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The Napoleon Dynamite actor is celebrating his 39th birthday, and we can't believe it's been 12 years since the nerdy character and his BFF Pedro ran for class president and stole our hearts in the process.
Click through the gallery to see what the cast is up to now
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Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite)
The actor, who turned 38-years-old today, has a bunch of movies coming out this year including Christmas Eve with Patrick Stewart and Killing Winston Jones with Danny Glover. He's married to Kirsten Heder and they have a daughter named Evan Jane, 8, together.
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Jon Gries (Uncle Rico)
The 58-year-old has a few movies coming out next year including The Knife Thrower and Villisca.
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Aaron Ruell (Kip)
The last thing the 39-year-old acted in was the 2012 FOX series Napoleon Dynamite.
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Diedrich Bader (Rex)
The 48-year-old has been doing a lot of voice work for the Disney Channel shows Miles from Tomorrowland and Ultimate Spider-Man.
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Efren Ramirez (Pedro)
The 42-year-old has a bunch of new movies coming out next year including The Art of Living and Trafficked.
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Trevor Snarr (Don)
The 37-year-old took a break from acting for a few years, but has a new movie coming out in 2016 called The Green Fairy.
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Tina Majorino (Deb)
The 30-year-old reprised her role as Mac in Veronica Mars movie last year and has had reoccurring roles in the TNT show Legends and ABC's Grey's Anatomy.
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Ellen Dubin (Ilene)
The actress has been doing voice work for animated shows and has starred in a few short films.
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Haylie Duff (Summer Wheatly)
The 30-year-old just released a cookbook called The Real Girl's Kitchen and she hosts the show, as well. She and her fiancé Matt Rosenberg welcomed their first child together in May.
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Sandy Martin (Grandma)
The 65-year-old will star in the upcoming movie Stars Are Already Dead with Lea Thompson.
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Shondrella Avery (Lafawnduh)
The 44-year-old will be in the upcoming movie Klown Forever.