Quarter-Century Character Breaks
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Val Kilmer as Iceman and Tom Cruise as Maverick in Top Gun. Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge in Mission Impossible. Are there other examples of actors who have gone 25+ years between playing the same character?
Best answer: Twin Peaks: The Return was a 25 year reprisal of many roles from the original series.
posted by kapers at 12:35 PM on May 23, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by kapers at 12:35 PM on May 23, 2022 [7 favorites]
Best answer: Paul Newman in The Hustler (1959) and The Color of Money (1986)
posted by miles per flower at 12:35 PM on May 23, 2022 [9 favorites]
posted by miles per flower at 12:35 PM on May 23, 2022 [9 favorites]
Best answer: Harrison Ford in the Blade Runner films - 35 yrs
posted by pipeski at 12:50 PM on May 23, 2022 [6 favorites]
posted by pipeski at 12:50 PM on May 23, 2022 [6 favorites]
Best answer: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in the Bill & Ted movies: 1989, 1991, 2020.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 12:56 PM on May 23, 2022 [8 favorites]
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 12:56 PM on May 23, 2022 [8 favorites]
Best answer: A lot of the adult characters in Cobra Kai.
posted by box at 1:01 PM on May 23, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by box at 1:01 PM on May 23, 2022 [4 favorites]
Not quite 25 years, but it was a 19-year stretch from Tobey Maguire's first Spider-Man (2002) to the latest one (2021).
posted by BlahLaLa at 1:03 PM on May 23, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by BlahLaLa at 1:03 PM on May 23, 2022 [5 favorites]
Best answer: Ghostbusters (1984) / Ghostbusters II (1989) ... Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) brought back most of the principal cast as cameos.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 1:04 PM on May 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 1:04 PM on May 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames in the Mission: Impossible films. First one came out in 1996 and filming has started on Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two due out in 2024, 28 years later. The trailer for Part One also came out today, with the film due to be release next year.
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 1:04 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 1:04 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
(OP is looking for 25+ year gaps between roles as the same character.)
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 1:06 PM on May 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 1:06 PM on May 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
The Kids in the Hall, maybe? I haven't seen the newest series yet, but they started in 1990-ish I think.
posted by niicholas at 1:06 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by niicholas at 1:06 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Only 24 years between them and the characters have different names if we’re being picky, but Gene Hackman’s role in Enemy of the State (1998) is more or less an older version of his role in The Conversation (1974).
posted by rd45 at 1:09 PM on May 23, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by rd45 at 1:09 PM on May 23, 2022 [3 favorites]
Best answer: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in the Bill & Ted movies: 1989, 1991, 2020.
and also reprising their supporting roles: Amy Stoch as Missy; William Sadler as Death
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 1:19 PM on May 23, 2022 [5 favorites]
and also reprising their supporting roles: Amy Stoch as Missy; William Sadler as Death
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 1:19 PM on May 23, 2022 [5 favorites]
This is Spinal Tap (1984) and the sequel coming in 2024.
posted by emelenjr at 1:25 PM on May 23, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by emelenjr at 1:25 PM on May 23, 2022 [7 favorites]
Response by poster: Great answer so far - thanks!
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 1:38 PM on May 23, 2022
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 1:38 PM on May 23, 2022
Rambo movies.
Schwarzenegger has to be pretty close in the Terminator movies.
posted by The_Vegetables at 2:02 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Schwarzenegger has to be pretty close in the Terminator movies.
posted by The_Vegetables at 2:02 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
I watched 21 Jump Street the other day because it happened to be on and was totally non-plussed when Johnny Depp and some other guy suddenly appeared for one scene, had a huge emotional heart to heart and then dropped out of the plot again. Turned out they’d been in the previous version about 25 years before and this was a guest-star throwback to that, that assumed the audience knew that. So, them, I guess.
posted by penguin pie at 2:12 PM on May 23, 2022
posted by penguin pie at 2:12 PM on May 23, 2022
Best answer: Much of the cast of the 1988 film Coming to America reprised their roles in the 2021 sequel.
posted by credulous at 2:20 PM on May 23, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by credulous at 2:20 PM on May 23, 2022 [4 favorites]
Best answer: Lots of actors have played Bernard Quatermass, but Andrew Keir played him in the film version of "Quatermass and the Pit" in 1967, and not again until the radio series "The Quatermass Memoirs" in 1996.
There are probably several examples of this in "Doctor Who" and its spinoffs - e.g. Katy Manning played Jo Grant from 1971-1973, then moved to Australia, so she didn't play the character again until 2010; Ysanne Churchman played (the voice of) Alpha Centauri in three stories in 1972, 1974 and 2017.
posted by offog at 2:23 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
There are probably several examples of this in "Doctor Who" and its spinoffs - e.g. Katy Manning played Jo Grant from 1971-1973, then moved to Australia, so she didn't play the character again until 2010; Ysanne Churchman played (the voice of) Alpha Centauri in three stories in 1972, 1974 and 2017.
posted by offog at 2:23 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
I was thinking (most) of the cast of Sex & the City and And Just Like That, but it was only 17 years between.
Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard in TNG (ended 1994) and Picard (2020).
Punky Brewster is apparently getting a reboot using the same actress in the role of a grown up Punky. (Soleil Moon Frye)
I don't know who all was in Fuller House, but probably a couple there!
posted by euphoria066 at 2:27 PM on May 23, 2022
Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard in TNG (ended 1994) and Picard (2020).
Punky Brewster is apparently getting a reboot using the same actress in the role of a grown up Punky. (Soleil Moon Frye)
I don't know who all was in Fuller House, but probably a couple there!
posted by euphoria066 at 2:27 PM on May 23, 2022
Best answer: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Kieran Culkin, George Newbern, and Martin Short in Father of the Bride (1991) and the Netflix short Father of the Bride 3(ish) in 2020.
posted by JoeZydeco at 2:32 PM on May 23, 2022
posted by JoeZydeco at 2:32 PM on May 23, 2022
Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV (1985) and Creed (2015)
posted by mcstayinskool at 2:53 PM on May 23, 2022
posted by mcstayinskool at 2:53 PM on May 23, 2022
I don't know who all was in Fuller House, but probably a couple there!
Oh, what the hell. Full House ran until May 23, 1995, and Fuller House was released on February 26, 2016.
Unfortunately for our purposes, there are only 21 years between those dates.
(If you wanted to fudge the 25 number a bit, all of the Full House principals except Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, plus some more minor characters (let's see, Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, Scott Weinger, Marla Sokoloff, Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, and Gail Edwards went on to at least guest star on Fuller House.)
So, was there anyone who was on Full House, but left before 1991 or so, and then went on to appear in Fuller House?
To my surprise, there was. Kirk Cameron made a one-off cameo as Cousin Steve in 1988, and he made a one-off appearance in 2019 as... himself. Not the first time you've disappointed me, Cousin Steve/Kirk Cameron.
Anybody else? To my greater surprise, yes again. John Aprea played Nick Katsopolis from 1988-1991, then played Grandpa Nick Katsopolis in 2017. Outside of his work on Full House, he's best known for his appearance in The Godfather: Part II.
(Disclaimer: I might've missed someone. Both shows had a lot of one-off appearances.)
posted by box at 3:05 PM on May 23, 2022
Oh, what the hell. Full House ran until May 23, 1995, and Fuller House was released on February 26, 2016.
Unfortunately for our purposes, there are only 21 years between those dates.
(If you wanted to fudge the 25 number a bit, all of the Full House principals except Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, plus some more minor characters (let's see, Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, Scott Weinger, Marla Sokoloff, Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, and Gail Edwards went on to at least guest star on Fuller House.)
So, was there anyone who was on Full House, but left before 1991 or so, and then went on to appear in Fuller House?
To my surprise, there was. Kirk Cameron made a one-off cameo as Cousin Steve in 1988, and he made a one-off appearance in 2019 as... himself. Not the first time you've disappointed me, Cousin Steve/Kirk Cameron.
Anybody else? To my greater surprise, yes again. John Aprea played Nick Katsopolis from 1988-1991, then played Grandpa Nick Katsopolis in 2017. Outside of his work on Full House, he's best known for his appearance in The Godfather: Part II.
(Disclaimer: I might've missed someone. Both shows had a lot of one-off appearances.)
posted by box at 3:05 PM on May 23, 2022
Best answer: It was 30 years between The Odd Couple 1 and 2 (1968-1998). Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau came back in the title roles.
posted by Horselover Fat at 3:51 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Horselover Fat at 3:51 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Bit of a cheat but the Up series of documentary films has original participants involved over a 56 year period.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 3:55 PM on May 23, 2022
posted by inflatablekiwi at 3:55 PM on May 23, 2022
Mary Louise Parker and David Morse are currently reprising the roles they played in Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive 25 years ago.
posted by less-of-course at 4:46 PM on May 23, 2022
posted by less-of-course at 4:46 PM on May 23, 2022
21 years between the first X-Men movie and SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, in both of which Patrick Stewart plays Charles Xavier.
posted by praemunire at 4:51 PM on May 23, 2022
Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, in both of which Patrick Stewart plays Charles Xavier.
posted by praemunire at 4:51 PM on May 23, 2022
Also 21 years between David Carradine’s appearances as Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu and Kung Fu: the Legend Continues.
posted by praemunire at 4:54 PM on May 23, 2022
posted by praemunire at 4:54 PM on May 23, 2022
Response by poster: Again, I'm only interested in examples of 25+ year gaps between the same actor playing the same character. Thanks!
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 5:22 PM on May 23, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 5:22 PM on May 23, 2022 [3 favorites]
Best answer: Bruce Boxleiter and Jeff Bridges both played the same characters in Tron (1982) and Tron: Legacy (2010), 28 years later.
posted by Johnny Assay at 5:38 PM on May 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Johnny Assay at 5:38 PM on May 23, 2022 [2 favorites]
Full 25: Peter Davison’s first appearance as the Fourth Doctor in 1982, final appearance (in a charity special) in 2007.
posted by praemunire at 5:40 PM on May 23, 2022
posted by praemunire at 5:40 PM on May 23, 2022
(Shoot, no, my math is terrible, I suck.)
posted by praemunire at 5:47 PM on May 23, 2022
posted by praemunire at 5:47 PM on May 23, 2022
Borderline, but the voice actors for Chip and Dale in the Rescue Rangers TV show briefly reprised their roles in the new film as the high-pitched versions of the title characters.
posted by subocoyne at 5:57 PM on May 23, 2022
posted by subocoyne at 5:57 PM on May 23, 2022
Best answer: Are TV shows allowed? Bunch of 25 year plus gaps between appearances in Eastenders
posted by inflatablekiwi at 6:47 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by inflatablekiwi at 6:47 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Best answer: “ Coronation Street actor Philip Lowrie has broken the world record for the longest gap between TV appearances in the same show.
Lowrie, who first appeared as Dennis Tanner in the soap's debut in 1960 and stayed until 1968, re-joined the cast in May this year after 43 years.”
posted by inflatablekiwi at 6:52 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Lowrie, who first appeared as Dennis Tanner in the soap's debut in 1960 and stayed until 1968, re-joined the cast in May this year after 43 years.”
posted by inflatablekiwi at 6:52 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Depends on how you want to count years and characters. Also, note there are spoilers ahead.
James Garner starred as Bret Maverick in "Maverick", from 1957 to 1962. As with a lot of TV shows (at the time), Garner also played the role of Bret's father Beau "Pappy" Maverick in a handful of episodes by slapping on some old-age make-up, a white wig and some additional facial hair.
Bret, the character, often shared wisdom passed on by his Pappy, so even when Pappy wasn't on screen, he was a character that was often mentioned and became familiar to the viewers.
There were a couple of attempts to revive Maverick as TV movies in the very late 1970s and and a new series hit the air in 1981. All had Garner playing the Bret Maverick role. So none of those gaps are quarter century ones, although they were definitely long.
The Mel Gibson "Maverick" movie came out in 1994, with Mel playing Bret. Garner played a character who went by the name of Marshal Zane Cooper--at least for most of film. Right at the very end, it was revealed that the identity of the Marshal was a con, and that Garner was actually Pappy Maverick, who was helping Bret along in his scheme. It turns out Pappy was frustrated with Bret as he accused his son of constantly and continually misquoting the advice he shared. So Pappy is a 25-year-gap character.
I'm not sure if he is named in the Gibson movie, but the actor Leo Gordon who played Big Mike McComb, a reoccurring character on the original show, was one of gamblers in the Gibson movie.
Since we're talking Maverick, I should also mention the other star of the show Jack Kelly. Again, he doesn't quite qualify for the quarter-century club, but he should get an honourable mention, plus he leads into a discussion about some other actors who do qualify.
Kelly played Bart Maverick, Bret's brother. Some episodes featured both Bret and Bart, but for the most part, it was one or the other as the lead character (until they got replaced with other Maverick family members as the series declined in quality).
Kelly did one episode of the Maverick revival in 1982 as Bart. The following year, Bart also made an appearance on "The Fall Guy." (Phooey, I forgot about this episode until just now, and I think it may break that 25-year gap for some of the actors, but I'm going to continue on anyway as I work on the math). The description for that episode is as follows: "While filming a special with Roy Rogers and several other famous cowboy TV stars, Colt gets in over his head with a gang of diamond thieves and his old heroes ride to the rescue."
So yes, Roy Rogers is in the episode playing his "Roy Rogers" character (as was "Trigger"). Also in the episode were James Drury and Doug McClure (as the namesake Virginian and Trampas from "The Virginian" which ran from 1962-1971).
The movie I was trying to jump to (before "The Fall Guy" got in the way) was the 1991 TV movie: "The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw" (which was the third, I think, TV movie based on the Kenny Rogers song, The Gambler.) IMDB has this to way about the plot: "Brady Hawkes returns for another gambling adventure with the help of a madame named Burgundy Jones and a few famous TV western characters."
Jack Kelly is in this as Bart Maverick, as is David Carradine (mentioned earlier) as Kwai-Chang Caine and James Drury and Doug McClure and their characters from "The Virginian". The other "named" cowboys (as in same character from an earlier show) were Chuck Connors playing "The Rifleman" (1958-1963), Brian Keith playing "The Westerner" (1960), Pat Buttram who played a character called Deputy Pat Buttram on "The Gene Autry Show" (1950-1955), Johnny Crawford who played Mark McCain on "The Rifleman" (1958-1963), Gene Barry as "Bat Masterson" (1958-1961)
Other TV stars playing homages to past characters including Paul Brinegar, Rawhide's cook Wishbone (1959-1965) playing "Cookie" and Patrick Macnee playing a character referred to as "Sir Colin" who I guess is supposed to be some Old West take on his Avengers character (or something). TV Western stars Claude Akins ("Laredo") and Lina Evans ("The Big Valley") also had roles but were playing different characters.
Apologies if I missed actors or characters or scrambled some names or roles. I've only seen episodes from about half (give or take) of these shows. As you can see, however, there are definitely actors who had 25-year gaps between their original hits and reviving their characters, although I can't say (definitely) they didn't play them on other occasions in between as well.
posted by sardonyx at 7:49 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
James Garner starred as Bret Maverick in "Maverick", from 1957 to 1962. As with a lot of TV shows (at the time), Garner also played the role of Bret's father Beau "Pappy" Maverick in a handful of episodes by slapping on some old-age make-up, a white wig and some additional facial hair.
Bret, the character, often shared wisdom passed on by his Pappy, so even when Pappy wasn't on screen, he was a character that was often mentioned and became familiar to the viewers.
There were a couple of attempts to revive Maverick as TV movies in the very late 1970s and and a new series hit the air in 1981. All had Garner playing the Bret Maverick role. So none of those gaps are quarter century ones, although they were definitely long.
The Mel Gibson "Maverick" movie came out in 1994, with Mel playing Bret. Garner played a character who went by the name of Marshal Zane Cooper--at least for most of film. Right at the very end, it was revealed that the identity of the Marshal was a con, and that Garner was actually Pappy Maverick, who was helping Bret along in his scheme. It turns out Pappy was frustrated with Bret as he accused his son of constantly and continually misquoting the advice he shared. So Pappy is a 25-year-gap character.
I'm not sure if he is named in the Gibson movie, but the actor Leo Gordon who played Big Mike McComb, a reoccurring character on the original show, was one of gamblers in the Gibson movie.
Since we're talking Maverick, I should also mention the other star of the show Jack Kelly. Again, he doesn't quite qualify for the quarter-century club, but he should get an honourable mention, plus he leads into a discussion about some other actors who do qualify.
Kelly played Bart Maverick, Bret's brother. Some episodes featured both Bret and Bart, but for the most part, it was one or the other as the lead character (until they got replaced with other Maverick family members as the series declined in quality).
Kelly did one episode of the Maverick revival in 1982 as Bart. The following year, Bart also made an appearance on "The Fall Guy." (Phooey, I forgot about this episode until just now, and I think it may break that 25-year gap for some of the actors, but I'm going to continue on anyway as I work on the math). The description for that episode is as follows: "While filming a special with Roy Rogers and several other famous cowboy TV stars, Colt gets in over his head with a gang of diamond thieves and his old heroes ride to the rescue."
So yes, Roy Rogers is in the episode playing his "Roy Rogers" character (as was "Trigger"). Also in the episode were James Drury and Doug McClure (as the namesake Virginian and Trampas from "The Virginian" which ran from 1962-1971).
The movie I was trying to jump to (before "The Fall Guy" got in the way) was the 1991 TV movie: "The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw" (which was the third, I think, TV movie based on the Kenny Rogers song, The Gambler.) IMDB has this to way about the plot: "Brady Hawkes returns for another gambling adventure with the help of a madame named Burgundy Jones and a few famous TV western characters."
Jack Kelly is in this as Bart Maverick, as is David Carradine (mentioned earlier) as Kwai-Chang Caine and James Drury and Doug McClure and their characters from "The Virginian". The other "named" cowboys (as in same character from an earlier show) were Chuck Connors playing "The Rifleman" (1958-1963), Brian Keith playing "The Westerner" (1960), Pat Buttram who played a character called Deputy Pat Buttram on "The Gene Autry Show" (1950-1955), Johnny Crawford who played Mark McCain on "The Rifleman" (1958-1963), Gene Barry as "Bat Masterson" (1958-1961)
Other TV stars playing homages to past characters including Paul Brinegar, Rawhide's cook Wishbone (1959-1965) playing "Cookie" and Patrick Macnee playing a character referred to as "Sir Colin" who I guess is supposed to be some Old West take on his Avengers character (or something). TV Western stars Claude Akins ("Laredo") and Lina Evans ("The Big Valley") also had roles but were playing different characters.
Apologies if I missed actors or characters or scrambled some names or roles. I've only seen episodes from about half (give or take) of these shows. As you can see, however, there are definitely actors who had 25-year gaps between their original hits and reviving their characters, although I can't say (definitely) they didn't play them on other occasions in between as well.
posted by sardonyx at 7:49 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
The characters who played Zach, AC Slater, Kelly, Jessie and Max on Saved by the Bell.
The first series ran 1989-92, followed by Saved by the Bell: the College Years (1993-94) and a TV movie "Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas" (1994).
The newest series, where they played the same characters, ran 2020-21.
posted by Umami Dearest at 8:42 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
The first series ran 1989-92, followed by Saved by the Bell: the College Years (1993-94) and a TV movie "Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas" (1994).
The newest series, where they played the same characters, ran 2020-21.
posted by Umami Dearest at 8:42 PM on May 23, 2022 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Karen Allen reprises her role of Marion Ravenwood from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
posted by Pryde at 9:26 PM on May 23, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by Pryde at 9:26 PM on May 23, 2022 [4 favorites]
Best answer: Burt Ward as Dick Grayson(/Robin), first in "Batman" (1966-68), finally in a "Supergirl" cameo (the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover) in 2019. His voice hadn't changed one bit!
(He's had other appearances as DG/R, usually voice-acting, in between.)
posted by humbug at 8:15 AM on May 24, 2022 [1 favorite]
(He's had other appearances as DG/R, usually voice-acting, in between.)
posted by humbug at 8:15 AM on May 24, 2022 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV (1985) and Creed (2015)
That doesn't work because of Rocky V (1990) and Rocky Balboa (2006) in between, but Dolph Lundgren is a perfect example. Drago in Rocky IV (1985) then 33 years later in Creed II (2018).
posted by Pryde at 8:43 AM on May 24, 2022
That doesn't work because of Rocky V (1990) and Rocky Balboa (2006) in between, but Dolph Lundgren is a perfect example. Drago in Rocky IV (1985) then 33 years later in Creed II (2018).
posted by Pryde at 8:43 AM on May 24, 2022
Harrison Ford as Han Solo in Return of the Jedi (1983), and The Force Awakens (2015).
Still waiting for Buckaroo Banzai against the World Crime League.
posted by zompist at 9:06 PM on May 24, 2022 [1 favorite]
Still waiting for Buckaroo Banzai against the World Crime League.
posted by zompist at 9:06 PM on May 24, 2022 [1 favorite]
Late to the party, but I enjoyed this question and just remembered a big one:
The longest-running movie series in the world is Yoji Yamada's Tora-San series, which released one or two films a year from 1969 until 1997 starring the same actor and a varied supporting cast.
In 2019, 23 years after the lead actor passed away, they released the 50th installment Tora-San, Welcome Back! featuring several of the actors who had appeared in earlier installments.
Jun Miho played "Akemi" in the 2019 film. According to IMDB, her previous appearance was 32 years earlier in 1987.
Masayasu Kitayama played "Sampei" in 2019 and 25 years earlier in 1994.
Multiple other actors also played the same characters as their final appearance in 1997 but that's "only" a 22 year gap.
posted by Gortuk at 7:40 AM on May 25, 2022
The longest-running movie series in the world is Yoji Yamada's Tora-San series, which released one or two films a year from 1969 until 1997 starring the same actor and a varied supporting cast.
In 2019, 23 years after the lead actor passed away, they released the 50th installment Tora-San, Welcome Back! featuring several of the actors who had appeared in earlier installments.
Jun Miho played "Akemi" in the 2019 film. According to IMDB, her previous appearance was 32 years earlier in 1987.
Masayasu Kitayama played "Sampei" in 2019 and 25 years earlier in 1994.
Multiple other actors also played the same characters as their final appearance in 1997 but that's "only" a 22 year gap.
posted by Gortuk at 7:40 AM on May 25, 2022
Warwick Davis played Willow Ufgood in 1988's theatrical Willow and is reprising that role for the upcoming Disney+ series—a gap of 34 years.
posted by xenization at 3:05 PM on May 26, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by xenization at 3:05 PM on May 26, 2022 [3 favorites]
Some mining of TVTropes found a few more of these:
Momoko Kochi played Emiko Yamane in "Godzilla" (1954) and "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah" (1995).
David Ross voiced "Red Dwarf"'s Talkie Toaster in 1991 and 2017.
John Hurt played Quentin Crisp in "The Naked Civil Servant" (1975) and "An Englishman In New York" (2009).
Mae Questel voiced Betty Boop from 1931-1939, then again in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988).
And then there's "The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw" (1991), in which many of the actors are reprising their characters from early 60s Westerns...
posted by offog at 7:27 PM on June 18, 2022
Momoko Kochi played Emiko Yamane in "Godzilla" (1954) and "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah" (1995).
David Ross voiced "Red Dwarf"'s Talkie Toaster in 1991 and 2017.
John Hurt played Quentin Crisp in "The Naked Civil Servant" (1975) and "An Englishman In New York" (2009).
Mae Questel voiced Betty Boop from 1931-1939, then again in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988).
And then there's "The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw" (1991), in which many of the actors are reprising their characters from early 60s Westerns...
posted by offog at 7:27 PM on June 18, 2022
Edward Furlong played John Connor in Terminator 2 (1991) and reprised the role (for a very brief appearance, if memory serves) in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019).
posted by mhum at 9:32 AM on July 17, 2022
posted by mhum at 9:32 AM on July 17, 2022
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