Mick Jagger made a surprise appearance at the 97th Annual Academy Awards – and left fans shocked that he is just one year younger than Joe Biden.
The lead vocalist for the Rolling Stones, 81, took to the stage during the glitzy event to present the award for Best Original Song – which went to the film Emilia Perez for El Mal.
The British-born performer energetically strutted onto the stage while blowing kisses towards the star-studded crowd – who erupted into a standing ovation as he took his place in front of the microphone.
Social media users quickly took to X to share their thoughts on Jagger’s youthful appearance and energy after he presented the honor.
‘Joe Biden is a year older than Mick Jagger. Mick walked on stage like he was 25 years old. WTF?’ a fan penned.
Another wrote, ‘Mick Jagger is 81 years old! Let that sink in for a bit. #Oscars,’ while one added, ‘Okay what is Mick Jagger’s secret? Dude’s how old now?’
Mick Jagger, 81, made a surprise appearance at the 97th Annual Academy Awards – and left fans shocked that he is just one year younger than Joe Biden
‘Joe Biden is a year older than Mick Jagger. Mick walked on stage like he was 25 years old. WTF?’ a fan penned; Biden seen in January in Washington D.C.
‘Good lord, how does Mick Jagger STILL look so good at whatever age he is???’ another X user questioned.
‘Holy s**t Mick Jagger looks great! Wow. #Oscars,’ one wrote, and another also tweeted, ‘Mick Jagger. 81. He bounced out on that stage like a young fella.’
One fan shared, ‘Mick Jagger is old as hell and still hopping around the stage with so much star quality. They dropping biopics left and right, where is his story?!’
‘He looks fantastic! You Go Mick,’ one social media user typed out, and another wrote, ‘Mick Jagger was born in 1943 and is still one of the coolest dudes on the planet.’
‘Mick Jagger got the whole Oscars audience to stand up. So well-deserved! As big of a star as they come! #Oscars,’ one fan shared.
After he stepped out onto the stage during the Academy Awards on Sunday, Mick presented the award for Best Original Song.
After the applause and cheers from the crowd died down, he expressed: ‘My goodness. I’m greatly honored to be invited to give this award for the best original song tonight.
‘And as much as I love doing it, I wasn’t the first choice to give this award out,’ the singer continued. ‘The producers really wanted Bob Dylan to do this.’
The lead vocalist for the Rolling Stones took to the stage during the glitzy event to present the award for Best Original Song – which went to the film Emilia Perez for El Mal
Social media users quickly took to X to share their thoughts on Jagger’s youthful appearance and energy after he presented the honor
Another wrote, ‘Mick Jagger is 81 years old! Let that sink in for a bit. #Oscars,’ while one added, ‘Okay what is Mick Jagger’s secret? Dude’s how old now?’
‘Good lord, how does Mick Jagger STILL look so good at whatever age he is???’ another X user questioned
‘Holy s**t Mick Jagger looks great! Wow. #Oscars,’ one wrote, and another also tweeted, ‘Mick Jagger. 81. He bounced out on that stage like a young fella’
One fan shared, ‘Mick Jagger is old as hell and still hopping around the stage with so much star quality. They dropping biopics left and right, where is his story?!’
‘He looks fantastic! You Go Mick,’ one social media user typed out, and another wrote, ‘Mick Jagger was born in 1943 and is still one of the coolest dudes on the planet’
‘Bob didn’t want to do it, because he said the best songs this year were obviously in the movie A Complete Unknown. Bob said, “You should find somebody younger.” I said, “Okay, I’m younger!”‘ Jagger humorously said.
‘I’m younger, I’ll do it. So here I am. And here are the nominees for Best Original Song,’ he concluded before the nominees in the category were shown.
Read More Mick Jagger, 81, and girlfriend, 37, attend pre-Oscars dinner 
Jagger previously opened up about aging during an interview with The Guardian back in 2023.
‘But I hate to say this: as you get older, a lot of your friends die,’ he told the outlet, and added that ‘it doesn’t get easier at all.
‘There’s a lot of people around your age, they’re dying all the time. I don’t have any friends older than me, only one. Apart from the band, all my friends are much younger.’
Jagger continued, ‘You’re aware of your own mortality from quite an early age – it’s not something that occurs to you in your 70s.’
Also on Sunday, Mick was spotted at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in Beverly Hills and was accompanied by his girlfriend Melanie Hamrick, 37.
Jagger previously opened up about aging during an interview with The Guardian back in 2023; seen in 1969 with the Rolling Stones
He sported a shimmering black suit which he also wore while presenting Best Original Song on the Oscars stage.
The Paint It, Black singer additionally wore a white ʙuттon up as well as a patterned scarf that was draped around his neck.
Melanie was glammed up wearing a fitted, black ruched dress that contained a thigh-high slit on the right side.
She slipped into a pair of black, closed-toed heels and allowed her dark locks to flow down past her shoulders in elegant curls.
Also on Sunday, Mick was spotted at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in Beverly Hills and was accompanied by his girlfriend Melanie Hamrick, 37
The couple – who first met over 10 years earlier in 2014 – sweetly linked fingers as they paused for a brief pH๏τo session together. They are also parents to son Devereaux, eight.
Just one day earlier, the lovebirds made a rare appearance at the Chanel Pre-Oscars Dinner at the iconic Beverly Hills H๏τel.
Jagger kept it casual wearing a light gray shirt as well as a pair of dark gray pants and a satin pink bomber jacket.
His girlfriend dressed to impress in a black velvet gown with a corset-styled bodice and a sparkling chained belt.
Oscar winners 2025 full list – see who received honors for this year’s Academy Awards
Best Picture
Anora – WINNER
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Emilia Pérez leads this year’s Oscar nominees with 13, including for best picture, actress, supporting actress and director
Best Director
Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker — Anora – WINNER
Brady Corbet — The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat — The Substance
James Mangold — A Complete Unknown
Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo — Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison — Anora – WINNER
Demi Moore — The Substance
Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here
The Substance has been nominated for numerous Oscars, including Best Actress for Demi Moore
Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody — The Brutalist – WINNER
Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo — Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes — Conclave
Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice
The Brutalist came in second place with 10 nods, including for best picture, actor (Adrien Brody), supporting actor (Guy Peare) and supporting actress (Felicity Jones)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro — A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande — Wicked
Felicity Jones — The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini — Conclave
Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez – WINNER
Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov — Anora
Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain – WINNER
Edward Norton — A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce — The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong — The Apprentice
Animated Feature Film
Flow – WINNER
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Cinematography
The Brutalist — Lol Crawley – WINNER
Dune: Part Two — Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez — Paul Guilhaume
Maria — Ed Lachman
Nosferatu — Jarin Blaschke
Original Screenplay
Anora — Sean Baker – WINNER
The Brutalist — Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain — Jesse Eisenberg
September 5 — Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-Written by Alex David
The Substance — Coralie Fargeat
Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown — James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Conclave — Peter Straughan – WINNER
Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
Nickel Boys — RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield
Achievement in Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales – WINNER
Achievement in Sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Original Song
El Mal – Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard – WINNER
The Journey – The Six Triple Eight
Like A Bird – Sing Sing
Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez
Never Too Late – Elton John: Never Too Late
Original Score
The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg – WINNER
Conclave — Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez — Clément Ducol and Camille
Wicked — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers
Live-Action Short Film
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot – WINNER
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress – WINNER
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Documentary Feature Film
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land – WINNER
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Flow is nominated for both International Feature Film and Animated Feature Film
Documentary Short Film
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra – WINNER
International Feature Film
I’m Still Here (Brazil) – WINNER
The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)
Emilia Pérez (France)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
Flow (Latvia)
Kieran Culkin has dominated the supporting actor categories in recent weeks for Jesse Eisenberg’s drama A Real Pain
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance – Pierre Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli – WINNER
Wicked
Achievement in Costume Design
A Complete Unknown — Arianne Phillips
Conclave — Lisy Christl
Gladiator II — Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Nosferatu — Linda Muir
Wicked — Paul Tazewell – WINNER
Achievement in Film Editing
Anora — Sean Baker – WINNER
The Brutalist — David Jancso
Conclave — Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez — Juliette Welfling
Wicked — Myron Kerstein
Anora is nominated for several Oscars, including best picture, actress, supporting actor, director, screenplay and editing
Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
