The cast of ‘Freaks and Geeks’ then and now

Cardellini played Lindsay Weir, who straddled the line between freak and geek.

Now Cardellini plays Meg Rayburn on Netflix’s Bloodline.

Daley was adorable as the teeny-tiny geek Sam Weir.

He’s not so tiny anymore! Daley starred in 140 episodes of Bones and also wrote last year’s Vacation.

Franco was Daniel Desario, king of the freaks.

Nowadays, you can pretty much find Franco everywhere.

Levine was Neal Schweiber. That’s pronounced “Shwiber” not “Shweeber.” 

Levine is still keeping busy acting.

Rogen was Ken Miller, the freak who fell in love with Tuba Girl.

Rogen kinda took his freak role and ran with it. His most recent movie was The Night Before.

Segel was drummer/singer/songwriter freak Nick Andopolis, who penned the amazing “Lady L.”

Now we also love Segel for a ton of hilarious movies and his character Marshall on How I Met Your Mother.

Starr melted our hearts as geek Bill Haverchuck.

Starr now stars as Bertram Gilfoyle in HBO’s Silicon Valley.

Baker was the delightful Mrs. Weir.

Did anyone else scream “Mrs. Weir!” during Baker’s sex scene in Season 1 of Girls?

Flaherty played the incomparable Mr. Harold Weir.

Since Freaks and Geeks, Flaherty has loaned his voice to huge shows like American Dad! and Family Guy.

Philipps played Kim Kelly, the misunderstood bully freak.

Philipps recently wrapped her role of Laurie Keller on TBS’ Cougar Town.

Bannos was tortured high school teacher Frank Kowchevski.

Bannos plays Frank in Judd Apatow’s upcoming Netflix show Love.

Allen was the “real Dr. Feelgood type” guidance counselor Jeff Rosso.

Allen plays Allan in Love.

Hagan played Lindsay’s ex-BFF and Sober Student, Millie.

Since Freaks and Geeks, Hagan has been on shows like NCIS and 90210.

Messing was Gordon Crisp and we love, love, love him!

After Freaks and Geeks, Messing was in Even Stevens, but he hasn’t done much acting since 2003.

Melnick was Sam’s crush-turned-girlfriend-turned-enemy, Cindy Sanders.

Since Freaks and Geeks, Melnick has loaned her voice to Family Guy and America Dad!

Sheppard played the wise beyond his years geek Harris Trinsky.

Sheppard was in The Royal Tenenbaums in 2001, and now he reviews role-playing game supplements.

Leopardi was Alan, the bully who secretly wanted to be in with the geeks.

Leopardi left his mark as Alan, but we’ll also always remember him as Squints from The Sandlot.

Caplan was the disco dancing, Nick-loving Sarah.

Caplan recently starred as Virginia on Showtime’s Masters of Sex.

Ewell was Maureen, the ultimate girl next door.

Ewell went on to work on The Vampire Dairies.

Swisher was Vicki Appleby, and gave Bill his first kiss.

Swisher recently starred as Betty on The Astronaut Wives Club.