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.
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itsamoviepage4. Ian Somerhalder
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itsamoviepage7. George Clooney
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8. Scarlett Johansson
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9. Marisa Tomei
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10. Miles Teller
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11. Tom Cruise
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12. Steve Carell
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13. Jennifer Connelly
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14. Jason Momoa
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15. Zoë Kravitz
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16. Jamie Foxx
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17. Ryan Gosling
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18. Meryl Streep
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19. Jared Leto
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20. Julianne Moore
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21. Jamie Dornan
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22. Amy Adams
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23. Colin Farrell
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24. Tobey Maguire
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25. Jennifer Lopez
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26. John Krasinski
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27. Sandra Bullock
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28. Keanu Reeves
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29. Rachel McAdams
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30. Robert Pattinson
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31. Kirsten Dunst
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32. Will Poulter
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33. Charlie Hunnam
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34. Andrew Garfield
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35. Robert De Niro
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36. Halle Berry
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37. Ryan Reynolds
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38. Tom Hardy
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39. Jake Gyllenhaal
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40. Henry Cavill
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41. Adam Driver
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42. Angelina Jolie
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43. Willem Dafoe
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44. Rachel Weisz
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45. Oscar Isaac
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46. Brad Pitt
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47. Keira Knightley
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48. Idris Elba
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49. Julia Roberts
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50. Benedict Cumberbatch
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51. Salma Hayek
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52. Sir Patrick Stewart
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53. Chiwetel Ejiofor
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54. Morgan Freeman
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55. Cobie Smulders
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56. Charlize Theron
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57. Bradley Cooper
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58. Chris Evans
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59. Cillian Murphy
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60. Elizabeth Olsen
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61. Mads Mikkelsen
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62. Jon Hamm
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63. Natalie Portman
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64. Anne Hathaway
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65. Matthew McConaughey
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66. Paul Rudd
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67. Paul Dano
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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!
