Cadillac Records poster

Movie · 2008

Cadillac Records

Released 5 December 2008 More from 2008 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
as Mississippi DJ
54
Eamonn Walker
as Howlin' Wolf
46
Emmanuelle Chriqui
as Revetta Chess
32
Tammy Blanchard
as Isabelle Allen
31
Beyoncé
as Etta James
27
Columbus Short
as Little Walter
26
Derrick Simmons
as Dice Player (uncredited)
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
28years between the oldest and youngest billed
54Isiah Whitlock Jr. — oldest on the call sheet
26Columbus Short — youngest billed
36average age of the credited cast
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