Here"s What 12 "Home Alone" Stars Look Like Now

When this holiday smash hit came out in 1990, there were a lot of reasons it delighted kids around the world. At the time, it appealed to our desire for independence, since Kevin was smart enough to get along pretty well before the Wet Bandits finally closed in. Plus, we were just impressed by the complex and cool traps he was able to put together.

But in the 25 years since the magical day we saw Home Alone for the first time, the cast who made it all possible have had a lot of time to change. We’ve watched some of them grow since then, but a lot of them seemed to disappear completely, leaving us to wonder exactly what happened to them.

Well, there’s no need to wonder anymore — because we can tell you exactly what happened since these 12 actors came together to make this holiday classic.

1. Macaulay Culkin

Culkin may not have much of a filmography since his days as a child star, barring his performance in the interesting teen comedy Saved! but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been busy.Between writing a self-described “strange, weird little book” by the name of Junior, turning his New York apartment into an art studio for his “Leisure Inferno” paintings and performing pizza-themed Velvet Underground covers with his band, The Pizza Underground, he never seems to stop diving into new creative pursuits.He’s also revisited his famous Kevin McCallister character in Robot Chicken and on YouTube, so he seems to have a sense of humor about his childhood stardom.

2. Catherine O’Hara

Whether you know her from SCTV, Beetlejuice, or as Kevin’s forgetful mother, Kate McCallister, O’Hara has definitely established her presence as an actor and comedian.And she’s been working steadily ever since. She’s a permanent fixture of television, but has also received a great deal of acclaim for her work with director Christopher Guest in Best In Show and A Mighty Wind.

3. Daniel Stern

Stern was a delight as goofy criminal Marv Merchants and voiced popular comic strip character Dilbert in the short-lived but interesting animated series. Since then, he’s appeared in Drew Barrymore’s celebrated film Whip It and took on the mantle of Ralphie’s Old Man in the sequel to A Christmas Story.

4. Joe Pesci

After shedding the tough-guy image he earned in Goodfellas a little to play the bumbling criminal Harry Lime, Pesci would find further success in comedy with My Cousin Vinnie. He retired from acting in the late ’90s, but returned to be in Robert De Niro’s The Good Shepherd.He was supposed to appear in an upcoming biopic about the infamous mobster John Gotti, but ended up suing producer Marc Fiore after he didn’t receive the $3 million he was promised despite the film requiring Pesci to gain weight.