See What the 'Hocus Pocus' Cast Looks Like Today

Amanda's character Emily Binx is only seen in the first few minutes of Hocus Pocus, but longtime fans know that her presence is the catalyst of all the events that occur in the film. What's more, Amanda's IMDB page indicates that playing Emily was her first role in the acting industry. What a great way to start out a career!

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Although it doesn't seem like Amanda is in the acting industry anymore, she still acknowledges the major role Hocus Pocus had in her life. Her Instagram account not only reflects her character (@the_real_emilybinx), but she often goes to conventions and meets fans who love her role from three decades earlier. On the professional side of things, she released the book Becoming Multidimensional in January and has a reiki business called Shekinah Speaks.

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While Hocus Pocus fans know Bette Midler as the quirky and terrifying Winifred Sanderson, this was far from her only major acting role when the movie premiered in 1993. In 1979, she starred in The Rose (and earned an Oscar nomination for it), and sang the film's title soundtrack. By the early 1990s, Bette's résumé also included a Special Tony Award, two Emmys, three Grammy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Needless to say, Bette was (and still is!) a pretty big deal.

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Bette has continued to collect many awards over the years. Her principle role in Hello Dolly! scored her a Tony, Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award all in 2017. Before that, in 2015, Bette was busy on her 10th concert tour entitled Divine Intervention. You also may have seen her on The Good Place, Wedding Day Winners or The Goldbergs. She reprised her role when she appeared in Hocus Pocus 2. Today, she remains married to her husband, Martin von Haselberg.

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Before she became one of the infamous Sanderson sisters in Hocus Pocus, Sarah had already garnered herself a successful acting career in Hollywood. Ahead of her role in the Disney classic, her acting credits in the ‘80s included a number of parts in Square Pegs, A Year in the Life, Footloose, Hotel and The Ryan White Story. She also developed a theater career in her early days, playing Annie in the Broadway musical of the same name in 1979.

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Since Hocus Pocus, Sarah’s career continued to soar, with her most iconic role being Carrie Bradshaw in HBO’s Sex and the City, its two films and the spin-off And Just Like That. Sarah also acted in movies like Failure to Launch and The Family Stone, and shows like HBO's Divorce. Apart from acting, she also has her own popular shoe label now. Four years after Hocus Pocus debuted, Sarah married actor Matthew Broderick and they have three children together.

Kathy’s career in the 1990s was definitely booming before starring in Hocus Pocus. Apart from making everyone laugh as Mary Sanderson, she scored many parts in films, TV shows and animated projects. Among the more notable roles, Kathy worked on Sister Act, It's Pat: The Movie, Topsy and Bunker: The Cat Killers, King of the Hill, Chicago Hope and The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story.

Three decades later, Kathy continues to act while also taking on more roles behind the camera. In 2012, she worked on the film These Girls. Four years after that, she served as a consulting producer for the TV series The Jamz. Among her other roles, she portrayed Wendy in Veep, Judge Gayle Eno in The Good Fight, Mayor Jen in Duncanville and Denise in Younger. In 1998, she married singer and actor Dan Finnerty.

When Sean Murray got the role of Thackery Binx (a.k.a. Emily's heroic older brother) in Hocus Pocus, he technically was only 16 years old at the time. Due to his young age, he technically only had secured a few credits to his name by 1993. Among some of his earlier projects, he scored roles in the short film Too Romantic, the TV series Civil Wars and and the Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro-led film This Boy's Life.

After Hocus Pocus, the acting jobs kept coming in for Sean. Aside from appearing in various roles on major TV series of the 1990s like Touched By an Angel, The Random Years and Harts of the West, his most popular role came on the hit CBS drama NCIS. Throughout the show's two decades on the air, fans have come to known him for portraying Timothy McGee. In his personal life, Sean married Carrie James in 2005.

Just like Sean, Omri was only a teen (17 years old to be exact) when he was cast as Max Dennison in Hocus Pocus. Even though it seems early for an actor to start his career, Omri actually started acting when he was seven as John Ross Ewing in the TV series Dallas. He also had a number of roles, including the 1991 drama Zorro and the show Eerie, Indiana.

In a surprise move by the actor, Omri's IMDb shows that he hasn't acted since the 2018 TV series Childhood Thoughts, and instead has taken up hairdressing. Over the years, he's kept a relatively low profile, though he does occasionally make an appearance at different events, like Freeform's Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash in 2018 (which is where this picture is from!). As for whether he'd star in Hocus Pocus 3, he told Entertainment Weekly he's "excited for the new film."

When Hocus Pocus was released in 1993, Vinessa was 17 years old when she appeared as Allison in the popular Disney flick. Prior to starring in the film, she appeared in two other notable projects in the 1980s: a slasher film titled Home Sweet Home and a sports comedy called Ladybugs.

After Hocus Pocus debuted in theaters, Vinessa continued to take on various projects, including CSI: NY. She later scored bigger roles in Ray Donovan, Vegas, Those Who Kill, Family Blood, The Blazing World, We Need to Do Something and 12 Mighty Orphans. On a personal note, Vinessa tied the knot with Kristopher Gifford and welcomed a son named Jack.

Though Hocus Pocus was a big deal to the then 11-year-old actress, Thora had already been discovered when she appeared in Patriot Games as little Sally Ryan. Before that, Thora made her movie debut in the 1988 film Purple People Eater, portraying a character named Molly Johnson when she was only the age of six. The role also earned her a Young Artist Award that year for "Best Actress Under Nine Years of Age."

Six years after the release of Hocus Pocus, Thora gained even more notoriety in Hollywood for starring in the Oscar-winning movie American Beauty. She has since landed many big roles in the industry, in projects like Colony, Night Visions, Deadline and Affairs of State. In recent years, she portrayed Jolene in Above Suspicion, Chloe in Kindred Spirits, Mary in The Walking Dead and Jess in 13 Minutes. In 2022, she made her directorial debut with The Gabby Petito Story for Lifetime.

Doug Jones is a man of many talents. Not only was he an actor when he played the sympathetic zombie Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus, but he was also a well-known contortionist. Besides his role as Billy, his IMDb page shows that he had only priorly worked on the TV series McDonaldland, Batman Returns, Night Ken, and In Living Color.

Today, Doug has about 200 acting credits to his name, many of which you've never seen his face for. That's because Doug has taken on many projects involving heavy prosthetics and movie makeup. His work includes playing Silver Surfer in the Fantastic Four sequel, the Gentleman in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Faun in Pan's Labyrinth and Satu in Star Trek: Discovery. He remains married to his wife, Laurie Jones.