Cast Age Comparison
| Actor | Character | Actor Age | Char Age | Conf | Diff | Source/Hints | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mark Wahlberg | Jim Bennett | 43 | - | C1 | No explicit age given. Character is a literature professor whose first book was published in 2007. | |
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John Goodman | Frank | 62 | - | C1 | No age specified. Character described as 'paternalistic loan shark'. | |
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Brie Larson | Amy Phillips | 25 | 18-22 | C2 | +5 | Described as 'college student by day, cocktail waitress in illegal gambling den by night' • Confirmed as college student in Jim Bennett's literature class |
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Michael Kenneth Williams | Neville Baraka | 48 | - | C1 | No age specified. Character is a loan shark. | |
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George Kennedy | Ed | 89 | 80-90 | C2 | +4 | Ed is Jim Bennett's dying grandfather. George Kennedy was 89 at filming. No explicit character age, but must be elderly as grandfather of a middle-aged protagonist. |
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