The Matrix
Film

The Matrix (1999)

ActionScience Fiction

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

Cast Age Comparison

Actor Character Actor Age Char Age Conf Diff Source/Hints
Keanu Reeves Keanu Reeves Neo 34 37 C4 -3 Matrix Wiki: Born March 11, 1962 (shown on criminal record in film). Film set in 1999.
Laurence Fishburne Laurence Fishburne Morpheus 37 - C1 Matrix Wiki: No birth date or age given. Only states he was 'freed from the Matrix at a young age'.
Carrie-Anne Moss Carrie-Anne Moss Trinity 31 33 C3 -2 Matrix Wiki character infobox lists age as 33 for the original trilogy.
Hugo Weaving Hugo Weaving Agent Smith 38 - C1 Agent Smith is an AI program created by the Machines, not a human. Has no biological age.
Gloria Foster Gloria Foster Oracle 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.
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