60+ Actors Who Have Aged Like A Fine Wine

I'd like to take a big swig of some of them

Kylin

• Published in Film & TV
• June 17, 2022

It’s an old idiom that doubles as a compliment - to age like a fine wine. Even if you’re not a wine connoisseur, the saying still makes sense to almost everyone.

And while there’s no real distinct definition of what makes a wine to be considered a “Fine wine,” there are steps that definitely lead to that outcome. A bottle of fine wine takes a lot of effort and time to get to be a very good wine.

Fine wines come from grapes that need to be cultivated in an environment in which they can thrive, then be harvested, and allowed to rest before undergoing the process of fermentation and bottling. And having a person who is skilled in the craft of winemaking makes it that much better.

But it’s more than just the process of turning grapes into wine or the presentation of the wine itself that can make one be considered “Fine.” There’s the thought that the quality and flavor of wine improve over time, therefore getting better with age.

So, to say someone “ages like a fine wine” is to say that they’re aging well. Whether it be an observation about how they look, like maybe having smooth skin, or it can be a deeper observation about how a person has grown in character.

An Instagram account dedicated to all things movies, itsamoviepage, has recently started a recurring thread showcasing actors in side-by-side photos when they were younger compared to their current age. Giving their 270k followers a physical example of the idiom “aging like a fine wine.”

Keep scrolling to see which actors made the cut!

1. Robert Downey Jr.

2. Christian Bale

3. Hugh Jackman

4. Ian Somerhalder

5. Jensen Ackles

6. Will Smith

7. George Clooney

8. Scarlett Johansson

9. Marisa Tomei

10. Miles Teller

11. Tom Cruise

12. Steve Carell

13. Jennifer Connelly

14. Jason Momoa

15. Zoë Kravitz

16. Jamie Foxx

17. Ryan Gosling

18. Meryl Streep

19. Jared Leto

20. Julianne Moore

21. Jamie Dornan

22. Amy Adams

23. Colin Farrell

24. Tobey Maguire

25. Jennifer Lopez

26. John Krasinski

27. Sandra Bullock

28. Keanu Reeves

29. Rachel McAdams

30. Robert Pattinson

31. Kirsten Dunst

32. Will Poulter

33. Charlie Hunnam

34. Andrew Garfield

35. Robert De Niro

36. Halle Berry

37. Ryan Reynolds

38. Tom Hardy

39. Jake Gyllenhaal

40. Henry Cavill

41. Adam Driver

42. Angelina Jolie

43. Willem Dafoe

44. Rachel Weisz

45. Oscar Isaac

46. Brad Pitt

47. Keira Knightley

48. Idris Elba

49. Julia Roberts

50. Benedict Cumberbatch

51. Salma Hayek

52. Sir Patrick Stewart

53. Chiwetel Ejiofor

54. Morgan Freeman

55. Cobie Smulders

56. Charlize Theron

57. Bradley Cooper

58. Chris Evans

59. Cillian Murphy

60. Elizabeth Olsen

61. Mads Mikkelsen

62. Jon Hamm

63. Natalie Portman

64. Anne Hathaway

65. Matthew McConaughey

66. Paul Rudd

67. Paul Dano

You can follow itsamoviepage to see more movie-related posts, and any future “Aging Like A Fine Wine” threads. They have taken to focusing on actors that star in specific movies, with a late sequel like Top Gun being especially fun as we not only see the actors age but their characters as well.

What other actor do you feel has gotten better as they aged? Let us know in the comments section below, and be sure to share this with your movie and celebrity-loving friends!

Kylin