Biography
Date of Birth
23 December 1971, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birth Name
Corey Ian Haim
Nickname
Space Ace
The Haimster
Height
5' 7" (1.7 m)
Death
December 2010, Burbank, California, USA, pneumonia
Mini Biography
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 The Edison Twins (1982). He broke into the film industry in 1984, playing a young child caught up in a family war in the movie Firstborn (1984). The following year, he starred in the TV movie A Time to Live (1985), for which he received a Young Artist Award, appeared in the comedies Secret Admirer (1985) and Murphy's Romance (1985), and had the leading role, Marty Coslaw , in the Stephen King werewolf film Silver Bullet (1985). Lucas (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 The Lost Boys (1987). He later starred in the comedy films License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989), the horror movie Watchers (1988), and the science fiction action drama Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990). Many of his 1990s and 2000s roles were in direct-to-video releases, and he also had a cameo in the action film Crank: High Voltage (2009). His last two films were The Hostage Game (2010) and Decisions (2011).
He died suddenly on March 10, 2010 in Burbank, California, of pneumonia.
Trivia
Favorite actress: Cybill Shepherd. Favorite Actor: James Dean.
His father was raised in Canada and his mother was born in Israel. All of Corey's grandparents were Romanian Jews who left Romania in the 1940s. His father's parents were from Iasi, and his mother's from Piatra Neamt. Corey had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
Got into acting because his mom put him into acting lessons to help him deal with his shyness and it later became a career because his older sister Cari Haim was auditioning for roles.
His dad, Bernie Haim, worked as a sales rep. His mom, Judy Haim, worked as a computer operator.
Parents Bernie and Judy divorced when Corey was 11 years old. They were married for 18 years.
Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 1997 in Los Angeles, California, listing debts that included nearly $104,000 to the I.R.S., $100,000 in California taxes and a variety of medical expenses. The document stated that he had no bank account and very few assets, including a 1987 BMW, $100 in cash, $750 worth of clothing, and $7,500 in residuals and royalty rights. He also listed a $31,000 pension plan.
In 2004, he became the subject of a single by the Irish band The Thrills titled "Whatever Happened To Corey Haim?".
Was engaged to Holly Fields (not the boxer) in 1996, but broke up.
Brooke McCarter managed him up to the mid 1990s until Corey's drug problem caused a fallout.
Was asked by best friend and frequent co-star Corey Feldman - while filming the first season of The Surreal Life (2003) - to be his best man at his wedding to Susie Feldman; but unfortunately, due to prior commitments he was not able to attend.
Was engaged to Nicole Eggert, whom he credits with helping save his life on a certain occasion: while they were filming one of several movies together, she noticed that Haim was suffering from a narcotic "rush." Eggert promptly drove him to the local hospital where Corey was detoxed.
Bill Egert's character Sean Haim in the movie Detour (2002) was named after him, as Egert's favorite actor.
Ranked #26 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars.
Auditioned for the role of Dick Grayson/Robin in Batman Forever (1995).
He starred in eight movies with Corey Feldman: The Lost Boys (1987), License to Drive (1988), Dream a Little Dream (1989), Blown Away (1993), Last Resort (1994), Dream a Little Dream 2 (1995), Busted (1997) and Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008).
He and Corey Feldman were known as the Two Coreys at the peak of their careers in the 1980s.
Formerly engaged to actress Tiffany Shepis. [Oct. 30, 2008].
Was buried at Pardes Shalom Cemetery in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada on March 16th, 2010. Because Haim was broke at the time of his death, a celebrity memorabilia site that he sometimes sold items to, Startifacts, had donated $20,000 to cover the cost of the transportation and headstone. The check was subsequently canceled when it was found the funeral home was covering the cost already.
Best friend Corey Feldman chose not to attend Haim's funeral at the request of Haim's family, because they wanted to keep the funeral as low-key as possible. Feldman instead issued an open letter on the Internet which he wrote to his deceased friend.
Back when he was a kid in Thornhill Ontario, Corey Haim used to break dance with the other kids at recess, in school.
Was offered the role of Charlie Fox in The Mosquito Coast (1986) and Chris Chambers in Stand by Me (1986). His father, who was acting as his manager at the time, turned down both in favor of Corey having a starring role in Lucas (1986). Both of those roles eventually went to the late River Phoenix.
Haim was engaged to model Cindy Guyer in 2000. He proposed to Guyer two days after they met at a Chicago autograph show.
He was in a relationship with actress Alyssa Milano from 1987 to 1990.
Was in a relationship with Victoria Beckham in 1995, which ended on mutual terms.
Has appeared in a movie with Mario Lopez "Fever Lake" (1996). Was also in 2 movies "Demolition High" (1996) & "Demolition University" (1997) where his characters last name was "Slater". was also in "Busted" (1997) where his name was "Clifford" and in "Fever Lake" (1996) his name was "Albert". Mario Lopez played "A.C. Slater" on "Saved by the Bell" (1989) (the A & C stood for Albert Clifford).
Corey Haim was an avid writer and wrote many screenplays and songs up until his passing.
Was originally intended to appear in Bordello of Blood (1996) alongside friend Corey Feldman but was replaced by actor Matt Hill instead.
Trademarks:
In early years, his mouth was mostly always open
Quotes
I was working on The Lost Boys (1987) when I smoked my first joint. But a year before that, I was starting to drink beer on the set of the film Lucas (1986). I lived in Los Angeles in the '80s, which was not the best place to be. I did cocaine for about a year and a half, then it led to crack. I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck. But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day - the doctors could not believe I was taking that much. And that was just the valium - I'm not talking about the other pills I went through.
I want to be the guy they talk about when they talk about comebacks. I want people to learn from me, see I'm human, and understand that I make mistakes just like they do, but it doesn't have to consume you. You've got to walk through the raindrops, and that's totally what I am trying to do.
This is where you make new friends and you start living and learning. So I'm a late bloomer, I'm 36, but hey, I'm learning. Every day's a learning experience, right?
[on effects of molestation] It's something that will be addressed in my inner soul for the rest of my life, and it's something that truly affects me, and I opened up a can of worms, so to speak. Every day I opened up, like, a can of sardines. It's something I've addressed. Psychiatrists can be helpful. They have the medications and blah-blah-blah. But I don't want any of that, man. I've dealt with this, and I'm dealing with this-second by second, minute by minute, day by day. Everything's cool. It's just like, It happened, it's over, and move on. Let's move on to the next subject.
[on his cameo in Crank: High Voltage (2009)] My first day of filming, I went in my camper for a minute, and I just started crying, because I was, like, home. And I'm just so grateful. It's a cameo. But, like, Ricky Schroder did a cameo in Crimson Tide (1995), and then boom! He got NYPD Blue.
[on battle with drug abuse] It's one day at a time. It's one second at a time-it's really one millisecond at a time sometimes. But you gotta grind your teeth and bear it. There's no way to get around it. It's just time, effort and support-and you gotta reach out and ask for help
