One of the greatsest stars of all time, born Christmas, 1899, Bogart was consigned to secondary roles in the 1930s. His breakthrough came in 1941 with The Maltese Falcon, but it was Casablanca in 1943 that made him a household name.
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Top 10 Actors who were over 40 when they became household names
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Samuel L. Jackson
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Jackson turned 40 in 1988, and became a household name in the 1990s.
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Morgan Freeman
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Morgan Freeman came to the world's attention in 1989's Driving Miss Daisy, when he was 52.
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Steve Carell
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Steve Carell had supporting roles until he was 43, when The Office brought him name recognition and fame.
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James Earl Jones
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Jones was famous as a stage actor, but it was his nomination for a Best Actor Oscar in 1971 that made him a household name. He turned 40 in January, 1971.
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Anthony Hopkins
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Since "household name" is a slippery term, it's hard to pin when Hopkins achieved this status. Certainly he did so in the UK before the US. In the US it was probably with Remins of the Day in 1993 when he was 55. He was 43 when he played in The Elephant Man.
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Leslie Nielson
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Since Leslie Nielson turned 40 in 1966, it isn't hard to show that the fame he got with 1980's Airplane and especially 1988's Naked Gun, came when he was over that age.
