‘The Goonies’ cast: Where are they now?

Sean Astin (Michael “Mikey” Walsh)

Sean Astin donned braces and carried an inhaler as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies. The actor later revealed to EW in July 2010 that he got to keep some memorabilia from the set.

“I had one of the original maps. I had one of the original asthma inhalers. We probably five-finger-discounted a good two dozen doubloons from the set,” he recalled. “Those are all gone.”

Astin went on to play some of Hollywood’s most memorable underdog roles. He starred as the titular character in the biographical football flick Rudy (1993) and then played the great hobbit Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003).

He also appeared in the second season of Stranger Things (in addition to one season 3 episode); provided narration and other voice work for Netflix’s animated Epic Tales of Captain Underpants franchise; popped up in episodes of Young Rock, Perry Mason, and The Conners, among other titles; and also reunited with his former Goonies costar Ke Huy Quan in Love Hurts (2025).

Off-screen, Astin is also the first known Middle-earth resident to complete an Ironman triathlon. He also shares three daughters with film producer Christine Astin, with whom he’s been married since 1992.

Josh Brolin (Brandon “Brand” Walsh)

Like Sean Astin, The Goonies also catapulted a young Josh Brolin into Hollywood stardom, though he struggled to replicate that success in the aftermath of the classic film’s release.

“I had a blast,” he told EW in December 2007, “but it was the worst f—ing movie I could’ve done for my first one. After that, everything was like, ‘Eh.'”

He found his second wind in the 21st century in films like No Country for Old Men (2007), Milk (2008) — for which he was nominated for an Oscar — W. (2008), Inherent Vice (2015), and Hail, Caesar! (2016).

Brolin made his foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the warlord Thanos in the Avengers film series. He also had a meaty role as the antihero Cable in Deadpool 2 (2018). Brolin starred as Gurney Halleck in the Academy Award-winning adaptation of Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024); as Royal Abbott on the Amazon Prime Video series Outer Range; and as Moke Munger in Brothers (2024). He’s also set to star in Zach Cregger’s Weapons (2025), Edgar Wright’s The Running Man (2025), and Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025).

In September 2016, Brolin married his former assistant, model Kathryn Boyd, and they welcomed a daughter in 2018 and another in 2020. He also has two children from his previous marriage to actress Alice Adair.

Corey Feldman (Clark “Mouth” Devereaux)

Corey Feldman was already a child star (and later, heartthrob) in Hollywood before his role as Mouth, and has appeared in countless films since the 1980s, most notably Stand by Me (1986) and The Lost Boys (1987).

Feldman remembers the Goonies experience fondly, discussing the many celebrities who came to visit during production. “It was like we had the coolest set on the lot,” he said at a May 2013 reunion. “Harrison Ford came and walked the caves with us. We felt like we were in Indiana Jones.”

He voiced Slash on the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series from 2013 to 2017, and is the lead singer of Truth Movement — though he releases solo music, including his 2024 single, “The Joke.” The actor released a documentary in 2020 chronicling the sexual abuse he and his longtime friend Corey Haim (and Lost Boys costar) survived as child actors in the ’80s.

Feldman shares one child, son Zen Scott, with his ex-wife Susie Sprague. He’s currently in a relationship with musician Adrien Skye.

Jeff Cohen (Lawrence “Chunk” Cohen)

Since doing the Truffle Shuffle as Chunk in The Goonies, Jeff Cohen had a couple of small guest appearances on TV hits like Family Ties and She’s the Sheriff, but his acting career mostly stalled out. He recalled in a June 2015 interview with the Daily Mail that once puberty hit, he couldn’t book gigs anymore.

“It was terrible,” he said. “My first love was acting, but puberty had other ideas. It was a forced retirement. I didn’t give up acting. Acting gave me up.”

Cohen has turned his attention to the courtroom, working in entertainment law — he is a founding partner of Cohen & Gardner, LLP.

Fun fact: Cohen arranged the casting contract for his former Goonies costar Ke Huy Quan for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).

Ke Huy Quan (Richard “Data” Wang)

For a while, slick shoes didn’t quite get off the ground after his breakout roles in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and The Goonies. Quan spent a few decades both in front of and behind the camera, appearing on the TV shows Nothing Is Easy and Head of the Class, as well as the films Breathing Fire (1991) and Encino Man (1992).

After being out of the spotlight for more than two decades, the actor landed a career-turning role as Waymond Wang in the seven-time Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. During his speech, Quan thanked Cohen, his “Goonies brother for life.” He then reflected on his journey in Hollywood, telling the audience that “dreams are something you have to believe in. I almost gave up on mine. To everyone out there, please keep your dreams alive!”

Since his Oscar win, Quan rejoined his EEAAO costars Michelle Yeoh — who made history as the first Asian woman to win Best Actress for her performance — and Stephanie Hsu on Disney+’s American Born Chinese; appeared in season 2 of Loki; voiced Han in Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) and Gary De’Snake in the upcoming Zootopia 2 (2025); and landed his first lead film role in the action comedy Love Hurts, in which he reunited with Goonies costar Sean Astin.

In February 2025, Quan was honored with a hand-and-footprint ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles — and it turned into a nostalgic Goonies reunion, with the film’s screenwriter Chris Columbus and former castmates Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Kerri Green, and Josh Brolin joining him for the historic moment. “I could not be happier for you,” Brolin said during his speech. “I know we all are — all us Goonies — here for an honor that is not only totally deserved but celebrates all that is right in this industry.”

Quan is married to Echo Quan, who worked as a translator on EEAAO, and continues to be by his side as his assistant on projects like The Electric State and Love Hurts.

Martha Plimpton (Stephanie “Stef” Steinbrenner)

Like many of her costars, Martha Plimpton’s role as Stef with the cool earrings catapulted her into the Hollywood spotlight, and she’s had a steady career since, though The Goonies remains one of her most popular films.

“I’m certainly impressed by the fact that it’s really taken such a hold in popular culture,” she told Sky News in March 2023. “And I don’t think any of us expected that it necessarily would when it came out. I mean, we all had an extraordinary time filming it. And, you know, I guess ultimately it did change all of our lives, really. It’s just wonderful.”

On TV, Plimpton has been on shows like ER, How to Make It in America, The Good Wife (winning an Emmy for Guest Actress in a Drama Series), Raising Hope (earning an Emmy nomination for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series), The Real O’Neals, Generation, Sprung, A Town Called Malice, and Prime Target. She’s also one of the stars of the 2024 HBO miniseries The Regime, alongside Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant. Plimpton has been nominated for three Tony Awards for her stage work.

Kerri Green (Andrea “Andy” Carmichael)

Though she made the point that yellow raincoats are imperative to treasure hunting, Kerri Green has only appeared in a handful of films since the release of The Goonies.

In the ’80s, she was seen in Summer Rental (1985), Lucas (1986), and Three for the Road (1987), and appeared on TV shows like In the Heat of the Night, ER, Mad About You, and Law & Order: SVU. The last film she was in was 2012’s Complacent.

Recalling her experience on The Goonies, Green spoke at a Comic-Con event in Ireland in September 2023 about how most of the effects in the film were real. “There was no CGI except the stones coming down at the end when we’re escaping, that’s CGI, and then the ship at the end, but everything else was real,” she revealed. “I think that’s one of the reasons why people still love watching it.”

John Matuszak (Lotney “Sloth” Fratelli)

Before donning Sloth’s Superman shirt and saving the day, John Matuszak played in the NFL for nearly a decade and was even the 1973 first draft pick and won two Super Bowls as part of the Oakland Raiders. His acting career after The Goonies included films like One Crazy Summer (1986) and Down the Drain (1990).

Unfortunately, Matuszak died a couple of years after The Goonies came out from an accidental overdose in 1989 at the age of 38.