'Even Stevens' Cast: Where Are They Now?
Talk about a throwback! Disney Channel’s original series Even Stevens premiered in June 2000, and some of its stars have gone on to achieve big dreams.
The family sitcom aired for three seasons between 2000 and 2003, coming to an end when it reached the network’s 65-episode limit. Each episode followed the eccentric Stevens family, focusing on the total opposite personalities of the two younger children, Ren (Christy Carlson Romano) and Louis (Shia LaBeouf). The cast came together once more for the Even Stevens Movie, which premiered in June 2003 and acted as the series finale.
Though it was short-lived, the Disney series was LaBeouf’s breakout role. In 2003, the California native took home the Emmy for Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Series for his role as the mischievous youngest child of the Stevens family. Years later, the Transformers star reflected on growing up in the spotlight.
“I was an ordinary kid, for real, in an extraordinary situation,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in October 2019. “I became addicted to that kudos. It kind of fueled my way of working for a long time — just pining your own pain, and holding on to it, and not really ever dealing with it or questioning it, but just keeping it in a little bottle that you can pop the top on whenever it’s needed, when the switch needs to be flipped.”
LaBeouf’s life as a child star led him to a few hard times, including a 2017 arrest for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Savannah, Georgia. Instead of being sentenced to jail time, the Disturbia star was ordered to attend rehab in Connecticut, where he learned that he was showing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
“I just thought I was an alcoholic, like a true blue drunk and I needed to deal with that,” LeBeouf explained to the Hollywood Reporter. “I knew it was an issue but didn’t know there was this extra whole other thing that was hindering my ability to have any peace in my life and my ability to deal with people.”
His experience in therapy inspired his latest film, Honey Boy, which hit theaters in November 2019 and earned him the Breakthrough Screenwriter Award at the 23rd annual Hollywood Film Awards.
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The former child star moved on to star in the Transformers franchise in the mid-2000s, and later worked on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps with Michael Douglas in 2010 and 2014’s Fury with Brad Pitt. He took to performance art, wearing a bag over his head at the Berlin Film Festival in 2014 and live-streaming himself watching all of his movies in 2015. Four years later, LaBeouf wrote a critically-acclaimed, semi-autobiographical film, Honey Boy, describing his relationship with his father. He married English actress Mia Goth in late 2016, but they announced their separation two years later.
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The Connecticut native, who was also the voice of Kim Possible on the Disney animated series, went on to earn a film studies degree from Barnard College. She tied the knot with writer-producer Brendan Rooney in December 2013 and the couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter, three years later. In February 2019, they welcomed another little girl.
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The Second City Theater alum appeared in That's So Raven, Malcolm in the Middle and Charmed in the early 2000s. More recently, he worked on The Mindy Project and This Is Us, and had a small role in the 2018 Oscar-winning film Green Book.
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The Brooklyn native had a storied career before working on the Disney series between 2000 and 2003. Since the show’s end, she’s appeared on New Girl, The Sopranos and The Flash.
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Harshman received the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) by a Supporting Young Actress in 2001 for her role on the Disney series. Later in her career, she starred in 2009’s Sorority Row and Fired Up! Between 2013 and 2019, she’s had a recurring role on NCIS as Delilah Fielding.
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After reprising his role as Donnie in 2003’s Even Stevens Movie, Spano scored small roles in 7th Heaven, Alias, Monk and NCIS. He now teaches classes at the John Robert Powers acting agency.
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The Chicago native appeared on House, Bones and Numb3rs after Even Stevens ended in 2003, and also joined the rock band Mavin as their lead singer and guitar player. In February 2014, Us Weekly exclusively confirmed that Trauth was engaged to actress Leah Pipes. They tied the knot in California 10 months later — but their marriage came to an end in May 2019.
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Following his breakout roles on the Disney series, the California-born actor made a splash in films like Cheaper By the Dozen (2003) and Kicking & Screaming (2005). His most recent credit was the 2018 independent film I Wrote This for You.
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The multitalented actress is a graduate of Second City Hollywood and Upright Citizens Brigade, and has been featured on the Comedy Central Stage and at Chicago Sketch Fest. Frost is a self-described "jill-of-all-trades" who has tried her hand at writing, producing, singing and even styling other stars.
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Meyers retired from acting in 2007 after working on 7th Heaven, That's So Raven and Boston Legal. He currently lives in Midland, Texas, and works as a paramedic.
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