How old was Charlie Chaplin in the movie The Great Dictator?
Charlie Chaplin was 50 in The Great Dictator when he played the character 'Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber'.
That was over 84 years ago in 1940.
In 1977 he died aged 88, starring in 181 films in his career, 81 of those after The Great Dictator was first released. If he were alive today he would be 135.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In The Great Dictator, I think Charlie Chaplin looks:
Did you know?
- Charlie Chaplin also directed The Great Dictator. In fact, they've 'directed' themselves in 87 movies so far.
- Charlie Chaplin's first movie was as 'Edgar English, a Swindler' in Making a Living, released in 1914 when he was 23
- The Great Dictator scores 8.35 out of 10 on TMDB.
