1. Corey Scott Feldman was born on July 16,1971 and is an American actor and musician.
48 Facts About Corey Feldman
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Feldman collaborated with Corey Haim starring in numerous films such as the comedy horror The Lost Boys, the teen comedy License to Drive and the romantic comedy Dream a Little Dream.
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Corey Feldman experienced diminishing success in the film industry as an adult, amid well-publicized personal conflicts with Haim over Haim's substance abuse and with Michael Jackson, who had befriended him during his time as a teen celebrity.
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Corey Feldman has released six albums, including Love Left, Former Child Actor, and Angelic 2 the Core.
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Corey Feldman has claimed that his parents exploited him for his earning potential as a child actor, and that his mother was abusive.
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Corey Feldman started his career at the age of three, appearing in a McDonald's commercial.
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Corey Feldman was in the films Time After Time and Disney's The Fox and the Hound.
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Corey Feldman was featured in several consecutive high-grossing movies during this period; those movies included Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Gremlins, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, The Goonies, and Stand By Me as Teddy Duchamp, the latter alongside River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, and Jerry O'Connell.
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Corey Feldman voiced the character of Donatello in the original live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.
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In 1995, Corey Feldman starred with Haim in their last mainstream film together, Dream a Little Dream 2.
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In 1996, Corey Feldman appeared alongside his former Stand By Me co-star Jerry O'Connell in "Electric Twister Acid Test", an episode of the Fox Network series Sliders.
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Corey Feldman made a cameo appearance in the film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star starring David Spade.
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In 2005, Corey Feldman starred as Michael Douglas in the Off-Broadway play Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy, a parody of the 1987 film Fatal Attraction.
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In January 2012, Corey Feldman joined the British television series Dancing on Ice with American pair skater Brooke Castile.
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On October 28,2013, Feldman released his first memoir, Coreyography.
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In October 2019, Corey Feldman appeared in an episode of Marriage Boot Camp.
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Corey Feldman became friends with director Jordan Peele who called him, "one of the greatest teen icons of all time".
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In 2024, Corey Feldman competed in season eleven of The Masked Singer as the wild card contestant "Seal".
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Corey Feldman says his greatest influence has been his idol Michael Jackson.
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Corey Feldman said he studied his dance moves and fashion style and "copied him effortlessly".
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Corey Feldman then released his second album, Still Searching for Soul, with his band, Corey Feldman's Truth Movement.
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In 2002, Corey Feldman released a solo album, Former Child Actor, and promoted it with a second US tour.
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Corey Feldman appeared in the music video for the Moby single "We Are All Made of Stars".
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In 2010, Corey Feldman made an appearance in the music video for the single "1983" by Neon Trees.
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In 2023, Corey Feldman performed at the punk rock music festival Riot Fest in Chicago, Illinois.
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Corey Feldman stated that he began the "Emancipation Proclamation in Hollywood" at age 15, when he was granted emancipation from his parents.
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Corey Feldman stated that he was worth $1 million by age 15, and by the time the judge ordered the bank records to come forward, only $40,000 remained.
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On March 28,2018, Corey Feldman claimed that he received a small puncture wound and admitted himself to a hospital.
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Corey Feldman is a Democrat and an advocate for animal welfare and animal rights; he has adhered to a vegetarian diet since his youth.
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Corey Feldman appeared with his wife in a PETA ad campaign promoting vegetarianism.
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Corey Feldman was awarded the Paws of Fame Award by the Wildlife WayStation for his dedication to animal rights.
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Corey Feldman has said that he underwent a 10-month rehabilitation process to recover from his addiction to heroin.
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Corey Feldman first met Haim at the age of 14 on the set of The Lost Boys, a film in which they both acted.
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Corey Feldman was close friends with Michael Jackson, as a child and teenager.
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Corey Feldman claimed that on September 11,2001, Jackson helped get Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor and Liza Minnelli out of New York City, but did not help him.
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In February 2005, Corey Feldman was subpoenaed to testify against Jackson in the singer's child molestation trial.
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Corey Feldman said, "I started looking at each piece of information, and with that came this sickening realization that there have been many occurrences in my life and in my relationship to Michael that have created a question of doubt".
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When Jackson died in 2009, Corey Feldman dedicated a Los Angeles hospital concert with his rock band, Truth Movement, to the singer.
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Corey Feldman explicitly denied that Michael Jackson had molested children.
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In 2017, Corey Feldman asserted that efforts were made to frame Jackson in order to bury Corey Feldman's allegations of abuse against others.
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Corey Feldman was married to actress Vanessa Marcil from 1989 until 1993.
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Corey Feldman met actress and model Susie Sprague in a nightclub in January 2002 and they married on October 30 that year on the final episode of the first season of The Surreal Life.
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Corey Feldman sought full custody of their son, with Feldman having visitation rights.
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Corey Feldman sought joint custody and wanted the court to block Sprague's spousal support demand.
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On November 22,2016, Corey Feldman married his long-time girlfriend, Courtney Anne Mitchell.
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Corey Feldman has indicated that "Ron" facilitated his initiation into drug addiction.
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Corey Feldman later identified that man as actor and former personal assistant Cloyd Jon Grissom.
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However, Corey Feldman was cleared of all charges the following month.