THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'Fight Club' 24 years later
Lara Walsh
- It's been over two decades since the cult-classic film "Fight Club" first came out in theaters.
- Actors Brad Pitt, Jared Leto, and Helena Bonham Carter are now recognizable faces in Hollywood.
Edward Norton played the main character, The Narrator.
Before starring as the film's protagonist, the award-winning actor had many prominent roles.
He played Derek Vinyard in 1998's "American History X" and won a Golden Globe for his roles as Aaron and Roy in 1996's "Primal Fear."
After his turn in "Fight Club," Norton has continued to act.
Norton went on to produce and direct both "Motherless Brooklyn" (2000) and "Keeping The Faith" (2019).
He's also continued to act in several award-winning films, playing Mike in "Birdman" (2014) and Henckels in "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014).
And the actor has appeared in multiple popular films throughout recent years, like "The French Dispatch" (2021) and "Glass Onion" (2022).
Although Brad Pitt's career has spanned decades, his role as Tyler Durden is still one of his most memorable ones.
Prior to his role as the charismatic fighter, Pitt was already a household name.
In previous years, he played Louis in "Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles" (1994), Tristan in "Legends of the Fall" (1994), Mills in "Se7en" (1995), and Joe Black in "Meet Joe Black" (1998).
Pitt's star power has only increased since.
The actor turned director and producer has a best picture oscar for the 2013 film "12 Years a Slave."
He also went on to memorably play Rusty Ryan in the "Ocean's" trilogy, Cliff Booth in 2019's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," and Billy Bean in 2011's "Moneyball."
He was recently the executive producer of Netflix's "The OA" as well as the star of and a producer for the 2019 film "Ad Astra."
He also appeared in "Bullet Train," "The Lost City," and "Babylon" in 2022.
Jared Leto played Angel Face, Durden's right-hand man.
Also in 1999, the actor memorably played Casey in "Black and White" and Tobias Jacobs in "Girl Interrupted."
A year after "Fight Club" aired, Leto played Paul Allen in "American Psycho," Harry Goldfarb in "Requiem for a Dream," and Glen Walker in "Sunset Strip."
Leto would go on to pursue a music career while also starring in big movies like "Dallas Buyers Club" (2013).
He won multiple awards for his role in "Dallas Buyers Club" while also continuing to pursue a music career as the lead singer for the rock band 30 Seconds to Mars.
In 2016, he played the Joker in "Suicide Squad." The actor also appeared in "House of Gucci" (2021), "Morbius" (2022), and on the miniseries "WeCrashed"
Helena Bonham Carter starred as Marla, Durden's love interest who meets The Narrator at a support group.
Before playing Tyler's distraught leading lady, Bonham Carter already had an illustrious acting career with plenty of historical roles like Ophelia in 1990's "Hamlet," Lucy Honeychurch in 1985's "A Room With a View," and Elizabeth in 1994's "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein."
Following her "Fight Club" appearance, Bonham Carter memorably starred in a number of Tim Burton films.
Some of her hits include the 2010 remake of "Alice in Wonderland" and 2007's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
She recently played Princess Margaret on Netflix's "The Crown" and as Mrs. Holmes in the "Enola Homes" film series.
Meat Loaf played Robert "Bob" Paulsen, a former bodybuilder.
By 1999, the musician and actor was an old hand in Hollywood, and he reportedly got to help director David Fincher pick takes for "Fight Club."
He'd already been performing music for decades by the time he took this role. His other major previous acting role was as Eddie in 1975's "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
The actor and musician was in additional shows and movies before his death.
The actor and rock musician died in January 2022 at age 74. His last acting credit was as Doug Rennie on the SyFy show "Ghost Wars," which ended in 2018.
Zach Grenier had a minor role as The Narrator's boss in the film.
Prior to his "Fight Club" appearance, the actor had several smaller TV roles as Vaczy on NBC's "The Golden Girls," Eric Terry on NBC's "Miami Vice," and Jack DiRado on ABC's "C-16: FBI."
Grenier heavily leaned into television after the 1999 film was released.
In addition to taking on the role of Carl Webb on Fox's "24," he also played Andy Cramed on HBO's "Deadwood," and David Lee on CBS's "The Good Wife."
He's also appeared on Showtime's "Ray Donovan" and Paramount+'s "The Good Fight."
David Andrews played a support-group member named Thomas in the film.
Some of his early roles included Pete Conrad in 1995's "Apollo 13" and William Monroe on the 1995 ABC series "The Monroes."
He later went on to star opposite Pitt in 2013's "World War Z" as a naval command officer.
He also played Hugh Murphy on ABC's "How to Get Away With Murder" and Tim Corbet on Netflix's "House of Cards."
Recently, he played a judge on USA Network's "Queen of the South."
Holt McCallany played The Mechanic, the leader of the Fight Club.
The mixed-martial-arts fighter and actor has previously appeared in the 1992 film "Alien 3" as Junior and in 1997's "The Peacemaker" as Mark Appleton.
McCallany's acting career has spanned decades.
Although McCallany's career has spanned three decades, he's perhaps most known for his recent role as Bill Tench on Netflix's "Mindhunter."
In addition to playing the FBI agent on the Netflix series, he also recently played Robert McCoy on the CBS show "Blue Bloods."
He's also appeared in "Nightmare Alley" (2021) and the crime thriller "61st Street."
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