Last Man Standing is a Tim Allen classic, featuring the actor as Mike Baxter, a happily married father to three daughters, who is dealing with being the only male in his household. Mike tries to maintain his manliness in a female-dominated home by escaping to work as a marketing director at the Outdoor Man store. Check-in with the cast of Last Man Standing and see what the stars have been up to!
Tim Allen
Character Played: Mike Baxter
Born: June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado
Best Known For: TV series including Home Improvement (1991-1999), as well as such movies as The Santa Clause franchise (1994-2006), the Toy Story franchise (1995-2019)
Thoughts on Last Man Standing: “To be very honest, I have had problems letting go of this one. It’s just been three or four weeks and I’m literally just feeling better… This crew, from the guy at the gate to Radford inside to people we ate with, I loved every second of this experience.”
Nancy Travis
Character Played: Vanessa Baxter
Born: September 21, 1961, in New York City
Best Known For: Movies Three Men and a Little Lady (1990), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), The Vanishing (1993) and Greedy (1994)
Thoughts on Last Man Standing: “You can watch it with anybody in your family and you can be entertained by it, and you can also be stimulated by it,” Nancy says. “It’s nice that it speaks to so many people.”
Hector Elizondo
Character Played: Ed Alzate
Born: December 22, 1936, in New York City
Best Known For: Pretty Woman (1990), Runaway Bride (1999), The Princess Diaries (2001) and The Princess Diaries 2 (2004)
Thoughts on Last Man Standing: “The thing about Ed that’s interesting is that when they need to fill up a hole, they have Ed. [Laughs.] He can be the generous guy or the stingy guy; the hard-ass guy or the easy-going guy; the soft-hearted guy or not.”
Christoph Sanders
Character Played: Kyle Anderson
Born: April 21, 1988, in Hendersonville, North Carolina
Best Known For: The TV series Ghost Whisperer (2008-2010) and the movies Hounddog (2007), Big Kill (2019) and Faith Based (2020)
Thoughts on Last Man Standing: “The show has always been so good at showing a nice picture of an American family,” he said. “People come in and out of your life. Good and bad things happen. If we can continue that growth and show people we have grown and haven’t just been standing still, that’s what I want to see.”
Amanda Fuller
Character Played: Kristin Baxter
Born: August 27, 1984, in Sacramento, California
Best Known For: Movies including Red White & Blue (2010) and Starry Eyes (2014)
Thoughts on Last Man Standing: “It’s nice when you’re on a show for so long that’s about a family that you can actually track the amount of time it would take for a house full of kids to be all not in the house anymore… [that] gives it a whole other level of heart, which I think is nice.”
Kaitlyn Dever
Character Played: Eve Baxter
Born: December 21, 1996, in Phoenix, Arizona
Best Known For: The TV series Justified (2011-2015) and Unbelievable (2019), as well as the movies Short Term 12 (2013) and Booksmart (2019)
Thoughts on Last Man Standing: “I was 13 when I started the show, so I grew up there. Over time he [Tim] taught me a lot about comedic timing and not being afraid to ad-lib and make up your own thing.”
Molly Ephraim
Character Played: Mandy Baxter
Born: May 22, 1986, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Best Known For: The TV series Halt and Catch Fire (2017) and Brockmire (2017). Also known for the movie The Front Runner (2018)
Thoughts on Last Man Standing: “I think I’m more relaxed doing comedy and I like being able to play a character so much different than myself, so it’s been a nice change of pace for me personally.”
Jordan Masterson
Character Played: Ryan Vogelson
Born: April 9, 1986, in Long Island, New York
Best Known For: The TV series Greek (2010-2011) and the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
