Stand by Me: cast and crew

• Rob Reiner † 2025 40 at release Also in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Actors

10

Crew

4

Youngest at release

13 yearsJerry O'Connell

Eldest at release

44 yearsMarshall Bell

• Wil Wheaton Gordie Lachance 14 at release Also in Star Trek (2009)
• River Phoenix † 1993 Chris Chambers 16 at release Also in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Corey Feldman Teddy Duchamp 15 at release Also in The Goonies (1985)
• Jerry O'Connell Vern Tessio 13 at release Also in Scream-2 (1997)
• Kiefer Sutherland Ace Merrill 20 at release Also in Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
• Bradley Gregg Eyeball Chambers 20 at release Also in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Marshall Bell Mr. Lachance 44 at release Also in Total Recall (1990)
• Frances Lee McCain Mrs. Lachance 42 at release Also in Back to the Future (1985)
• Richard Dreyfuss The Writer 39 at release Also in RED (2010)

The whole cast 10

1. Wil Wheaton Gordie Lachance
2. River Phoenix Chris Chambers
3. Corey Feldman Teddy Duchamp
4. Jerry O'Connell Vern Tessio
5. Kiefer Sutherland Ace Merrill
6. Bradley Gregg Eyeball Chambers
7. Marshall Bell Mr. Lachance
8. Frances Lee McCain Mrs. Lachance
9. Richard Dreyfuss The Writer
10. John Cusack Denny Lachance

Production companies

Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures

Who plays Gordie Lachance in Stand by Me?

Wil Wheaton plays Gordie Lachance.

Who plays Chris Chambers in Stand by Me?

River Phoenix plays Chris Chambers.

Who plays Teddy Duchamp in Stand by Me?

Corey Feldman plays Teddy Duchamp.

Who plays Vern Tessio in Stand by Me?

Jerry O'Connell plays Vern Tessio.

Who plays Ace Merrill in Stand by Me?

Kiefer Sutherland plays Ace Merrill.

Who plays Eyeball Chambers in Stand by Me?

Bradley Gregg plays Eyeball Chambers.

Who directed Stand by Me?

Rob Reiner.

Who wrote Stand by Me?

Stephen King, Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans.

How many actors are in Stand by Me?

10 actors are credited, and 4 people in the crew.

• Rob Reiner has also directed Richard Dreyfuss in The American President (1995).

• Rob Reiner and Richard Dreyfuss have worked together on one other film: Postcards from the Edge (1990).

• Rob Reiner has also directed Kiefer Sutherland in A Few Good Men (1992).

• River Phoenix and Bradley Gregg have worked together on 2 other films: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Explorers (1985).

• Kiefer Sutherland and Corey Feldman have worked together on one other film: The Lost Boys (1987).

• Jerry O'Connell and Marshall Bell have worked together on one other film: Room 6 (2006).

• Corey Feldman and Frances Lee McCain had already worked together on one film: Gremlins (1984).

• With the most films on MovieNCo: John Cusack (44), Rob Reiner (27) and Marshall Bell (27).

• The cast’s average age at release is 24 (of the 10 actors whose birth date we know).