Conan the Barbarian poster

Movie · 1982

Conan the Barbarian

“Thief. Warrior. Gladiator. King.”

Released 16 March 1982 130 min Adventure / Fantasy / Action More from 1982 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Luis Barboo
as Red Hair
54
Max von Sydow
as King Osric
52
James Earl Jones
as Thulsa Doom
51
Mako
as The Wizard / Narrator
48
William Smith
as Conan's Father
48
Sab Shimono
as Subotai (voice, uncredited)
44
Ben Davidson
as Rexor
41
Franco Columbu
as Pictish Scout
40
Erik Holmey
as Turanian War Officer
40
Sven-Ole Thorsen
as Thorgrim
37
Arnold Schwarzenegger
as Conan
34
Gerry Lopez
as Subotai
33
Sandahl Bergman
as Valeria
30
Donald Gibb
as Osric's Guard (uncredited)
27
Valérie Quennessen
as The Princess
24
Cassandra Gava
as The Witch
22
Isabel Luque
as Woman (uncredited)
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
32years between the oldest and youngest billed
54Luis Barboo — oldest on the call sheet
22Cassandra Gava — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast
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