Quack, quack, quack! Catch up with the stars of the beloved Disney sports film all these years later. Sydney Bucksbaum is a writer at Entertainment Weekly covering all things pop culture β but TV is her one true love.
She currently lives in Los Angeles but grew up in Chicago so please don't make fun of her accent when it slips out. A Minnesota lawyer is forced to coach a ragtag peewee hockey team for community service in this fan favorite. The Mighty Ducks ' success inspired two sequels, a cartoon, a streaming series, and gave name to a new NHL team; meanwhile, the kids from the movie are all grown up now and some have made major names for themselves β in a good way and some not so good β in the years since the movie premiered.
Click through to find out who went on to star on shows like Empire , Dr. Death , and Daredevil. Gordon Bombay is the arrogant defense attorney played by Emilio Estevez who, after a night of celebratory drinking, gets slapped with a DUI and sentenced to community service: coaching a peewee hockey team.
In , he directed and starred in the feature film Bobby he also carved out a niche as a television director , and, in , he played alongside his father again in The Way. Charlie is the wholesome heart of the Mighty Ducks team. He refuses to cheat, and, at the beginning of the film, stands up to Gordon, who slowly becomes more of a father figure to Charlie and gives him the confidence to take the championship-winning shot. Joshua Jackson has had a robust career in TV and film since playing Charlie all those years ago.
Jackson made his Broadway debut in , leading the revival of Children of a Lesser God. In , Jackson starred in the true crime podcastβturnedβPeacock series thriller Dr. Death as a spinal surgeon who doesn't quite follow the whole "First, do no harm" aspect of the Hippocratic oath.
