Super Seniors?
The emotionally fraught teenage years are an ideal time of life for TV shows to explore, dramatically speaking.
But all too often, showrunners will sneak in a slightly more polished twentysomething to play an awkward high-schooler.
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Here are 19 TV stars who played high school students much after their own teenage years.
And they say there are no good roles for older actors.
Ross Butler in13 Reasons Why
Ross Butler joined13 Reasons Whyas high school Zach Dempsey.
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Undercoveralum was 26 years old when the Netflix show first made its way online.
Henry Winkler inHappy Days
Henry Winkler was 29 when he first started playing the Fonz in 1974.
Got a problem with that?
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More likeTwentysomething Wolf, am I right?!
Keiko Agena inGilmore Girls
Keiko Agena was 27 whenGilmore Girlspremiered in 2000.
And all this time we thought Rory was the precocious one!
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