Celebs to IMDB: Stop Telling Our Ages!

By James Poniewozik | @poniewozik | June 18, 2010 | +

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We may have to make this a Hollywood-ageism theme day: Betty White may be living large, but for the rest of the showbiz industry, age ain’t nothing but an zealously protected number. Now the Writer’s Guild of America has started a campaign to enable showbiz folks to be able to zap their ages from IMDB; the Screen Actors’ Guild has reportedly made a similar request, citing the particular fallout for older non-star actors. Today IMDB, tomorrow Wikipedia!

Currently IMDB offers a trove of age and birthdate info. Fans of Glee, for instance, can read that Cory Monteith (Finn) is 28, making him akin to the Luke Perry of 2010. (Also—gasp—Canadian!)

I say we make a deal: ditch the ages and replace them with detailed information of cosmetic-surgery procedures.

(Via TIME’s News Feed and The Wrap)

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chriskw

I just went through the entire Glee cast IMDB about a week ago. Being 22, watching Glee can sometimes be a strange experience.

The characters are all five or six years younger than me but some of the actors who portray them are six years older than me! As least Cory Monteith does a pretty good job of pulling off being a teenager. But the actor who plays Puck looks like he is his twenties.

I was also pretty surprised to learn that Zach Gilford from FNL is 28 years old. Without IMDB I would have never guess that. With that said, it’s kind of ridiculous that the guilds are trying to change this. If people are interested in finding out someone’s age, they are going to continue to look for it through other websites…like Wikipedia!!!.
Bemused

Forget Glee–there’s a guy on the new 90210, playing a junior in high school, who’s 31!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1769806/
nickelking

And there’s some perfect examples of why this is needed. IMDB is the source of most other sources such as wikipedia.

Plus it confuses some viewers too, I’ve seen people insist that the age of a character must be the same as the actress that was playing her in lost.
brandonhaggerty

Forget IMDB. Get everyone to use http://www.wikicredits.com.