29 of the oldest actors to play teenagers on television

Hannah Montana (2006-2011)
Actor(s): Jason Earles
Age (while on show): 29 – 33
Earles plays Jackson Stewart, Hannah Montana’s (played by Miley Cyrus) older brother who is always around to play jokes and pranks on his sister and their friends.

Dawson’s Creek (1998-2003)
Actor(s): Meredith Monroe
Age (while on show): 29 -33
Monroe plays Andie McPhee on Dawson’s Creek, an academically intelligent and ambitious girl who moves to Capeside with her parents and brother Jack (Kerr Smith). She becomes a love interest for Pacey (Joshua Jackson).

Riverdale (2017-present)
Actor(s): Ashleigh Murray, Vanessa Morgan, Charles Melton
Age (while on show): 29 – 31 (Murray), 25 – 29 (Morgan), 26 – 30 (Melton)
Murray plays Josie McCoy, the lead singer and guitarist of the group Josie and the Pussycats, who has goals of pursuing a career in music.

Morgan portrays Toni Topaz, a transfer student to Riverdale High and member of the Southside Serpents, who befriends and guides Jughead (Cole Sprouse) and helps the entitled Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) with her bisexuality when the two begin dating.

Melton plays Reggie Mantle, the captain of the football team at Riverdale High who is often competitive against his teammates and was a former drug dealer.

Bridgerton (2020-present)
Actor(s): Nicola Coughlan
Age (while on show): 33
Coughlan plays Penelope Featherington, a 17-year-old debutante who’s been presented to society in hopes of landing a husband. And while she has an unrequited crush on one of the Bridgerton boys, she’s also quite busy with her clandestine publishing pursuits. Coughlan has also recently (2018-present) played a teenager in the Irish comedy “Derry Girls.”