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Post by moviemouth on Sept 14, 2021 1:03:14 GMT
Ian Mckellen
He was a well-known stage actor in the UK I think and he starred in random movies here and there for the first half of his career, but he is now more or less a household name due to X-Men and Lord of the Rings. His most famous movies roles before 2000 are Richard III and Gods and Monsters.
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Post by jcush on Sept 14, 2021 1:05:28 GMT
Morgan Freeman?
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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 14, 2021 1:07:19 GMT
George Burns. Not that he wasn't famous before, but he basically became a huge actor when he appeared in The Sunshine Boys at 79 and won the Oscar.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 14, 2021 1:07:19 GMT
Yeah, I'd say he probably qualifies.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 14, 2021 1:10:02 GMT
I just remembered what actor made me think of asking. Christian Bale. He was a child actor and he was in movies throughout the 1990s, but I don't think he became a household name until Batman Begins.
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Post by jcush on Sept 14, 2021 1:17:44 GMT
I just remembered what actor made me think of asking. Christian Bale. He was a child actor and he was in movies throughout the 1990s, but I don't think he became a household name until Batman Begins. Interesting, I never really thought about that.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 14, 2021 1:18:16 GMT
I don't know his star in Europe, but over here, Christoph Waltz.
If we're counting the Baler, Jackie Earle Haley was a semi-child/teen star, but his career really took off in his 40s.
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Sept 14, 2021 1:18:44 GMT
Leslie Nielsen.
Nielsen was known more for drama and even though he starred in movies like The Forbidden Planet, he wasn't exactly a big star.
After Airplane, he reinvented himself as a big comedy star, which led to The Naked Gun films and many others.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 14, 2021 1:23:45 GMT
I don't know his star in Europe, but over here, Christoph Waltz. If we're counting the Baler, Jackie Earle Haley was a semi-child/teen star, but his career really took off in his 40s. I watched this Kevin Spacey movie called Ordinary Decent Criminal from 1999 and Christoph Waltz popped up in it as a character that is relevant to the plot. Colin Farrell also has a role in it.
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Post by phantomparticle on Sept 14, 2021 1:26:20 GMT
John Houseman wore several hats in his early career, including Broadway producer and head of the drama division at Julliard.
Except for a minor role in Too Much Johnson (1938) , Houseman made his film debut in the uncredited role of Vice-Admiral Barnswell in Seven Days In May (1964) at the age of 62. The Paper Chase (1973) and Rollerball (1975) forever cemented his icy demeanor.
Not sure about the details, or truth, of the story, but after winning the Best Actor Oscar for The Paper Chase one of his students quipped: What's the difference? That's what you are like every day.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 14, 2021 1:29:10 GMT
I don't know his star in Europe, but over here, Christoph Waltz. If we're counting the Baler, Jackie Earle Haley was a semi-child/teen star, but his career really took off in his 40s. Haley also took a break from acting for 13 years. I was watching Dollman (he plays the villain in the movie) and I was curious what other movies he was in and noticed his most recent movie before Little Children was in 1993.
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Post by ᵗʰᵉᵃᵘˣᵖʰᵒᵘ on Sept 14, 2021 5:47:36 GMT
Creed from “The Office”
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Sept 14, 2021 13:25:52 GMT
Rodney Dangerfield first came to mainstream attention with Caddyshack at the age of 59. He became a leading man at the age of 62 with Easy Money.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 14, 2021 14:26:16 GMT
Mark Rylance? He seemed to really take off after Wolf Hall and then Spielberg's Bridge of Spies. He was 55 at the time.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Sept 14, 2021 14:31:29 GMT
This might be stretching a bit, but I'd even say George Clooney. He was 33 in the first season of E.R. which is what broke him out. He'd been in the biz before, of course, but not until E.R. did he begin to blow up.
But some of you guys have already hit on my other choices- Ian McKellan, Mark Rylance, Christoph Waltz...
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Post by Isapop on Sept 14, 2021 15:22:09 GMT
Judi Dench was in her 60s before becoming famous.
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Post by wmcclain on Sept 14, 2021 15:49:23 GMT
Not famous, but Richard Farnsworth got his first starring roles when a senior citizen.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 14, 2021 17:10:08 GMT
This might be stretching a bit, but I'd even say George Clooney. He was 33 in the first season of E.R. which is what broke him out. He'd been in the biz before, of course, but not until E.R. did he begin to blow up. But some of you guys have already hit on my other choices- Ian McKellan, Mark Rylance, Christoph Waltz... I wouldn't have thought to mention him, but you are right. He was in the business for 14 years before E.R.
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Post by Lux on Sept 14, 2021 17:38:35 GMT
I just remembered what actor made me think of asking. Christian Bale. He was a child actor and he was in movies throughout the 1990s, but I don't think he became a household name until Batman Begins. Interesting, I never really thought about that. Because Moviemouth is talking rubbish? Maybe that's why you've never thought of it? Bale was 31 when he took on the role of Batman and he was in Equilibrium and Reign of Fire years prior. 31 isn't old. |
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 14, 2021 21:01:29 GMT
Clifton Webb was 55 and hadn't appeared in a feature film for 20 years when he made LAURA in 1944 -- the first of his three Oscar-nominated performances (the other two being THE RAZOR'S EDGE and SITTING PRETTY)..
From then on he was a sought-after leading man, shown to great effect in CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN, STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER, TITANIC, WOMAN'S WORLD, THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS, and THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN -- as well as the 'Mr. Belvedere' film series.
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