In the FX/Hulu series, The Old Man, it is believed the title character isn’t Jeff Bridges’ character, nor that of the other two “old men” in the show, but rather one who is the subject of a story Bridges tells Amy Brenneman’s character while cooking a meal for her, one which had been recounted to him years previous:
“He (the man who taught him to cook) told me this story that he was told as a young boy about this wise old man and his garden. This, uh...this wise old man, he never spoke. And, uh, it wasn’t because he couldn’t or because he had nothing to say.