The Biggest Movies and TV Coming in September

"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Like many child actors who happen to get an important film role in their lives yet their film careers doesn't necessarily follow such path for too long, Cary Guffey certainly left an eternal mark in the movie business as Barry Guiler in Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). But he never thought this should be the main factor to define him. Guffey's life took a different turn with a degree in marketing from the University of Florida, MBA from Alabama's Jacksonville State University and working as a financial planner for Merrill Lynch. But early on, he was an actor with positive experiences.

He was born in 1972. His film debut around age 4 was in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) as Melinda Dillon's son and he can be considered as a natural talent since he never had seen a movie in his life prior to this film experience (he was presented to a few films while making the film); and also the fact that director Steven Spielberg was really impressed by the kid's abilities in delivering great performances in one or two takes to each scene he was part of. The movie went on to become a massive hit and Guffey was even considered to award nominations and later on considered by a deeply impressed Stanley Kubrick for the role of Danny Torrance in The Shining (1980). But that didn't happen and Danny Lloyd was the chosen one.

Apart from Spielberg's classic sci-fi, he's best remembered as the humanoid alien H7-25 who partners Bud Spencer in The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (1979) and Everything Happens to Me (1980). Other credits include Martin Ritt's Cross Creek (1983), Stroker Ace (1983), Mutant (1984) and The Bear (1984). In 1985, he appeared in one TV movie and one miniseries and then at age 13 he never returned to the entertainment world and turned his career to other businesses, but successful ones and now he's a happily family man.

Cary Guffey in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

When he married his now-wife, Michelle, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000229/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Steven Spielberg</a> and his
wife, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001009/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Kate Capshaw</a>, sent them a Tiffany &amp; Co. crystal vase as a
wedding gift.

Financial Planner for Merrill Lynch in Birmingham, Alabama. (May 2003)

Considering he was only 3-1/2 years old, he had never seen a
movie before shooting <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0075860/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)</a>,
so in the middle of shooting his parents showed him a
double feature <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0034492/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Bambi (1942)</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0074599/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Gus (1976)</a>.

His wife is a reporter for the Birmingham News.

Graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in marketing.

He coaches a second grade girls&#39; soccer team.

Graduated from West Windsor High School in Princeton, NJ.

Earned his MBA from Alabama&#39;s Jacksonville State University.

The first films he saw were a double feature of &quot;Bambi&quot; and &quot;Gus,&quot; after his parents realized, shortly after being cast in &quot;Close Encounters,&quot; that the four-year-old had never seen a movie.

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