Ben Affleck debuted a suave new look after failing to make Hot Actors Over 50s list from AARP on Thursday.
The 53-year-old ex-husband of siren Jennifer Lopez was clean shaven after going for weeks with a scruffy beard.
He had shorter hair than usual too as he modeled a white collared shirt under a pale gray suit while driving his black sedan to his West Hollywood office.
The movie star has been producing a number of new films: one of his next is a fresh version of Kiss Of The Spider Woman which stars his ex-wife Lopez.
The two finalized their divorce earlier this year after she filed on August 20, 2024.Â
Ben Affleck debuted a suave new look after failing to make hot over 50s list from AARP on Thursday. The ex-husband of siren Jennifer Lopez was clean shaven after going for weeks with a light beard
He had shorter hair than usual as he modeled a white collared shirt under a pale gray suit while driving his black sedan to his West Hollywood office
The power list Affleck was left off of is the Hottest Actors Over 50 from AARP’s Movies for Grownups.
However, Ben’s best friend and Good Will Hunting costar Matt Damon did make the list.Â
The names were released by Sam Champion on Good Morning America and there are several good choices apart from the obvious ones: Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
The list features actors in their 50s, 60s and 70s whose ‘enduring appeal transcends generations,’ the publication stated.
Each of these 25 men excels at his craft—among them, they have amassed 215 Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy nominations and 35 wins.Â
‘They also exude the kind of magnetism, vibrancy, heart and soul that amounts to that rare, intangible superpower: star quality,’ AARP noted.
Ranking number one is Idris Elba, 52, for whom AARP The Magazine created a special digital cover.Â
The star has been producing a number of new films: one of his next is a new version of Kiss Of The Spider Woman which stars his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez. Seen here in 2023
Joining Elba on AARP’s Movies for Grownups Hottest Actors Over 50 are Pedro Pascal, Noah Wyle and Denzel Washington, among others.
‘This list goes beyond celebrating physical appeal—it highlights actors who exemplify a spirit of reinvention and challenge outdated stereotypes about aging,’ said Alison Maxwell, senior executive editor of AARP.org.Â
‘Movies for Grownups has always championed stories and storytellers that resonate with an older and sophisticated audience, and these individuals embody the vitality, depth, and authenticity that define that mission.’
AARP’s Movies for Grownups is a program dedicated to championing films and television shows that resonate with audiences age 50 and over, while also working to combat ageism in the entertainment industry.Â
The full ranked list of AARP’s Movies for Grownups Hottest Actors Over 50:
Here are highlights from AARP’s exclusive current and past interviews with the 25 Hottest honorees.
Affleck’s best friend Matt Damon – seen on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in July – did make the hot over-50 list
So did Ben’s good pal Brad Pitt, seen here in F1 The Movie
 Clooney is seen at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 27
Ranking number one is Idris Elba, 52, for whom AARP The Magazine created a special digital cover
Noah Wyle, 54:
Fun fact: Off camera, The Pitt’s leading man collects odds and ends like walking canes and anything to do with his biblical namesake and his vessel, Noah’s Ark. ‘I’m a pack rat. I’m a junker. I’m a picker. You name it, I collect it.’
George Clooney, 64:
On his success: ‘I think the only life lesson is to bet on yourself. And when there’s opportunities, you gotta go. In my life, I have been the recipient of a lot of luck. But I also believe you create opportunity for luck. You create enough opportunity and, every once in a while, you’ll hit one.’
On his longevity: ‘There’s no rhyme or reason for who gets to age and who doesn’t. So you should live as if you’re not going to get to. And then, if you wake up one day and you’re old, you’ve lived a really full life.’
Colman Domingo, 55:
On current events: ‘The world truly is on fire everywhere you turn. (People) need to have hope and believe that they can do something, that they can use their intelligence, their heart, their mind, their bodies to create the world that they want to live in.’
Domingo, who once joined the circus and learned to climb ropes and walk on stilts, says: ‘I have the heart of a clown, and I want to keep the heart of a clown in everything that I do.’
Morris Chestnut, 56:
‘I don’t know what’s hot, but I’ve been around a long time and to make any list is an honor,’ says Watson’s smoke show.
Pedro Pascal was a close second; seen August 17 in Hollywood
Daniel Craig, seen in Casino Royale in 2006, was also named
He credits 4 a.m. workouts for his (wowza!) physique. ‘I’ve been going to the gym and working out for decades. I want to be in great shape and keep improving—not just physically; it’s also mentally.’
His biggest challenge: ‘I can literally eat sweets for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But that’s part of the discipline of nutrition—not always having what you want, when you want it.’
Rob Lowe, 61
‘I’ve run into enough young people who don’t know who Paul Newman is, so I’m aware of how fleeting people’s memories can be,’ the Brat Packer says.
On his days off: ‘I sleep in, have my coffee in bed. I do my prayers and meditation. I spend some time with the dogs. I go to the gym. I’ll check in on business. If nothing is pending, I’ll go and play a round of golf or surf and then come back for dinner with my wife at home, and then she’ll want to watch TV. I’ll go to the firepit and have a cup of coffee or something like that, and then off to bed.’
On his pets: ‘Your dogs love you no matter what the ratings are.’
Rob Lowe, seen at a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, on August in Los Angeles, was on the list too
Benjamin Bratt, 61
On staying in shape: ‘Just move! Physical activity, whether through dedicated exercise and sport, or hard physical labor, is foundational to my lifelong sense of well-being.’
Although he admits to ‘dwelling on mortality more often,’ he gets great feedback from wife Talisa. ‘She says, ‘Your hotness will never go out of style.’
Matthew McConaughey, 55
On the ‘outlaw logic’ he lives by: ‘It’s the individualism of my family’s thinking. They’re rule breakers. Don’t follow the flock.’
On tiptoeing into a cage with a mountain lion in Mexico: ‘I was looking for a similar frequency. And I did successfully, thankfully, find a similar frequency, and came away with that mountain lion purring in my lap. Yeahhhh!’
Billy Porter, 55
‘I’m not sure what makes an actor hot,’ the boundary-breaking artist tells AARP.
‘In drama school, they told me I was a leading man. But to be Black, queer, out, and unapologetically authentic—there wasn’t really a space for that…One of the most profound things people come up to me and say is, ‘You created a space for me to understand how to just be me.’…My art is my activism.’
