25 Oldest Actors Cast As High School Students

Some of the best acting comes with the maturity and experience to nail an emotional role. Maybe this is why so many TV shows turn to older actors for the roles of high school students. But in some cases, these actors could be parents to high school students! One of the biggest mysteries on the CW’s Riverdale doesn’t have to do with the Serpents, Ghoulies, or Black Hoods -- it has to do with the ages of the cast. They ALL pretty much look way too old to be in high school, including Cole Spource, who was past the age of 24 when cast in the role. But the focus here is on Ashleigh Murray, who was cast as high school crooner Josie at the age of 29. After the release of American Pie in 1999, we dealt with a whole decade of high school based raunchy comedies and these movies needed actors to fill the roles of these horned up students! Sometimes the pool was just too small and casting agents reached out to older actors. Case in point: the movie “Fired Up!” where a couple of football players decide to attend cheerleading camp. Find out what older actor nabbed a part and see if you can guess their age!

From Riverdale to Scream -- and even Harry Potter, see some actors who have aged incredibly well and could pull the part off while others neared their forties and stuck out like a sore thumb while exploring their high school memories on both television and in movies!

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[ScreenRant]

Did any of these actors fool you into thinking they were actually high school age?

[shadoweclipsegaming]

Chris Evans played captain America which is like 145 years old

[Fusion-junt]

Whenever there's a reboot of Spiderman

Uncle Ben: Ah Sh*t, Here we go Again..

[elsavargas]

Anyone from beverly hills 90210 mighty morphin power rangers and clueless

[YodaSmokes]

Jackson from Hannah Montana was like 37 at the end of the show.

[ilikelampshades]

Always struggled to watch american TV and this is one of the reasons. Nothing quite like watching a 30 year old pretend to be a school boy

[lunatickgeo]

Sissy Spacek was 24-25 when she played 15-year old Holly in Badlands and she was 27-28 when she played a 17-year old in Carrie

[Slice]

Toby McGuire looks between 17 and 25 I can see him as a highschooler or in college or starting off as a young man

[silvialogan]

I also thought that John Travolta, Michael J Fox, and Olivia Newton John looked way too old to play highschoolers.

[Payton]

Can’t stand the host always sounding like his was halfway through a sentence at the end of every segment!

[vbucci]

I think Toby gets a pass since we didn't have the rules back then for super hero films like we do now.

[quiettimegaming]

Rachel True was 30 years old when they filmed The Craft

[valeriemalone]

Luke Perry in Bh90210 he NEVER looked like a teenager in that show

[kozmikoblivion]

Andrew looked younger than Tobey as Spider-Man?!

[cornlips]

I think this video would of been a lot better if the guy from pitch meeting was in it...








and he was pitching a movie to himself.

[TCBStudios]

The Blob (1958). Steve McQueen plays a high school student, but looks older than the guy who plays his dad.

[maryrose]

This is why I was so confused when I saw what people in highschool really looked like. I grew up thinking they looked like they do in high school movies/TV shows lol.

[mr.person]

I don't think Emo Peter Parker is a high school student in SM 3.

[Harveyymirr]

You forgot about joe keery from stranger things. He’s 27 years old.

[Evieteresa]

WHAT?! No mention of Sissy Spacek in the movie Carrie? She was a 25 year old playing a 17 year old. Or what about Joyce Hyser in Just One of the Guys? She was 27 playing an 18 year old.