"The Great Bambino" of sports movies turns 30 -- and wait'll you see what the cast members look like today!
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Tom Guiry (Scotty Smalls): Tom later appeared in "U-571," "Tigerland," "Black Hawk Down" and on the NBC show "The Black Donnellys." He worked as a patient transporter and has two sons. In 2013, he was arrested for allegedly head-butting a cop. Most recently, he's had minor roles in "The Revenant," "The Prom" and "The Unforgivable." He has three kids with wife Janelle.
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Mike Vitar (Benny Rodriguez): Mike also starred in two "Mighty Ducks" movies as Luis Mendoza before he quit acting in 1997. He later became firefighter for the Los Angeles Fire Department and reportedly has two sons with his wife Kym. He pled no contest to misdemeanor battery in 2017, after he and two other firefighters beat a man within an inch of his life on Halloween in 2015. He was suspended from the fire department for six months and routinely sits out cast reunions.
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Chauncey Leopardi (Squints Palledorous): Chauncey would later appear in "The Big Green" and on "Freaks and Geeks" and "Gilmore Girls." He reprised his role as Squints in the 2007 sequel "The Sandlot: Heading Home" and appeared in Logic's 2019 video for "Homicide." According to LA Weekly, he's been growing marijuana for 20 years and has his own line called Squintz, which includes a strain called The Wendy.
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Marley Shelton (Wendy Peffercorn): Marley went on to star in movies like "Pleasantville," "Grindhouse," "Sin City," "Sugar and Spice," "Valentine" and both "Scream 4" and 5. Currently, she stars on "1923" and has two daughters with husband Beau Flynn. In 2012, she was arrested for a DUI -- but the charge was dropped after she pled no contest to speed exhibition.
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Patrick Renna (Ham Porter): Renna would star in movies like "The Big Green," "Son in Law" and appeared on "The X-Files." He was also the voice of Jordan in the "Recess" movie. He shares two children with wife Jasmin and most recently appeared on "GLOW." He also has his own line of clothing inspired by his character, called Hambino. He also went viral with Lizzo in 2022 -- watch the video below!
Marty York (Yeah Yeah): Marty appeared on "Boy Meets World" and "Sliders" before he quit Hollywood in 1997 after surviving a horrific car accident. He later became a trainer in Hollywood, but has recently returned to acting. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail after getting arrested for felony domestic battery in 2009.
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Brandon Quintin Adams (Kenny DeNunez): Before "The Sandlot" Adams starred in Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker" as Zeke. He went on to appear in "Boy Meets World," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and "Sister, Sister." He also provided the voice of Rai in "Kingdom Hearts II." Most recently, he was the narrator for "The Resort" on Peacock.
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Grant Gelt (Bertram Grover Weeks): Grant appeared on "Saved by the Bell: The New Class," "Boy Meets World," and did a voice on an episode of "Hey Arnold!" He went on to become co-founder of Play Forever, an organization aimed at making sports accessible to everyone by eliminating financial barriers. He's also co-founder of the creative agency Masscult.
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Victor DiMattia (Timmy Timmons): Victor later did a number of "Adventures in Odyssey" video shorts, but has otherwise largely remained out of the spotlight aside from Sandlot reunions. He's also a Play Forever co-founder and works in the tech industry with Masscult, as Director of Web3 Initiatives.
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Shane Obedzinski (Tommy 'Repeat' Timmons): Obedzinski had a role in "My Girl" prior to "The Sandlot." He's also on the Play board and lives in Tampa, Florida, where he's VP of the Fire It Up restaurant group.
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James Earl Jones (Mr. Mertle): James would later voice Mufasa in "The Lion King" and appear in "Clear and Present Danger," "Homicide: Life on the Street"" and did voice work for CNN, the King James Bible and numerous other voiceovers. He recently reprised his role as King Jaffe Joffer in Coming 2 America and signed a deal with Lucasfilm allowing them to use archival recordings of his voice for future Darth Vader projects.
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Denis Leary (Bill): Denis later starred in "The Ref," voiced Diego in the "Ice Age" films, starred on "Rescue Me" and "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll" and appeared in the 2012 movie "The Amazing Spider-Man." He also continues to do standup, most recently appeared on "Animal Kingdom," "The Moodys" and currently stars on "Law & Order: Organized Crime."
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Karen Allen (Smalls' Mom): She later appeared in "The Perfect Storm" and reprised her role as Marion Ravenwood in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Her marriage from Kale Browne ended in divorce in 1998. She began her own cashmere knitwear line in 2003 and, in 2005, opened up the Karen Allen Fiber Arts store in Great Barrington, MA. She's also a faculty member of the Theatre Department at Bard College at Simon's Rock.
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Tom Guiry, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York and Shane Obedzinski recently reunited just two weeks before the movie's 30th anniversary.
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Tom Guiry, Marty York, Chauncey Leopardi and Shane Obedzinski recently reunited just two weeks before the movie's 30th anniversary -- and revisited the field in Salt Lake City where they filmed.
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The cast of "The Sandlot" when they reunited for the film's 25th anniversary.
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The cast of "The Sandlot" reunites for the film's 25th anniversary.