Hal Holbrook was 85 in Water for Elephants when he played the character 'Old Jacob'.
That was over 13 years ago in 2011.
In 2021 he died aged 95, starring in 111 films in his career, 9 of those after Water for Elephants was first released. If he were alive today he would be 99.
In Water for Elephants, I think Hal Holbrook looks: