How old was Sam Elliott in the movie We Were Soldiers?

Sam Elliott was 56 in We Were Soldiers when he played the character 'Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley'.

That was over 22 years ago in 2002.

Today he is 79, and has starred in 77 movies in total, 33 of those since We Were Soldiers was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In We Were Soldiers, I think Sam Elliott looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Randall Wallace has worked with Sam Elliott just once in his career.
  • Sam Elliott's first movie was as 'Card Player #2' in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, released in 1969 when he was 23
  • We Were Soldiers scores 7.12 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of We Were Soldiers

Sam Elliott's other movies