Photos: 'Breakfast Club,' 30 years later -- Where are they now?

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Photos: 'Breakfast Club,' 30 years later -- Where are they now?

Photos: 'Breakfast Club,' 30 years later -- Where are they now?

"The Breakfast Club," the John Hughes-helmed teen classic, turns 30 in 2015. In honor of the anniversary, take a look at what the film's stars are up to today.

Emilion Estevez, who played "athlete" Andrew Clark...

...has stayed busy (and more under-the-radar than bad boy brother Charlie Sheen), taking to directing of late, including the 2006 film "Bobby," starring his ex Demi Moore. Estevez, who acted in the popular "Mighty Ducks" trilogy,still occasionally appears in front of the screen. He has two children and is engaged to writer Sonja Magdevski. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Moet & Chandon)

Anthony Michael Hall, who played "brain" Brian Johnson...

...has had consistent and varied roles since working with John Hughes in "Sixteen Candles" and "Breakfast Club." He tried out his comedy chops for one season on "Saturday Night Live." Recently he's acted in "The Dark Knight," "Foxcatcher," and "Psych." He recently got engaged to model Lucia Oskerova. (AP Photos/Laura Rauch)

Judd Nelson, who played "criminal" John Bender...

Ally Sheedy, who played "basket case" Allison Reynolds...

...has acted consistently since finding fame in 1985. She went on to star in "St. Elmo's Fire" later that year and has also had roles on television show including "Psych." She recently divorced husband David Lansbury, with whom she has one son. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for SXSW)

Molly Ringwald, who played "princess" Claire Standish...

...acted in the Huges film "Pretty In Pink" after the success of "Breakfast Club." She has acted consistently since the 1980s, most recently in a role on the ABC Family show, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager." She is set to star in the 2015 live action release "Jem and the Holograms." She lives in California with her husband, Panio Gianopoulos, and their three children.

Actor Paul Gleason, who played principal Richard Vernon, sadly died of lung cancer in 2006. He maintained a long list of credits after "The Breakfast Club," including roles in "Die Hard" and "Boiling Point." (AP Photo/Bear Manor Media Publications, Annie Leibovitz, HO)

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"The Breakfast Club," the John Hughes-helmed teen classic, turns 30 in 2015. In honor of the anniversary, take a look at what the film's stars are up to today.

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