‘Growing Pains’ Turns 40: Where’s the Cast Now?

Four decades ago, TV viewers met the Seaver family in the premiere of Growing Pains, which hit ABC on September 24, 1985. Joanna Kerns and Alan Thicke played parents raising a family in suburban New York: Maggie Seaver was reentering the workforce as a reporter, and Dr. Jason Seaver was moving his psychiatry practice to the house so he could keep an eye on their brood. Those kids were the hormonal Mike, bookish Carol, troublemaking Ben — and, later, new child Chrissy and, in the final season, homeless teen Luke, played by none other than Leonardo DiCaprio.

Growing Pains became a top 5 hit and ultimately aired seven seasons before ending its run in 1992, though the cast reunited for one TV movie in 2000 and another in 2004. And now that we’re hitting the show’s 40th anniversary, check in on the stars’ post-Pains careers below.