What Happened To The Cast Of Growing Pains?

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Audrey Fox
Fri, October 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM PDT

Of the many feel-good family sitcoms that hit the airwaves in the 1980s, "Growing Pains" is maybe one of the most underrated — at least today, since it had a devoted following while it was on TV from 1985 to 1992, and then for years on syndication after that. It revolves around an upper middle class family from Long Island, with a psychiatrist father (Alan Thicke), a journalist mother (Joanna Kerns), and three children: Mike (Kirk Cameron), Carol (Tracey Gold), and Ben (Jeremy Miller). (A fourth child, Chrissy, was introduced late in the series run, as is wont to happen on shows like this.)

"Growing Pains" lasted on ABC for seven seasons, earning two Emmy nominations and one win along the way. Over the course of the show, it stuck with a remarkably consistent main cast of characters (and a few future celebrities, including Matthew Perry). Although some of the show's stars are still well known in Hollywood today, others have gone down a different path.

Here's a look at what happened to the cast of "Growing Pains" after the show ended.