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Corey Feldman stars as himself on A&E's reality docu-drama, "The Two Coreys."
Corey Scott Feldman is the second of five children born to Sheila and Bob Feldman. Not the only actor in the family, his older sister, Mindy, was a member of "The New Mickey Mouse Club" (1977). Corey Feldmanbegan his career at the tender age of three, starring in a Clio Award-winning McDonald's commercial.Corey Feldmanworked steadily in guest-starring roles on television series such as "Mork & Mindy", "Alice" and "Eight is Enough" before landing a regular part on the television sitcom, "The Bad News Bears" (1979), based from the hit motion picture. Also, in 1979,Corey Feldmanmade his big screen debut in "Time After Time."Over the next few years, Corey Feldmancontinued making guest appearances in many television shows and a few made for TV movies. In 1981,Corey Feldmansupplied the voice of Young Copper, in Disney's "The Fox & The Hound.""Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter" started Corey Feldman's career in the horror genre with the role of the main character, Tommy Jarvis, as a child. He reprised that role in "Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning."Corey Feldmanthen began a series of appearances in blockbuster films such as "Gremlins" (1984), "The Goonies" (1985) and "Stand By Me" (1986). In 1987,Corey Feldmanwon the Jackie Coogan Award for "Stand by Me" (1986).Then, in 1987, Corey Feldmanappeared in the legendary cult classic film "The Lost Boys," alongside Jason Patric and Keifer Sutherland. "The Lost Boys" also marked the first on-screen pairing with the other Corey, Corey Haim. In 1988,Corey Feldmanwon the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Horror Motion Picture for "The Lost Boys" (1987). The Corey's quickly became known as a collaborating duo for a total of seven films together throughout their careers, including "License to Drive" (1988), "Dream A Little Dream" (1989) and "Blown Away" (1992), to the extent that America fell into what is now known as Coreymania.In 1989, Corey Feldmanappeared in "The 'Burbs" along with Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher and also provided the voice of Donatello for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" which happened to be the biggest box office for an independent feature in history and also concludedCorey Feldman's string of a staggering 13 #1 box office films in a row.Corey Feldmanthen took time off to work on his personal life and then returned to the film world with appearances in three more #1 films, "National Lampoon's (Loaded Weapon)," "Maverick" and "Ninja Turtles #3.""I'm very opposed to child stardom," Corey Feldmansays today. "I think it's a big mistake that young people are made superstars and then not given the opportunity to live a normal life when they finally figure out what that is." WhileCorey Feldmanadmits that success at an early age led to some poor off-screen decisions, he is unapologetic: "I've made some mistakes, both professionally and personally, but I don't regret any of them because mistakes are opportunities for growth, and I've become a better person through it all."Now a husband, father, businessman and political environmentalist, not to mention a vegetarian, Corey Feldmanstarted focusing on his career as an adult. Nurturing a growing music career with four albums and five soundtracks under his belt,Corey Feldmanhas toured North America twice with his band The Truth Movement. He was a series regular on the CBS show "Dweebs" (1995) and then followed it with a starring role in the Richard Donner, Robert Zemeckis, Joel Silver produced "Tales From The Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood" for Universal. In 1996,Corey Feldmandirected "Busted" which featured a cameo by Haim.In 2002, Corey Feldmanappeared on the reality show, "The Surreal Life." During the final episode, he married Susie Sprague Feldman. He says his marriage to Susie has been like "living a fairy tale." Their son, Zen Scott Feldman, was born August 7th, 2004. "I couldn't be happier being married. I feel like my life has come full circle and now I'm ready to take off again. I can feel the boosters firing up; it's all brewing and I'm excited and I'm ready for it." Later that yearCorey Feldmanappeared in the #1 comedy "Dickie Roberts" in which he wrote and performed a song for the soundtrack on Hollywood Records, he then worked with Wes Craven on "Cursed."In 2004, Corey Feldmanwas honored with a Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also ranked #8 on VH1's "Greatest Kid Stars" (2005). In 2005 his animated career took back off when he was cast as SPRX-27 on the Disney Cartoon show "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!" That show's tremendous success launched a series of talking dolls featuringCorey Feldman's voice and the show itself is still running five days a week. 2006 foundCorey Feldmanreceiving the best actor award at the Luxemburg Film Festival for his performance in "The Birthday" a film that Corey believes to be his finest work to date.Corey Feldmanhas recently completed two feature films "Cluster" (2006) and "The Terror Inside" (2007) and is about to start work on a third.Off-screen, Corey Feldmanis a spokesperson for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) the world's largest animal rights organization, Farm Sanctuary (a farm animal rescue), The Humane Society, Last Chance for Animals, Global Green, MoveOn, Green Peace, and the Amie Karen Cancer Fund.
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