This is one of my favorite movies and about six months ago I dusted off my copy
and introduced it to my nephews. They loved it. Here are the people we will be
looking at today.
Sean Astin .... Michael 'Mikey' Walsh
Josh Brolin .... Brandon 'Brand' Walsh
Jeff Cohen .... Lawrence 'Chunk' Cohen
Corey Feldman .... Clark 'Mouth' Devereaux
Kerri Green .... Andrea 'Andy' Carmichael
Martha Plimpton .... Stefanie 'Stef' Steinbrenner
Jonathan Ke Quan .... Richard 'Data' Wang
John Matuszak .... Lotney 'Sloth' Fratelli
Robert Davi .... Jake Fratelli
Joe Pantoliano .... Francis Fratelli
Anne Ramsey .... Mama Fratelli
Sean Astin .... Michael 'Mikey' Walsh BORN: February, 25 1971, Santa Monica, California
We all know where Sean is now. Playing a Hobbit in the Lord of the Rings
trilogy. But here is just a little info/trivia on him.
Sean is married to Christine Astin and they have a daughter Alexandra Louise
(born in 1996)
He is the on of actor John Astin and actress Patty Duke but his biological
father is actually Michael Tell, whom Patty Duke was married to for only a month
in 1970. Sean was adopted at age 3 by John Astin, but considers both men to be
his father.
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Josh Brolin .... Brandon 'Brand' Walsh
BORN: February 12, 1968, Los Angeles, California
Josh is still acting and seems to pop up in various movies and TV shows. Most
recently he had a TV series called "Mister Sterling" in 2003. This was cancelled
after just a few episodes.
Two new projects this year are movies "Into the Blue" and "Melinda and Melinda".
He is the son of actor James Brolin and is engaged to actress Diane Lane.
He has two children, daughter Eden and son Trevor.
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Jeff Cohen .... Lawrence 'Chunk' Cohen
BORN: June 25, 1974, California
Jeff was one of my favorites in Goonies. After the movie he did a few things on
TV, but for the most part got away from being in front of the camera.
Now he is an Entertainment Lawyer in Los Angeles. But he never seems to escape
his Goonies past. He is always asked to do the "Truffle Shuffle". In fact, while
he was a student at UC Berkley he would do the "Truffle Shuffle" during football
games on the sidelines.
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Corey Feldman .... Clark 'Mouth' Devereaux
BORN: July 16, 1971, Chatsworth, California,
We all have heard about his struggles with drugs. By all appearances he now
seems to be clean.
He is married to Susie Sprague and they are expecting their first child in
September of this year.
He's still active in the entertainment business with two movies coming out this
year. "The Birthday" and "No Witness"
TRIVIA: He is the son of songwriter/record producer Bob Feldman, who
wrote and produced "My Boyfriend's Back", produced "Hang On Sloopy" and was a
member of The Strangeloves who had
a pop hit with "I Want Candy."
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Kerri Green .... Andrea 'Andy' Carmichael
BORN: January 14, 1967, Fort Lee, New Jersey
Kerri has kept up acting, but really never made a big splash in the business as
most people had predicted. Most of her recent roles have been bit parts on TV in
popular series like "ER", "Law and Order".
In 1996 along with Bonnie Dickenson she founded a production company called
Independent Women Artists (IWA). In 1999 she wrote and directed the film "Bellyfruit"
under IWA.
TRIVIA: Kerri got the role in Goonies when she skipped summer camp to
attend some movie auditions. You guessed it... she landed the role in Goonies.
Of all the main cast members of Goonies, she is the only one that does not
appear in the video for Cyndi Lauper's 'The Goonies R Good Enough'.
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Martha Plimpton .... Stefanie 'Stef' Steinbrenner
BORN: November 16, 1970, New York, New York
Still very active in Hollywood, she has appeared in many films and TV shows. She
lends her voice to an upcoming film called "Hair High", which is due out later
this year.
TRIVIA: She is the daughter of actors Keith Carradine and Shelley
Plimpton; granddaughter of actor John Carradine.
One thing that cracks me up and I can just visualize it is... On the commentary
track for the DVD of Goonies, The (1985), she says that she was once playing the
title role in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler on stage when an audience member yelled "Gooooonies!"
from his seat.
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Jonathan Ke Quan .... Richard 'Data' Wang (as Ke Huy Quan)
BORN: August 20 1971, Saigon, Vietnam
Birth name : Ke Huy-Quan
Who can forget Data in Goonies. I just loved all his contraptions he invented.
He has done some acting throughout the years with his role in Goonies and
"Indiana Temple of Doom" by far being the highlights of his career.
He did attend college and graduated from the University of Southern California
School of Cinema Television.
Nowadays he is a martial artist and working as a stunt coordinator. He worked
with Jet Li on "The One".
TRIVIA: Speaks fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
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John Matuszak .... Lotney 'Sloth' Fratelli
BORN: October 25, 1950, Oak Creek, Wisconsin DIED: June 17, 1989
John was a hard-driving athlete who lived life in the fast lane. He died of an
accidental drug overdose. He was in various movies, but I have to believe that
Goonies was his most famous. Even though you couldn't tell it was him, it
certainly was a memorable character and the scenes between him and Chunk were
the best.
TRIVIA: Nickname: Tooz. He was a defensive end for the Los Angeles
Raiders
Competed in the 1978 World's Strongest Man Competition .
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Robert Davi .... Jake Fratelli
BORN: June 26, 1954
Robert is still acting and is often cast as the bad guy in movies and TV.
TRIVIA: Originally trained as an opera-singer, until he damaged his
voice.
Robert's big break came when he was cast opposite Frank Sinatra in the film
Contract on Cherry Street (1977) (TV) and has since gone on to work in projects
with Marlon Brando, Roberto Begnini,
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Clint Eastwood, Benicio Del Toro, Danny
Glover, and Adam Sandler to name a few.
Besides working and raising his five children, Robert Davi, stays busy
volunteering his time with many charities such as, 'The Dream Foundation',
'Exceptional Children’s Foundation', 'Heart Of A Child
Foundation', 'The National Italian American Foundation', 'Unico', and is the
national spokesperson for 'I Save America'.
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Joe Pantoliano .... Francis Fratelli
BORN: September 12, 1951, Hoboken, New Jersey
For me Joe will always be Guido the killer pimp from "Risky Business". As you
are probably aware he is still acting and was Ralphie in "The Sopranos" and was
in the Matrix movie.
TRIVIA: Almost always seen wearing a cap, even in some of his movie
roles.
He is writing a novel about his hometown, Hoboken, New Jersey, entitled, "Who's
Sorry Now?"
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Anne Ramsey .... Mama Fratelli
BORN: September 1, 1929, Omaha, Nebraska DEATH: August 11, 1988 (throat cancer)
Probably Anne's most notable role was that of Momma from "Throw Momma From The
Train".
She was a very busy actress in the 80's right up until her death from throat
cancer.
TRIVIA: Following the death of their own mother ("Mom always liked you
best!"), the Smothers Brothers chose Anne Ramsey to receive the flowers and
honors on their Mothers' Day show.
Died just three and a half months after receiving her Oscar nomination for
"Throw Momma from the Train".
