There Has Been a Lot of Growth for the Cast of 'Growing Pains' — Where Are They Now?

The hit sitcom Growing Pains, airing from 1985-1992, warmed hearts and TV screens across the country. The Seavers were the perfect American family, led by patriarch Dr. Jason Seaver (Alan Thicke) and matriarch Maggie Seaver (Joanna Kerns). They started out with three kids but later added a fourth to bring new life back into the show. Where is the cast now? Here's what we know.

Joanna has made other acting appearances in Girl Interrupted and Knocked Up, but does mostly directing now. Her director credits include hits like Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. She and her own daughter are breast cancer survivors. In an October 2025 post to Instagram, Joanna promoted a film she executive-produced about what a girl with the BRCA gene decides to do after finding out this could someday lead to a diagnosis of her own.

Kirk, who played Mike Seaver on Growing Pains, has moved on to more Christian-based shows and movies, and also hosts his podcast called The Kirk Cameron Show. He discusses things like why Taylor Swift is tempting young girls with sinful music. Spoiler alert: she is not. He married Chelsea Noble, who played Mike's girlfriend Kate MacDonald on the show, in 1991. The pair have six children together.

Since Jeremy's time on Growing Pains ended, he's stayed mostly out of the spotlight, only taking on smaller acting roles. In 2014, he opened up to Entertainment Tonight about his struggle with alcoholism, which largely played into his disappearance from the spotlight.

“My boys were afraid of me,” he said of his children, whom he shares with his wife, Joanie.

He eventually made the decision to turn his life around and entered rehab. Now, Jeremy is a patient advocate for a clinic in Santa Ana, CA.

Tracey has been growing her list of acting credits since the Growing Pains series finale, appearing in numerous TV movies and as a guest star on various TV shows. In 2003, she published her memoir, Room to Grow: An Appetite for Life, where she opened up about her battles with anorexia as a teen into her young adult life. Nowadays, Tracey is an acting teacher at the Santa Clarita School for Performing Arts.

Ashley, who didn't join the cast until 1990, was 6-year-old Chrissy on the show — but most of her fame isn't from her role on the show. She's best known as Patterson from the TV series Blindspot, and she is also the voice of Ellie in the hit PlayStation game Last of Us and plays Ellie's mom in the HBO series. She is also the voice of Pike Trickfoot in The Legend of Vox Machina.

On her Instagram, she frequently shares shots of her life with her dogs and friends.

If there ever is a reboot of Growing Pains, it would have to be without the family's father figure. Alan appeared on Growing Pains as Dr. Jason Seaver, who ran a psychiatry office out of his family's home. He went on to make numerous appearances in other hit TV sitcoms, including How I Met Your Mother and Fuller House.

On Dec. 13, 2016, Alan passed away from a heart attack that he suffered while playing hockey with his teenage son, Carter. Singer and Masked Singer judge Robin Thicke is also Alan's son.