Roles by Age
| Production | Character | Actor Age | Char Age | Conf | Diff | Source/Hints | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025) | Ben Grimm / The Thing | 48 | 35-45 | C2 | +8 | No official age stated. Reed's college roommate and best friend, implying same age range as Reed. • Fan discussion: Ben is canonically the same age as Reed in the comics. |
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The Bear S1 (2022) | Richard 'Richie' Jerimovich | 45 | 44 | C3 | +1 | The Bear Wiki |
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The Bear S2 (2023) | Richard 'Richie' Jerimovich | 46 | 45 | C5 | +1 | S2E7: Richie explicitly states 'I'm 45' on screen |
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The Bear S3 (2024) | Richard 'Richie' Jerimovich | 47 | 45 | C5 | +2 | S2E7 canonical age 45; S3 set ~same year or less than 1 year later |
Actor Age
Actor’s real age when the production was filmed or released
Char Age
The character’s age as stated or implied in the story
Diff
Difference between actor age and character age (green = close, red = far apart)
Source/Hints
Where the character age was found or how it was inferred
Confidence Scale
C5
Canonical — age explicitly stated in the production
C4
Canonical — derived from dates or events in the story
C3
Strong secondary source (script, novelization, creator interview)
C2
Inferred range — estimated from context clues
C1
Unknown — no reliable age information found