Nearly two decades after Malcolm in the Middle went off the air, the cast is back together for a revival.
Like the original series, Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair revolves around Malcolm (Frankie Muniz), a genius kid—now grown man—whose chaotic family continues to turn his life upside down.
The four-part limited series, which premieres on Hulu and Disney+ on April 10, 2026, reunites most of the main cast, including Muniz as Malcolm, Bryan Cranston as his bumbling dad, and Jane Kaczmarek as his domineering mom.
Ahead of the premiere, take a look at what the stars have been up to since the show went off the air on May 14, 2006.
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The ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ Cast: Where Are They Now?
As the child prodigy at the center of the show, Muniz carried Malcolm in the Middle for seven seasons, while also starring in movies like Big Fat Liar (2002), Agent Cody Banks (2003) and Racing Stripes (2005).
In the years since the series wrapped, he continued acting, with appearances on shows like Last Man Standing, The Rookie and Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens. But he also shifted gears professionally, pursuing a career as a race-car driver. Now 40, the married father of one competes on the NASCAR circuit in the Craftsman Truck Series and races for the Reaume Brothers Racing team.
Still, the Malcolm in the Middle reboot brought Muniz back to the screen—and he’s glad it did. “It was the first time in my entire life that, when I was done filming the reboot, I was happy to call myself an actor," he told People.
“Not to sound like cliché, but it was as if not a single day went by,” he shared. “All of us—every single person—like instantly fell back into their characters with, I’m talking the first table read.”
Looking ahead, Muniz teamed up with NEO Studios to produce an all-access docuseries—Frankie in the Fastlane (working title)—that will chronicle his lifelong dream of NASCAR racing.
"It’s not something that I thought I would ever do but it happened," he said of his racing career. "And now that I’m doing it, even when I got out of the car this past weekend, I called my wife and I said, ‘This is exactly what I was supposed to do.’ I feel the most comfortable in the car … It just feels like where I’m supposed to be and that’s a pretty cool feeling."
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Bryan Cranston (Hal)
The cast member with the most dramatic post-show glow-up, Cranston went from playing endearing goofball Hal to starring as Walter White on Breaking Bad, a role that earned him four—count ‘em, four—Emmys.
Since then, he’s starred in films like Trumbo and Argo; taken the Broadway stage for Tony-winning roles in All the Way and Network; and returned to television in shows including Your Honor and The Studio.
But the genre-spanning actor never lost his affection for Hal. “Slipping back into that character of Hal for me was so rewarding—I missed him,” Cranston, 69, said of the revival. “...He’s really a lovable guy, and it was fun to see my whole family back together. It was great.”
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For her role as no-nonsense matriarch Lois, Kaczmarek earned seven consecutive Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series—without ever taking home the award (a record).
After the show ended, she starred in the short-lived TNT series Raising the Bar, playing hard-line judge Trudy Kessler opposite Mark Paul Gosselaar, and guest starred on series like The Big Bang Theory, This Is Us and The Changeling.
She’ll next reprise her role as Lois and, from there, have a recurring part in Netflix’s supernatural mystery series The Boroughs, produced by Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers.
Meanwhile, off camera, she’s living out a real-life fairytale: In March, she married her high-school sweetheart, Rusty Long, after decades apart and a 16-year marriage to actor Bradley Whitford that ended in 2009. “There’s one Linda Ronstadt song, ‘I think I’m gonna love you for a long, long time,’” Kaczmarek told People. “I mean, for 50 years that song always took me back to Rusty Long.”
Christopher Masterson (Francis)
Following his turn as rebellious older brother Francis, Christopher Masterson found a second career as a DJ, performing at clubs and events around the world. He’s also popped up on screen here and there, with guest roles on White Collar and Men at Work, but he's hardly a working actor. Before the Malcolm in the Middle revival, his most recent on-screen role was in the 2019 Netflix thriller Beneath the Leaves.
Off-screen, he married actress Yolanda Pecoraro in 2019, and the couple welcomed a daughter two years later. In 2023, his brother, That ’70s Show star Danny Masterson, was convicted of two counts of forcible rape and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.
Justin Berfield (Reese)
Known for playing Malcolm’s immature big brother Reese, Justin Berfield transitioned from acting to producing after the show ended, co-founding TV-and-film production company Virgin Produced. He also shares two children with his wife of nearly 10 years, Liza Almeida.
After wrapping on Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, Berfield marked the occasion on Instagram. “We’re so lucky that we got to come back to these characters after 20 years and see where they’ve been,” he wrote. “I had so much fun getting to go back to my old life as an actor…now it’s back to carpools and diapers!”
View this post on InstagramErik Per Sullivan (Dewey)
Erik Per Sullivan, who played the quirky and musically gifted Dewey, stepped away from acting entirely after the show and chose not to reprise his role in the revival.
Recalling his conversation with Sullivan, Cranston said on an episode of Fly on the Wallwith Dana Carvey and David Spade, "I talked to Erik and I said, 'Hey, we got the show! It's going to come back.' He goes, 'Oh, that's fantastic!' And I go, 'Yeah, so we're looking forward to having you back.' He goes, 'Oh, no, no, I don't want to do it. But it's fantastic.’”
Offering insight into what Sullivan is up to these days, Cranston added, "He's actually going to Harvard. He's really, really smart, and he's getting his master's at Harvard right now. He said, 'Oh God, no, I haven't acted since I was 9 or something. So I'm not into it.'”
The role of Dewey will be played by Caleb Ellsworth-Clark.
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