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Stand by Me (1986) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Aug 22, 1986 · Stand by Me: Directed by Rob Reiner. With Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell. A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Rob Reiner
- 1986-08-22
- Corey Feldman
- Jerry O’Connell
- Wil Wheaton
- River Phoenix
- Kiefer Sutherland
As a child star, Corey Feldman took Hollywood by storm with his beady eyes and cherubic face. He appeared in countless commercials, landing his first for McDonald’s at the age of three. He snagged parts in primetime TV shows like Mork and Mindy and One Day at a Time, and by the 80s, his rascally, no-holds-barred persona landed him film roles in Gre...
Who knew that chubby Vern Tessio, who dug like a prairie dog in search of his pot of pennies and loved cherry-flavored Pez in Stand By Me, would turn into a muscular, deep-voiced hunk of a man and marry a model in real life? After Stand By Me, Jerry O’Connell focused his roles in television but was relatively under the radar. His big break back int...
As the doe-eyed storyteller Gordie Lachance in Stand By Me, Wil Wheaton was “the voice” of the film, playing the younger version of Richard Dreyfuss, whom we only get to glimpse in the beginning and the very end of the movie. After Stand By Me, Wheaton looked to the stars, landing his next big role as Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generatio...
Even when he played the sensitive-tough-kid Chris Chambers in Stand By Me, River Phoenix’s star quality was clearly evident onscreen. Garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Running on Empty in 1988, Phoenix moved on to playing a young Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. However, he yearned for more comp...
It would be a bit odd to overlook the “anti-hero,” or should we say more appropriately, the “the redheaded stepchild” of the cast, Kiefer Sutherland. Considering he was flawless as the unconscionable, knife-wheeling bully Ace, it’s hard to believe that Stand By Me was the Canadian actor’s first U.S. film. (After all, his father is the inimitable Do...
At the 8th Youth in Film Awards, the film received the Jackie Coogan Award for Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Picture – Ensemble Cast in a Feature Film (Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell).
Apr 21, 2023 · Wil Wheaton (Gordie). Picture: Columbia/Getty A few years after playing Gordie in Stand By Me , Wil landed his best-known role, Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Tom Eames
Actor: Stand by Me. Wil Wheaton was born Richard William Wheaton III on July 29, 1972 in Burbank, California. He first gained international attention by starring in the Rob Reiner comedy-drama film Stand by Me (1986).
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Wheaton first gained widespread attention for his work in Stand by Me (1986), the film adaptation of Stephen King's novella The Body. In Stand by Me, Wheaton played the lead role of Gordie Lachance, a 12-year-old storyteller mourning the loss of his elder brother.
