What The Cast Of 50 First Dates Looks Like Now

After having such great chemistry with Drew Barrymore in "The Wedding Singer," Adam Sandler reteamed with a female co-lead for the first time ever when the two reunited for "50 First Dates." Beyond the many things that the movie completely gets wrong about retrograde amnesia (per Psychology Today), using that as the hook that forces Sandler's character, Henry, to rethink his lothario ways and have to make Lucy (Barrymore) fall for him over and over again every day is a pretty sweet premise for a romantic comedy. 

Like most Sandler movies, the cast of "50 First Dates" is a combination of his recurring co-stars and new additions to the Sandlerverse. Some of those additions are character actors that you definitely recognize even if you might not be able to name them, while others are famous names — and, in true Sandler movie fashion, a few of them are being much sillier in the movie than they'd been before or have been since. 

"50 First Dates" is close to joining the club of Adam Sandler films that are 20 (!) years old, which means that the cast has changed quite a bit since making the movie in beautiful Hawaii back in 2003. Here's how all of the main cast of "50 First Dates" look today, compared to their appearance in the movie itself. 

Sue, the manager of the café where Henry first meets Lucy and starts to woo her, is instantly skeptical of Henry's flirtations. As one of the people who plays a part in deceiving Lucy about her condition, she knows that a relationship is going to be difficult for Lucy and can only assume that Henry's intentions aren't noble and aren't designed to last beyond a one-night stand. Sue was a friend of Lucy's late mother and made a pledge to look after Lucy, and this extends to making sure Lucy doesn't get her heart broken.

Sue is played by actor Amy Hill, whose resume is likely much more familiar to people than her name. Hill has been acting in movies and on television since the '80s, though her first breakout role was on the short-lived but acclaimed and influential Margaret Cho sitcom "All-American Girl." Since "50 First Dates," Hill has remained just as busy as she was before, including main or recurring roles on "American Dad!," "My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," "Just Add Magic," "Cleopatra in Space," and the rebooted version of "Magnum P.I." On the big screen, she is technically a part of the MCU as she had a minor role in "Spider-Man: Homecoming."

Henry already knows that Lucy's prognosis is bleak in terms of ever being able to make new memories, but he insists on hearing the news himself from the same doctor that originally diagnosed Lucy's amnesia. In visiting the Callahan Institute, Henry meets a man known as Ten-Second Tom, so nicknamed because his short-term memory resets every 10 seconds or so. The idea is to show Henry that the severity of Lucy's amnesia could be much worse, and at least he is able to have an entire day with her at a time before she forgets him again.

Ten-Second Tom is played by longtime Sandler collaborator and pal Allen Covert, who has known Sandler since college and has appeared in almost all of his movies in roles of varying sizes. After starring in his own film, "Grandma's Boy," Covert has seemingly been happy to play only relatively small roles in movies and now largely focuses on his work as a writer and producer with Sandler's Happy Madison Productions. That said, he does still make cameos in most Happy Madison movies, most recently playing a referee in the 2022 Kevin James-led sports comedy "Home Team."

Though she only has a small role, Noreen is an important character in "50 First Dates." Henry has long had this scheme where he spends the evening ordering his dates non-alcoholic drinks. The women still choose to "act" drunk in order to justify having a one-night stand with him, while Henry doesn't have to feel guilty about taking advantage of an actual drunk woman. (There's a reason it's a PG-13 comedy, after all.) Henry tries that with Noreen in an attempt to forget about Lucy, but he can't go through with it — even though she's still willing after learning how not drunk she truly is.

Noreen is played by the criminally underrated Missi Pyle, a fantastic character actor who really does deserve to be a much bigger star. It's not that she doesn't keep busy, however — far from it. She currently has 189 acting credits on her IMDb page. Since "50 First Dates," Pyle has had sizable roles in movies like "Dodgeball," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "The Artist," and "Gone Girl." On television, Pyle has had main or recurring roles on "Dirty John," "Mom," "Bordertown," and "Another Period."

While the ambiguity of Alexa's gender as well as their sexual orientation are unfortunately played for punchlines through much of "50 First Dates," it still represented a gender-fluid character in a mainstream movie way back in 2004. Baby steps, right? At least Alexa is still a genuinely interesting and funny character who gets a lot of good moments and funny jokes that aren't strictly at their expense. 

Alexa is played by actor Lusia Strus, who was born and raised in Chicago and got her start in the city's live theater scene while also playing small roles on television. Although she had appeared in a few movies beforehand, "50 First Dates" was definitely her first major big screen role. Since then, she has continued to appear somewhat sporadically in film and on television while also continuing to perform on stage. In 2020, she voiced an uncredited role in Pixar's "Soul" and also appeared in several episodes of the TBS-turned-HBO-Max series, "Search Party" (per IMDb).

Nick is the chef at the café where Henry first meets Lucy. He ends up making an ongoing bet with Henry as Henry tries different things to win Lucy over, much to the chagrin of café manager Sue (Amy Hill). He also seems to be a master at different Spam-based dishes, and takes to calling Henry "Peanut Butter Cups" throughout the film. Nick (and Sue) also make it clear that Nick isn't afraid to use his meat cleaver on Henry should Henry break Lucy's heart.

After making his screen debut playing ukulele in an episode of the reality series "The Mole," Nick was the first real acting role for Hawaiian native Pomaika'i Brown. He has since only appeared in a handful of other films and TV shows, including a few episodes of "Hawaii Five-O" and the Tim Burton film "Big Eyes." But Brown didn't want to leave his home and move to Los Angeles to go full-time Hollywood, and has instead been content playing music and being a father to his eight children (per Keola magazine).