William Kunstler (played by Mark Rylance) The radical lawyer and activist died in 1995 at age 76. Richard Schultz (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) Schultz later went into private practice with Chicago 7 prosecutor Thomas Foran, partnering with him in the Chicago firm of Foran & Schultz. Judge Julius Hoffman (played by Frank Langella) Judge Hoffman continued presiding over cases until his death at age 87 in 1983, despite a poor reputation among a majority of Chicago attorneys according to the book The Benchwarmers. His autobiography, Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago 7, was published in August 2020. in sociology and worked in fundraising for non-profits and members of Congress. Lee Weiner (played by Noah Robbins) Following his acquittal, Weiner earned his Ph.D. Froines retired from the UCLA School of Public Health in 2011. He was the director of UCLA’s Occupational Health Center, served as a director in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and was the chair of the California Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants for decades. John Froines (played by Daniel Flaherty) After his acquittal, Froines, now 81, worked in public health. He was married to fellow activist actress Jane Fonda for 17 years, during which time he fathered actor Troy Garity (best known for his roles in the Barbershop sequels and Ballers). A Democrat politician and prolific author, Hayden served in the California State Assembly from 1982 to 1992 and the State Senate from 1992 to 2000. Tom Hayden (played by Eddie Redmayne) Hayden founded the Indochina Peace Campaign, which aimed, in part, to gain amnesty for those who evaded the Vietnam War draft.
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He died at age 88 in May 2004 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. David Dellinger (played by John Carroll Lynch) Dellinger continued to be a political activist and dedicated pacifist, joining protests including a sit-in at the 1996 Democratic Convention in Chicago where he was arrested along with Abbie Hoffman’s son Andrew.
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and has lectured on meditation and self-awareness. In the 1970s he joined Divine Light Mission as a disciple of Guru Maharaj Ji. Rennie Davis (played by Alex Sharp) Davis, now 79, became a venture capitalist and runs Foundation for a New Humanity. Seale has remained a social justice advocate, authored several books, including an autobiography and a cookbook, has worked with youth initiatives, and also appeared in an ad for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Seale ran for mayor of Oakland, California in 1973 but lost in a run-off. Following the Chicago 7 trial, law enforcement was interested in Seale for the murders of two fellow Panthers, but only ever brought charges in one case they were later dropped. Bobby Seale (played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) A co-founder of the Black Panther Party, Seale is now 83 years old. Rubin died in November 1994 after being struck by a car while jaywalking in Westwood, California. He was also critical of the excesses of the counterculture movement. Rubin and Hoffman debated each other on a tour touted as “Yippie versus Yuppie,” with Rubin advocating for wealth creation and social consciousness in business. Jerry Rubin (played by Jeremy Strong) After leaving political activism, Rubin became a multimillionaire businessman and even invested in Apple Computer in its early days. Hoffman’s suicide has many doubters, including fellow Chicago 7 member David Dellinger, as Hoffman would regularly lecture on how the CIA disguised their assassinations as suicides.
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Hoffman, who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, died at age 52 in April 1989 from what was officially ruled a suicide by phenobarbital overdose. He later returned to activism and made a cameo as a protestor in Oliver Stone’s 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July.
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Hoffman eventually served four months of a one-year prison sentence. He claimed he was entrapped by an undercover officer and went on the run for several years, during which time he abandoned his family and even had plastic surgery to alter his appearance. Hoffman was arrested in 1973 for intent to sell and distribute cocaine. Abbie Hoffman (played by Sacha Baron Cohen) Hoffman remained an activist for the rest of his life, authoring Steal This Book, which he dubbed "a handbook for living free, stealing and making violent revolution." Heeding the book’s title, enough people stole the book that many stores stopped carrying it.