The actors of the movie "Jay and Silent Bob strike back" 16 years ago and now

The film "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" by American director Kevin Smith was released in 2001 and became the fifth in a series of tapes in Smith's fictional universe View Askewniverse. All films — "Clerks" (1994), "Loafers" (1995), "Chasing Amy" (1997), "Dogma" (1999), "Clerks 2" (2006) — are united by common characters, storylines, events, and they also contain many hints and references at each other.

Although the film resembles a low-budget picture in many ways, the cast there is impressive. We decided to see what happened to the actors 16 years later.

(20 photos in total)

Preview photo: Rex Features

Jason Muse — Jay, 42 years old.

Kevin Smith — Silent Bob, 46 years old.

Ben Affleck — Holden McNeil / as himself, 44 years old.

Shannon Elizabeth —Justice, 43 years old.

Eliza Dushku — Sissi, 36 years old.

Jennifer Schwalbach Smith — Missy, 45 years old.

Seann William Scott — Brent, 40 years old.

Judd Nelson — Sheriff, 57 years old.

Will Ferrell — Federal Marshal Willenhall, 49 years old.

Chris Rock — Chuck Luther King, 52.

Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks, 47.

Jeff Anderson—Randall Graves, 46.

Jason Lee — Brody / Bankie Edwards, 46 years old.

George Carlin — Hitchhiker, died June 22, 2008, 71 years old.

Carrie Fisher— a nun, died on December 27, 2016, aged 60.

Mark Hamill — Heroboets, 65 years old.

Gus Van Sant — as himself, 64 years old.

Matt Damon — as himself, 46 years old.

Jason Biggs — as himself, 38 years old.

James Van Der Beek — as himself, 38 years old.