Artnewspress: The Indiana Jones films take place out of chronological order and span multiple decades, making it difficult to track the archeologist’s age.
Harrison Ford plays the iconic archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones in four movies to date with a fifth on the way in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, but how old is Indiana Jones in each of the movies? With the first part of the film series set during the buildup to World War II, Indiana Jones often battled the Nazis in exotic lands full of mystery, death, and, unfortunately, snakes. The Indiana Jones films take place out of chronological order and span most of the character’s life, which can make keeping track of the intrepid archeologist’s age a bit difficult.
In Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Indy is shown at different parts of his life and Ford was de-aged for some scenes. This allows Ford to turn in a great performance as both the older, crotchety Indy and the younger devil-may-care version of the character. With Indiana Jones appearing in one form or another since he was a teenager, the entire franchise takes a look at an adventurer from his formative years to the years when he should have retired but doesn’t always lay out where each installment falls into place during the man’s life.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Revealed Indiana Jones’s Age
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, a television series from 1992-1993, reveals the answer to how old is Indiana Jones in the movies. The famed archeologist was born on July 1, 1899, in Princeton, New Jersey. Indiana Jones is known to be 37 years old in Raiders of the Lost Ark, which takes place in 1936 during the buildup to World War II.
The prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, is set one year earlier in 1935, placing the archeologist’s age at 36. Indy is 39 years old when his father joins him in their 1938 quest for the Holy Grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The series jumps 18 years later to 1957 for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, featuring a 58-year-old Indy.
Indiana Jones’s Age In The Last Crusade Flashback Explained
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is the only movie to star another actor other than Harrison Ford in the title role, something that occurs during a flashback sequence in the film’s prologue. While exploring Utah’s Arches National Park with his Boy Scout troop, Indy lifts the Cross of Coronado off a group of thieves to ensure its rightful place in a museum.
How old is Indiana Jones here? The flashback takes place in 1912 and stars River Phoenix as the 13-year-old Indiana Jones. The scene not only provides the youngest depiction of Indiana Jones in a film to date, but it also reveals the source of the archeologist’s iconic chin scar and fear of snakes, both of which won’t be leaving him anytime soon.
How Old The De-Aged Indiana Jones Is In The Dial Of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny arrives in 2023 and the trailer features scenes of a de-aged Indiana Jones in action. But, how old is Indiana Jones in these scenes? Most of the movie will see Indiana Jones at his age at the time of the story, which takes place in 1969 with the United States working with former Nazis in the space race. Because of that, Indiana Jones is 70 when this movie takes place, 12 years after the events of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
