10 members
Macaulay Culkin was the obvious star. The rest took work. Columbus nearly settled for a different Marv until a chemistry test with Joe Pesci fell flat, then fought to get Daniel Stern back.

Macaulay Culkin
45
Kevin McCallister

Joe Pesci
83
Harry Lyme

Daniel Stern
68
Marv Murchins

Catherine O'Hara†
1954-2026
Kate McCallister

John Heard†
1946-2017
Peter McCallister

Roberts Blossom†
1924-2011
Old Man Marley

Devin Ratray
49
Buzz McCallister

Kieran Culkin
43
Fuller McCallister

Gerry Bamman
84
Uncle Frank McCallister

John Candy†
1950-1994
Gus Polinski
Home Alone 2 in 1992 reunited nearly the full original cast, the only sequel in the franchise to do so.
John Candy died in March 1994, aged 43, from a heart attack on the set of Wagons East.
Macaulay Culkin stepped away from Hollywood at 14, spent years out of the spotlight, then resurfaced with American Horror Story in 2021.
Kieran Culkin went from Fuller McCallister to Roman Roy in Succession and won an Oscar for A Real Pain in 2025.
Catherine O'Hara spent years in Christopher Guest mockumentaries before Schitt's Creek made her a late-career Emmy winner as Moira Rose.