Graying Action Stars Still Pack a Punch

When The Commuter hit box offices last Friday, lead actor Liam Neeson became just the latest sexagenarian to defy the action genre’s “young tough guy” stereotype. In fact, in recent years, the idea of a grizzled, gray-haired action hero has become a trope of its own. The Star Wars franchise alone has produced two of these leading men lately in Mark Hami…