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Mar 2, 2024 · It's been over 20 years since the first "Spy Kids" film debuted. Here's what Alexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas and other cast members are up to now.
- Deanna Janes
- Antonio Banderas (Gregorio Cortez) After making a name for himself in Philadelphia (1993) and Interview With the Vampire (1994), and with Golden Globe-nominated roles in Evita (1996) and The Mask of Zorro (1998), Antonio Banderas signed on to play Gregorio Cortez in Spy Kids.
- Carla Gugino (Ingrid Cortez) Carla Gugino joined Spy Kids as Ingrid Cortez, the cunning spy who marries fellow spy Gregorio Cortez. Gugino, who made her first big-screen appearance in 1989's Troop Beverly Hills, rose to fame thanks to her TV work, which includes '90s roles on Falcon Crest; Doogie Howser, M.D.;
- Alexa PenaVega (Carmen Cortez) Just 12 years old at the time of Spy Kids' release, Alexa PenaVega (then known as Alexa Vega) played Carmen Cortez. The oldest child of Ingrid and Gregorio, Carmen tries to take care of her little brother Juni (Daryl Sabara), no matter how annoying he may be.
- Daryl Sabara (Juni Cortez) A young Daryl Sabara landed one of his first roles as Juni Cortez in Spy Kids. Before playing the younger child of Gregorio and Ingrid and the little brother to Carmen, Sabara had a three-episode arc on Murphy Brown in 1992 and appearances on Roswell and Will & Grace.
- Antonio Banderas
- Carla Gugino
- Alexa Vega
- Daryl Sabara
- Alan Cumming
- Teri Hatcher
- Cheech Marin
- Danny Trejo
The most famous of the original cast, Banderas brought his signature smolder and suaveness to his role as the male head of the Cortez household, Gregorio. Shortly after his time as a super-spy, Banderas received a Tony Nomination for his performance in the Broadway musical Nine and starred as everyone’s favorite CGI cat, Puss In Boots in Shrek 2 (2...
Though Gugino has been in the business since the late 80s, the actress is just starting to make herself into a household name thanks in large part to director Mike Flanagan. As Ingrid, the mom of the Cortez family, Gugino was the perfect foil for Banderas, offering up a feminine cool to compliment his masculine suave. Since starring inSpy Kids, Gug...
Vega starred as Carmen, the taller of the pint-sized spy duo. Due to her success as a recording artist and popularity throughout the series, Vega was named one of 2003’s hottest teen stars in Vanity Fair, though she hasn’t quite set the world on fire in her post-Spy Kids career, working largely in television and independent movies. In 2014, Vega we...
As troublemaking redhead Juni, Sabara was a role-model to mischief-making little brothers everywhere. Fans were shocked and surprised to see Sabara as a bully beaten to death by a young Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Halloween(2007) but were truly gobsmacked when the fairly lowkey actor started dating megawatt recording artist Meghan Trainor in July...
The mad inventor and TV show host, Floop, who ran with a cavalcade of freaks (or, more specifically, "fooglies"), Cumming followed up his role in Spy Kids with a turn as the blue-skinned teleporter Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United (2003). As one of the theater world’s most celebrated actors, Cumming reprised his role as the Emcee in Sam Mendes’ res...
Hatcher’s career really kicked into high gear after Spy Kids. Though known as Lois Lane to Gen X-ers and memorably bedding Pierce Brosnan’s Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)when Desperate Housewives hit the scene in 2004, Hatcher and her co-stars became household names overnight and she was quickly elevated to one of the highest paid actresses in ...
Marin was already a national treasure by the time he took on the role of Juni and Carmen’s fake uncle, Felix. Making a name for himself as part of the Grammy-Award-winning comedy duo Cheech and Chong in the early 1970s, Marin has had a fruitful career as a hippie/stoner culture icon. After Spy Kids, Marin re-teamed with his partner-in-crime, Tommy ...
Few could predict what cultural impact "Uncle Machete" would have outside of theSpy Kids universe. Played by stalwart supporting actor Danny Trejo, the character became something of a box-office darling in his own right when Rodriguez gave him his own big screen adventure based on the phony trailer he made for Grindhouse, titled Machete in 2010. Th...
- Rocco Thompson
Jun 28, 2020 · Actor, comedian, and writer Cheech Marin played Felix Gumm in "Spy Kids," a man who Carmen and Juni thought was their uncle but turns out to be an undercover spy sent to protect them.
- Kirstie Renae
Spy Kids: Directed by Robert Rodriguez. With Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara. Using high tech gadgets, two kids have to save their reactivated OSS top spy parents when they're taken by an evil, high tech enemy.
- Robert Rodriguez
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Mar 2, 2024 · It's been over 20 years since the first "Spy Kids" film debuted. Here's what Alexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas and other cast members are up to now.
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Apr 5, 2024 · A rebooted version of the film franchise debuted on Netflix in September 2023, starring Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi as the spy parents. Connor Esterson and Everly...
