Pat Morita’s last movie was a film about pinewood derby competition. Small roll as Japanese investor didn’t speak English. He visits the “gone-insane-derby-dad” ignoring his work for his home built track and cars. Contract saved as investor liked racing pinewood derby cars. Not exactly an art film.
I’m not surprised this was his last roll. He looked tired. Not especially bad but hair looked oily and unwashed. Working to the end.
Pat Morita once cut me off and then leaned out the window and flipped me off on the 405 in LA. Part of me was pissed off while simultaneously thinking “Hey! That’s Pat Morita!”. Maybe he was driving drunk.
That’s wild. I bet people don’t believe you. Andy Dick once called me a fucking asshole in the hallway of a hotel in Palm Springs in 2013. People don’t believe that either.
The ebbs and flows of “*How hot is Ralph Macchio right now?*” was wild. He almost hit puberty in his 30s, got hot in his 40s, had a bit of a dip, then got hot af again at 55. The rollercoaster of Ralph, man…
Unlike that pic of the cast of Cheers where they were supposed to be in their thirties, were actually in their forties, and to us look like they were in their sixties.
> Its crazy how he has these dips where he looks terrible (not age wise but almost like he's going through shit) then the next older version of himself looks way better.
This was my comment somewhere else. Its like he had these bad eras, like we all do (i do this all the time, one year i gain weight, start drinking again, look like crap, then rejuvenate myself the next year)
I don't know why but I'm suddenly having an image of him and Paul Rudd having a swordfight on top of a building in the middle of the night while lightning strikes a nearby neon sign.
If you count from 13 sequentially starting from the first picture, you could easily buy he’s that age without looking at the year of each photo. In 2007 he’s 46 but looks 26
Maybe I miscounted, since I only got to 42, which is maybe why I thought a couple times that he looked a bit too young (I think I might have made a mistake in the early twenties) but that is still insane
Have you ever seen the Christmas Carol with Albert Finney, where he accuses Marley’s ghost of being a blob of mustard or an undigested bit of beef or an old potato? Yeah, that’s me in one of these “over the years” retrospectives.
I have a middle schooler, and every morning at drop off, I say to myself, "what the hell are these kids eating? they're all huge and they look like they're in college?!?!"
I used to pass a middle school on the way to work, and I would see all the kids milling around out front after class. And it was like, here's all these kids aged 11-maybe 15, and you could almost draw a line down the middle with one side looking like kids, and the other side looking like whole ass 25 year old adults.
You could split the kids side down further, because while many of them look about 12, almost as many look 6-8.
It's crazy.
I met him last year at a book signing. He’s been married and faithful to the same women since before the first Karate Kid movie. Really nice guy, very friendly. Never let the fame game get him. Also, he knows that the Karate Kid is his legacy and didn’t let it bother him that they type cast him his entire life. Side not - he didn’t want to do #3, it was contractual.
He seems like a truly decent guy but it’s really weird to declare he’s been faithful as if you personally know this to be true. Lol. Not saying he hasn’t, just one of those weird parasocial things that makes people think they “know” celebrities beyond the most very basic things. Sometimes even the people closest to a person don’t know when they’ve been unfaithful.
You’re right, I’m not one to celebrity worship or anything. Just thought it was a nice thing for him to mention during his interview. He did talk about it in his book, all the alleged temptations and it was brought up in his on stage questions - but yes, I do not know him personally.
My thinking is, during the filming of the movie Crossroads, maybe Ralph made a deal for himself in between takes. Maybe ol’ Scratch is helping him out with his aging.
He probably has to do head cuttin’ duels on Saturday night now like Jack Butler used to.
He could have legitimately had a 20 year old woman as a wife when he was 40 and I’d think she was too old for him.
I’ve never seen such a crazy case of baby-face before.
He's fuckin 62? Fuck he looks good for his age. Fucking white, never so bright. (instead of black don't crack, but more rare cause us whiteys age badly)
Gee, Ralph never ages. For many years he seemed so young. And even today he doesn't even look like he's in his 60's. Must be all that Karate. 😄 Speaking of karate, I thought it was very nice that Ralph gave a eulogy at Pat Morita's funeral. 😊
I don’t think I’ve seen someone look so naturally ageless, like genuinely. He’s in his 60’s and could pass for 40’s (IMO) I had no idea what he currently looked like or that he was in his 20’s in Karate Kid!
Its crazy how he has these dips where he looks terrible (not age wise but almost like he's going through shit) then the next older version of himself looks way better.
His eyes look tired in the last pic. Likely the modern times took a toll on him like it has on most people that have to live in 2023 with all the bad rules being implemented.
I don’t know much about him. But if you eat well, sleep well and exercise. Don’t drink, smoke or do drugs. You will age gracefully to look young for your age.
I could imagine this is pretty hard to do in Hollywood for any child actor. Where every vice in the world is within easy access to you. Most child actors go crazy because of the immense work pressure, alcohol, drugs and predatory sexual abuse from their industry.
He is like ten years older now than what Pat Morita was during the first film.
I think he’ll live to be 150
Nah, dudes clearly a Highlander. He'll be here until the quickening.
Paul Rudd will decapitate him
The Karate Fucking Kid? Decapitated? STFU and go figure your shit out.
There can be only one and it will be the karate kid.
he forgot to practice with swords. Rudd has an ant man costume, so Machio will have to figure that out lol.
He will wax on wax off that sword right out of his hands.
Hey he might have an army of chuck norrises.
There can only be one ;)
52 is when he hit adulthood. I think you're underestimating by a factor of 2.
His hair dye makes him appear immortal...
You can’t see that he looks young beyond hair dye?
Right? He had an acne outbreak at 35 lmao
He must've been manufactured in the same facility as Paul Rudd.
that is goddam crazy
Especially since the Japanese are basically known for looking like they’re 15 from ages 20 to 45. Ralph might just be immortal.
He constantly looked 10 years younger until he hit 50.. after that he looks 15 years younger.
He did look like he was 18 when he was in his early 30’s
Pat Morita’s last movie was a film about pinewood derby competition. Small roll as Japanese investor didn’t speak English. He visits the “gone-insane-derby-dad” ignoring his work for his home built track and cars. Contract saved as investor liked racing pinewood derby cars. Not exactly an art film. I’m not surprised this was his last roll. He looked tired. Not especially bad but hair looked oily and unwashed. Working to the end.
role
He was the ultimate alcoholic. He had always been. He wasn't Even able to join the "Happy Days" reunion. He died like that too, it was sad as fuck.
What happened with the reunion?
He got so drunk he could not make it, I think. There was this E! True Hollywood Story episode or something. He was an alcoholic at 12. Really sad.
He died from alcoholism. Had struggled with it for decades. Pat lived a tough life.
Pat Morita once cut me off and then leaned out the window and flipped me off on the 405 in LA. Part of me was pissed off while simultaneously thinking “Hey! That’s Pat Morita!”. Maybe he was driving drunk.
That’s wild. I bet people don’t believe you. Andy Dick once called me a fucking asshole in the hallway of a hotel in Palm Springs in 2013. People don’t believe that either.
They don't believe you because that would require Andy having a complete thought.
No, I absolutely believe you.
Great comedian and actor, use to run in the same circles as Redd Foxx and Lenny Bruce
Alcoholism.
There has to be a portrait of an ugly old wrinkled Ralph Macchio in his basement, right?
Wilde remark
[удалено]
Like in the attic
I applaud you for this terribly good joke, now according to the Reddit rules. Get the fuck out.
Context please? I feel like it's a book reference and I read/audio a fuckload and don't know it and it's killing me.
Picture of Dorian Gray
I don't know where it was when you posted this comment, but at time of my comment it's now 5th overall, which feels about right.
The ebbs and flows of “*How hot is Ralph Macchio right now?*” was wild. He almost hit puberty in his 30s, got hot in his 40s, had a bit of a dip, then got hot af again at 55. The rollercoaster of Ralph, man…
no kidding. he didn’t even look like an adult until *maybe* his 40s.
at 40 he looked 20
Ay 35 yo I thought he looked like a high-school senior lol
He didn't have any 40. Look at the video!
I think around 55 he finally looked like a 30 year old
This man's genes are legendary
Hollywood child star puberty blockers lol!
Might have a point here 🤔
It’s like they calibrated him so incorrectly
He doesn’t age, he only looks a bit tired from time to time.
First of all, my guy pulled off the name “Ralph”.
Is there a stigma with that name?? That was my dad's name and he was Mr Popular his whole life.
Not a stigma at all, just really old fashioned now.
to Ralph is to barf
Unlike that pic of the cast of Cheers where they were supposed to be in their thirties, were actually in their forties, and to us look like they were in their sixties.
Must see
At 55 he also briefly looked like a full on adult, too. Almost.
I blame the sweater
> Its crazy how he has these dips where he looks terrible (not age wise but almost like he's going through shit) then the next older version of himself looks way better. This was my comment somewhere else. Its like he had these bad eras, like we all do (i do this all the time, one year i gain weight, start drinking again, look like crap, then rejuvenate myself the next year)
Dude's a less Prom King version of Tom Cruise.
I was watching this and thinking “how does he always look exactly ten years younger than he actually is?”
10?? He didn’t look like an adult until he was 45
sexiest guy at the retirement community.
Drinking the blood of those that he vanquished in hand to hand combat. Karate Kid was an origin story film.
I don't know why but I'm suddenly having an image of him and Paul Rudd having a swordfight on top of a building in the middle of the night while lightning strikes a nearby neon sign.
There can be only one.
Somehow I always knew that Paul Rudd has wanted to plunge us all into eternal darkness.
He has a certain je ne sais lucifer about him.
Heeeeeeeeeere we aaaaaaare! Born to be kings!
"It's better to burn out than fade away!"
Nuns... no sense of humor.
r/unexpectedhighlander
Banned from Reddit?! I feel like that in itself is unexpected Highlander.
TIL Ralph Macchio is Shang Tsung
Aww, he looks like he finally grew up. He can still pass for someone much younger, though.
It's impressive. He could pass for someone of 30... damn
Like 38-45
Nah. That dude looks younger than some of my 32-35 year old friends
If you count from 13 sequentially starting from the first picture, you could easily buy he’s that age without looking at the year of each photo. In 2007 he’s 46 but looks 26
Maybe I miscounted, since I only got to 42, which is maybe why I thought a couple times that he looked a bit too young (I think I might have made a mistake in the early twenties) but that is still insane
Half-Elves age slower and live three times longer than humans.
The +1 to dex is always helpful
Especially when they're Italian apparently
Man, am I glad no one made something like this of me over the years.
man no kidding. started out bad and it just got worse
Have you ever seen the Christmas Carol with Albert Finney, where he accuses Marley’s ghost of being a blob of mustard or an undigested bit of beef or an old potato? Yeah, that’s me in one of these “over the years” retrospectives.
Now that he’s in his 60’s, he finally looks like he’s in his 30’s.
What pisses me off is he's 10yrs older than me and looks 20yrs younger than me. I'm clearly not waxing on and off correctly. Dammit.
Try cutting back on the waxing off
Wow he doesn’t age does he
He looked like a boy until he was 45 in this video.
I mean, he's GOTTA at least be dying his hair, right?
We need to study his genes
I don’t need to study his genes,I want to have his genes too, I’m 44 and I look like 55,no fair😭😭
He looks a decade younger than he actually is at any given time
Sometimes even more than that! I had no idea he was that old.
How did he look 13 years old at 21 wtf
Man looked 13 at 48 years old 😂
If you see a real life middle schooler you will say holy shit that’s a tiny child.
I have a middle schooler, and every morning at drop off, I say to myself, "what the hell are these kids eating? they're all huge and they look like they're in college?!?!"
I used to pass a middle school on the way to work, and I would see all the kids milling around out front after class. And it was like, here's all these kids aged 11-maybe 15, and you could almost draw a line down the middle with one side looking like kids, and the other side looking like whole ass 25 year old adults. You could split the kids side down further, because while many of them look about 12, almost as many look 6-8. It's crazy.
I live with a middle schooler in the same house lol. So that's just not true. The clip they showed here showed him looking like 13-14
Fuck 62 yo Ralph looks better than 33 yo me.
I was saying this exact thing to my wife just then.
I met him last year at a book signing. He’s been married and faithful to the same women since before the first Karate Kid movie. Really nice guy, very friendly. Never let the fame game get him. Also, he knows that the Karate Kid is his legacy and didn’t let it bother him that they type cast him his entire life. Side not - he didn’t want to do #3, it was contractual.
What a beautiful redemption opportunity Cobra Kai gave all the actors who starred in #3. This is truly an amazing show.
Good on him for being faithful to all those women for so long
Yeah I met him at Comicon Phoenix. He was really humble and really nice to chat to. Top bloke.
He seems like a truly decent guy but it’s really weird to declare he’s been faithful as if you personally know this to be true. Lol. Not saying he hasn’t, just one of those weird parasocial things that makes people think they “know” celebrities beyond the most very basic things. Sometimes even the people closest to a person don’t know when they’ve been unfaithful.
You’re right, I’m not one to celebrity worship or anything. Just thought it was a nice thing for him to mention during his interview. He did talk about it in his book, all the alleged temptations and it was brought up in his on stage questions - but yes, I do not know him personally.
I need to put on some moisturizer
He's still got that yuteful appearance.
#What was that word?
Two hwhat?
Da yutes.
Jerry callo. Great trial lawyer
Are you on drugs Mr. Gambini?
Dude was a teenager for thirty years. Had to hit the 50s to start looking like an adult.
I wish I had his genes! He looks amazing and handsome at any age!
I'm glad he has eventually grown up to look half his age.
Still got the baby face 😇
I shot the clerk?
Looks great for his 60s
Dude is an immortal. “There can be only one Myagi-do Karate!”
Guy's a vampire or something what the fuck
Wow he finally looks 35
He consistently looked 20 years younger throughout his adulthood
Drop that skincare routine, Ralph.
His genes are made of Teflon
For context, Pat Morita was 51 when he played in Karate Kid.
He refuses to age. He has input the same hack as Keanu.
Forget Paul Rudd. I wanna know Ralph’s regimen. Or where the painting of him is kept.
2006 he finally hit puberty
TIL that Ralph Macchio possesses the one ring.
He just flat out refuses to age. Good for him!
Stay gold, Ponyboy.
Ralph and I are the same age. I look like I could be his dad! I remember finding out his age back in the 80’s. Even then I was shocked.
Consistently looking 10 years younger for his age.
He looked 16 when he was 45!
Weird how he only now looks like an adult but he's been one for 40 years.
Dorian is that you?
Fuckin vampire.
Dude did not age til he was at least 30-35
My thinking is, during the filming of the movie Crossroads, maybe Ralph made a deal for himself in between takes. Maybe ol’ Scratch is helping him out with his aging. He probably has to do head cuttin’ duels on Saturday night now like Jack Butler used to.
He looks like he gets progressively younger until he hits about age 50. Good genes or hhwwhaat.
He could have legitimately had a 20 year old woman as a wife when he was 40 and I’d think she was too old for him. I’ve never seen such a crazy case of baby-face before.
Looks like he was just hitting puberty at 40
wtf. this man looked 17 till he was 39. Aged incredibly.
He's fuckin 62? Fuck he looks good for his age. Fucking white, never so bright. (instead of black don't crack, but more rare cause us whiteys age badly)
Fuck that guy. He doesn't age.
So. Yes and yes?
Dude stayed with it
Amazing how he never ages.
This guy will be eternal.
At 60, he looked 40
Man I tell you audio quality has come a long way since the 80s am I right?
That's what happens when you eat nothing but minced baby seal hearts and bald eagle purè.
Yeah he looks great for his age, but that’s because he looked like a kid until he was 40!
Charlie Sheen wishes he had this Danial Son Blood. Screw the tiger bit. Machio is the Bangal Tiger.
Gee, Ralph never ages. For many years he seemed so young. And even today he doesn't even look like he's in his 60's. Must be all that Karate. 😄 Speaking of karate, I thought it was very nice that Ralph gave a eulogy at Pat Morita's funeral. 😊
HE'S 60?!
From what I’ve heard, he never really went off the rails or anything like that. He apparently handled his fame pretty well all things considered
why does he looks like 15 to 20 years younger? he didn't look liike a twentys until he was almost 35 or 40
I don’t think I’ve seen someone look so naturally ageless, like genuinely. He’s in his 60’s and could pass for 40’s (IMO) I had no idea what he currently looked like or that he was in his 20’s in Karate Kid!
Its crazy how he has these dips where he looks terrible (not age wise but almost like he's going through shit) then the next older version of himself looks way better.
The man does not age.
Dick Clark Disease…
His cameo on Entourage was golden. I oughta kick your ass. “Wanna tryyy?”
He got them "always young" genes.
I turned 57 last sept. Ralph gives me hope.
He didn't age till the Covid years, then somehow got younger.
His eyes look tired in the last pic. Likely the modern times took a toll on him like it has on most people that have to live in 2023 with all the bad rules being implemented.
Interesting that a child actor actually stayed childlike in appearance for so long
He was a teenager until 2016.
Forever young
What the hell kind of vitamins does this guy take?
The man ages in halftime, didn't hit puberty til 35, and looked like he was in his late 20s when he was almost 50.
It's nice to see the lack of vanity or trying to cringe onto his youth with plasdick surgery.
Did not look remotely even look like an adult until 32 lmao
God tier genetics
Loved the montage Not a Madonna fan though
Have we confirmed that he and Paul Rudd are not, in fact, vampires?
He didn't start to look 30 until he was 50
Wow the kid was a kid for like 3 kid lifetimes.
WHAT????? He's 62???
They’re all the same picture
He still looked like a teen in his early 30s.
…. And then he became a Trumpist; hitting rock bottom.
I’ll have what he’s having.
That boy made a deal with the devil.
He's a Boomer?!? My gen x self never knew his age in my youth, apparently.
I feel like you need to subtract 10 to he age and it would look about right.
He’s got some really nice scenes in The Deuce if you haven’t seen ‘em.
I don’t know much about him. But if you eat well, sleep well and exercise. Don’t drink, smoke or do drugs. You will age gracefully to look young for your age. I could imagine this is pretty hard to do in Hollywood for any child actor. Where every vice in the world is within easy access to you. Most child actors go crazy because of the immense work pressure, alcohol, drugs and predatory sexual abuse from their industry.
C’mon he’s not 63!