He played Sam on "Difference Strokes". See Danny Cooksey now at 46 years old.

The former child actor also played Budnick on the salvation of Nickelodeon.


It is generally the brand brand of a family television series in difficulty in the notes: bringing new adorable blood to replace the distribution formerly-young which has aged the "adorable gabarmot" scene.Cousin Oliver onBrady Bunch is a sadly famous example, but you can also indicate the addition of the late series ofDanny Cookseylike Sam onDifficulty, the sustainable sitcom of the 1980s withGary Coleman.

Cooksey joined the show at the age of eight by playing Sam McKinney, the new stepson in the 'Wealthy Patriarch series, played byConrad Bain. After the show, the former child star continued a long career in entertainment. Continue to read to discover what he has done since and where he is now, at 46 years old.

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He went to another beloved comedy.

Cooksey has remained very active in Hollywood during the more than three decades sinceDifficulty Finished, appearing in a handful of films and a long list of television shows.

On the big screen, he had support roles in the 80s Cult Classic / E.T. VolMac and me, 1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day (in which he played Tim, the best red friend ofEdward Furlong John Connor), and the 1992 science fiction comedyMom and dad save the world.

He was also on television, appearing throughout the 80s in episodes of popular television series, includingThe twilight zone,,Mr. Belvedere,,Macguyver, andGrowth pain.He was also a regular on the series on the sitcomCavanaughs, which lasted two seasons on CBS, from 1986 to 1989.

For many children from the 80s, he is perhaps better known as Bobby Budnick, one of the Sitcom campers on the original summer camp in NickelodeonGet your shorts. "In getting older,I am recognized less and less"He said to Ringer last year." But what I get more than these days, people ask: "Where did you go to high school? Did we go to the camp together? I know you ... "I say to myself" well, I suppose that we were a little at the camp together. ""

He found a second career as a vocal actor.

Danny Cooksey in 1991
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Although still young, Cooksey won his first part of voiceover, playing several holders on the cartoonPuppies- A job that would announce a long career behind the microphone that continues to date. He then provided voices for characters in all of the animated adaptation ofBill & Ted's excellent adventure andTiny toons (expressing a spoiled mess from Rich Kid Montana Max) toThe little Mermaid,,Ren and Stimpy,,Hey Arnold!,,Ann pepper,,Zim invader, andKim Possible, among many others.

The more recent vocal work included the spin-off of the television of theKung Fu Panda movies,The regular show, and a number of popular video games,Earthquake 4 to a blockbuster paymentHonor medal series.

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He was in a group of Heavy Metal in adolescence.

While the native of Oklahoma first dreamed ofsinging- He moved to Los Angeles with his family at five years old in the hope of entering the industry, he told YTA in 2020- by his teenagers, he had passed to Heavy Metal as a member ofThe Bad4good group, which, at the time of its foundation, was entirelyComposed of adolescents. Cooksey was the main singer of the group, which formed in 1991 and signed at Interscope Records, freeing the 1992 albumRefugee.

Bad4good broke in 1993, but Cooksey continued to stay involved in music, playing with the country group of Shelter dogs, which aims to collect funds to help mistreated animals. He participated in the recording of their2015 albumTake me Home, and evenPlay with them from time to time, according to an interview in Rewind It Magazine.

He has two children from a rocky marriage.

If his Instagram is something, Cooksey is all about her children. He has an adult daughter,Zoë Leighand a young son,Jackson Paul. In July 2022, he awaited the birth of his first grandchild.

Although he largely avoided the difficulties that other former children's artists have crossed, Cooksey was not completely immune to tabloid control. In 2019 and again in 2022, his ex-wifeCooksey Amber filed for prohibition orders against the actor, allegingHe physically mistreated her In front of her children, as reported by TMZ. (The point of sale noted that he had not responded to a request for comments.) The pair was together for more than 20 years beforeTheir divorce 2019.

He teaches theater.

Danny Cooksey in 2019
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Between vocal theater and family life, Cooksey also worked as a teacher of actor, according to Rewind It Magazine.

"I believe that each person has their own individual process with regard to what they want to accomplish with their needs and objectives with the theater," he said at the point of sale. "One thing on which I try to concentrate a lot is the hearing process, because even if you are the best actor in the world, it is a completely different monster in itself."


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