corey feldman
Corey Feldman biography
Synopsis
Corey Feldman was born on July 16, 1971, in Los Angeles. A child actor, he appeared in more than 100 commercials and 50 tv shows. In 1987, he starred in The Lost Boys with Corey Haim and became a teen idol. Feldman has struggled with addiction and childhood trauma. He became legally emancipated from his parents in 1987 and entered rehab in 1991. He is a recording artist and reality tv star.
Early Career
Actor. Born July 16, 1971, in Los Angeles, California. Feldman was the second of five children born to Sheila Feldman, a former Playboy bunny, and Bob Feldman, a songwriter and music producer. The cherubic-cheeked Feldman landed his first professional acting job in a McDonald's television commercial at the age of 3, launching his career as a child star.Feldman worked ceaselessly throughout his youth, which he later said was his parents' choice and not his own. He appeared in more than 100 commercials and 50 television shows, including Cheers and Mork and Mindy. His parents soon built their own careers upon his acting success-his mother served as Feldman's manager, and his father opened a talent agency for child stars.
Commercial Success
Corey Feldman made his first film appearance in a bit part in the 1979
movie Time After Time. His career truly took off in 1984, starting with
Friday the 13th: Final Chapter. He followed this with starring roles in
15 consecutive hit movies. Feldman became synonymous with a number of
beloved 1980s teen classics, including Gremlins, Stand by Me and The
Goonies.
In 1987, he starred in the movie The Lost Boys with fellow teen star
Corey Haim. The film became a cult classic, and "the Coreys" were hyped
endlessly as co-teen heartthrobs. The two friends appeared in several
films together before parting ways professionally in the early 1990s,
"tired of the 'Corey Mania,'" as Feldman later recalled.
Personal Life
Despite his professional success, Feldman's personal life was deeply troubled. He later claimed his parents beat him ("I couldn't be abused too badly when I was working because they didn't want me to have bruises," he later told an interviewer) and became legally emancipated from them at the age of 15. He began drinking and smoking pot while filming
Stand by Me at 14, and his experimentation with drugs soon spiraled into full-blown addiction. In 1990, at the age of 19, he was arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin. After two more drug arrests, he checked in for a 10-month stint in rehab in 1991. His marriage to actress Vanessa Marcil, whom he married in 1989, ended in divorce in 1993.
Comeback
Depressed, washed up, and facing $200,000 in legal and tax bills,
Feldman worked to rebuild his life. He took a string of small parts in
B-movies and television shows, and explored his love of music. A
self-taught musician, Feldman released his first solo album in 1994. He
followed that up in 1999 with Still Searching for Soul, the first album
from his band Truth Movement.
In 2002, Feldman met Susie Sprague at a nightclub. The couple married
nine months later on the set of The Surreal Life, a reality television
show that placed an assortment of past-their-prime celebrities in a
house together. The wedding ceremony was officiated by both a rabbi
(Feldman is Jewish) and fellow Surreal Life star M.C. Hammer. The
couple had their first child, son Zen Scott Feldman, in August 2004.
The Two Coreys
In 2007, Corey Feldman and Corey Haim reunited for the A&E reality
television show called The Two Coreys. During the show, both men
confessed that they had been sexually abused as boys. Haim relapsed
into drug addiction shortly after that revelation, leading to a bitter
on- and off-camera falling-out between the former friends. Feldman
refused to continue filming until Haim sought treatment, and their
friendship disintegrated. Corey Haim died of a drug overdose in March
2010. "This is a tragic loss of a wonderful, beautiful, tormented soul,
who will always be my brother, family, and best friend," Feldman said
in a statement after Haim's death.
Feldman's wife, Susie, filed for divorce in October 2009, citing
irreconcilable differences. Despite the setbacks in his personal life,
Feldman continues to act, release albums and tour with his band, Truth
Movement. "I've had probably some of the darkest, most depressing times
anybody could imagine," Feldman said in a 2000 interview, "but in the
end I'm a positive guy."
Quick Facts
- NAME: Corey Feldman
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Television Actor, Reality Television Star
- BIRTH DATE: July 16, 1971 (Age: 41)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, California
- ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer
Best Known For
Corey Feldman was a child actor and teen heart throb in the 1980s and early 1990s. He was often paired with actor Corey Haim.
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