The average actor playing a teen role on TV is about 24 — but some shows have more age-appropriate casts than others.
The "teenagers" on teen TV shows have long been far out of their high school years, but some shows have less age-appropriate casts than others. BuzzFeed looked at five teen dramas to find out which one had the highest average age of actors playing teens. Below, from oldest to youngest.
Glee: 26.38
Oldest actor in a major teen role: Cory Monteith, Mark Salling, and Harry Shum, Jr., all 30
Youngest: Chris Colfer, 22
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Pretty Little Liars: 24.36
Oldest: Tammin Sursok, 29
Youngest: Sasha Pieterse, 17
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Teen Wolf: 24.14
Oldest: Crystal Reed, 28
Youngest: Dylan O'Brien and Tyler Posey, 21
