. . . Where Are They Now? . . .Hello fans, Jeff Cohen was a young guy when he starred as "Chunk" in Steven Spielberg's The Goonies. Cohen's acting career isn't very extensive because he decided to abandon acting to attend college and pursue other interests. Check out what he has been up to over the years and what he is doing now!
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(Answer at the bottom)*Jeff CohenLearn More About Jeff Cohen on Celebrity Nooz BIRTH DATE: June 25, 1974, Los Angeles, California
BIRTH NAME: Jeffrey Bertan McMahon
CLAIM TO FAME: He is best known for appearing as Chunk in the 1985 Steven Spielberg production The Goonies.
INFO: Before getting the role of Chunk in The Goonies, Cohen started out as one of the kids describing words to the contestants on the 1982-83 CBS game show Child's Play. In 1985, he appeared as a celebrity on Body Language.
TRIVIA: Brother of playwright Edie Faye.
Got the chicken pox after he got the role of Chunk in The Goonies (1985). He showed up to the set anyway, afraid that they would have replaced him otherwise.
Was the President of the Associated Students of UC Berkeley and used to do the Truffle Shuffle on the sidelines during football games.
Took his stage name from the maiden name of his mother, Elaine Cohen.
WHERE IS HE NOW: Cohen had a few small acting roles after The Goonies, but has not acted since. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, earning a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business in 1996. During his college days, Cohen was known for performing the now-famous Truffle Shuffle on the sidelines of football games to raise applause from the crowd.
Cohen later attended the UCLA School of Law and later became an entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles. In 2002, he co-founded the Cohen & Gardner firm in Beverly Hills. In 2008, he was profiled in the September 24 issue of Variety in the Dealmakers Impact Report, and was also named to The Hollywood Reporter's Next Generation: Hollywood's Top 35 Executives 35 and Under in their November 5 issue.
* CREDITS:1991 Perfect Harmony (TV movie)...Ward
1988 Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (TV movie)...Grunt (voice) (as Jeff B. Cohen)
1987 She's the Sheriff (TV series)...Percy
Child's Play (1987)
1984-1987 Family Ties (TV series)...Dougie Barker / Marv Jr.
The Visit (1987)
4 Rms Ocn Vu (1984)
1986 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)...Max Baxter
Ask Max (1986)
1985-1986 Amazing Stories (TV series)...Eddie / Ralph
Magic Saturday (1986)
Remote Control Man (1985)
1985 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
No Greater Gift (1985) (as Jeff B. Cohen)
1985 The Goonies...Chunk
1984 The Facts of Life (TV series)...Seymour Slavick
The Summer of '84 (1984)
1984 Kids Incorporated (TV series)...Webster Bendetti
The Prankster (1984)
1983 Webster (TV series)...Dwight
A Question of Honor (1983)
1983 Tales from the Darkside (TV series)...Timmy Muldoon
Trick or Treat (Pilot) (1983)
1983 Little Shots (TV movie)...Ralph
To see Then & Now pictures of Jeff Cohen, visit: Celebrity Nooz*--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Nicol Williamson - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 09/14/1936 Died: 12/16/2011
Ursula Andress - ALIVE
Born: 03/19/1936
Tom Smothers - ALIVE
Born: 02/02/1937
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Anna Litvinova, 29, Russian fashion model, placed in Top 20 at Miss Universe 2006, cancer.
Lidia Mattos, 88, Brazilian actress, pneumonia.
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John Cheng, 52, Singaporean getai performer and actor, apparent heart attack.
David Coe, 58, Australian businessman, suspected heart attack.
Jean Giambrone, 91, American sportswriter.
Riccardo Garrone, 76, Italian entrepreneur, cancer.
Donald Hornig, 92, American chemist, explosives expert, teacher and presidential science advisor.
Ahmet Mete Isikara, 72, Turkish professor of geology and earthquake expert, respiratory failure.
Janos Korossy, 86, Romanian jazz pianist and composer.
Inez McCormack, 66, Irish trade union leader and human rights campaigner.
Hinton Mitchem, 74, American politician, Alabama Senate (1979-1986, 1987-2011).
Chumpol Silpa-archa, 72, Thai politician, Minister of Tourism and Sports (since 2008), Deputy Prime Minister (since 2011), renal failure.
Michael Winner, 77, British film director (Death Wish) and food critic.
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Ron Fraser, 79, American Hall of Fame college baseball coach (University of Miami).
Richard Garneau, 82, Canadian sports journalist.
Dolores Prida, 69, Cuban advice columnist (Latina).
Pietro Scibilia, 83, Italian entrepreneur and President of Pescara Calcio (1987-2004).
Toyo Shibata, 101, Japanese poet.
Tracy Sugarman, 91, American illustrator.
Freddie Williams, 86, Welsh motorcycle speedway world champion (1950, 1953), stroke.