How good are you at spotting someone's true age? There's been a few times I've caught myself wondering how old that actor really is on TV, when they're playing someone my age and look ten years older. Do I really look that good? Then again, I've seen the opposite and thought, "damn, I am an old decrepit fart." In any case, I'll pull up IMDb and usually find myself in shock of how young/old the actor on-screen really is.

The whole actor-to-character age ratio thing got me curious, so I did a little research (with the help of some of the TV Squad team) and made a list of some of the more extreme and well-known (or, maybe to some, not-so-well-known) examples. By the way, we didn't include actors who played flashback scenes of their characters for short periods of time, as there are more of those than we have room for.

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(S01E07) Unfortunately for me, I didn't start watching Buffy until the latter part of season two. So obviously when I went back to watch season one on DVD for the first time, this episode didn't deliver the shock it should have. I'd really like to hear from day-one fans and what their reaction was to finding out Angel was a vampire. Did earlier clues give it away? Did you assume it all along?