60+ Actors Who Have Aged Like A Fine Wine
It’s an old idiom that doubles as a compliment - to age like a fine wine. Even if you’re not a wine connoisseur, the saying still makes sense to almost everyone.
And while there’s no real distinct definition of what makes a wine to be considered a “Fine wine,” there are steps that definitely lead to that outcome. A bottle of fine wine takes a lot of effort and time to get to be a very good wine.
Fine wines come from grapes that need to be cultivated in an environment in which they can thrive, then be harvested, and allowed to rest before undergoing the process of fermentation and bottling. And having a person who is skilled in the craft of winemaking makes it that much better.
But it’s more than just the process of turning grapes into wine or the presentation of the wine itself that can make one be considered “Fine.” There’s the thought that the quality and flavor of wine improve over time, therefore getting better with age.
So, to say someone “ages like a fine wine” is to say that they’re aging well. Whether it be an observation about how they look, like maybe having smooth skin, or it can be a deeper observation about how a person has grown in character.
An Instagram account dedicated to all things movies, itsamoviepage, has recently started a recurring thread showcasing actors in side-by-side photos when they were younger compared to their current age. Giving their 270k followers a physical example of the idiom “aging like a fine wine.”
Keep scrolling to see which actors made the cut!
1. Robert Downey Jr.
2. Christian Bale
3. Hugh Jackman
4. Ian Somerhalder
5. Jensen Ackles
6. Will Smith
7. George Clooney
8. Scarlett Johansson
9. Marisa Tomei
10. Miles Teller
11. Tom Cruise
12. Steve Carell
13. Jennifer Connelly
14. Jason Momoa
15. Zoë Kravitz
16. Jamie Foxx
17. Ryan Gosling
18. Meryl Streep
19. Jared Leto
20. Julianne Moore
21. Jamie Dornan
22. Amy Adams
23. Colin Farrell
24. Tobey Maguire
25. Jennifer Lopez
26. John Krasinski
27. Sandra Bullock
28. Keanu Reeves
29. Rachel McAdams
30. Robert Pattinson
31. Kirsten Dunst
32. Will Poulter
33. Charlie Hunnam
34. Andrew Garfield
35. Robert De Niro
36. Halle Berry
37. Ryan Reynolds
38. Tom Hardy
39. Jake Gyllenhaal
40. Henry Cavill
41. Adam Driver
42. Angelina Jolie
43. Willem Dafoe
44. Rachel Weisz
45. Oscar Isaac
46. Brad Pitt
47. Keira Knightley
48. Idris Elba
49. Julia Roberts
50. Benedict Cumberbatch
51. Salma Hayek
52. Sir Patrick Stewart
53. Chiwetel Ejiofor
54. Morgan Freeman
55. Cobie Smulders
56. Charlize Theron
57. Bradley Cooper
58. Chris Evans
59. Cillian Murphy
60. Elizabeth Olsen
61. Mads Mikkelsen
62. Jon Hamm
63. Natalie Portman
64. Anne Hathaway
65. Matthew McConaughey
66. Paul Rudd
67. Paul Dano
You can follow itsamoviepage to see more movie-related posts, and any future “Aging Like A Fine Wine” threads. They have taken to focusing on actors that star in specific movies, with a late sequel like Top Gun being especially fun as we not only see the actors age but their characters as well.
What other actor do you feel has gotten better as they aged? Let us know in the comments section below, and be sure to share this with your movie and celebrity-loving friends!
