These TV Parents Had Some Weird Age Gaps With Their On-Screen Kids

Actors often play roles that are a few years younger or older than their actual age, and sometimes this makes for a weird age gap between on-screen parents and their kids. Some of the parent-kid relationships in this slideshow could have never happened in real life. You’ll be shocked when you find out the age gap between one pair from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Well, That’s Surprising

Laurence Fishburne’s character on Black-ish plays the dad of Anthony Anderson’s character, but in real life, Fishburne is only 9 years older than his on-screen son. It’s not so much that Fishburne looks old for his age — he’s 56 — as it is that Anderson has his baby face working in his favor.