Older Action Stars: Many Still Kicking!
Ages of your favorite Action Heroes!
Reported By: TheARNOLDFANS.com Staff
Tuesday, February 7, 2006

The Sun Times has a nice new article spotlighting Harrison Ford's ability to still kick ass on screen at age 63. The article called "Raiders of the lost Youth" features many of your favorite action heroes and their rising ages. When is too old to save the world? Perhaps age 80 since these old timers are proven fan favorites and box office gold!

The Sun Times:
Witness the star of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," who 25 years later -- yes, it really has been that long -- is still in the middle of the heat.

He can run, he can jump -- but he can also feel his aching bones at night.

"Yes, life changes. Your body changes," says AARP member Harrison Ford.

"It's not a real blow to me to me. I didn't just wake up one morning at 63 years old," he says, laughing.

He might be getting older, but he's not sitting down in his La-Z-Boy or taking pottery classes. Ford is running and gunning in "Firewall," which opens Friday. It's his first film after a three-year hiatus, and he hopes the film introduces him as a different kind of action star -- a regular guy and security expert who must rob a bank and push himself to the limit when his family is threatened.

SENIOR TOUR OF HEROES

How old are they now? Read it and weep.

SEAN CONNERY, 75
The eminence grise of action movies

CLINT EASTWOOD, 75
Go ahead, make some sarcastic comment

SLY STALLONE, 59
Would look younger without the bad dye job

TOMMY LEE JONES, 59
That is his happy face

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, 58
A grateful nation sends its thanks to the voters of the state of California

STEVEN SEAGAL, 54
Dude, the ponytail is so '80s

PIERCE BROSNAN, 52
Gained cred for fearlessly wearing that Speedo in "The Matador"

MEL GIBSON, 50
Check back after "Apocalypto"

JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME, 45
That's 315 in dog years

Ford also is planning to do another "Indiana Jones" installment. For years, the word has been that the script just hasn't been good enough to start filming.

Ford jokes, "We better hurry up or Sean Connery will be too old to play my father!"

"It's a safe bet to bring these characters back to the marketplace, even if the actor is a little older," he says. "Rocky and Terminator and Indiana Jones are brand names that resonate strongly with audiences.

"People have fallen in love with these characters. They're emblazoned into our minds."

Read the full article HERE!