The Five Heartbeats poster

Movie · 1991

The Five Heartbeats

Released 29 March 1991 More from 1991 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way, however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Diahann Carroll
as Eleanor Potter
55
John Witherspoon
as Wild Rudy
49
Robert Townsend
as Duck
34
Kasi Lemmons
as Cookie
32
Leon
as J.T.
29
Troy Byer
as Baby Doll
26
Hawthorne James
as Big Red
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
29years between the oldest and youngest billed
55Diahann Carroll — oldest on the call sheet
26Troy Byer — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast
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