_ was her movie debut, and she was 17.

@OrdenJust 10 ай бұрын

@@julietfischer5056 I stand, and sit, corrected. Thank you.

@trojans7 11 ай бұрын

How can you forget Samuel L Jackson was the robber in Coming to America. That's where I first noticed him. Short scene but hella memorable.

@BKeppol 11 ай бұрын

I first saw Patrick Stewart in "Excalibur" (1980) and Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader on The Electric Company in the 70s when I was a kid.

@cethomas324 11 ай бұрын

Also Mr. Senor Love Daddy in Do The Right Thing! That was in 1989, I think.

@cethomas324 11 ай бұрын

@@BKeppol Patrick Stewart also played Sejanus on I Claudius (1976).

@bookworm1171 10 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@moonprincessRN 10 ай бұрын

I first saw him on PeeWee's Playhouse in the 80s. He is the Cowboy.

@Jourell1 10 ай бұрын

Sir Alec Guiness. Though he had a long and sparkling career in Britain, most modern audiences only know him as Old Obi Wan in the original Star Wars Trilogy. I've managed to see Bridge on the river kwai as well as several of his Ealing Studio comedies and he's absolutely amazing.

@desertrose58 11 ай бұрын

The first person who came to my mind when I saw the title was Abe Vigoda. I swear he was always old.

@HeronCoyote1234 10 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, Fish! (I miss comedies like Barney Miller, Night Court, and Wings.)

@user-te4of2fq5d 10 ай бұрын

Alan Rickman was considered in England, one of the greatest Shakesperian actors of all time. A devastating loss to the theatre ✝️

@ladykoiwolfe 11 ай бұрын

McKellen as Macbeth was the performance chosen by my literature teacher in collage to show us. It was brilliant. I remember watching Dame Maggie Smith as Thetis in the original Clash of the Titans. I also recently watched her in Death on the Nile along with Angela Lansbury. Angela is another actress most people have never seen young, but she was in a lot of movies, and stunningly beautiful. My favorite movie with her as a young woman is The Court Jester.

@alyzu4755 11 ай бұрын

The chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison. 😂

@LeaWildcat 11 ай бұрын

You can catch it on occasion streaming somewhere, but if you would like to see Ms. Lansbury in the villain role check out The Harvey Girls

@lrichardson2360 11 ай бұрын

Watch the 1949 film Samson and Delilah and you will see a very young and beautiful Angela Lansbury.

@joshuaburba1048 11 ай бұрын

What's crazy is that even with your education and literature class, you still can't spell college correctly, as you said "collage," which is a collection of pictures. Wow.

@snakebitepellehue 11 ай бұрын

Don't say the name!!! 😂

@julianaylor4351 11 ай бұрын

As a fan of fantasy movies, I actually remember Patrick Stewart, younger with some hair in John Boorman's Excalibur as one of King Arthur's knights.

@lynnevetter 11 ай бұрын

When Patrick Stewart was younger I think that Richard Gere looked like him lol

@sarahnichols4439 11 ай бұрын

He also did BBC series Fall of Eagles as Lenin in 1974

@Beth_Alice_Kaplan 11 ай бұрын

Dame Helen, too.

@dominaevillae28 11 ай бұрын

Patrick Stewart in “I Claudius,” 1976.

@soso4169 11 ай бұрын

@@dominaevillae28He also had hair in that one, too! Jokes aside, "I, Claudius" is a great tv series. Derek Jakobi, John Hurt, Patrick Stewart and so many more..

@chong2389 10 ай бұрын

James Earl Jones' first role was the bombardier in Dr. Strangelove (1964). The iconic voice has not changed.

@albertowen1025 11 ай бұрын

Side note: James Earl Jones appeared in "The Great White Hope" (1970), with Jane Alexander, and Samuel L. Jackson appeared in "Coming to America" (1987), with Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall...for those who forgot.

@tessat338 10 ай бұрын

He was also Lt. Lothar Zogg, the bombardier of the B-52 heading towards Russia in "Dr. Strangelove," released in 1964.

@surrealfarm 10 ай бұрын

Don't forget The Hunt For Red October.

@sherriscook3674 10 ай бұрын

Didn’t forget…on of my favorite movies!!

@PecanSandees23 10 ай бұрын

Thanks to PBS, I saw many of these actors when they were younger. The best part of PBS is that you can (sometimes) see older productions. Many theatre performances were captured for video shown on PBS. I think you can see some of them on Ovation as well. Look for Hello Dolly with Pearl Bailey to see a young Morgan Freeman as the Head Waiter in the title song. It was on KZfaq from the Tony Awards.

@christinalahey327 11 ай бұрын

Can we talk about how Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart have the best friendship ever? #LifeGoals

@missladyanonymity 10 ай бұрын

Love them on graham norton.

@paulac.munoztorres 10 ай бұрын

That’s so freaking cute

@charlottecolley6966 10 ай бұрын

In 1990 Mr Rickman was in 'Quigley Down Under' with Tom Seleck. A fantastic villain -- again.

@alanatolstad4824 10 ай бұрын

I love that movie, & the music, which is out of print & any copies you find of the music are pricey.

@HeronCoyote1234 10 ай бұрын

I could watch Quigley a dozen times and it never gets old.

@AngeliqueStP 11 ай бұрын

If you want to see a younger Maggie Smith, I HIGHLY recommend my family's favorite movie: "Murder By Death". All the actors are playing send-ups of famous characters in detective fiction; Maggie (with David Niven) plays a 'Nick and Nora Charles' parody... Dickie and Dora. Dame Maggie's 'Dora' is both lovely and snarky... a great combination.💖 (Added plus: there's a young James Cromwell!)

@burf90 9 ай бұрын

One of my favorite movies! Absolutely hilarious with an incredible cast.

@ToneeRhianRose 9 ай бұрын

Loved her in Clash of the Titans too! She played the goddess Thetis.

@burf90 9 ай бұрын

@@ToneeRhianRose Another one of my favorite movies!

@heatherduncan5101 11 ай бұрын

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a fantastic film.

@cdrocrossdiscovery 10 ай бұрын

Truth be told, I have seen Sir Ian McKellan young. He was playing the French enforcer Chauvlain in the 'The Scarlett Pimpernell. I've also Seen Maggie Smith young in Clash of the Titans (Quite a looker) Patrick Stewart in 'I Claudius' (Naturally curly hair) Samuel L. Jackson in 'Patriot Games' (LCDR Robby Jackson, Naval Aviator)

@Omar-wq9dz 11 ай бұрын

Steve Martin has always looked old, even when you see him in The Jerk

@Otokichi786 11 ай бұрын

"Roxanne" (1987) was a Summertime RomCom retelling of "Cyrano de Bergerac.";)

@JeanieD 10 ай бұрын

He started going grey before the age of 30, though.

@kaymuldoon3575 10 ай бұрын

That’s because he started graying young.

@LorenIpsum75 11 ай бұрын

I remembered Patrick Stewart as Sejanus in "I Claudius". Didn't see him again until "Star Trek: The Next Generation". I was like, "Omg! He was in that "I Claudius" with John Hurt and Derek Jacobi!"

@HeronCoyote1234 10 ай бұрын

I still think “I, Claudius” is the best thing ever shown on tv.

@lizziewalker9374 11 ай бұрын

I loved the electric company when I was a kid and that shows you how old I am! I am a huge Trekkie fan and adore Patrick Stewart. I grew up watching James Earl Jones and Viola Davis - *Miss fabulous* makes an impact small and large no matter what she's in! All wonderful actors on this list.

@sallyjune4109 10 ай бұрын

The Electric Company ! Fantastic cast.

@jeffwatkins352 11 ай бұрын

Those are good choices. However, being 71, I was aware of several on your list long before their "big break." I'd seen McKellen as a young man in several BBC programs back in the late 1970s, and Patrick Stewart first made his mark on me in the 1976 BBC I, Claudius mini-series as the unforgettably villainous Sejanus. That same year, I interviewed James Earl Jones to publicize his work on the film The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings. A more intelligent and emotionally generous human I've never met.

@williamcurtin5692 10 ай бұрын

I still think of him as Sejanus.

@jeffwatkins352 10 ай бұрын

@@williamcurtin5692 Me, too. I had the passionate hots for him, too. I expect you know he had a supporting role in Boorman's Excalibur, a film in which Liam Neesom also appeared.

@sandybruce9092 10 ай бұрын

Some of us who are on the “older” part of life have seen some of these actors when they were young! For me, it’s the voice of many that I remember!!!

@alanatolstad4824 10 ай бұрын

I just recently saw an early version of The Scarlet Pimpernel. I very handsome Ian in that one.

@sallyjune4109 10 ай бұрын

Wasn't James Earl Jones in King Lear in a Shakespeare in the Park production? My first exposure to Raul Julia.

@chrischeshire6528 11 ай бұрын

The one actor that comes to mind is Keye Luke. "Number one son" in Charlie Chan movies when he was 18 and worked in movies and TV all his life.

@LorenIpsum75 11 ай бұрын

Can't forget another veteran actor, Mr. James Hong ("Everything Everywhere All at Once" "Kung Fu Panda")

@KevinYannutz 11 ай бұрын

Christopher Lee was a great actor I don't recall seeing young

@ladykoiwolfe 11 ай бұрын

Have you watched any old Dracula films from the 70's? He was in his prime then...though his movies got better after that period.

@KevinYannutz 11 ай бұрын

@@ladykoiwolfe fair enough, but I think he was still im his 30s or 40s

@ladykoiwolfe 11 ай бұрын

@@KevinYannutz 30's isn't old, but there are also films from the 60's, I just didn't go further.

@bentorres4620 11 ай бұрын

Christopher Lee didn't start acting till his late thirties

@KevinYannutz 11 ай бұрын

@@bentorres4620 excellent, thank you

@Mama-eu1ss 11 ай бұрын

This is a stellar list. I'm not always on board with this channel's opinions but credit where credit is due 👍

@Anna-sktzgurl 11 ай бұрын

Loving the videos+ just wanna say thanks for entertaining me!

@Pastel_Dreams 11 ай бұрын

Ron Perlman was accurately told by a former agent that the wasn’t really going to start hitting his stride as an actor until he was much older

@Poizenne 10 ай бұрын

Great character actor. I remember him mainly from Ice Pirates and Beauty and the Beast. Loved his voice as Vincent.

@Pastel_Dreams 10 ай бұрын

@@Poizenne 😍🥰 Me too

@jacobinmaximilian1917 11 ай бұрын

You forgot one of Patrick Stewarts earliest roles as Sejanus in the renowned TV show "I Claudius".

@sandybruce9092 10 ай бұрын

Oh, I completely,forgot,about that series! Loved it!!! I was/am a Derek Jacoby fan!

@julietfischer5056 10 ай бұрын

The casting for that is awesome and also Nerd Central.

@HeronCoyote1234 10 ай бұрын

Best thing ever on tv.

@nancyomalley6286 11 ай бұрын

Samuel L. Jackson was in 1988's "Coming to America" as the robber that Akeem overpowered at McDowell's

@K_patts8370 11 ай бұрын

We’ve seen Morgan Freeman Electric Company Easy Reader!!!

@alyzu4755 11 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@ladykoiwolfe 11 ай бұрын

Patrick Stewart said he went bald at 18, so he really looked about the same for most of his career.

@corgiw7281 10 ай бұрын

There are some heads on which hair is an insult.

@Mos41f 11 ай бұрын

Robert Duvall deserves a spot on this list.

@alanatolstad4824 10 ай бұрын

My first encounter with Robert Duvall was on an episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea...he had a creepy part in that one.

@jamesjohngarner 10 ай бұрын

You can see him young in "To Kill a Mockingbird" as Boo Radley.

@Mos41f 10 ай бұрын

@@jamesjohngarner He was 31 in that movie.

@MarceloAlves-xn6bu 11 ай бұрын

James Earl Jones stars debut in Stanley Kubricks Dr. Strangelove in 1964. His look Very Young.

@Ziggystardust4752 11 ай бұрын

We saw Patrick Stewart at the RSC as Puck in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in 1977. He was mesmerising.

@betsyduane3461 10 ай бұрын

James Earl Jones was in Dr. Strangelove in 1964, he had 27 credits before Star Wars.

@marcpeterson1092 10 ай бұрын

I also think of him as Thulsa Doom in Conan the Barbarian.

@betsyduane3461 10 ай бұрын

@@marcpeterson1092 He was 50 when that came out

@mountain_mermaid5 11 ай бұрын

You forgot to show Ian McKellen in Scarlet Pimpernel! One of my favorite movies. Also there would be no Frozone without Samuel L. Jackson. Iconic.

@Loveroffood41 11 ай бұрын

I know right. He was amazing in the scarlet Pimpernel.

@Roguefem76 10 ай бұрын

This! That was the first thing I'd ever seen him in, and he was great. He managed to give depth to a character who was very one-dimensional in the book.

@Treysor101 11 ай бұрын

I feel Ken Jong was a biiiiitt young for this list... Still fun to learn about him though.

@jamalvargas6146 11 ай бұрын

George Lopez Even When He Was Young He still looked old before the George Lopez show In 2002 also Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)

@Beth_Alice_Kaplan 11 ай бұрын

Oh how I wish I could see so many actors on stage! Especially Sir Ian in Macbeth or Amadeus…I have only had the good fortune to see Sir Patrick in his one-man staging of A Christmas Carol.

@dominaevillae28 11 ай бұрын

I saw him on stage in 1997-forget the play.

@missjoshemmett 11 ай бұрын

I was fortunate enough get season tickets to see Richard Harris in Camelot and Yul Brenner in The King and I. It was their last turn in those roles. They still had it!

@JulieS261 11 ай бұрын

You can found a lot of these actors when they were younger by searching for their earlier work online. A lot of them appeared on TV shows and films, as in the case of the English actors, in their native countries.

@ilyatermini1022 11 ай бұрын

You forgot christopher lloyd! 🤣 I saw Stewart when I was a young boy in a movie theater, playing ginevra s father in excalibur. In excalibur we can find also a very young liam neeson. Thanks for the video and sorry for my english!

@HeronCoyote1234 10 ай бұрын

Your English is perfect! No need to apologize.

@luisapasquale5333 11 ай бұрын

Maggie Smith my absolute favorite ❤

@ladymary22 11 ай бұрын

Again your 40s is not old You get more nuances when you age It makes you a better actor

@maggielandow2686 10 ай бұрын

Everyone of these are excellent. Thank you.

@hemily54 10 ай бұрын

I saw Morgan Freeman in the children's show "Electric Company". Maggie Smith was in "Evil Under the Sun"; and "Clash of the Titans". Ian McKellen was in "The Scarlet Pimpernel"!.

@tasialabuschagne1023 11 ай бұрын

Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall are legends

@cynthiaschultheis1660 11 ай бұрын

Love them all!!!! Seen McMullen live on stage, phenomenal!!🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥

@keyblademasterclark 11 ай бұрын

The first time I ever saw Maggie Smith in a movie was Hook. Imagine my surprise when, many years later, I saw her in the first Harry Potter movie and my told me she played Wendy in Hook. I was shocked!

@CortexNewsService 11 ай бұрын

I first saw her in Clash of the Titans, but never made the connection until years later for some reason.

@Loveroffood41 11 ай бұрын

The first time I saw Maggie Smith was on the secret garden.

@DoloresLehmann 11 ай бұрын

Similar. I also saw her first in Hook. But then as mother superior in "Sister Act" and by the time of Harry Potter, I already knew who she was. The only surprise was that I actually thought she was as old as in Hook (she was supposed to be about 98 or so), and then she seemed to get subsequently younger in her roles.

@DawnietotheMax 11 ай бұрын

Morgan Freeman was on PBS's Electric Company

@Azrael_the_Black 11 ай бұрын

First time I remember really noticing Morgan Freeman was as the top sergeant in "Glory" (1989). And one for Maggie Smith that comes to mind is the Mother Superior in "Sister Act" (1992). As for James Earl Jones, Thulsa Doom anyone?

@alanatolstad4824 10 ай бұрын

Creepy Thulsa Doom. You betcha!

@precious_muse 11 ай бұрын

My mother recently told me that she saw a young Alan Rickman while rewatching a popular television series from the eighties called Smiley’s People. It was a small part, but he was credited, and I bet that got him some notice.

@lesleyhawes6895 10 ай бұрын

Alan Rickman appeared in several British TV series and films before he decided that the USA needed to see what they were missing. He already had a considerable following in the UK.

@reginasuangco8563 11 ай бұрын

James Earl Jones is my favorite 👍🏻🙏🏻

@ladymary22 11 ай бұрын

Ken Jong is still young. Being in your 40s is young

@SolSoleil36 11 ай бұрын

Thats what I was thinking, breaking out in the businesses in your early/mid 30s isnt old. But i guess in Hollywood year's starting young is 25 and under🤷🏾‍♀️

@Steven-pn8kd 11 ай бұрын

@@SolSoleil36He just turned 53.

@snicksabea 10 ай бұрын

Thanks. I turned 40 this year. Your comment made me feel better.

@sandybruce9092 10 ай бұрын

@@Steven-pn8kdStill young in my book!!!

@RandomRoss 11 ай бұрын

Patrick Stewart got his first on-screen TV role in a 1967 episode of the long running British soap Coronation streets where he played a fireman and he's very recognizable in fact the only difference I can see on him is that he had a mustache.

@alanatolstad4824 10 ай бұрын

The original Dune!

@RandomRoss 10 ай бұрын

@@alanatolstad4824 and a 1985 forgotten gem Lifeforce

@blowbubbles72 10 ай бұрын

The first time I ever saw Dame Maggie Smith was in the original Clash of the Titans. I have loved her ever since.

@annseabolt6645 11 ай бұрын

I love, love, love Morgan Freeman. The Shawshank Redemption is one of my favorite movies. I’ll watch it anytime it’s on. One of my other all time favorites that he’s in is Driving Miss Daisy. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him in a movie that wasn’t good.

@PrinceTrexus 11 ай бұрын

I'm kind of surprised Ian McDiarmid didn't make this list. McDiarmid was most famous for his role as Emperor Palpatine in the "Star Wars" franchise. He was 37 when he first played palpatine, but they gave him makeup and prosthetics to make him look older. Since then he's been in other films like Sleepy Hollow, and has reprised his role as Palpatine so many times since then

@julianaylor4351 10 ай бұрын

He was in an episode of The Professionals as a man driven mad by grief, who shot several people, before he was in The Empire Strikes Back.

@caronstout354 10 ай бұрын

He played a priest in the movie "Dragonslayer", who gets roasted by the dragon Vermithrax.

@gregoryannicchiarico3570 11 ай бұрын

Let's not forget Samuel L. Jackson's role in Coming to America as the robber who attempts to hold up the McDonald's

@juliaschroeder7319 11 ай бұрын

James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams

@mdturnerinoz 10 ай бұрын

We saw James Earl Jones in the 90s at a performance of the then-San Jose Symphony; he narrated a short piece before the orchestra started. His voice is even more powerful in person! Love all the others too in this video. Not sure who I'd like to voice my life story:: Samuel L, James Earl, or Morgan Freeman, Ian, or Patrick. Probably Morgan Freeman would be my main choice though.

@christystewart4567 10 ай бұрын

Where was the symphony hall located? I think I attended one back in the early 80s.

@JaisinaGaspar 11 ай бұрын

I legit thought this video would actually show pictures/clips of these people in their younger days. Btw got to see Morgan Freeman in an 1985 Twilight Zone episode. He was still nearing 50 then, but that's the youngest I've seen him.

@Seilolo 10 ай бұрын

Great list of actors!

@catherinewilliams9680 11 ай бұрын

The first time I saw JK Simmons was in The Ref with Denis Leary and Kevin Spacey.

@mattbosley3531 10 ай бұрын

Ben Kingsley is another one. He didn't become well-known until Gandhi when he was almost 40. He'd mostly worked on stage before then.

@kimtalley4496 10 ай бұрын

When I think of Alan Rickman. I mostly think of either, His character in robin hood, prince of thieves or as the voice of absolute in alice in wonderland.

@ceciliarenteria7614 10 ай бұрын

Love this list, because of maturity and wisdom second or third acts are more nuanced and memorable 😊

@Pablorcct 11 ай бұрын

also Helen Mirren, Betty White, Richard Harris, Julie Walters, Judi Dench, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin...

@iri2be 11 ай бұрын

I first saw a young Helen Mirren in Excalibur which someone mentioned Sir Patrick Stewart was also in. You can see a young Angela Lansbury playing a saloon girl in the movie Harvey Girls with Judy Garland.

@mariehernandez5878 11 ай бұрын

For those of us who are older, Betty White has been around since the dawn of television. We knew her as a younger person, although always an older looking person to me.

@OcusticClear92 11 ай бұрын

Morgan Freeman had an uncredited part in Close Encounters of the Third Kind as the Air Traffic Controller who asks the pilot if he would like to report the siting of a UFO early in the film.

@hypercomms2001 11 ай бұрын

05:34... you left out James Earl Jone's first film...."Dr Strangelove"..

@trinaq 11 ай бұрын

All four of the Golden Girls might apply, though Betty and Bea were on "Maude" for a while.

@CAP198462 11 ай бұрын

Christopher Lloyd is another actor who I don’t remember young.

@PrinceTrexus 11 ай бұрын

One of the first things I saw Samuel L Jackson in besides Star Wars was a minor role as a burglar in "Coming to America" which I think was _before_ he got his big break

@vebnew 11 ай бұрын

EXCELLENT

@marywatkins9438 10 ай бұрын

Rest in power, Alan Rickman. I had a huge crush on him. I thought he had the sexiest voice ever.

@nommh 10 ай бұрын

I saw McKellen in a Macbeth production in 1978, perhaps it was that one. It was the first time I had seen good actors in a stellar production. McKellen and Judy Dench literally took my breath away as sat dumbstruck and hyperventilating. No film performance can ever beat the raw energy the whole cast, but especially McKellen and Dench radiated in that play.

@lakemp29 9 ай бұрын

One of my earliest memories of James Earl Jones was in Claudine with Dianne Carol (before she was on Dynasty) and Lawrence Hilton Jacobs.

@ChristChickAutistic 9 ай бұрын

I'm 57 and I've seen a lot of these folks young. I remember being a child and loving Easy Reader (Morgan Freeman) on the Electric Company. Saw Dame Maggie in California Suite and Clash of the Titans, and being a PBS junkie my whole life, I've seen Sir Pat and Sir Ian in several Shakespeare productions.

@stingrey1571 11 ай бұрын

i must be old. i saw some of these folks when they were young. the one that should be on the list is helen mirren. i recently saw of movie of her when she was young. HOT DAMN!!!!

@eminemsgirl 11 ай бұрын

Morgan freem and Samuel L Jackson are both fabulous actors

@Dopecheetah 11 ай бұрын

James Earl Jones didn’t talk until he was 16 years old yo! Think about that. And when he started talking, he sounded like fcking James Earl Jones. Also James Earl Jones was a very very handsome young. He still very handsome.

@dominaevillae28 11 ай бұрын

He talked, he just didn’t like to talk due to his stutter.

@susanma4899 10 ай бұрын

Well, you mentioned actors who were in their 30s...Harrison Ford was 35 the first time he played Han Solo. At that time, the media mentioned that he'd been in American Graffiti, but that was about it.

@julietfischer5056 10 ай бұрын

He had roles on assorted television series. I did _not_ recognize him on an episode of _Ironside_ until I saw the credits.

@sallyjune4109 10 ай бұрын

His first movie was Dead Heat on a Merry go Round. He played a waiter.

@BGK8345 11 ай бұрын

I’m not finished with the video but all I know is Morgan Freeman better be #1!!!!

@catherinewilliams9680 11 ай бұрын

You are right.

@whiwhimee 11 ай бұрын

They foreshadow their picks in the opening montage so there is really no quiz.

@alyzu4755 11 ай бұрын

I've been lucky enough to see many of if these folks on stage. One advantage to being old. 😊

@davidbarnes1113 11 ай бұрын

I do remember seeing a young Morgan Freeman on Sesame Street when I was 5 years old.

@jewel65 11 ай бұрын

He was on electric company, another pbs show

@4mySweetheart369 10 ай бұрын

Truly, Madly, Deeply was my introduction to the late, great Alan Rickman. If you haven't seen it and you're a fan, watch it. He's brilliant.

@sallyjune4109 10 ай бұрын

That movie broke my heart!

@scribe56 10 ай бұрын

I foresaw Viola Davis on an episode of Law & Order Criminal Intent. She went toe-to-toe with Vincent D'Onofrio. I wish they would do something together again. She was the villain but I still loved her. I have been so happy about her success because from the first minute I saw her act I was blown away. A few months later I saw her in episode Without a Trace. My mother and I used to talk about her all the time. She can play the most lovable character and she can scare the living stuff out of you.

@4mySweetheart369 10 ай бұрын

Maggie was in Clash of the Titans, loved that classic!

@julietfischer5056 10 ай бұрын

Aside from relative newcomer Harry Hamlin, and veteran American actor Burgess Meredith, the cast list was a season of _Masterpiece Theatre._

@4mySweetheart369 10 ай бұрын

@@julietfischer5056 Too true! An ensemble cast.

@JohnDrummondPhoto 10 ай бұрын

I remember Sir Patrick Stewart as the Pretorian Guard commander Sejanus in the 1970s miniseries "I, Claudius". Outside of Derek Jabobi as Claudius, Stewart stood out in a relatively minor role.

@mixueer 11 ай бұрын

OK, but where are the photos of them younger??? That's what I was expecting when I clicked this link. GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT MS. MOJO!! 😘😘😘

@normajeanmorrissey4459 9 ай бұрын

Great choices. My pick is number one, Morgan Freeman. Just love this man! He is a superb actor. I look forward to many more performances.

@burf90 9 ай бұрын

I would have added John Hurt. I first noticed him as Caligula in I, Claudius, but most people remember him first as the unfortunate Kane in Alien. Both made when he was in his mid-thirties. Later on, he was best remembered as the wand maker Ollivander in the Harry Potter films and The War Doctor, for Doctor Who fans. What an amazing actor and, like Alan Rickman, so tragic he's gone.

@nyneeveanya8861 9 ай бұрын

First movie I saw Patrick Stewart in was Excalibur. Also, Liam Neesom, Helen Miranda,and Nigel Terry. Stewart also played Gurney Hailick in the original Dune movie.

@elianavarro3793 10 ай бұрын

I feel in love at the beautiful ❤Viola Davis eyes at the emotional movie Antone Fisher!!

@wyheadintx 10 ай бұрын

Maggie Smith won 2 Oscars in the 70s; I first saw her in Olivier’s “Othello” in the 60s.. And saw J.E.Jones live in B’way “Othello” c.1981 with Christopher Plummer, whose voice & acting was even more amazing. I almost saw Olivier live onstage in 1967, but he was sick that night & though Derek Jacobi covered the role very well, I was crushed! Christopher Lee I met in the 70s at a golf tournament; he was in more films than anybody & was witty & charming in person. I just love actors with wonderful voices!

@iheartbridalcouture5989 10 ай бұрын

You left out “Chief Pope” in “The Closer” for JK Simmons

@mousiebrown1747 10 ай бұрын

I ID’d McKellan by his marvelous EYES! Dame Maggie is always unmistakable-eyes , voice, movements. Patrick Stewart- by his “presence.” And voice.

@iamabliss5455 10 ай бұрын

Samuel L. Jackson played Cowboy Curtis on the Pee Wee Herman show in the 1980's. It came on on Saturday mornings.

@vivianburrus8085 10 ай бұрын

No, that was Laurence Fishburn. He could have also made this list since most know him as Morpheus from the Matrix series. His most notable big budget early film role was in Apocolypse Now.

@valoriegibbons378 10 ай бұрын

I watch you tube at night in my room so I try to keep the sound low. This was very frustrating for while you spoke I kept it low, then could not hear the clips you added. Is there a way you could regulate the sound levels better?