The 1989 smash hit sci-fi family comedy Honey, I Shrunk the Kids featureds an impressive cast of veterans and newcomers, but where are the actors now? Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids follows inventor Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) who accidentally miniaturizes his own kids, and those of his next-door neighbors, after inventing a shrinking ray. Using lavish set pieces and state-of-the-art technology, the movie brought the audience along for a big-scale, micro-level adventure that was unlike anything they had seen before. The movie was an immediate hit and went on to spawn a handful of sequels and even several theme park attractions at Walt Disney World.
Besides its amazing technical aspects, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids succeeded because of its playful tone and sense of wonder. Also, the actors were all very memorable, particularly the younger members of the ensemble, who were largely responsible for selling the story and its many incredible situations involving everything from insects to dangerous bowls of cereal. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' cast and characters are actually the movie's strongest asset despite it being a special effects extravaganza. Decades later, only a few of these actors are still actively working. Here's a look at where each member of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids cast is today.
Rick Moranis (Wayne Szalinski)
Heading up the cast of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Rick Moranis plays the bumbling inventor Wayne Szalinski, whose shrink ray is the impetus for the plot. Moranis, who became a comedy icon in the '80s with such movies as Ghostbusters and Spaceballs, returned for 1992's Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and 1997's Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. Throughout the '90s, he starred in other hits, including My Blue Heaven and The Flintstones, where he played a live-action Barney Rubble. He stepped away from acting for personal reasons in the early-2000s, but in 2020, Moranis made a rare TV appearance in an advertisement for Ryan Reynolds's cellular company, Mint Mobile.
Matt Frewer (Russell "Big Russ" Thompson Sr.)
Character actor Matt Frewer, who was best known beforehand as the '80s pop culture figure Max Headroom, plays Wayne's neighbor Russell "Big Russ" Thompson Sr., a gruff and overbearing man whose children are also shrunk by the new invention. Matt Frewer's post-Honey, I Shrunk the Kids career continued his trend of playing memorable characters with big personalities. Most notably, he portrayed Moloch in the Watchmen movie, voiced Panic in Disney's Hercules, and played Frank in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. Most of Frewer's credits have come from TV, with extended stints as Dr. Aldous Leekle on Orphan Black and as Logan on Fear the Walking Dead.
Marcia Strassman (Diane Szalinski)
Balancing out Wayne's zany antics, Marcia Strassman, of Welcome Back, Kotter fame, plays Diane Szalinski, his long-suffering, career-focused wife who helps rescue the shrunken kids. Unlike Moranis, who appeared in every Honey, I Shrunk the Kids movie, Strassman only returned for the first sequel, 1992's Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. She continued to work frequently throughout the 1990s and 2000s in TV shows, and most notably played Martine in Noah Knows Best and Nancy Sterngood in the Tremors spinoff series. Marcia Strassman passed away in 2014 at the age of 66.
Kristine Sutherland (Mae Thompson)
In the cast of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Kristine Sutherland plays Mae Thompson, Big Russ's wife, who is much more friendly than her husband but still concerned for her children. Sutherland's acting career has spanned several decades, but she has worked selectively since Honey, I Shrunk the Kids while also working as a portrait photographer. Her most famous role afterward came as Joyce Summer on the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but she also had one-off guest spots on such series as The Following and New Amsterdam. Between 2010 and 2011 Sutherland appeared in four episodes of One Life to Live as Dean Mackenzie.
Thomas Wilson Brown (Russell "Little Russ" Thompson Jr.)
Thomas Wilson Brown plays Russell "Little Russ" Thompson Jr., Big Russ's older son who struggles to escape the shadow of his overbearing father, and who gets shrunk by Wayne's ray. Shortly after appearing as part of the cast of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Brown played Gerald in the 1990 movie Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael. He continued to work sporadically throughout the 1990s, including a recurring role as Keith on Days of Our Lives in 1994. In 2020, Brown appeared as himself in the Disney Plus behind-the-scenes series Prop Culture where he rejoined many of his Honey, I Shrunk the Kids co-stars. He's also now a writer, director, and producer.
Jared Rushton (Ronald "Ron" Thompson)
Jared Rushton, who had just come off the success of playing Tom Hanks's best friend in Big​​​​​​, plays Ronald "Ron" Thompson, the cavalier younger son of Big Russ who hits a baseball through the Szalinski's window, which eventually leads to the kids being shrunk. Rushton continued to play teenage roles in the early 1990s and most notably appeared as Clyde Parker in Pet Sematary Two and starred as Brian in the action-adventure film A Cry in the Wild. Rushton played one-off roles on such shows as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and ER throughout the 1990s before stepping away from acting to become a rock musician.
Amy O'Neill (Amy Szalinski)
Among the kids shrunk by her father's invention, Wayne's daughter, Amy Szalinski, is played by Amy O'Neill in the cast of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. O'Neill reprised her role as Amy Szalinski in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid but in a much smaller capacity as a cameo. She starred as Pandra in 1992's White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II and played minor roles in such shows as Murder She Wrote and Gabriel's Fire before stepping away from acting in the mid-'90s to become a performance artist. O'Neill rejoined her former Honey, I Shrunk the Kids co-stars on a 2020 episode of Prop Culture discussing the movie.
Robert Oliveri (Nick Szalinski)
The youngest member of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids cast, Robert Oliveri plays Nick Szalinski, the family's middle child, who shares his father's love of science and invention. Oliveri's rather short filmography includes the sequel film Honey, I Blew Up the Kid where he reprised the role of Nick, but his most famous part came as Kevin in the Tim Burton movie Edward Scissorhands in 1990. Oliveri's final role came once again as Nick Szalinski when he appeared in the Walt Disney World attraction Honey, I Shrunk the Audience in 1994. He now resides with his family in Florida.
Mark L. Taylor (Don Forrester)
Appearing in a small role in the cast of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Mark L. Taylor plays Don Forrester, a close friend of Big Russ's who tries to leave for a fishing trip right as the kids are shrunk. Taylor's work as a character actor saw him play small roles in hit films like Arachnophobia as Jerry Manley and Thomas Fulton in High School Musical 2, but the bulk of his work has been on TV. Taylor lent his voice to countless characters in cartoons like Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls and appeared in four episodes of How to Get Away with Murder as Vince Levin in 2016.
Kimmy Robertson (Gloria Forrester)
Kimmy Robertson plays Gloria Forrester, Don's wife who tries to hurry her husband so that they can leave for their fishing trip. Shortly after appearing in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Robertson landed her most famous role as Lucy Moran in Twin Peaks, and she reprises that role in the 2017 series Twin Peaks: The Return. A noted voice-over artist, Robertson played the Featherduster in Disney's Beauty and the Beast and lent her vocal talents to the character of Ollie in the notorious web series Ollie & Scoops beginning in 2019.