How old were the actors in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)?

Released: Dec 14, 1977

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Cast Age Statistics

🌟Youngest: Cary Guffey (5)

🎭Oldest: Amy Douglass (75)

📊Average age: 38.3 years old

🎬Age range: 5 – 75

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Complete Cast

Richard Dreyfussage 30 years

now 78 years old

François Truffautage 45 years

✝ died in 1984 aged 52

Teri Garrage 33 years

✝ died in 2024 aged 79

Melinda Dillonage 38 years

✝ died in 2023 aged 83

Bob Balabanage 32 years

now 80 years old

J. Patrick McNamaraage 35 years

✝ died in 2023 aged 80

Warren J. Kemmerlingage 53 years

✝ died in 2005 aged 81

Roberts Blossomage 53 years

✝ died in 2011 aged 87

Cary Guffeyage 5 years

now 54 years old

Adrienne Campbell

Justin Dreyfussage 8 years

now 57 years old

Lance Henriksenage 37 years

now 86 years old

Merrill Connallyage 56 years

✝ died in 2001 aged 80

Amy Douglassage 75 years

✝ died in 1980 aged 77

Gene Dynarskiage 45 years

✝ died in 2020 aged 87

Carl Weathersage 29 years

✝ died in 2024 aged 76

Norman Bartoldage 49 years

✝ died in 1994 aged 65

Matthew Robbinsage 32 years

now 81 years old

Gene Raderage 51 years

✝ died in 2014 aged 88

Luis Contrerasage 27 years

✝ died in 2004 aged 53

John Dennis Johnstonage 27 years

now 76 years old

Robert Broylesage 44 years

✝ died in 2011 aged 78

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