The highest-paid child actor on television throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, he was best known for Diff'rent Strokes, Dirty Work and On The Right Track.
He was married to Shannon Price. Coleman died in 2010 at the age of 42 after a fall that led to brain hemorrhage, though circumstances around his death have been contested.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1977: The Little Rascals 1977 as Stymie
- 1979: The Kid From The Left Field as Jackie Robinson 'J.R.' Cooper
- 1981: Lucy Moves To NBC as V.P. of Programming
- 1981: On The Right Track as Lester
- 1982: The Kid With The Broken Halo as Andy LeBeau
- 1982: Jimmy The Kid as Jimmy
- 1983: The Kid With The 200 IQ as Nick Newell
- 1984: The Fantastic World Of DC Collins as D.C. Collins
- 1985: Playing With Fire as David Phillips
- 1996: Fox Hunt as Murray Lipschitz Jr.
- 1996: Fenway as Tyler Lewis
- 1998: Dirty Work as Gary Coleman
- 1998: Like Father Like Santa as Ignatius
- 2000: Shafted as Mister Gary Coleman
- 2000: The Flunky as Gary Coleman
- 2003: Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star as Gary Coleman
- 2003: A Carol Christmas as Ghost of Christmas Past
- 2006: Church Ball as Charles Higgins
- 2007: A Christmas Too Many as Pizza Guy
- 2008: The Great Buck Howard as Gary Coleman
- 2008: Big Fat Important Movie as Bacon Stains Malone
- 2009: Midgets Vs Mascots as Gary
Television Roles
- 1974: Medical Center as James
- 1978: The Jeffersons as Raymond Jefferson
- 1978: America 2 Night as Little Wayne Coleman
- 1978: Good Times as Gary James/Gary Daniels
- 1978-1986: Diff'rent Strokes as Arnold Jackson
- 1979: Hello Larry as Arnold Jackson
- 1979-1980: The Facts of Life as Arnold Jackson
- 1982: Silver Spoons as Arnold Jackson
- 1985: Amazing Stories as Arnold Jackson
- 1996: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Arnold Jackson-Drummond
- 1979-1980: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Hieronymous Fox
- 1982: The Gary Coleman Show as Andy LeBeau
- 1986: Simon & Simon as Lewis Peoples
- 1990: 227 as Otis P. Bigg
- 1992: The Ben Stiller Show as Gary Coleman
- 1994-1996: Married... with Children as Reverend/Property Inspector (2 episodes)
- 1995: Martin as Mad Dog No Good
- 1995: Unhappily Ever After as The Devil
- 1996-1997: Waynehead as Kevin/42nd Street
- 1997: Homeboys in Outer Space as Snafu
- 1998: The Naked Truth as Gary Coleman
- 1999: Shasta McNasty as Gary Coleman
- 1999-2001: The Simpsons as Gary Coleman (3 episodes)
- 2000: The Jamie Foxx Show as Cupid
- 2000-2002: Son of the Beach as Saltine Cracker/Barker (2 episodes)
- 2001: The Drew Carey Show as Drew's Double
- 2001: My Wife and Kids as Gary Coleman
- 2001: The Hughleys as Gary Coleman
- 2002: Baby Bob as Gary Coleman
- 2002: The Rerun Show as Security Guard
- 2004: Drake & Josh as Gary Coleman
- 2006: Codename: Kids Next Door as Andy LeBeau
- 2010: The Horrible Terrible Misadventures Of David Atkins as Gary Coleman
- 2011: Robot Chicken as Arnold Jackson/Barry the Banana/Cuba Gooding Jr./Nazi
Video Game Roles
- 1997: Curse Of Monkey Island as Kenny Falmouth
- 2003: Postal 2 as himself.
Music Videos
- 1993: Raging Slab & Gary Coleman: Anywhere But Here as Gary Coleman
- 1998: *NSYNC: Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays as Gary Coleman
- 2002: Moby: We Are Made of Stars as Gary Coleman
- 2005 John Cena Bad Bad Man as Gary Coleman
Shorts
- 1994: Party as The Liar (also producer)
- 2001: Night Of The Living Doo as Gary Coleman
- 2004: Save Virgil as Gary Coleman/The Devil
- 2008: Spy Another Day as I.T.
Writer
- 1985: Different Strokes (story by)
