How old was John Candy in the movie Cool Runnings?
John Candy was 41 in Cool Runnings when he played the character 'Irv'.
That was over 31 years ago in 1993.
In 1994 he died aged just 43, starring in 63 films in his career, 10 of those after Cool Runnings was first released. If he were alive today he would be 73.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Cool Runnings, I think John Candy looks:
Did you know?
- Director Jon Turteltaub has worked with John Candy just once in his career.
- John Candy's first movie was as 'Paule' in Class of '44, released in 1973 when he was 21
- Cool Runnings scores 6.99 out of 10 on TMDB.
