Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) was a Canadian actor best known for his teen roles in the 1980s. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, and later grew up in Willowdale, where his mother enrolled him in drama classes in improvisation and mime to help him overcome his shyness.
He broke into acting at the age of ten, playing the character of Larry in The Edison Twins, and later made his feature film debut in the 1984 thriller Firstborn. His breakout role came in 1986 when he starred as the title character in Lucas. From there, his status as a teen heartthrob only blossomed, leading to a lot of roles across film genres throughout the 1980s.
Unfortunately, most of his professional career was marred by drug and alcohol addiction and periods in and out of rehab, and later in his life his acting career petered out, leading to bankruptcy. He attempted to revitalize his acting career in 2000, with mixed results.
Haim ultimately died of pneumonia on March 10, 2010 at age 38. He never married or had any children.
Works:
Films- American Sunset
- Anything For Love
- Batman & Robin
- Blown Away 1993
- Busted
- Crank: High Voltage
- Demolition High
- Dickie Roberts Former Child Actor
- The Double O Kid
- Dream A Little Dream
- Dream Machine
- Fast Getaway
- Fever Lake
- Firstborn
- License to Drive
- Life 101
- The Lost Boys
- Lucas
- Merlin The Quest Begins
- Murphys Romance
- National Lampoons Last Resort
- Never Too Late
- New Terminal Hotel
- Oh What A Night
- Prayer Of The Rollerboys
- Secret Admirer
- Shark City
- Shooter On The Side
- SilverBullet
- Snowboard Academy
- A Time To Live
- Trade In
- Watchers
- Without Malice
Television
Voice Acting
Video Games
Tropes:
- Former Child Star: The bulk of Haim’s career was as a teen heartthrob, though his career petered out afterwards for a series of overlapping reasons.
- Pretty Boy: In his teen and young adult years, Corey Haim was considered one of America's leading male heartthrobs.
- Riches to Rags: He nearly went broke after he pulled out of the film Paradise Bar in 1996. He was sued by Lloyd's of London for $375,000 for failing to disclose his drug addiction as a pre-existing medical condition on the insurance form. Haim filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 1997. He ended up living back home with his mother. He died with very little money, and his mother initially announced that the cost of his funeral would be covered by public funds provided by the city of Toronto as is customary in destitute cases.
- Those Two Actors: With Corey Feldman.
