Corey Haim

Corey Haim was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Judy Haim, an Israeli-born data processor, and Bernie Haim, a clothing sales representative. He has a sister, Carol, and a half-brother, Daniel. His family is Jewish. He was raised mostly in Willowdale. Corey appeared in 26 episodes of the early 1980s Canadian series Turma Genial (1982). He broke into the film industry in 1984, playing a young child caught up in a family war in the movie Quando se Perde a Ilusão (1984). The following year, he starred in the TV movie Hora de Viver (1985), for which he received a Young Artist Award, appeared in the comedies Admiradora Secreta (1985) and O Romance de Murphy (1985), and had the leading role, Marty Coslaw , in the Stephen King werewolf film A Hora do Lobisomem (1985). A Inocência do Primeiro Amor (1986), in which he starred alongside Kerri Green and Winona Ryder, showed his acting abilities, with praise coming particularly from Roger Ebert. In 1987, he had a breakthrough when he played one of the major roles, Sam Emerson, in Joel Schumacher's Os Garotos Perdidos (1987). He later starred in the comedy films Sem Licença para Dirigir (1988) and Um Sonho Diferente (1989), the horror movie O Limite do Terror (1988), and the science fiction action drama Rollerboys: A Nova Geração de Guerreiros (1990). Many of his 1990s and 2000s roles were in direct-to-video releases, and he also had a cameo in the action film Adrenalina 2 (2009). His last two films were American Sunset (2010) and Decisions (2011). He died suddenly on March 10, 2010 in Burbank, California, of pneumonia.