Biography
A professional actor from the age of three, Corey Feldman was kept busy early on with innumerable TV commercials and voice-overs. Feldman's first regular television work was a recurring role in
Mork and Mindy (1978-1982), followed by the part of Regi Tower in the weekly sitcom version of
The Bad News Bears (1979). He made his earliest film appearance as the inquisitive kid in the museum in
Time After Time (1979). In the early '80s, Feldman showed up in several episodes of the syndicated
Madame's Place (1982) and played precocious-brat roles in such fantasy flicks as
Gremlins (1984) and
The Goonies (1985). During this period, he also provided the voice of the Young Copper in the Disney animated feature
The Fox and the Hound (1980). His breakthrough role, at age 14, was as the battered, bespectacled small-town hell-raiser Teddy Duchamp in
Rob Reiner's
Stand by Me (1986). Feldman's acting career then went into decline, leaving him with few professional choices outside of minor roles in features such as
Maverick (1994) and leads in direct-to-video movies. His most successful post-
Stand by Me venture was as the voice of Donatello in the first two
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies. In many of his latter-day efforts, Feldman co-starred with his offscreen best friend
Corey Haim, another youthful performer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide