Nowhere Boy poster

Movie · 2009

Nowhere Boy

Released 25 December 2009 More from 2009 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Julia at the funeral. Despite Mimi's misgivings, John intends to have a real relationship with his mother. Julia introduces him to popular music and the banjo and, though a family conflict looms, young John is inspired to form his own band.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
David Threlfall
as George Toogood Smith
56
David Morrissey
as Bobby Dykins
45
Paul Ritter
as Pobjoy, headmaster
43
Anne-Marie Duff
as Julia Lennon
39
Ophelia Lovibond
as Maria Kennedy
23
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
as Paul McCartney
19
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
37years between the oldest and youngest billed
56David Threlfall — oldest on the call sheet
19Thomas Brodie-Sangster — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast
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