See How The Cast Of The "West Wing" Pilot Have Changed In 15 Years

    That first episode aired in 1999. Here's how key cast members look now.

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    Declan Cashin
    by Declan Cashin

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    Martin Sheen (President Jed Bartlet)

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    What's he in now? Sheen is currently filming the Netflix comedy series Grace and Frankie with Jane Fonda and his West Wing co-star Lily Tomlin.

    Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler)

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    What's he in now? Schiff is starring alongside Lindsay Lohan in the London stage production of Speed-The-Plow until 29 November). He's also in the WGN America drama series Manhattan.

    Rob Lowe (Sam Seaborn)

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    What's he in now? Lowe was last seen in the movie Sex Tape, and also appears as "Super Creepy Rob Lowe" in this advert for the US DirecTV service.

    Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman)

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    What's he in now? Whitford has a guest role in the Amazon series Transparent, and starred in the recently axed US sitcom Trophy Wife. He appeared in last year's movie Saving Mr Banks opposite Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson.

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    What's he in now? Whitford has a guest role in the Amazon series Transparent, and starred in the recently axed US sitcom Trophy Wife. He appeared in last year's movie Saving Mr Banks opposite Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson.

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    What's he in now? Whitford has a guest role in the Amazon series Transparent, and starred in the recently axed US sitcom Trophy Wife. He appeared in last year's movie Saving Mr Banks opposite Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson.

    Allison Janney (C.J. Cregg)

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    What's she in now? Janney is arguably the most in-demand West Wing alum. On TV, she stars in the sitcom Mom and is a guest star on the drama Masters Of Sex. She also had roles in the recent movies The Rewrite and Tammy, and will be seen next year in the movies The Duff and Spy.

    Janel Moloney (Donna Moss)

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    What's she in now? Moloney is currently starring in the HBO TV drama The Leftovers and the Amazon series Alpha House.

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    What's she in now? Moloney is currently starring in the HBO TV drama The Leftovers and the Amazon series Alpha House.

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    What's she in now? Moloney is currently starring in the HBO TV drama The Leftovers and the Amazon series Alpha House.

    Moira Kelly (Mandy Hampton)

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    What's she in now? Kelly doesn't have a regular TV or movie gig on the go right now, though there is speculation she may rejoin the cast of the recently announced and much-anticipated return of Twin Peaks (she played Donna Hayward in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me).

    Lisa Edelstein (Laurie)

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    What's she in now? Edelstein will star in the upcoming Bravo TV series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.

    Deceased: John Spencer (Leo McGarry, died in 2005), Kathryn Joosten (Mrs Landingham, died in 2012)