Jason Alexander (George Costanza) was under 40 for the entire run of Seinfeld. He was 29 when the show premiered.

He had the kavorka.

There's an episode in the first season where George briefly turns his life around, starts dressing better, gains confidence. He drops all the Seinfeld affectations and exaggerated vocal cadences, and speaks in a lower, more sophisticated, almost s*** voice. INSTANT transformation. George looks like a prematurely aging loser because George IS a prematurely aging loser, but it's all context: the minute Jason Alexander starts carrying himself like he's large and in charge, instead of like Larry David, even without changing his hair or his build he feels like a totally different person. It's a weird mix of where "acting" meets "class."

>chubby Stocky*

It was the 90s. Having a well paying job that sounded good had a lot more influence back then. No social media, right? So knowing a guy who works at the Yankees was a lot bigger.

He lives with his parents for a very brief time

I wasn't short and stocky, but when I lived with my parents in the basement during a divorce at 33, I did better with the ladies than any other point in my life. Many women like a project.

...and then proceed to screw up and lose such women over and over again. The one who finally said yes to him he'd end up killing due to cheapness over envelopes.

No, he wasn't in that

You need to push someone too for emphasis

"I am AWARE!"

I'm remembering him telling a story in an interview where he had bad acne when he was in high school, but it started to clear up right in his early 20s and his college years, but when his skin became clear he immediately started balding. In true George fashion...

As a guy who's been shaving his hair off since he was 22, it can also have the opposite effect since no one ever sees grey hair.

And then ironically shaving it all off makes you younger as gets proven on r/bald every day.

Yeah I'm 30 and I look exactly like George but with more gray hairs. I think Hollywood has just fried people's brains into thinking that people always look a lot younger than they should

I'm 48. My hair is 95% silver and I still look younger than Gandolfini did at that time.

Wilford Brimley was 49 when he played a retiree in Cocoon.

Fun fact, Robert Iler (AJ) is now 3 years older than Gandolfini was in the pilot

I'm 42 and I'd look like a little kid next to 37 year old Gandolfini.

Heath Ledger was only 28 when filming the Dark Knight. I don’t know why, but that age always surprises me.

All due reshpect, you have no idea what it's like being James Gandolfini.

Holy shit. I'm 37 now and just started watching The Sopranos for the first time this year. Never in a million years would I have guessed that Tony and I are the same age.

Michael Imperioli (Christophah) was only 3 years younger than Gandolfini. 

But the fascinating thing is he basically looks the same today. Some people just grow into their old person face real early.

Union rep on the docks in bed with the Greeks ages a man...

Jesus

He looks older for sure but he also had a like 22 year old son and was in the job of at least a 50 year old so imo even if it’s not stated the character had to be older than the actor.

I’m 35, and I would have guessed he was 50. 45 at minimum.

What about Frank Sobotka, I’m not hearing his name anywhere in here?

As a 37 year old who looks younger, this makes me feel so old.

This is outrageous.

Man I cannot believe that - and yeah the numbers don't quite add up, wiki says he was a high school senior in 84, wire season 2 aired 2003 so filmed maybe the year before? He would have been late 30s. Still thought he was older.

And the actor who played Stan Valchek was 23. Those Poles don't age gracefully...

Yeah when I got that info it messed me up lol.

“It could be acting with acting, that could be the title too. Having said that, I think this is a terrific title.”

He acts without acting

Believe it or not, George isn't at home. Please leave a message at the beep. I must be out, or I'd pick up the phone. Where could I be?  Believe it or not, I'm not home.... 

He got beautiful hands as well

He absolutely killed it in that McDonald’s commercial as well. 

Eh, he's no Marisa Tomei

[Yeah he does.](https://youtu.be/a2VWcxTP0Aw?si=sbdUFTbVr_rHshUi)

He was great as Pepe the chef in La Cocina.

I still feel that way watching older shows, even though I’m now older than many of the cast members now. 

He's not fat, he's powerful

Hey now Elaine looked great the whole run

Yeah that’s a hard 29

JLD was 28 in the first season (youngest of the bunch). I think everyone in the late 80s and early 90s just looked older.

It's like the black lady therapist in ted lasso.She also played damson idriss's mother in F1.She's still in her 30's

This is exactly why I think toupees should be just as accepted as wigs for women

Boomers and Gen X just aged terribly. Everyone smoked snd drank.

To be fair, he had old-age hair and makeup on for the 1985 scenes. What he looks like in the 1955 scenes is closer to what he actually looked like at the time.

Eh, can't really agree on George specifically. There's an episode in season 3 where they reshot a few scenes years later, to replace George's dad's original actor with Jerry Stiller. In the re-shot scenes, George looks waaaaay different.

Jerry noticably aged.

Look at her! She’s got paint on her overalls! 

Or Patrick Stewart’s actual age during TNG.

there was a guy at my old gym, who I didn't see for 10 years (say 2005 to 2015). He looked *literally younger* in 2015 because he'd gotten serious about it. 10k three times a week versus, whatever a couple of gentle bike rides. Like, he didn't look like he'd 'aged well over ten years' - he *literally looked younger*.

BECAUSE NEIL WATKINS FROM ACCOUNTING IS T-BONE!

There's no G-Bone

All the Cheers cast ages definitely shocked me. Cliff was 35 at the start? And Norm in his 30s too? And Coach, only 58. I didn't realize the actor was so young. Such a tragedy, he was hilarious and seemed to be well liked in real life too.