There's Something About Mary Turns 25 -- Where Are They Now?

Celebrity By TooFab Staff | 7/14/2023 2:28 PM PT

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It's been 25 years since Ben Stiller got caught in his zipper and Cameron Diaz made her bangs stand on end ... but what happened to the rest of the film's cast since the 1998 comedy's release?

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Cameron Diaz (Mary): Diaz later won acclaim and award attention for her work in both Being John Malkovich and Vanilla Sky, voiced Fiona in the Shrek movies, appeared in movies like Charlie's Angels, The Sweetest Thing, Gangs of New York, Bad Teacher and Annie. She retired from acting following that last film, releasing health books and staring her own wine line, Avaline. She married Benji Madden in 2015 and welcomed daughter Raddix via surrogate in 2019. She's set to return to acting in the upcoming Jamie Foxx movie Back In Action.

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Ben Stiller (Ted): Stiller's comedy streak continued with Dodgeball, as well as the Meet the Parents, Night at the Museum and Madagascar franchises. He also starred in and directed Zoolander, its sequel, Tropic Thunder and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and directed the Showtime series Escape at Dannemora . Most recently, he directed and served as executive producer on Severance. He married Christine Taylor in 2000 and the two share two children. Though they separated in 2017, they later reconciled.

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Matt Dillon (Pat Healy): Dillon starred in Wild Things the same year as There's Something without Mary. He had been dating costar Cameron Diaz for three years, but broke up the year the film was released. Other popular titles he went on to star in were Crash (2004), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), You, Me and Dupree (2006) and Wayward Pines (2015). He most recently appeared on the AppleTV+ show High Desert.

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Lin Shaye (Magda): Shaye later appeared in films including Detroit Rock City, Snakes on a Plane and A Cinderella Story and is perhaps best known now for her work as Elise Rainier in the Insidious franchise. In addition to that series, she's starred in a ton of horror movies and TV shows, including The Grudge in 2020 and the series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.

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W. Earl Brown (Kenny): Brown later starred on and even wrote one episode of Deadwood and appeared on True Detective, Preacher, Hacks and The Mandalorian. He also did motion capture and the voice for the character of Bill in The Last of Us video game.

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Lee Evans (Tucker/Norm Phipps): He later appeared in films including The Ladies Man and Freeze Frame and also appeared on an episode of Doctor Who. The comedian retired from standup in 2014, but appeared on stage in 2017 and 2018. The British Comedy Awards celebrated him in 2011 with the Outstanding Contribution to Comedy Award.

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Chris Elliott (Woogie): Elliott later starred in Scary Movie 2 and 4, voiced Dogbert on Dilbert, appeared on Everybody Loves Raymond and How I Met Your Mother and starred as Roland Schitt on the Emmy-winning Schitt's Creek. His daughter, Abby Elliott, became the first child of a previous SNL star to hired as main cast member.

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Markie Post (Sheila): After playing Mary's mom, Post did a ton of TV movies, as well as appearances on shows including Scrubs, Odd Man Out, Hollywood Squares, Chicago PD and The Kids Are Alright. She died in August 2021 at the age of 70 following a battle with cancer.

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Keith David (Charlie): After playing Mary's stepfather, David went on to star in Requiem for a Dream, Barbershop, Pitch Black and its sequel, Cloud Atlas, the TV shows Community and Greenleaf, and, most recently, Nope. He's also done a ton of voice work for projects including The Princess and the Frog, Gargoyles, Spawn, Adventure Time, the Saints Row and Mass Effect video games and won Emmys for narrating The War and Unforgivable Blackness. He shares two children with wife Dionne Lea Williams and a son with ex-wife Margit Edwards.

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Brett Favre (as Himself): Favre continued to play football as quarterback for the Green Bay Packers until 2007, before joining the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings and eventually retiring in 2011. The following year, he coached the Oak Grove High School team. He has two daughters with wife Deanna Tynes and in 2020 endorsed Donald Trump for reelection.

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There's Something About Mary Turns 25 -- Where Are They Now?

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