Where Is “The Lost Boys” Cast Now, Nearly 40 Years After the Film Premiered?
Where Is “The Lost Boys” Cast Now, Nearly 40 Years After the Film Premiered?
Jessica SagerSun, June 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTC
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Jamison Newlander, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman in The Lost BoysCredit: Jane O'Neal/Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock
Before it was a hit Broadway musical, The Lost Boys was a horror classic starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland and Jami Gertz.
Joel Schumacher directed the 1987 film, which follows Michael Emerson (Patric) as he falls in love with a girl named Star (Gertz) and is pursued by a local gang of teenage vampires (Sutherland, Alex Winter, Billy Wirth and Brooke McCarter). Meanwhile, Michael's younger brother Sam (Haim) and his friends Edgar (Corey Feldman) and Alan Frog (Jamison Newlander) try to battle the head vampire Max (Edward Hermann) — who's courting Michael and Sam's single mother, Lucy (Wiest).
The film's success spawned two sequels and two comic book series and cemented Haim and Feldman's teen idol statuses by featuring "the Two Coreys" on screen together for the first time.
Here's a look at where the stars of The Lost Boys are now, nearly 40 years after the film's premiere.
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Jason Patric as Michael Emerson
Jason Patric in The Lost Boys; Jason Patric in Sept. 2025Credit: Jane O'Neal/Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock; Amanda Edwards/Getty
After The Lost Boys, Patric continued working in Hollywood and on the Broadway stage, including in a 2011 revival of That Championship Season with Sutherland.
He also became a father when his on-again-off-again partner of a decade, Danielle Schreiber, welcomed son Gus through in vitro fertilization in 2009. The former pair later engaged in a years-long court battle over custody of his Gus, which resulted in Patric being declared a legal parent to Gus and earning visitation rights in 2014. Schreiber reportedly prohibited the actor from contacting Gus before the ruling.
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Corey Haim
Corey Haim in The Lost Boys; Corey Haim in Nov. 2009Credit: Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock; Thos Robinson/Getty
Haim was just 14 years old when he appeared in The Lost Boys.
Throughout his life, Haim battled addiction and was in treatment and recovery numerous times. His career suffered, and after the success of License to Drive (1988), most of his films were released direct-to-video or made for TV.
He took an extended break from the spotlight and re-emerged in 2007 with the reality series The Two Coreys with Feldman. The show ran for two seasons.
Haim, who called himself a "chronic relapser," died from pneumonia on March 10, 2010, at 38 years old.
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Corey Feldman as Edgar Frog
Corey Feldman in the Lost Boys; Corey Feldman in Nov. 2025Credit: Moviestore/Shutterstock; Paul Archuleta/Getty
After The Lost Boys, Feldman starred in License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989) with Haim, as well as in The 'Burbs (1989) and as the voice of Donatello in the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) movie.
In recent years, he has appeared on several reality TV shows like The Surreal Life, Dancing on Ice, Celebrity Wife Swap, The Two Coreys and Dancing with the Stars. He has also continued to work on music and toured with Limp Bizkit in 2024.
In February 2026, Feldman and ex-wife Courtney Anne Mitchell finalized their divorce after announcing their separation nearly three years prior. He was previously married to actress Vanessa Marcil from 1989 to 1993 and Susie Sprague from 2002 to 2014.
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Kiefer Sutherland as David
Kiefer Sutherland in the Lost Boys; Kiefer Sutherland in Nov. 2025Credit: Jane O'Neal/Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock; Karwai Tang/WireImage
Following the success of The Lost Boys, Sutherland went on to star in blockbusters A Few Good Men (1991), TheThree Musketeers (1993), A Time to Kill (1996) and more. He was also a TV fixture of the early aughts and 2010s, starring in 24 as Jack Bauer from 2001 to 2010, then in a revival in 2014, and as Thomas Kirkman in Designated Survivor from 2016 to 2019. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008.
In addition to acting, he also pursued a country music career, releasing his fourth album, Grey, in 2026. In May 2026, Sutherland announced he canceled his U.S. tour dates due to low ticket sales.
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Jami Gertz as Star
Jami Gertz in The Lost Boys; Jami Gertz in Aug. 2025Credit: Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock; Prince Williams/WireImage
Gertz met her husband, hedge fund manager Tony Ressler, shortly after wrapping on The Lost Boys. The pair married in 1989, and she said that at the time, she had much more money than he did. In 1990, Ressler co-founded the private equity firm Apollo Global Management, then Ares Management seven years later, which made him a billionaire.
Gertz starred in Twister in 1996 and had a recurring role on Ally McBeal from 2000 to 2002, but has since mostly stayed out of the spotlight, telling PEOPLE that her focus was on being a mom to her three sons.
In 2015, Gertz and Ressler bought the Atlanta Hawks NBA team for approximately $850 million.
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Dianne Wiest as Lucy
Dianne Wiest in The Lost Boys; Diane Wiest in Dec. 2018Credit: Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock; Michael Tran/FilmMagic
Wiest has worked consistently on stage and screen since The Lost Boys.
In 1991, she starred in the Tim Burton cult hit Edward Scissorhands alongside Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder, and in Little Man Tate with Jodie Foster.
Already an Oscar winner when the horror hit premiered, she won her second Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Bullets Over Broadway in 1995. The following year, she played matriarch Louise Keeley in The Birdcage.
From 2000 to 2002, Wiest starred as D.A. Nora Lewin in Law & Order, then as Dr. Gina Toll in HBO's In Treatment from 2008 to 2009.
Most recently, she has appeared in Mayor of Kingstown, Only Murders in the Buildingand Elsbeth. She will reprise her role as Aunt Bridget "Jet" Owens in Practical Magic 2.
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Jamison Newlander as Alan Frog
Jamison Newlander in The Lost Boys; Jamison Newlander in Nov. 2024Credit: Jane O'Neal/Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock; Jamison Newlander/Instagram
Newlander, who starred as Alan Frog, big brother to Feldman's character, has kept a relatively low profile since The Lost Boys.
In 1988, he began studying at New York University, earning a bachelor of fine arts in theater in 1992. According to his LinkedIn, Newlander became a writer for several mediums, including as a playwright, a technical writer and a marketing copywriter. Newlander also continued acting in smaller projects, including films for Great American Family.
Newlander co-hosted and produced the now-defunct podcast Jamison Newlander and Some Other Guy Show. He's also leaned into The Lost Boys nostalgia, appearing in two sequels with Feldman and starring in and producing the docuseries Searching for the Lost Boys.
Today, Newlander works as a marketing and creative consultant.
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Alex Winter as Marko
Alex Winter in The Lost Boys; Alex Winter in April 2026Credit: Wayne Maser/Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock; John Nacion/FilmMagic
Alex Winter, who starred as vampire Marko in The Lost Boys, has kept busy, even though he took a long break from acting.
Winter explained on the Small Bow podcast in April 2026 that he's an introvert by nature and needed more alone time than movie stardom offered him — as well as to recover from sexual abuse he suffered in the '90s.
"I did notice when I was young and acting in the movies in my 20s, and I'd already been on Broadway and done all this stuff as a kid, that I had a lot of trouble with letting go and to the degree where I just quit acting for a really long time," he said.
During that time, Winter launched his own production company in London, filmed commercials, wrote screenplays and raised his children, noting he has "no regrets" for taking time away from the spotlight to focus on himself.
He reunited with Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure costar Keanu Reeves in 2020 for Bill & Ted Face the Music, then once more in Waiting for Godoton Broadway. In April 2026, Winter joined his Lost Boys costar Billy Wirth on the red carpet for the Broadway adaptation's opening night.
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Billy Wirth as Dwayne
Billy Wirth in The Lost Boys; Billy Worth in April 2026Credit: Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock; Manny Carabel/Getty
Wirth starred as vampire Dwayne in The Lost Boys, and afterward continued acting, including a pivotal role in Boys on the Side (1995) with Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker and Drew Barrymore In 2002, he starred along Patrick Swayze, Lisa Kudrow, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Biel in Powder Blue.
He made his directorial debut with MacArthur Park in 2001. He had a recurring role in Chicago PD as Charlie Pugliese in the series' first season in 2014.
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Brooke McCarter as Paul
Brooke McCarter in The Lost Boys; Brooke McCarter in March 2010Credit: Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock; Bobby Bank/WireImage
Following the success of The Lost Boys, Brooke McCarter, who played the vampire Paul, stepped away from acting. He returned to the screen in 2009 for The Uh Oh Show and in 2011 for Emerging Past.
McCarter died in December 2015 from a genetic liver condition called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, Deadline reported. He was 52 years old.
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