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Stars over 90 still working

Retirement age is a suggestion, apparently. There’s a small group of entertainers, filmmakers, and musicians who blew past 90 and simply kept showing up to set, to the studio, and to the annual shareholder meeting. Not cameos. Not honorary appearances. Actual paid work with call times.

What makes this group interesting from a health standpoint is how differently they got there. Some lift weights three times a week. One rides horses competitively. One has a black belt. A couple credit nothing more than genetics and stubbornness. The common thread isn’t a diet plan — it’s that none of them stopped moving or stopped working.

Here are 11 stars who are 90-plus and still on the clock.

1. William Shatner

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Born March 22, 1931, Shatner is the reason this list exists. Listed around 5’10” and about 180 lbs, he still works a brutal convention circuit — multiple appearances a year, hours of panels and photo ops.

In October 2021, at 90, he flew on Blue Origin’s NS-18 and became the oldest person to reach space at the time. He’s also a lifelong competitive horseman who breeds American Saddlebreds and has hosted the Hollywood Charity Horse Show for decades. Riding, not treadmills, is his real fitness program. His documentary You Can Call Me Bill hit theaters in 2024.

2. Dick Van Dyke

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Van Dyke turned 100 on December 13, 2025. He’s 6’1″ and has hovered near 170 lbs most of his adult life. For years he’s trained at Gold’s Gym in Malibu about three days a week — light weights, machines, and a lot of stretching.

He appeared in Coldplay’s “All My Love” music video in 2024 and still sings with his a cappella group, the Vantastix. CBS aired a 100th birthday special in his honor. He credits his longevity to movement and singing — he dances around the house, badly and often.

3. Mel Brooks

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Born June 28, 1926, Brooks is 99 and attached to Spaceballs 2 as a producer and cast member. He voiced multiple roles in Hulu’s History of the World, Part II in 2023 and wrote the memoir All About Me! at 95.

Brooks stands about 5’5″ and has never pushed a wellness routine — his standard answer is that he eats what he wants and keeps working. The man has an EGOT and no interest in slowing down.

4. David Attenborough

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Attenborough, born May 8, 1926, narrated Planet Earth III at 97 and fronted Ocean with David Attenborough for his 99th birthday in May 2025. He’s around 5’10” and has stayed lean his entire career.

He gave up red meat years ago, largely for environmental reasons, and credits a lifetime of fieldwork — decades of hiking through jungles and climbing into blinds — for his durability. He no longer travels to remote shoots, but he’s still in the booth.

5. June Squibb

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Squibb, born November 6, 1929, landed her first film lead at 94 in Thelma (2024), playing a grandmother chasing down phone scammers on a mobility scooter. She did a chunk of her own stunt work after training with the film’s stunt team.

She stands about 5 feet tall. A trained dancer who started on stage in the 1950s, she followed Thelma with Scarlett Johansson’s Eleanor the Great (2025) and voice work in Inside Out 2.

6. Clint Eastwood

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Born May 31, 1930, Eastwood directed Juror #2 at 94 — his 40th feature as a director. He’s 6’4″ and reportedly sits near 190 lbs, down from his leaner Western-era frame.

He has lifted weights since the 1950s and was an early adopter of meditation. He’s known for working fast on set — minimal takes, short days — which may be part of why he can still run a production in his mid-90s.

7. Warren Buffett

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Buffett, born August 30, 1930, ran Berkshire Hathaway as CEO until stepping down at the end of 2025, handing the role to Greg Abel while staying on as chairman. He’s listed around 5’10”.

His diet is famously terrible by health-writer standards — Coca-Cola with breakfast, McDonald’s drive-thru, See’s Candies. He’s joked that he checked the actuarial tables and six-year-olds have the lowest death rate, so he eats like one.

8. Rita Moreno

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Born December 11, 1931, Moreno is an EGOT winner who hasn’t stopped. She played Abuelita Toretto in Fast X (2023), starred in 80 for Brady the same year, and turned up in The Prank (2024).

Moreno is 5’2″ and around 110 lbs. A trained dancer, she still does low-impact workouts and has talked openly about therapy and depression as part of her long-term health maintenance.

9. John Williams

Born February 8, 1932, Williams scored Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny at 91 and picked up his 54th Academy Award nomination for it — the most of any living person.

He still conducts, which is genuinely physical work: a two-hour concert on the podium burns real calories and demands shoulder endurance. He’s a longtime swimmer and keeps a composing schedule most people half his age would find punishing.

10. Willie Nelson

Nelson, born April 29, 1933, headlined the Outlaw Music Festival Tour again in 2025 and released Last Leaf on the Tree in late 2024 — one of about 75 solo studio albums.

He’s 5’6″ and around 150 lbs. He earned a fifth-degree black belt in Gong Kwon Yu Sul in 2014 at age 81, quit cigarettes decades ago, and does bike rides and bodyweight work on the tour bus.

11. Carol Burnett

Born April 26, 1933, Burnett plays Norma Dellacorte on Apple TV+’s Palm Royale, which returned for a second season in 2025. She earned an Emmy nomination for the first season at 91.

Burnett is about 5’7″. She credits walking and laughter as her routine, and she still handles full shooting schedules. NBC’s 90 Years of Laughter + Love special marked her 90th birthday in 2023.

No single formula connects these 11. Van Dyke lifts, Nelson spars, Buffett eats cheeseburgers, Shatner rides horses. What they share is a reason to get up — a call sheet, a tour date, a deadline. The research on purpose and longevity keeps pointing the same direction, and this group is a decent argument for it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who are the most notable stars over 90 still working?

William Shatner, Dick Van Dyke, Mel Brooks and David Attenborough lead the list, all still taking paid work with real call times. Shatner tops it after flying to space at 90.

How old is Dick Van Dyke and is he still performing?

Dick Van Dyke turned 100 on December 13, 2025, and still performs — he appeared in Coldplay’s ‘All My Love’ video in 2024 and sings with his a cappella group, the Vantastix.

What was the criteria for this list?

Every entry had to be 90 or older and still doing actual paid work — not honorary appearances or cameos — in film, television, music, business or the convention circuit.

What do these 90-plus stars have in common health-wise?

There’s no shared diet plan. The common thread is that none of them stopped moving or stopped working, whether that’s horseback riding, gym sessions or decades of fieldwork.

Does William Shatner follow a fitness routine?

Shatner, listed around 5’10” and 180 lbs, skips treadmills in favor of competitive horse riding. He breeds American Saddlebreds and hosts the Hollywood Charity Horse Show.

Is David Attenborough still making documentaries in his late 90s?

Yes. He narrated ‘Planet Earth III’ at 97 and fronted ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’ for his 99th birthday in May 2025. He gave up red meat years ago.