How old was Joe Turkel in the movie Blade Runner?

Joe Turkel was 53 in Blade Runner when he played the character 'Dr. Eldon Tyrell'.

That was over 42 years ago in 1982.

In 2022 he died aged 95, starring in 62 films in his career, 4 of those after Blade Runner was first released. If he were alive today he would be 96.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

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Did you know?

  • Director Ridley Scott has worked with Joe Turkel just once in his career.
  • Joe Turkel's first movie was as 'Shimmy Stockton' in City Across the River, released in 1949 when he was 20
  • Blade Runner scores 7.93 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Blade Runner

Joe Turkel's other movies