20 of Our Favorite Teen Roles Played by Full-On Adults

May 29, 2021

Ben Platt (L), Gabrielle Union (C) and Chase Stokes (R) are just a few of the stars who played teens way past when they were that age. | Photo Credits: Angela Weiss/Getty Images, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Piaget and Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic

Darren Barnet as Paxton Hall-Yoshida in “Never Have I Ever” (2020-present)

We knew Darren Barnet looked too good on “Never Have I Ever” to be an actual teenager. | Photo Credit: Netflix

Look, we get why Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) is in love with Paxton Hall-Yoshida (Darren Barnet) in Never Have I Ever. He is gorgeous for a 16-year-old, but the only reason we feel okay saying that is because Barnet is way older than 16. When season one premiered, Barnet was already 29 years old, which is not just 13 years older than his character but also a full decade older than Ramakrishnan.

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Kevin Studer

Kevin (he/him) is a two-time graduate of Lynn University and has a Creative Writing Master's from American College Dublin. When not writing about pop culture, he is constantly opening his worldview by consuming different types of media and traveling around the globe.
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Kevin Studer

Kevin (he/him) is a two-time graduate of Lynn University and has a Creative Writing Master's from American College Dublin. When not writing about pop culture, he is constantly opening his worldview by consuming different types of media and traveling…