Ford

Some actors are older than you think they are when they first get famous. Like George Clooney was in his late 30's when he hit it big on "ER". And I'd swear Pitt was about 30 when he got well known.

Smoking seems to play a big part in their aging. Mel Gibson smokes like a chimney and you could see he really aged between like "Braveheart" and "The Patriot". Pitt's a smoker too, and his eyes looked really bad in "Babel" and now he looks like his face swelled up in "Ocean's 13".

vicki2

While both Pitt and Clooney are in their 40s, I don't think that puts them in the 'older actor' category just yet.

I didn't know Pitt and Clooney both smoked. Makes me like then even more!

QuietLunatic

Someone mentioned Dick van Dyke in another thread, and it reminded me how much I have always enjoyed his work and that he has always seemed such a nice man, and isn't he aging well? He turned 81 last December and is looking pretty good for an older unit.

Lyndsey

You just reminded me of something. Pierce Brosnan used to play a bit of a pretty-boy ninny in Remington Steele. Somehow, later in life he gets the tough but suave James Bond who's anything but silly.