See What the Cast of 'Home Alone' Is Up to Now, 30 Years After the Christmas Movie's Release

Culkin's work with John Candy in Uncle Buck had convinced Hughes that he could handle the lead role of Kevin McCallister. "John knew all along that he wanted Macaulay in the movie," director Chris Columbus told Chicago Magazine. Culkin had started acting at age 4 and also previously worked on the 1989 rom-com See You in the Morning with Jeff Bridges.

After his turn in Home Alone and the 1992 sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Culkin had a major breakthrough, hosting Saturday Night Live,appearing in a Michael Jackson music video, and starring in series of '90s flicks including The Good Son. In 1994, he decided to pursue a more "normal life" and enrolled in a Manhattan high school. He has since worked on a number of other projects, including a comedy rock band called The Pizza Underground and a Goop parody website called Bunny Ears. After taking a role in Seth Green's 2019 movie Changeland, he started dating costar Brenda Song.

Prior to playing hotheaded thief Harry, Pesci had appeared in Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time in America, and Lethal Weapon. The year 1990 proved to be a great one for him: Both Home Alone and Goodfellas hit theaters, earning him an Academy Award for playing gangster Tommy DeVito.

Most recently, Pesci came out of retirement for Martin Scorsese's 2019 crime film The Irishman, a decision that earned him an Oscar nomination. His post-Home Alone credits also include comedies such as My Cousin Vinny and dramas like Casino.

Stern's portrayal of the dimwitted burglar Marv came after roles in Breaking Away, Stardust Memories, and Hannah and Her Sisters.

In addition to Home Alone, you probably remember Stern from City Slickers and its sequel. He also directed sports movie Rookie of the Year and voiced Dilbert on the animated version of the classic comic.

O'Hara took on the role of suburban mom Kate McCallister after playing another iconic mom: Delia Deetz in 1988's Beetlejuice. She had previously won an Emmy for her work alongside John Candy on the sketch show Second City Television.

Post-Home Alone, O'Hara reunited with Tim Burton on The Nightmare Before Christmas (she plays Sally!) and frequently appeared in Christopher Guest mockumentaries like Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration. Younger fans might know her best from her recent (and extremely quotable) work as Moira Rose on the sitcom Schitt's Creek.

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Heard appeared in the Syfy television movie Sharknado in 2013. You might have also seen him on CSI: Miami and Prison Break. Sadly, he passed away after a heart attack on July 21, 2017 at the age of 71.

Ratray has also appeared in The Prince and Me and the Kristen Wiig movie Masterminds. More recently, he appeared as Tinfoil Kevin in Amazon's series The Tick and had a small part in the J.Lo crime drama Hustlers.

Macaulay Culkin's real-life younger brother Kieran played his younger brother Fuller McCallister in the film — the first role of of Kieran's career. All six Culkin siblings grew up as performers, but only Macaulay, Kieran and Rory (of Signs) continued to act into adulthood.

Kieran has several highly acclaimed movies to his name, including Igby Goes Down and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Most recently, he earned praise for playing (what else?) a younger brother, both in the Emmy-nominated Fargo (as Rye Gerhardt) and Emmy-winning Succession (as Roman Roy).

John Candy sadly died of a heart attack age 41 in 1994, but before his passing he worked on several more memorable projects such as JFK and Cool Runnings.