Paul Rudd
In 1995 Paul Rudd played Josh Lucas, the earnest college-age stepbrother. It was his film debut, and he left the TV series "Sisters" to take it. Then the roles kept coming. From 2002 to 2004 he played Mike Hannigan on "Friends." Comedies followed: "Anchorman" in 2004, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" in 2005, "Knocked Up" in 2007. In 2015 he became Scott Lang in Marvel's "Ant-Man," a part he played in five films through "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" in 2023. He joined "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" in 2021 and "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" in 2024, and appeared on "Only Murders in the Building" from 2023 to 2025. One more surprise for the boy from 1995. In 2021 People magazine named him its "Sexiest Man Alive."
Alicia Silverstone
Before Cher Horowitz, Alicia Silverstone was already known. Her film debut, the 1993 thriller "The Crush," won her an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, and she appeared in three Aerosmith music videos. Then came "Clueless" in 1995, and with it a multi-million-dollar deal with Columbia Pictures. In 1997 she played Batgirl in "Batman & Robin." She made her Broadway debut in "The Graduate" in 2002, and NBC's "Miss Match" brought her a Golden Globe nomination in 2003. In 2009 she published a book, "The Kind Diet." She returned to Broadway in 2010 in "Time Stands Still" alongside Laura Linney. Decades later, the girl who said "As if!" kept working on both stage and screen.
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn played Mr. Hall, the debate teacher Cher tries to match with a colleague. By 1995 he already had a famous word. As Vizzini in "The Princess Bride" (1987), "inconceivable" became his catchphrase. That same year, 1995, he began voicing Rex the dinosaur in "Toy Story," a role he still plays. He kept working on television too. He was Cyrus Rose on "Gossip Girl" from 2008 to 2012, Dr. John Sturgis on "Young Sheldon," and Father Ignatius on "Evil" from 2022 to 2024. He also writes. He won Obie Awards for his plays "Our Late Night" in 1975 and "Aunt Dan and Lemon" in 1986, and "The Fever" earned an Obie for Best American Play in 1991.
Donald Faison
Donald Faison played Murray Duvall, Dionne's boyfriend, the guy who always has an opinion. He kept the role when "Clueless" moved to television, appearing in 62 episodes of the series from 1996 to 1999. Then came the role that made him famous. From 2001 to 2010 he played surgeon Dr. Chris Turk on "Scrubs," appearing in 182 episodes. He starred on "The Exes" from 2011 to 2015, and he voiced Hype Fazon on "Star Wars Resistance." In March 2020 he and his "Scrubs" co-star Zach Braff launched the podcast "Fake Doctors, Real Friends." And in 2026 he went back to the hospital. He returned as Turk for the "Scrubs" revival.
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2012: Photo: Burr Media. / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons; 2023: Photo: Eva Rinaldi / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2006: Photo: RavenU / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons; 2019: Photo: Toglenn / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2005: Photo: Sam Felder / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons; 2014: Photo: PEN American Center / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2007: Photo: lukeford.net / CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons; 2023: Photo: Adweek / CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clueless
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rudd
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Silverstone
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Shawn
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Faison
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DJ_Paul_Rudd_portrait.jpg
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- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Faison.jpg
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Faison_Adweek_interview_2023.jpg
