Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom poster

Movie · 2013

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Released 28 November 2013 More from 2013 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Jamie Bartlett
as James Gregory
47
Idris Elba
as Nelson Mandela
41
Robert Hobbs
as Chief Warder
41
Presley Chweneyagae
as Militant Prisoner
29
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
18years between the oldest and youngest billed
47Jamie Bartlett — oldest on the call sheet
29Presley Chweneyagae — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast
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