1990s Movies Age Comparisons

Actor ages vs character ages in movies from 1990-1999.

# Actor Character Title Ages Conf Diff Source/Hints
#1 Edward Norton Narrator Fight Club (1999) 30 → 30 C5 0 Novel Chapter 6, p.51: The Narrator explicitly states 'I'm a thirty-year-old boy'
#2 Brad Pitt Tyler Durden Fight Club (1999) 35 → 30 C4 +5 Tyler is the Narrator's alter ego/split personality sharing the same body, therefore same age (Narrator is canonically 30)
#3 Helena Bonham Carter Marla Singer Fight Club (1999) 33 → - C1 No canonical age information found in novel or film; character's age is never stated
#4 Meat Loaf Robert Paulson Fight Club (1999) 52 → - C1 Described only as 'middle-aged' former bodybuilder; no specific age given in novel or film
#5 Jared Leto Angel Face Fight Club (1999) 27 → - C1 Described as young and beautiful; novel mentions he 'appeared much younger' but no specific age given
#6 Keanu Reeves Neo The Matrix (1999) 34 → 37 C4 -3 Matrix Wiki: Born March 11, 1962 (shown on criminal record in film). Film set in 1999.
#7 Laurence Fishburne Morpheus The Matrix (1999) 37 → - C1 Matrix Wiki: No birth date or age given. Only states he was 'freed from the Matrix at a young age'.
#8 Carrie-Anne Moss Trinity The Matrix (1999) 31 → 33 C3 -2 Matrix Wiki character infobox lists age as 33 for the original trilogy.
#9 Hugo Weaving Agent Smith The Matrix (1999) 38 → - C1 Agent Smith is an AI program created by the Machines, not a human. Has no biological age.
#10 Gloria Foster Oracle The Matrix (1999) 65 → - C1 The Oracle is a program, not a human. Appears as 'African American woman in her late 60s' but has no actual biological age.
#11 Leonardo DiCaprio Jack Dawson Titanic (1997) 23 → 20 C5 +3 James Cameron screenplay: 'both about 20' and 'very self-possessed and sure-footed for 20'
#12 Kate Winslet Rose DeWitt Bukater Titanic (1997) 22 → 17 C5 +5 James Cameron screenplay: '17 years old and beautiful, regal of bearing'
#13 Billy Zane Cal Hockley Titanic (1997) 31 → 30 C5 +1 James Cameron screenplay: 'the 30 year old heir to the elder Hockley's fortune'
#14 Kathy Bates Molly Brown Titanic (1997) 49 → 45 C5 +4 James Cameron screenplay: 'At 45, MOLLY BROWN is a tough talking straightshooter' • Historical: Margaret Brown born July 18, 1867, making her 44 in April 1912. Film uses age 45.
#15 Frances Fisher Ruth DeWitt Bukater Titanic (1997) 45 → 40-45 C2 +2 James Cameron screenplay: 'Ruth is a 40ish society empress' - approximate age only
#16 Tim Robbins Andy Dufresne The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 35 → 30 C4 +5 ScreenRant confirms: 'Red claims that convicted murderer Andy Dufresne is thirty when he first arrives at Shawshank'
#17 Morgan Freeman Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 57 → 37-42 C2 +18 Shawshank Wiki: Red arrived at Shawshank on June 1, 1927, born circa 1905-1910
#18 Bob Gunton Warden Norton The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 48 → - C1
#19 William Sadler Heywood The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 44 → - C1
#20 Clancy Brown Captain Byron T. Hadley The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 35 → - C1
#21 John Travolta Vincent Vega Pulp Fiction (1994) 40 → - C1 Original screenplay by Tarantino & Avary - no age specified for Vincent Vega
#22 Samuel L. Jackson Jules Winnfield Pulp Fiction (1994) 45 → - C1 Original screenplay by Tarantino & Avary - no age specified for Jules Winnfield
#23 Uma Thurman Mia Wallace Pulp Fiction (1994) 24 → - C1 Original screenplay describes her only as 'Marcellus' beautiful young wife' - no specific age • Fandom wiki claims 'mid-twenties' and birth 'around 1970' but provides no source citation
#24 Bruce Willis Butch Coolidge Pulp Fiction (1994) 39 → 26-27 C4 +12 Original screenplay: Introduced as 'a white, 26-year-old prizefighter' in scene 9 • Original screenplay: Later described as 'The 27-year old Butch Coolidge' in boxing scene after Gold Watch flashback
#25 Ving Rhames Marsellus Wallace Pulp Fiction (1994) 35 → - C1 Original screenplay by Tarantino & Avary - no age specified for Marsellus Wallace
#26 Macaulay Culkin Kevin Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 12 → 10 C5 +2 Kevin says in the film: 'I'm 10 years old; TV's my life.' • Wikipedia plot summary: 'Kate and Peter's 10-year-old son Kevin'
#27 Joe Pesci Harry Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 49 → - C1
#28 Daniel Stern Marv Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 35 → - C1
#29 Catherine O'Hara Kate Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 38 → - C1
#30 John Heard Peter Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 46 → - C1