Movie · 1999
My Favorite Martian
“The martian has landed. There goes the neighborhood.”
Released 11 February 1999 94 min Comedy / Family / Science Fiction More from 1999 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.
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How old were they?
Ray Walston
as Armitan
Buck Kartalian
as Muscle Man
Christopher Lloyd
as Uncle Martin
Michael Lerner
as Mr. Channing
Tom Hallick
as Howard Greenly
Wallace Shawn
as Coleye
Troy Evans
as Captain Dalton
Michael Chieffo
as Earl Metz
Christine Ebersole
as Mrs. Brown
Jeff Daniels
as Tim O'Hara
T.K. Carter
as Lenny
Daryl Hannah
as Lizzie
Jeremy Hotz
as Billy
Shelley Malil
as Felix
Elizabeth Hurley
as Brace Channing
Dawn Maxey
as Salesgirl
Steven Anthony Lawrence
as Nurplex Kid
Charles Rahi Chun
as Radar Controller
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The numbers
76years between the oldest and youngest billed
84Ray Walston — oldest on the call sheet
8Steven Anthony Lawrence — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast