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My Take
Corey Haim breaks my heart a little every time I revisit his work. In Lucas and The Lost Boys he had a rare, unguarded vulnerability that no acting class can teach — you believed every flicker of hope and embarrassment on that young face. To me he embodies both the magic and the cruelty of 1980s teen stardom: the industry adored him at fifteen and had little use for him at thirty. I choose to remember the performer, not the cautionary tale. Watch Lucas again and you will see a genuinely gifted actor whose best scenes still feel painfully honest decades later.
Overview
Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) was a Canadian actor who rose to fame in the 1980s as a teen heartthrob. He starred in Silver Bullet (1985), Murphy's Romance (1985), Lucas (1986), License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989). His role in The Lost Boys (1987) made him a household name.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Corey Haim
- Name (Japanese)
- コリー・ハイム
- Reading
- こりー・はいむ
- Born
- December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Boar
- Origin
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / film producer / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Zion Heights Junior High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.coreyhaim.us
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.