Red Dawn 1984 Cast Members: Where Are They Now?

Publish date: 2024-06-09

The Red Dawn 1984 Cast Members comprises several accomplished actors including Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompon, and Charlie Sheen. Others are Darren Dalton, Jennifer Grey, and Brad Savage. The majority of the regular actors in the movie are now too old to play active roles on television while others have passed away. 

Meanwhile, a fictitious World War III is portrayed in the American movie Red Dawn, which centers on an invasion of the continental United States by a coalition of Soviet, Warsaw Pact, and Latin American nations. The movie had a theatrical release on August 10, 1984, in 1,822 locations, and earned $8,230,381 in its opening weekend, making it the 20th highest-grossing movie of 1984. It brought in $38,376,497 at the box office.

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Meet All Red Dawn 1984 Cast Members

1. Patrick Swayze

Swayze continued to work as a skilled American actor right up to his death from pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009. Also, he was a known dancer, singer, and songwriter before he passed away. The actor was further recognized for his stunning media persona and appearance. Furthermore, Patrick received the People magazine title of Sexiest Man Alive in the year he starred in Point Break.

He began his career in the entertainment industry in 1976 and has since been in a large number of films and television programs, such as Power Blue (2009), Ghost (1990), and Dirty Dancing (1987).

Patrick Swayze was married to Lisa Niemi for 34 years. However, they never had children together.

2.  C. Thomas Howell

Howell was born on December 7, 1996, and as a young boy, he wanted to be a stuntman. This is because he was influenced by his father who worked as a stunt coordinator and rodeo performer. He later took on the path of entertainment, making his film debut as Tyler in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Howell has so far starred in several movies including The Hillside Strangler (2004), Toxic (2008), and Reagan (2023). He married actress Rae Dawn Chong in 1989. However, the pair divorced a year after tying the knot. Howell moved on to marry Sylvie Anderson in 1992 and the couple has 3 children together. Meanwhile, Anderson filed for divorce in 2016.

3. Lea Thompson

Lea is a known American actress and director best known for her role as Lorraine Baines McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985-1990). Thompson was born on May 31, 1961, in Rochester, Minnesota, one of five children of Clifford and Barbara Barry Thompson, a musician. Lea also danced professionally before she made her home-media screen debut in 1982 and has starred in several movies including The Wild Life (1984), Left Behind (2014), and Unplugging (2022).

Lea Thompson has been married to film director Howard Deutch since 1989 after meeting him on the set of Some Kind of Wonderful (1987). Thompson and Deutch have two daughters, both actresses: Madelyn Deutch (born 1991) and Zoey Deutch (born 1994).

4. Charlie Sheen

Charlie is an American actor that was born as a celebrity kid. Both his parents; Martin Sheen and Janet Templeton are famous American actors. Charlie’s entertainment career began in 1983 when he was cast to portray Ron in Grizzly II: The Predator and he has also starred in several critically acclaimed movies including Good Advice (2001), Madea’s Witness Protection (2012), and Mad Families (2017).

Away from his career, Sheen has been married three times. He is known to have 5 children and 1 grandchild. In January 1990, Sheen accidentally shot his fiancée, Kelly Preston, in the arm and he broke off the engagement soon after the incident.

5. Darren Dalton

Apart from starring as Daryl Bates in Red Dawn, Darren has also featured in movies like The Big Fall (1997) and The Land That Time Forgot (2009). He began his film career in 1982 and has worked in movies, Television, and writing. Turning to screenwriting full-time, Dalton did not appear in other TV shows or movies until 2007’s The Stolen Moments of September. He then returned to acting in War of the Worlds 2. 

Meanwhile, Darren is known to have married American actress Kristen Dalton in 1993. However, the pair divorced in 2009. He is also rumored to have married a woman named Reiko Kaneshiro.

6. Jennifer Grey

Since she made her entertainment career debut in 1971, Jennifer has remained active on the screens to date. Although she made her film debut with Reckless (1984), her breakthrough was with the teen comedy film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986). She has further boosted her career success with movies like Redbelt (2008), Bittersweet Symphony (2019), and Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match (2023).

Away from her career, on August 5, 1987, Grey suffered severe whiplash in a car collision in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, while vacationing with actor Matthew Broderick, whom she had begun dating in semi-secrecy during the filming of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Jennifer was romantically involved with actors Michael J. Fox, Johnny Depp, William Baldwin, and then-aide to President Clinton, George Stephanopoulos. She married actor/director Clark Gregg on July 21, 2001, and they have a daughter.

7. Brad Savage

Brad is not just an actor but also a singer, born on December 9, 1965, in Livonia, Michigan.

While known for Red Dawn, Savage also appeared in many television shows in the 1970s and 1980s, including Salem’s Lot, CHiPs, Mork & Mindy, Emergency!, Fantasy Island, and The Love Boat. Also, he has appeared in movies like No Deposit, No Return (1976), Islands in the Stream (1977), and Salem’s Lot (1970).

Meanwhile, Savage is married to Bronwen R. Craig and has two children. His son, Keaton Savage, is also an actor.

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8. Powers Boothe

Powers Boothe was an American actor known for his commanding character actor roles on film and television. He was born on June 1, 1948, and died on May 14, 2017, in Los Angeles from the effects of pancreatic cancer. Prior to his death, Powers attended Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He first came to national attention in 1980, playing Jim Jones in the CBS TV film Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jomes. He has also been featured in several critically acclaimed movies including Con Air (1997), The Avengers (2012), and Nashville (2012-2014).

To his personal life, Boothe married his college sweetheart Pam Cole in 1969 and they remained married until his death. They had two children, Parisse and Preston.

9. Ben Johnson

Johnson was an American film and television actor, stuntman, and world-champion rodeo cowboy. He is known to have brought authenticity to many roles in Westerns with his droll manner and expert horsemanship. He began his film career in 1939 and has been featured in dozens of movies and TV series like Radio Flyer (1992), The Evening Star (1996), and Dream West (1986).

The actor married Carol Elaine in 1941 and their marriage lasted until her death on March 27, 1994. The had no children. Johnson died of a heart attack at the age of 77 on April 8, 1966.

10. Harry Dean Stanton

Harry enjoyed the spotlight as an entertainer for about  63 years before he died on September 15, 2017, aged 91. Prior to his death, Harry was an American actor, musician, and singer. In a career that spanned over 6 decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including Repo Man (1984), The Man Who Cried (2000), and Lucky (2017).

Stanton was never married, though he had a long relationship with actress Rebecca De Mornay. He once said that he might have had two or 3 kids out of marriage.

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