The Goonies cast: Where are they now?

Sean Astin (Michael "Mikey" Walsh)

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

"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; and has popped up in episodes of Young Rock and Perry Mason, among other titles. Off-screen, Astin is also the first known Middle Earth resident to complete an Ironman triathlon.

Josh Brolin (Brandon "Brand" Walsh)

Like 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 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 stars as Gurney Halleck in the Academy Award-winning adaptation of Dune (2021) and in Dune: Part Two (2024), and as Royal Abbott on the Amazon Prime Video series Outer Range.

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 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 2022 single, "Without U." 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.

Jeff Cohen (Lawrence "Chunk" Cohen)

Since doing the Truffle Shuffle as Chunk in The Goonies, Jeff Cohen had a couple of small guest roles on TV hits like Family Ties and She's the Sheriff, but his acting career mostly stalled out. He recalled in an 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 in Disney+'s American Born Chinese, appears in season 2 of Loki, and voices Han in Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024).

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. "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, and A Town Called Malice. 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 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 and was even the 1973 first draft pick. 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.