When Michelle Yeoh won her Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once, she told the girls watching at home to never tell them when they were past their prime. She’s not old enough to be on this list, but her words of wisdom apply to everyone who follows.
Some of those actors have had good luck in their careers and then continued to have good luck as they get older. Some of those actors didn’t find much good luck until much later in life. All of them have reached the peak of action beyond the point. where many others prevent them from running because they have continued to push and do revolutionary work. Here’s a look at the wonderful actors who discovered the good fortune of the Oscar later in life. . .
Anthony Hopkins didn’t get his first Oscar nomination until he was 50 years old, but once he received his first recognition, the accolades didn’t stop. His paintings were constantly identified until the age of 80, when he was nominated several years in a row for The Two. Popes and The Father in which he gave very different performances.
Nighy mostly acted in theater productions for the early portion of his career, but he turned to films later in life and found incredible success with Love Actually. That led to key roles in a variety of huge franchises like Pirates Of The Caribbean and Harry Potter, and eventually in his mid-70s, it led to Living, which netted the popular actor his first Oscar nomination.
Bruce Dern has worked since the 1960s on a wide variety of engaging projects in many other genres. He earned his first Oscar nomination in 1979 for his paintings in Coming Home and received another wonderful nomination at age 77, more than three decades later for his Paintings in Nebraska, Alexander Payne’s fantastic black-and-white road movie.
Charlotte Rampling made a great career as a model and actress attracted by unusual and audacious projects, but it was her work much later in life that earned her immense recognition. Her performance in Swimming Pool was praised by critics and voters alike. however, it was forty-five years of 2015 that finally made its way into the Oscars and earned him a well-deserved first nomination at the age of 69.
There are many other people who have had more luck at the Oscars than Clint Eastwood. During his lifetime he earned more than ten nominations, although only two of them in the acting category. He was given one in 1993 for Unforgiven and another in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. In both cases, he was also a director and obviously knew how to bring out the best in himself as an actor.
A movie based on a play about a mid-’70s couple doesn’t seem like a likely box office winner, but On Golden Pond won seven weekends in a row at the box office in 1981. He also landed his first roles beyond Oscar nominations, adding one for Henry Fonda at age 76. This is his second nomination as an actor, more than four decades after the release of The Grapes of Wrath in 1940.
Jessica Tandy has enjoyed a lot of luck in her career in various mediums, but it’s her high-level paintings that have won the highest recognition. At least that was the case until she was 80, when she earned two Oscar nominations for Driving Miss Daisy and Fried Green Tomatoes. He won for the former and the latter capped off a fantastic six-year streak that also earned him praise for his paintings in Cocoon.
Jonathan Pryce was ten years younger than Anthony Hopkins when they were both nominated for their work on The Two Popes. It’s his first Academy popularity, but it’s far from his first popularity overall, as he earned Emmy and Tony nominations in the past. .
Judi Dench didn’t get her first Oscar nomination until she was sixty, but that’s basically because she was too busy crushing the British theater scene. He earned an astonishing 8 nominations after turning 62, adding one at age 78 for Philomena and 87. In between all this, she also found time to appear in eight James Bond films, which led to a new generation of fans.
Between 1934 and 1969, Katharine Hepburn was nominated for an astonishing eleven Best Actress Oscars. It’s arguably the greatest run in movie history, and yet, she wasn’t finished. At the age of 74, thirteen years after what everyone assumed was going to be her last nomination, she walked the red carpet one more time as a Best Actress nominee for On Golden Pond in 1982. The win made it that much sweeter.
There are many other people on this list who have been more successful in their careers than Laurence Olivier. The beloved comedian has won Emmy and Oscar awards and is now the namesake of the London edition of the Tonys. At the age of 71, he earned his last Oscar nomination. for The Boys of Brazil, but continued to perform for another full decade.
Peter O’Toole was nominated for Academy Awards for acting in the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, and 2000s. The last of those recognitions came when he was 74 years old, and lost his 8 nominations for best actor, and won an honorary Oscar from the Academy, which identified him for his work framework, adding the fantastic performances he made. vanquished in life.
Most of the nominations on this list came as a surprise. Playing Nelson Mandela seemed like the kind of thing that could earn him an Oscar nomination for Invictus, and that’s precisely what happened when the movie came along. And at age 72, he was temporarily nominated. It’s his fifth-place finish overall.
Christopher Plummer’s entire career has been accompanied by critical acclaim and nominations, racking up 3 Oscar nominations, all after the age of 75. None was more surprising than the one he was given at the age of 88 for All the Money in the World. The role was originally filmed with Kevin Spacey, but after allegations of misconduct surfaced, the producers picked up everything with Plummer in just 8 days.
From Taxi to Dear John to The Goldberg, Judd Hirsch appeared on many popular TV shows and painted consistently from the mid-’70s onward. Along the way, he starred in a bunch of smart movies, but his paintings were first in Ordinary People in 1980 and then The Fabelmans in 2022, which won Oscar voters.
Robert Duvall has been nominated for seven Academy Awards, but six of them won between 1973 and 1999. His last Array, by far, was the biggest surprise, as he got it for The Judge when he was 84 years old. It’s proof that the popular actor was still capable of achieving greatness, and also a sign of how much enthusiasts and critics were hooked on his paintings at other stages of his life.
During his incredible career that spanned seven decades, Max Von Sydow played everyone from Jesus Christ to the Three-Eyed Raven on Game Of Thrones. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1987 for his work in Pelle The Conqueror, but he wound up getting recognized one more time at the age of 82 for his incredible work in Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close.
George Burns had a career as a radio star and later became one of the first big names in television, but he began to lose momentum as an actor and went into production until he signed with The Sunshine Boys in 1975. The film in 36 ans. et earned him an Oscar at the age of 80, while also paving the way for the defining act of his career.
After a successful career, Jack Palance became a major movie star in the early 1950s, attracting tons of enthusiasts and several Oscar nominations. He then moved to Europe and directed a number of popular films, but his career began to falter in the 1980s. He was then hired to present a revival of Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, and the popularity of that exhibition earned him many roles, including City Slickers, which proved so popular that it earned him an Oscar at age 73.
Alan Arkin worked constantly for sixty years because what director wouldn’t want to hire him? He was seemingly always in very highly seen projects, often in key supporting roles. Little Miss Sunshine and Argo are, of course, the two most notable examples, as both netted him Oscar nominations in his seventies and the former landed him his only win.
There are many, if any, larger families in Hollywood history than the Barrymores. They were firmly established when Pinky came out in 1949 and earned Ethel Barrymore another Oscar nomination. For much of his career, he focused on the stage, but then turned more frequently to Hollywood and earned four nominations when he was in his 60s and 60s. What a career.
Ruth Gordon had a lot of success earlier in her career as a screenwriter. She picked up three nominations for her writing between 1947 and 1952. Later in her career, she found new life as an actress, picking up multiple Oscar nominations, the last at 72 for Rosemary’s Baby, and starring in cult classics like Harold And Maude.
With fantastic reviews and strong word-of-mouth, Minari made a lot of noise at awards season. It eventually earned six Oscar nominations, but it was Youn Yuh-jung who received the most enthusiastic enthusiasts. The 73-year-old actress ended up winning in the funniest moment of the entire ceremony, becoming the first Korean actress to win an Oscar trophy.
You probably won’t find many other people on this comprehensive list more effective than Helen Hayes. She is an EGOT winner with at least one additional nomination in each of those four awards shows. She won her last Oscar at the age of 70 for her paintings in Airport, where she stood out alongside many other film legends, including Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset and many more. .
Primarily a high-level actress, she didn’t appear in her first film until she was sixty. In the mid-’80s, he found the best role opposite Bruce Dern in Nebraska. The audience fell in love with her performance and landed a wonderful nomination for wellness. This opened the door to a lot of laugh-out-loud portions in everything from Pixar videos to Shameless.
I’m not sure there’s a single quote from Titanic referenced more often than Gloria Stuart’s “It’s been 84 years.” For her, it took 87 years to find a performance that resonated with that many people, but it was so good and connected with so many people that she picked up an Oscar nomination. Well deserved too. One of the most famous movies ever just wouldn’t have the same emotional punch without her.
Peggy Ashcroft has made less than twenty film appearances in a generally loyal theatrical career, but despite this limited production, she has been nominated for 4 BAFTA Awards and won an Oscar at the age of 77 for her supporting role in A Passage. He then went into television, where he earned Emmy nominations well into his 80s.
Holbrook had plenty of luck in his career with wins at the Tonys and Emmys, but it wasn’t until later in his life that he was finally highlighted at the Oscars for his work in Into The Wild. His nomination at age 82 is a clever reminder that the best way to be acclaimed is not to look for possible roles in the Oscars, but to always do good creative work and wait for the right work to resonate.
Cocoon features a ton of fantastic performances from older actors, but it was veteran funnyman Don Ameche’s supporting role that voters most gravitated toward. He picked up a surprise win at 77 for his work as the revitalized Arthur Selwyn. It was a fantastic outcome, especially after the studio fired an early-in-his-career Robert Zemeckis from the director’s chair during pre-production.
If you want to have prolonged success in Hollywood, you need to find a way to reinvent yourself and start playing different kinds of roles. Melvyn Douglas had a great run early as a leading man, who acted opposite some of the industry’s top leading ladies, but it was later in his career, when he started playing more mature characters that he found Oscar success with three separate nominations, including one for Being There when he was 79.
Probably best known for his work alongside Orson Welles, John Houseman worked regularly as a director and especially producer, but he also found time to be an actor. Late in his career, he picked up an Oscar at 71 for The Paper Chase in a role fans loved so much he later played it on TV too.
You never know what your defining role as an actor will be until it happens. Edmund Gwenn has carved out a very successful career in film and screen, but his greatest fortune came at the age of seventy. His role as Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street is still being seen decades later, and it also opened the door to some very good final works of his career, adding an Oscar nomination in Mister 880.
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