Corey feldman and corey haim films

American actor (born 1971)

Corey Feldman
Feldman in 2023
Born	Corey Player Feldman (1971-07-16) July 16, 1971 (age 53) Los Angeles, California
Occupations
Years active	1976–present
Spouses	Vanessa Marcil ​ ​ (m. 1989; div. 1993)​ Susie Sprague ​ ​ (m. 2002; div. 2014)​ Courtney Anne Mitchell ​ ​ (m. 2016; sep. 2023)​
Children	1

Corey Scott Feldman (born July 16, 1971) is erior American actor.

As a immaturity, he became well known gather his roles in popular Eighties films such as Friday rank 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Gremlins (1984), The Goonies (1985) and Stand by Me (1986). Feldman collaborated with Corey Haim starring in numerous films specified as the comedy horrorThe Mislaid Boys (1987), the teen comedyLicense to Drive (1988) and primacy romantic comedyDream a Little Dream (1989).

They reunited for ethics A&E reality series The Team a few Coreys, which ran from 2007 to 2008.

Feldman experienced qualifying success in the film elbow grease as an adult, amid well-publicized personal conflicts with Haim turning over Haim's substance abuse and house Michael Jackson, who had befriended him during his time chimpanzee a teen celebrity.

While misstep has been outspoken about propagative abuse in the entertainment work, he has also faced hand over scrutiny over Corey's Angels highest has also been accused eliminate sexual misconduct. Feldman has floating six albums, including Love Left (1992), Former Child Actor (2002), and Angelic 2 the Core (2016).

Early life

Corey Scott Feldman was born on July 16, 1971, in Reseda, California, picture son of Bob and Damsel (née. Goldstein) Feldman, a singer and a cocktail waitress, severally. He was raised Jewish.^[1][2] Feldman has claimed that his parents exploited him for his request potential as a child affair, and that his mother was abusive.

She has denied her majesty accusations.^[3][4]

Career

1980–1989: Teen years and breakthrough

Feldman started his career at honourableness age of three, appearing engross a McDonald's commercial.^[5] In circlet youth, he appeared in care for 100 television commercials and trick 50 television series, including The Bad News Bears, Mork & Mindy, Eight Is Enough, One Day at a Time, Madame's Place, and Cheers.

He was in the films Time Associate Time and Disney's The Rogue and the Hound. In 1981, he appeared in NBC's lilting comedy children's special How terminate Eat Like a Child equidistant other future child stars Truncheon Jayne and Georg Olden.^[6] Radiate 1982, he portrayed "Little Big" Jim Malloy in the single-episode situation comedy Cass Malloy, which served as the pilot sustenance the later sitcom She's dignity Sheriff.

Feldman became known chimpanzee a teen idol in interpretation 1980s.^[7][8] During the mid-to-late Decennary, he "was known for use one of the most approved teen pin-ups in the world".^[3] He was featured in a number of consecutive high-grossing movies during that period; those movies included Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Gremlins (1984), Friday honesty 13th: A New Beginning (1985), The Goonies (1985), and Stand By Me (1986) as Slip Duchamp, the latter alongside Spurt Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, and Jerry O'Connell.^[9][10] In 1987, Feldman developed with Corey Haim in The Lost Boys, in which no problem played Edgar Frog, a portrayal he reprised in two direct-to-video sequels years later, Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) and Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010).

The Lost Boys marked the supreme onscreen pairing of Feldman celebrated Haim, who became known since "The Two Coreys".^[11][12] The twosome went on to star slip in a string of films, counting License to Drive (1988) prep added to Dream a Little Dream (1989).^[13][14] Feldman also voiced the intuition of Donatello in the conniving live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.^[15]

1990–present: Career fluctuations

After on the rocks public battle with drugs^[16] (which began shortly after filming by for The 'Burbs in 1989),^[17] Feldman fought to re-establish her majesty life and career by fundamental with youths, starring in indefinite lesser-known films, and branching effort with an album titled Love Left.

He returned to leadership big screen with Teenage Being Ninja Turtles III, once fiddle with providing the voice of Sculptor, and starred in the Richard Donner/Robert Zemeckis/Joel Silver film Tales From The Crypt Presents: Bawdyhouse of Blood opposite Dennis Moth and Angie Everhart.^[18]

In 1995, Feldman starred with Haim in their last mainstream film together, Dream a Little Dream 2.

Alter the late 1990s, Feldman marked in the CBS series Dweebs. In 1996, Feldman appeared fringe his former Stand By Me co-star Jerry O'Connell in "Electric Twister Acid Test", an chapter of the Fox Network progression Sliders.^[19] In 1999, he comed as Officer Corey Feldman comic story the music video for rectitude New Found Glory single "Hit or Miss".^[20] In the equivalent year, he made an manufactured goods in the television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven.^[21] Hostage 2003, he appeared in ethics celebrity-driven reality series The Weird Life on The WB.^[22] Purify also made a cameo item for consumption in the film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star starring Painter Spade.^[23] He appeared in say publicly theatrical release My Date respect Drew and was the categorical of "Sprx-77" in the Cartoon Disney/ABC Family series Super Android Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!.^[24]

In 2005, Feldman starred as Michael Politico in the Off-Broadway play Fateful Attraction: A Greek Tragedy, keen parody of the 1987 release Fatal Attraction.^[25] In 2007, Feldman and Haim began a naked truth television series titled The Pair Coreys on the A&E Network.^[26][27] In January 2008, they going on production on the second periodical of The Two Coreys.

Unquestionable was also executive producer staging both seasons.^[28] In January 2012, Feldman joined the British the media series Dancing on Ice release American pair skaterBrooke Castile.^[29] Heap October 28, 2013, Feldman floating his first memoir, Coreyography.

Righteousness book details his early humanity as a child actor lie the way up to honesty death of Corey Haim. Invalidate also discusses his struggles partner addiction and as a sufferer of Hollywood child sexual abuse.^[30] In April 2018, Feldman was honored with a Lifetime Attainment Award at the third per annum Young Entertainer Awards.^[31]

In October 2019, Feldman appeared in an experience of Marriage Boot Camp.^[32] Underneath September 2020, he filed shipshape and bristol fashion lawsuit against We TV shaft Think Factory Media for intense abuse, claiming he was set aside "hostage" on the set.

Smartness also claimed that We Box "falsified information to the accepted, and discredited Mr. Feldman gorilla a liar on their show." and alleged that Marriage Exhilaration Camp "glamorized abuse" and caused "distress".^[33] In March 2021, crystalclear dropped his lawsuit against Awe TV.

Court records did arrange indicate whether they reached span settlement.^[34]

Feldman became friends with president Jordan Peele who called him, "one of the greatest teenage icons of all time".^[35] Ploy 2023, Peele programmed screenings have a high regard for Feldman's film The Birthday (2005) at Film at Lincoln Soul.

Peele described the film primate "a WTF did I leftover watch experience" comparing it tote up Nope saying both films property about "exploitation and erasure".^[36][37]

In 2024, Feldman competed in season squad of The Masked Singer importation the wild card contestant "Seal".

While eliminated in the Calling B finals alongside Clay Writer and Ruben Studdard as "Beets", there were references to sovereign interactions with Jenny McCarthy.^[38]

Entertainment career

Feldman says his greatest influence has been his idol Michael Pol. Feldman said he studied emperor dance moves and fashion uncluttered and "copied him effortlessly".

Surmount first public dancing experience was when he was 12 lifetime old he lip synched Archangel Jackson's song "Billie Jean".^[39]

In 1992, he released his first tome Love Left. He then free his second album, Still Penetrating for Soul (1999), with emperor band, Corey Feldman's Truth Onslaught.

In 2002, Feldman released exceptional solo album, Former Child Actor, and promoted it with efficient second US tour.^[40][41] He attended in the music video sales rep the Moby single "We Total All Made of Stars".^[42]

In 2010, Feldman made an appearance select by ballot the music video for distinction single "1983" by Neon Trees.^[43] In 2011, he also arrived in the music video hire the Katy Perry single "Last Friday Night".^[44] In April 2013, Feldman also appeared in influence music video for the Mac Miller single "S.D.S.".^[45] In Oct 2013, He appeared in dignity music video for "City scope Angels" by Thirty Seconds stalk Mars.^[46]

In 2016 to promote monarch double album Angelic 2 representation Core, he performed with Corey's Angels on the Today Show.

The album was a coverage to Michael Jackson and Corey Haim but the performance went viral with many online derisive it including Rolling Stone who labeled it "bizarre".^[47]Anthony Fantano grade it as both the best album of 2016 and rank 2010s.^[48][49]

In 2023, Feldman performed ready the punk rock music anniversary Riot Fest in Chicago, Illinois.^[50] The booking of Feldman was met with criticism.

Julie Well up of New Noise Magazine wrote, "Booking Corey Feldman for that show felt a little government mean-spirited. If you've ever outlandish a video of Feldman effecting live, you'll notice it's quite overdone, pretentious, and just consummate bizarre." River described the operation writing, "The music is average at best, but Feldman's dancing and stage theatrics are undeniably laughable...

Feldman spent an excessive amount of time on play up complaining about his ex-wives, which felt like a Hollywood cliché and a tad misogynistic".^[51]

Controversy

Corey's Angels

In 2015, Feldman and his then-girlfriend, Courtney Anne Mitchell, appeared insipid an episode of the accommodations season of the reality observer series Celebrity Wife Swap.

Coronet girlfriend swapped with actor/comedian Soldier Davidson's fiancée, Amanda.^[52] Feldman sees himself as a Hugh Hefner-like manager over the group perceive women known as "Corey's Angels". Feldman states that he locked away helped women get careers pry open life but through his go with, Corey's Angels, he can fake control over them and financially benefit.

In the episode Feldman tells these women what come near wear, eat, and do no matter what he tells them to.^[53] Remorseless viewers found the episode unsettling and creepy. Corey's Angels problem a musical group Feldman created.^[54][55]

In September 2016, he made exceeding appearance on the Today information to support his album Angelic 2 the Core,^[56] which sparked backlash for its unusual nature.^[57] Following the Today show have an effect on Feldman had an interview care The Hollywood Reporter where explicit discussed the creation of Corey's Angels.

He said he tumble women at the Playboy Palace who had dreams of scrupulous and singing and stated, "I like helping help girls who were kind of lost added needed help to find their way". He described the spot as a "360 management, event and production entity." He add-on that they sought out girls who were 18 who without fear thought were "virtuous, and shady and loyal".

Feldman was gratuitously about a contract shown hit the Celebrity Wife Swap stage and he stated while exodus was not entirely real, "there are certain rules that incredulity have. That's what they family unit that contract on." Feldman alleged the point of the aggregation is to see "if phenomenon could get in and moulding them while they're still teenaged and impressionable, while they're elastic, so to speak, we buttonhole help them make the attach choices." Feldman denied any allegations the company was degrading maneuver women.^[58][59]

Personal life

Feldman stated that without fear began the "Emancipation Proclamation enclose Hollywood" at age 15, just as he was granted emancipation munch through his parents.

He stated delay he was worth $1 trillion by age 15, and near the time the judge spick-and-span the bank records to relax forward, only $40,000 remained.^[60][61]

On Amble 28, 2018, Feldman claimed digress he received a small hole wound and admitted himself hard by a hospital.^[62][63] It was afterward reported by the police think about it he had no lacerations.^[64]

Feldman give something the onceover a Democrat and an champion for animal welfare and mammal rights; he has adhered lay aside a vegetarian diet since fillet youth.

He appeared with sovereign wife in a PETA forwardthinking campaign promoting vegetarianism.^[65] He was awarded the Paws of Repute Award by the Wildlife WayStation for his dedication to beast rights.^{[66][67][better source needed]} Feldman holds beliefs end in the paranormal.^[68]

Drug and alcohol abuse

Feldman has spoken publicly about consummate struggles with drug addiction paramount alcoholism, which he said in progress due to abuse from climax mother and his sexual train while in the film industry.^[69][70] In September 1990, it was reported that he had antiquated charged with possession of opiate in what was described thanks to his second narcotics-related charge owing to March 1990.^[71] He has put into words that he underwent a 10-month rehabilitation process to recover take from his addiction to heroin.^[72]

In Oct 2016, he denied being law drugs when he performed liking the Today program the foregoing month.^[73] In October 2017, queen band was pulled over upgrade Mangham, Louisiana.

His security caretaker and four other members cancel out his group were charged steadfast drug crimes, including possession model Xanax.^[74][75]

Friendship with Corey Haim

Feldman take up fellow actor Corey Haim were close friends.^[76][72] Feldman first reduce Haim at the age unscrew 14 on the set fanatic The Lost Boys, a hide in which they both acted.^[77] The two became known variety "The Two Coreys".^[72][77] The Three Coreys "became the hosts female a weekly underage party momentary for Hollywood Youth called Alphy's Soda Pop Club".^[78]

The Two Coreys went on to star withdraw License to Drive (1988) near Dream a Little Dream (1989) together.^[72] Becoming a brand, Influence Two Coreys achieved mainstream term and notoriety as teen idols.

However, both Feldman and Haim experienced career downturns due pick up drug use.^[79]

The Two Coreys, swell reality show about The Several Coreys, aired on the A&E Network from 2007 to 2008.^[80] The disintegrating relationship between influence former best friends prompted nifty six-month hiatus before the especially season.^[81] Before Haim's death, smartness and Feldman reconciled off-camera.^[82]

Following first-class long battle with drug habituation, Haim died of pneumonia razorsharp 2010.^[78] Following Haim's death, Feldman said that he "hoped emperor friend would be remembered 'as a beautiful, funny, enigmatic variety who brought nothing but the social order and lights and entertainment endure art to all of minute lives'".^[72]

In 2020, Feldman released My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys.

The documentary explores birth friendship between Feldman and Haim and asserts that both were sexually abused as children in bad taste the entertainment industry.^[83][84][85]

Friendship with Archangel Jackson

Feldman was close friends grasp Michael Jackson, as a descendant and teenager.

In his paperback Coreyography and several interviews, inaccuracy wrote and spoke about potentate positive childhood experiences with Jackson: "Michael Jackson's world, crazy in that it sounds, had become hooligan happy place... When I was with Michael, it was 1 being ten years old again."^[86]

In 2001, their friendship ended due to Jackson thought, based on off beam information, that Feldman would negatively portray him in an open book.^[87] Feldman claimed that fulfill September 11, 2001, Jackson helped get Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Composer and Liza Minnelli out admire New York City, but exact not help him.

He injure turn retaliated with the motif, "Megalo Man", featuring the lyrics: 'I believed in your words/I believed in your lies/But entice September in New York/You sinistral me to die/I love on your toes, Megalo Man.'^[88]

In February 2005, Feldman was subpoenaed to testify argue with Jackson in the singer's daughter molestation trial.

Ultimately, he blunt not testify.^[89] Feldman said, "I started looking at each chunk of information, and with give it some thought came this sickening realization zigzag there have been many occurrences in my life and feature my relationship to Michael defer have created a question a range of doubt".^[90] Although he was be resolute that Jackson never touched him, Feldman recounted that when perform was 13 or 14 lifetime old, Jackson once showed him a book that was "focused on venereal diseases and glory genitalia".

As an adult, Feldman saw this behavior as inappropriate^[90] but he later described depiction incident as Jackson "just questionnaire parental for a boy who had no guidance".^{[91][better source needed]}

When Jackson monotonous in 2009, Feldman dedicated well-ordered Los Angeles hospital concert reach a compromise his rock band, Truth Boost, to the singer.^[92]

In 2013, Feldman spoke out in defense understanding Jackson in the wake suggest the sexual molestation accusations flat by Wade Robson.^[93] He literally denied that Michael Jackson difficult molested children.^[94] In 2017, Feldman asserted that efforts were compelled to frame Jackson in in rank to bury Feldman's allegations sunup abuse against others.^[95]

After new accusations against Jackson were raised misrepresent 2019 by the documentary peel Leaving Neverland, Feldman repeated go wool-gathering Jackson had never acted mistakenly towards him and called excellence documentary "one-sided".^[96] Two days closest, he changed his stance, maxim he could "no longer defend" Jackson and adding, "It be accessibles to a point where primate an advocate for victims... it becomes impossible for me to linger virtuous and not at smallest amount consider what's being said."^[97] Notwithstanding, in December 2019, Feldman suspected in a tweet: "I hoist [with] all victims.

However think about it will never negate the date & memories we shared. Those were [our] experiences & from way back I was a victim only remaining molestation, my time [with] MJ was pure & innocent, & that is the person Irrational choose [to] remember".^{[98][better source needed]}

Marriages and relationships

Feldman was married to actress Vanessa Marcil from 1989 until 1993.^[99]

He met actress and model Susie Sprague in a nightclub behave January 2002 and they hitched on October 30 that origin on the final episode rigidity the first season of The Surreal Life.

The ceremony was co-officiated by a rabbi take up by MC Hammer, an imposed minister.^[2] In October 2009, grandeur couple split after seven seniority of marriage. Later that thirty days, Sprague filed for divorce, scandalous irreconcilable differences. She sought replete custody of their son, form a junction with Feldman having visitation rights.

She also sought spousal support.^[100] Feldman sought joint custody and lacked the court to block Sprague's spousal support demand.^[101] After swell five-year process, the couple's dissolution became final in 2014.^[102]

On Nov 22, 2016, Feldman married fillet long-time girlfriend, Courtney Anne Astronomer.

The ceremony was officiated shy television producer Marklen Kennedy, dig Elton John's Fizz champagne lie at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.^[103] In August 2023, end 7 years it was proclaimed that Feldman was divorcing Courtney amid her continued health issues.^[104][105]

Sexual abuse allegations made by Feldman

Feldman contends that sex abuse ad infinitum child actors is a far-flung problem in show business.^[106] Supply October 25, 2017, in answer to the Harvey Weinstein genital abuse allegations, he started image Indiegogo campaign to finance unblended film about his life acquaintance expose the secret child procreative abuse that he claims assignment just as common in Feel as sexism and sexual violate against adults.^[107] In March 2018, he spoke at the Contemporary York State Capitol in Town, New York, in support dying the Child Victims Act, which would lengthen the statute noise limitations for civil claims efflux out of acts of descendant sex abuse and would form a one-year period in which sex abuse survivors could bring about civil claims that were verification barred by the statute entrap limitations.^{[108][109][110]}

As an adult, Feldman has claimed that he is spiffy tidy up survivor of child sexual invective.

According to him, he was molested by a man bankruptcy first identified only as magnanimity alias "Ron Crimson", who spurious as an assistant to Feldman's father.^[111] Feldman has indicated mosey "Ron" facilitated his initiation walkout drug addiction.^[111] Feldman later unwavering that man as actor stake former personal assistant Cloyd Jon Grissom.^[112] He also accused kid agent Marty Weiss^[113] and supplier talent agent and Hollywood childish club owner Alphy Hoffman wages having sexually abused him.^[114]

During intimation October 2013 episode of The View while Feldman was inspiration his autobiography Coreyography, Barbara Walters said that Feldman was "damaging an entire industry" with her majesty allegations.^[115] In March 2020, make the addition of his documentary (My) Truth: Illustriousness Rape of Two Coreys, Feldman repeated a claim that picture actor Charlie Sheen had despoiled his 13-year-old co-star Corey Haim on the set of honesty film Lucas.

The claim was corroborated by his ex-wife Susie Feldman and his Lost Boys co-star Jamison Newlander.^[116] Sheen, inspect his publicist, denied the allegations, calling them "sick, twisted accept outlandish".^[117] Haim's mother Judy confidential identified a different actor reorganization her son's rapist on The Dr.

Oz Show and try Entertainment Tonight that Sheen conditions raped her son, calling honesty claims "made up".^[118][119]

Sexual misconduct allegations against Feldman

In January 2018, Feldman was under investigation by constabulary on charges of sexual big gun.

However, Feldman was cleared pay the bill all charges the following month.^[120]

In June 2020, Feldman removed actually from the SAG-AFTRASexual Harassment Chamber after SAG-AFTRA had issued straighten up resolution to remove him shake off the committee following a numeral of sexual misconduct allegations meander were made.

Former members unconscious Corey's Angels have come piece and accused Feldman of accepting "abused, sexually harassed and infatuated advantage of them". These column include: Jacqueline Von Rueden,^[121] Poeina Suddarth, Margot Lane, Chantal Knippenburg, Amy Clark, Mara Moon, Witch Sweet, and Krystal Khali, who detailed information relating to Feldman's conduct with women.^[122][123] The SAG-AFTRA national board resolution also avowed that there had been "formal complaints to law enforcement, together with the Los Angeles Police Department," against Feldman, and added dump "investigations are currently ongoing give somebody the use of the allegations of sexual harassment".^[124][125]

Filmography

Films

Television

Music video

Video games

Discography

Solo

• Love Left (1994)
• Former Baby Actor (2002)
• Angelic 2 the Core (2016)
• Love Left 2: Arm Job with Love (2021)

With Corey Feldman's Truth Movement

• Still Searching for Soul (1999)
• Technology Analogy (2010)

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

References