What The Cast Of Superbad Is Doing Today

Since its release in 2007, Superbad has become one of the most beloved comedies of its generation, thanks to perfect one-liners, central performances, and a witty new take on the traditional teen comedy. Based on a script by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg that they started writing as actual teenagers, the film succeeded both critically and commercially, leading to a lucrative writing career for Rogen and Goldberg as well as newfound stardom for several of its younger cast members.

It's not easy to strike a balance between heartstring-tugging moments and total vulgarity, but somehow, Superbad pulls it off, anchoring its more ridiculous antics with relatable characters and a strong central friendship. In the years since its release, the stars have kept working steadily in Hollywood and beyond, so here's a look at what just some of the cast of Superbad is up to today.

After appearing as Seth — a hyper-exaggerated, overexcited teenager named for Seth Rogen — in Superbad, Jonah Hill went on to build a pretty extraordinary career for himself, culminating in a few Oscar nominations.

Hill spent some time working with director Judd Apatow on projects like Funny People (he had previously collaborated with Apatow in a brief role in The 40-Year-Old Virgin), but his first big artistic breakout was his performance in Bennett Miller's Moneyball alongside Brad Pitt, in a role that earned him his first Academy Award nomination. After that, he lampooned himself as "Academy Award nominee Jonah Hill" in Rogen and Goldberg's apocalypse comedy This Is the End, scored a second Oscar nomination for his dynamite supporting turn in The Wolf of Wall Street, working with heavyweights like Leonardo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorsese, and forayed into prestige television with Netflix's Maniac alongside Superbad co-star Emma Stone. However, comedy fans need not worry; Hill is still a funnyman at heart, which he's proven time and time again with projects like 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street as well as Seth Rogen's Sausage Party. Hill isn't just an actor, though — he also directed and wrote Mid90s, which premiered to rave reviews.

As one of the two writers of Superbad, Seth Rogen came up on Judd Apatow and Paul Feig's Freaks & Geeks before becoming a movie star in his own right. By the time he finally got the long-simmering script for Superbad produced, Rogen had already appeared in a number of high-profile projects, including Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up (playing a leading role in the latter), but Superbad was arguably his first creative triumph. In a supporting role alongside Bill Hader as one of two overly friendly cops who help a teenage boy with a clearly fake I.D. have the best night ever, Rogen let the younger actors take center stage, but still showed off his excellent comedic timing.

After the success of Superbad, Goldberg and Rogen collaborated as writing partners on other projects (several of which starred Rogen), including Pineapple Express, The Watch, This Is the End, and the controversial satire The Interview. (Of those films, the duo directed both This Is The End and The Interview). Aside from his own projects, he's also appeared in everything from The Disaster Artist to Neighbors and Long Shot, and has provided voice work for the Kung Fu Panda films and the 2019 Lion King remake.

Earning a leading role in Superbad was definitely a huge get for the then-unknown Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and as McLovin, Mintz-Plasse made a name for himself on a national stage in a huge way.

Because he had no professional headshots, Mintz-Plasse simply took one with his cell phone, and he was so young that his mother was legally required to be present on set during Superbad's more adult scenes — but his part eventually propelled him to stardom. After appearing as Fogel, who masquerades as McLovin thanks to his terrible fake ID, Mintz-Plasse took a role in Role Models alongside Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd as a teenager in need of guidance who loves fantasy role-playing games. In 2010, he appeared in the superhero film Kick-Ass, which also starred Aaron Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Nicolas Cage; though the role of Red Mist was supposed to be fairly minor, director Matthew Vaughn ended up expanding the part after he saw Mintz-Plasse's audition, and he reprised the role in Kick-Ass 2. Beyond that, Mintz-Plasse has lent his voice to animated films like How to Train Your Dragon and Paranorman, appeared in comedies like Neighbors, and reunited with Seth Rogen for The Disaster Artist and Rogen and Evan Goldberg for This Is the End, in which he played a satirical version of himself.

Even though Superbad is centered around the two main characters making it to one big high school party, they make an unintended stop at a different party on their way, trying to score some alcohol they can smuggle out and bring to their friends. Eventually, Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Jonah Hill) find a huge stash of booze at that first party, but in order to steal it and get on with their night, they have to get past Mark, the host, played by Kevin Corrigan.

Corrigan is likely best known for his leading role as Uncle Eddie on the Fox sitcom Grounded for Life, but he's appeared in plenty of other high-profile projects as well. Corrigan is best known for character work and roles in gangster films, and you've probably seen him in films like Bad Boys, Walking and Talking, True Romance, The Departed, Please Give, Seven Psychopaths, and more, as well as television shows like Damages, The Mentalist, Portlandia, and The Get Down, where he played Jackie Moreno. After Superbad, he also teamed up with Seth Rogen one more time in Pineapple Express.

You might not know that James Franco's younger brother appeared in Superbad, but if that's the case, you might not have been paying attention. During a scene that takes place in gym class early in the film, Seth (Jonah Hill) calls out one of his classmates for wetting himself during elementary school, reminding him that people "don't forget," and that classmate, who only appears in one scene, is played by none other than Dave Franco.

Since Superbad, the younger Franco has escaped his brother's shadow and built a career in his own right throughout a variety of projects. After appearing in a late season of the hit comedy series Scrubs, Franco snagged a supporting role alongside Superbad star Hill in 21 Jump Street; after that, the film roles started rolling in. Franco appeared in Fright Night, both Neighbors movies (with Seth Rogen), The Little Hours, If Beale Street Could Talk, and his brother's film The Disaster Artist, in which he scored a starring role as real-life actor Greg Sestero, who was duped into appearing in The Room by its eccentric director Tommy Wiseau (played by James Franco). The younger Franco is also notable for his marriage to Alison Brie, best known for her roles in Mad Men, Community, and Netflix's GLOW.