The year in ages
1984
The movies of 1984, and how old the leads really were when they hit cinemas.
32average lead age in 1984
12Noah Hathaway in The NeverEnding Story
58Harry Dean Stanton in Paris, Texas
36titles of 1984 on record
37lead The Terminator
Arnold Schwarzenegger was 37
41lead Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Harrison Ford was 41
33lead Ghostbusters
Bill Murray was 33
20lead Gremlins
Zach Galligan was 20
40lead Once Upon a Time in America
Robert De Niro was 40
20lead A Nightmare on Elm Street
Heather Langenkamp was 20
44lead Amadeus
F. Murray Abraham was 44
22lead The Karate Kid
Ralph Macchio was 22
23lead Beverly Hills Cop
Eddie Murphy was 23
12lead The NeverEnding Story
Noah Hathaway was 12
29lead Warriors of the Wind
Sumi Shimamoto was 29
25lead Dune
Kyle MacLachlan was 25
25lead Police Academy
Steve Guttenberg was 25
58lead Paris, Texas
Harry Dean Stanton was 58
Sixteen Candles
25lead Footloose
Kevin Bacon was 25
39lead Romancing the Stone
Michael Douglas was 39
36lead Conan the Destroyer
Arnold Schwarzenegger was 36
44lead Nineteen Eighty-Four
John Hurt was 44
36lead This Is Spinal Tap
Christopher Guest was 36
53lead Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
William Shatner was 53
19lead Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Judie Aronson was 19
27lead Splash
Tom Hanks was 27
24lead Top Secret!
Val Kilmer was 24
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
Children of the Corn
52lead 2010
Roy Scheider was 52
35lead Starman
Jeff Bridges was 35
30lead Body Double
Craig Wasson was 30
31lead Red Dawn
Patrick Swayze was 31
44lead The Killing Fields
Sam Waterston was 44
30lead Revenge of the Nerds
Robert Carradine was 30
30lead Firestarter
David Keith was 30
The Last Starfighter
27lead Bachelor Party
Tom Hanks was 27
20lead Supergirl
Helen Slater was 20