How are the actors of the series “The Wonder Years” three decades after their TV debut (+ bonus with trivia)

The Wonder Years series first aired in early 1988 on the American network ABC. In Brazil, it was a great success on TV Cultura. The plot tells the life of Kevin Arnold, a middle-class American teenager of the 60s. Amid the revolutions and news of those truly incredible years, such as the explosion of Rock’n Roll, the hippie movement and the man on the moon, Kevin experiences first love, the discovery of true friendship and the passage of time.

More than 30 years after the series debut, the awesome.club shows you how the main actors of the series that marked generations are today. Don’t forget to check out the bonus with curiosities of the actors and backstage.

Daniel Jacob Stern is an actor, comedian, director and screenwriter who has been working in the art world since the 70s. He started his career playing the role of young Cyril in the film The winner, but became known as the series’ narrator. Other than that, he played Marvin “Marv” Merchants in the comedies. They forgot me and Home Alone 2 — Lost in New York🇧🇷 His last work was in the series Shrill, which is still in the air. In the bonus, we will show who made the voice of Kevin adult in Brazil.

The actress, who gave life to the character Winnie Cooper, later majored in mathematics and writes books on the subject dedicated to girls. In addition, she and two other friends developed the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem about aligning magnetic fields. Her last acting job was in the movie Matchmaker Mysteries: A Fatal Romance along with actor Victor Webster.

Dan is an American actor who, despite having become quite famous in the role of Kevin’s father, had already done other work before the series, such as the movies. South Bronx Heroes and Independence Day. In his curriculum, the artist has almost 200 participations in the small and big screens. This year, Dan has participated in several works; one of them was in the movie The Way Back with Ben Affleck, in addition to other movies and series that are yet to be released.

The actress who played Kevin’s sister has become a complete artist; in addition to acting, she is also a singer, voice actress and songwriter. She even sang with Bon Jovi, Seal and Julian Lennon. On TV she started just before the series, like Terry in the series All in family. His last screen work was in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker like the voice of Luminara. Today, Olivia is finishing shooting the movie Lost Girls: Angie’s Story.

The actor, who gave life to Kevin’s brother (and with whom the main character was constantly fighting), worked hard before becoming famous, making appearances in films such as Back to the future (in which he had a small role) and Police Academy 2 — First Mission🇧🇷 His last TV job was voicing the character Don Hall in the cartoon. Justice League Unlimited, along with her colleagues Olivia d’Abo and Fred Savage. Today, he works as a producer at his company called Bischoff Hervey Entertainment.

The American actor who gave life to Ed Cutlip, the Physical Education teacher, began his career in the 70’s. Today, he accumulates the impressive mark of more than 200 participations in films and series. He is currently part of the Space Command series and is recording other works that are yet to debut. He was also the only actor to write and direct two episodes of the series. Star Trek: Voyager.

This actress rose to stardom as the teacher in the series, later did a few episodes as Leslie on the famous series Seinfeld. Wendel participated, in the 2000s, in the Canadian series Less Than Kind, which won him several Canadian Comedy Awards. Her last work was on Working the Engels. Today, she dedicates herself more to the work of director and producer.

The Californian, who played one of Kevin’s friends, got his start on TV doing commercials when he was just 4 years old. Prior to the show, he had made a few TV appearances as the voice of a camp boy in It’s an Adventure, Charlie Brown. and the role of Sheldon in Three’s A Crowd. His last job was in the movie It: Chapter Two. Today he dedicates himself to the theater.

Lindsay only participated in six episodes, but Kevin’s colleague was missed by those who loved the series. Before this success, she also participated in the dubbing of the cartoon Why, Charlie Brown, Why? and then, from the cast of the series: Sabrina, the Sorceress’s Apprentice and That ’70s Show. His last work was in the 2019 film Endings, Beginnings.

Soleil Moon Frye, the girl who played the protagonist of the movie Punky, participated in the cast of the series as the character Mimi Detwiller. Fred Savage was chosen by the casting directors based on his performance in the films. Vice-versa and The Princess Bride. In most of the Arnold family dinner scenes, someone talks about a recipe that has potatoes as the main ingredient. David Schwimmer, the Ross of friendsdid 4 episodes as Michael, a hippie who was dating Kevin’s older sister.

The house shown in the opening of the series actually exists and is situated in Burbank, California. Joe Cocker is the interpreter of the opening song of the series, “With a litlle help from my friends”, which, in fact, is a re-recording of a Beatles song. Fred Savage, who played the protagonist of the series, is the only actor who appears in every episode.

Here in Brazil, Kevin was voiced by Angélica Santos. The voice actress has already worked on drawings such as Oolong from Dragon BallSonya Blade in Mortal Kombat X and Mortal Kombat 11Kate Austen in lost and the chives Monica’s Gang🇧🇷 Alicia Silverstone, the protagonist of the film The Little Girls of Beverly Hills, appeared on the small screen for the first time in Amazing years. She only did a single episode called “Road Test” as the character Jessica Thomas. The first kiss of actors Fred and Danica in real life was in the series, on the scene.

The series Family Guy had an episode called Fox-y Lady, in which actor Fred Savage appears. Winnie’s name is short for Gwendolyn… much better, no? The first rumor that emerged about the series (we’ve already talked about it here) was that Paul became, after adulthood, the singer Marilyn Manson, but that wasn’t true. By the way, when the series started, the rocker was only 12 years old. Almost 30 years after the series ended, a reboot with black characters is being planned.

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