Survivors from the 80s Brat pack generation

Andrew McCarthy survived. I hear he's now more a travel writer. I saw him a couple of times in L&O series.

Keanu Reeves.

R1, true - I was thinking more of people working regularly in the film industry.

Elizabeth McGovern had a good run on Downton Abbey.

Nicholas Cage, for better or for worse

Sean Penn

R4, it might be an unpopular opinion, but he can turn in a complete masterpiece of a performance with the right director. And I thought he was sexy as hell.

But he's a disaster.

Matt Dillon

Johnny Depp and Charlie Sheen are still alive, but not much more.

Does Sarah Jessica Parker count? She was more a TV actress...

Anthony Michael Hall and C. Thomas Howell. Howell wasn’t part of the brat pack though.

R10, relatively few actors actually were - it was mostly the cast of St. Elmo's Fire.

I'm talking about that generation of talent.

Andrew McCarthy’s son played Christina Applegate’s older son on DEAD TO ME.

This is not quite on topic, but speaking of that generation who never got their proper due, I wish Heather Langenkamp had been able to break out of the scream queen role. There isn't a fake moment in A Nightmare on Elm Street and she is a big reason why.

Does Jamie Lee Curtis predate the brat pack era?

Jennifer Connolly?

Why did you put her at the top of the list R15?

Sorry I mean OP.

Because she is an academy-award-winning actress whose reputation in Hollywood is impeccable in terms of professionalism and who has maintained her business profile, likability and beauty to this day.

She may not be working regularly, but she could be if she so chose.

Judd Nelson seems to have vanished.

Did Ione Skye slip down a storm drain?

Mia Sara too.

Loved them both, BTW.

Ally Sheedy

Jennifer Connelly wasn’t a part of The Brat Pack.

R22, she was of that generation, as I hope my title makes clear.

Very few people were actually part of the Brat Pack.

Jennifer Connelley was not part of the brat pack.

Tom Cruise would be considered part of the Brat Pack generation.

May not be an actual Brat Packer, but began making his mark in the movies at the same time as the other official members of the Brat Pack.

FFS I SAID BRAT PACK GENERATION.

NOT BRAT PACK

^ you don't have to be mean about it.

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Diane Lane deserves a mention.

Some of them are working regularly, but just not in high profile projects or in starring roles.

You have to remember: the Brat pack with 30-40 years ago. In 1985, there would have been plenty of leading actors from 1945-1955 who were not working in high profile projects anymore.

OP's argument is not a valid one.

r31, the Brat Pack generation had two factors earlier generations didn't:

A hard R rating to work with.

Frank use of drugs.