Chucks - as Seen in Movies and Television

Chucks on the Big Screen:

Some of the many movies featuring actors (wearing black high-tops unless otherwise known) who wore Chucks on screen include:

• "Animal House": several actors in black low-tops
• "Anaconda": Ice Cube
• "Bachelor Party": Tom Hanks (both black high-tops and white high-tops)
• "Back to the Future": Michael J. Fox
• "Basketball Diaries": Leonardo DiCaprio
• "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure": Bill and Ted adventured in both black and white high-top Chucks with laces in various colors
• "Blues Brothers 2000": J. Evan Bonifant
• "Breakfast Club": black high-tops with marker graffiti
• "Breaking Away": (black high-tops, maroon low-tops)
• "Change of Habit": Elvis Presley
• "Cool Runnings": "Sanka Coffie" (Doug E. Doug), red high-tops
• "Creator": Vincent Spano
• "Dead Poets Society"
• "Detroit Rock City"
• "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story": a wannabee in green high-tops gets whomped
• "Drowning Mona": Jamie Lee Curtis
• "E. T."
• "Fast and the Furious": "Brian" (Paul Walker)
• "Fast Times At Ridgemont High": most noted as a film with Vans
• "Footloose": particularly the "chicken on tractors" scene (Chuck laces get caught on tractor pedals!)
• "Freaky Friday": "Anna" (Lindsay Lohan), black low-tops
• "Frequency": "all over the place"
• "Friday": Chris Tucker
• "Grease": "all over the place"
• "Half Baked": "Scarface"
• "Hairspray": White high-tops
• "Hercules in New York": Arnold Schwarzenegger
• "High School USA": Michael J. Fox, Tom Villard
• "Hoosiers": many of the cast... even the video tape dust jacket features a pair of black high-tops
• "I, Robot": Will Smith, black leather high-tops
• "Joe Dirt"
• "Jumanji": in one of the crowd scenes
• "Kids"
• "Mallrats": "Silent Bob"
• "My Girl": Anna Clumsky, white high-tops; Macauley Culkin, black low-tops
• "Night Shift": Michael Keaton, red high-tops
• River Phoenix
  • black high-tops in "Explorers"
  • white high-tops in some of his other movies
  • died wearing black high-tops
• "Rocky": Sylvester Stallone ascends the steps to the Art Museum in Philadelphia
• "Sixteen Candles": unidentified character, green high-tops
• "Spaceballs": "Barf"
• "SPY kids": Juni (Daryl Sabara), red high-tops
• "Surf Ninjas": Rob Schneider, black
• "The Breaks": several high-tops in different colors
• "The Client": Brad Renfro
• "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes": Kirk Cameron
• "The Garbage Pail Kids Movie": most of the kids
• "The Goonies": featuring pink high-tops, red, black
• "The Last Dragon": features a character saying "Kiss My Converse!"
• "The Sandlot": many actors in either black or white high-tops, also features the classic PF Flyer
• "To Kill A Mockingbird": "Scout"
• "Trashers": many of the cast
• "Tremors": Bobby Jacoby, red high-tops
• "Twins": Arnold Schwarzenegger
• "Wayne's World": Wayne and Garth
• "Weekend at Bennie's": purple high-tops
• "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?": Leonardo DiCaprio, white
• "What's the Worst That Could Happen?": white high-tops and black high-tops
• "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows": Mary Wickes (the bus-driving nun)
• "Where The Buffalo Roam": Bill Murray
• "Wolfen": Gregory Hines

Chucks on the Small Screen:

Some of the many shows featuring actors (wearing black high-tops unless otherwise known) who wore Chucks on TV include:

• Almost Anything Goes: participants wore white high-tops or black high-tops
• Andy Dick Show: red high-tops
• Beverly Hills, 90210: "Dylan McKay" (Luke Perry).
• Blossom: "Blossom", either blue high-tops or  red high-tops
• Boy Meets World: "Alan Matthews," "Eric Matthews"
• California Dreams: Many of the cast
• Cooking Live: Host Sara Moulton runs around cooking in high-top Chucks... and she has multiple colors!
• Dennis the Menace: "Dennis"
• Fame: "Christopher Donlon"
• Ferris Beuler's Day Off: "Ferris Beuler", blue low-tops
• Felicity: "Felicity", black low-tops
• Full House:"Stephanie Tanner," "Michelle Tanner"
• Happy Days:""Richie Cunningham," white high-tops. Also "Chachi Arcola" (Scott Baio), black high-tops
• I'll Fly Away: "Nathan Bedford," "John Morgan Bedford"
• Jackass: Johnny Knoxville
• Laverne and Shirley: "Carmine Regusa", black low-tops
• Mama's Family: "Bubba", red high-tops
• M*A*S*H: "B. J. Honeycutt", black low-tops. also black high-tops have been seen on the show
• Melrose Place: "Billy Campbell" (Andy Shue). I remember seeing this routine on TV (unfortunately, I forgot who did it) where a female comedian was sitting at a table, doing a monologue about "Andy Shue's shoes." To much audience laughter, they brought out this huge pair of black high-top Chucks that had to be at least three times life size!
• Northern Lights (made-for-TV movie): Joseph Cross, Diane Keaton
• One Tree Hill: Hilary
• PBS Independence Day 2002 concert: Barry Bostwick, red high-tops
• Punky Brewster: "Punky Brewster", many different colors, sometimes two at once!
• Roseanne: David, Darlene
• Roswell: Max Evans
• Safe at Home: "Dan Ford," "Tatum McCoy," "Roger Kyle"
• Saturday Night Live: Steve Buscemi
• Saved by the Bell: "Screech"
• The 'A' Team: "Howling Mad" Murdock, "Mr. T"
• The Andy Griffith Show: "Opie"
• The Cosby Show: high-tops in various colors
• The Drew Carey Show: Oswald Harvey, black low-tops
• The Grudge Match: contestants wore either black high-tops or red high-tops
• The Larry Saunders Show: "Larry Saunders"
• The Monkees: Micky Dolenz, in at least one episode
• The New Mickey Mouse Club: many of the cast, in high-tops of multiple colors (red, green, blue noted)
• The OC: Adam Brody ("Seth Cohen"), black low-tops and black high-tops
• The Wonder Years: Many of the cast (it wouldn't be historically accurate if they weren't wearing Chucks)
• 3rd Rock From The Sun: "Tommy"
• Trading Spaces: Frank Bielec (various colors), Ty
• Welcome Back Kotter: "Juan Epstein"
• WKRP in Cincinnati: "Dr. Johnny Fever"

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Last Updated: 19 February 2017

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