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The Irish Sun
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
80s child star who co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger is now a grandad aged 49 – but can you guess who he is?
THIS 80s child star was lucky enough to star alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in one his biggest films ever, when he was just a teenager. The star in question is now 49 and is even a grandad - but can you guess who it is? 8 Can you guess who this former child star is? Credit: dannycooksey/Instagram 8 Now 49, this actor is also a grandad, after his daughter had a baby Credit: dannycooksey/Instagram 8 This actor appeared alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in this HUGE movie Credit: Alamy 8 Dis you guess the actor was Danny Cooksey (right) who starred in terminator 2 The child star we are talking about is Danny Cooksey, who shot to fame when he was just a teenager. After appearing in numerous 80s sitcoms, he got his big break into the movies when he landed a role alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. Fans of Terminator 2 will recognise him from Arnie's 1991 blockbuster movie. At just 14-year-old, he played Tim, the red head with the mullet that befriends Edward Fulong's character John Connor. More on unrecognizable stars Danny previously revealed he has very fond memories from time he shot the movie in the early 90s. "There are so many. It was such a big production," he told "It was awesome. I actually lived in the area where it was filmed." Recalling how he found out he got the role of a lifetime he said: "So, about a week or so before I started, I was driving to school and my normal route was totally blocked with all sorts of production trucks and what-not. Most read in Celebrity "Knowing what they were, I grumbled to myself about what damn production was causing me to be late, and reroute etc. Charlotte Rae stars as Mrs Garrett alongside Gary Coleman on Diff'rent Strokes "Then I got the call and realized that the damn production was T2. "I could have walked to the location. It was the intersection that they like slingshot the semi into the wall. " I was on set for that huge stunt. very very cool. It was awesome!" 8 Danny was known for his mullet in Terminator 2 Credit: Getty 8 Danny shot to fame in Diff'rent Strokes in the 80s Credit: Getty BECOMING CHILD STAR Before his role in Terminator 2, Danny was already known by fans for being in the hugely successful 1980s sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. On the show, he starred alongside the Gary Coleman and played the late actor's onscreen best friend, Sam. 8 The actor is also known for the 90s Nickelodeon show, Salute Your Shorts, Credit: Nickelodeon In total Danny appeared in 48 episodes of the comedy from 1984 through 1986. After his Terminator 2 fame, he landed the role of Bobby in Nickelodeon's hugely popular teen drama, Salute Your Shorts. His other TV credit include Tiny Toon Adventures, 101 Dalmatians: The Series and Dave The Barbarian. Danny continues to act, although a lot of his jobs include voice work. He voiced the roles of Brett and Chet in The Lorax, which also starred the voices of Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron and Taylor Swift. Away from the limelight, and Danny is also dad to two kids - Zoe, 27, and Jackson, 14 - who he shares with his ex-wife Amber. In fact, he is now a grandad, after his daughter welcomed a child. 8 Danny continues to work as a voice actor Credit: dannycooksey/Instagram
Buzz Feed
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
People Are Sharing The Childhood TV Shows They Kind Of Remember, But Mostly Feel Like A Fever Dream
Recently, I asked the wonderful people of the BuzzFeed Community to share a childhood TV show they KNOW they watched as a kid, but it feels like a fever dream. Some core memories were unlocked in the process: 1. " Salute Your Shorts. Camp Anawanma was awesome!" — ambers408c4b9ae 2. "Do do do do you have it? GUTS!!!!" 3. "What was the show, back in the '70s, with the part about conjunctions? Their song was, 'Conjunction junction, what's your function? Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.'" ABC / Via 4. " The Big Comfy Couch." 5. "Does anyone remember a cartoon called Street Frogs? Yeah…frogs…dressed in hip-hop gear…rapping. Someone greenlit that." — oldqueen963 This show was actually one of many as part of the animated series The Comic Strip 6. " Bananas in Pyjamas. The theme song still pops into my head at the most random moments. I found myself humming it the other day and was so perplexed." 7. " Braceface. All I really remember is sometimes the main character's braces could pick up radio signals/phone calls? But sometimes random snippets of the theme song will come into my head." 8. "I remember some animated show about rats living in the White House." — officialcoach381 It was called Capitol Critters! 9. "There was a science show with a bunch of kids in the '80s called 3-2-1 Contact. They did experiments and had fun learning things. I remember really enjoying that show." 10. " Almost Naked Animals. I think it was an animated show about animals in their underwear working at a hotel. But I can't remember exactly." 11. " Kids' Writes. An improv show on Nickelodeon where the cast acted out ideas that kids sent them in the mail (this was before the internet)." 12. " The Head. It was on MTV. A guy has a ridiculously large head, and an alien lives inside of it? I have no idea what any of the episodes were about. I don't remember if I liked it, but I definitely watched it." 13. " Dave the Barbarian." 15. " The Girl From Tomorrow must have been in the early '90s — pretty scant memories, but it was set in space; I remember a girl (Alana/Lana?) as the main character, and I am pretty sure time travel was involved." 16. " Weinerville. It was a variety show that aired on Nickelodeon in the '90s, and I seem to be the only person I know who remembers it. I loved this show and how they 'shrunk' kids to become puppets and play games on the show. It was weird, funny, and full of adult jokes. As a kid, this show was as good as it got. You can still find old episodes on YouTube." 17. " ReBoot was an amazing childhood show! One of my first introductions to computer animation TV." 18. "I barely remember an '80s show about a family with a live-in maid that was a robot and looked like a little girl; she had a battery pack and everything. called Small Wonder!" 19. " Liberty's Kids on PBS walked so Hamilton could run. Sorry, Lin Manuel Miranda, you weren't the first to rap about the American Revolution." 20. " Maggie and the Ferocious Beast." 21. "It has bugged me for years that I can't remember the name of this show, but it was a game show where kids had to complete tasks, and one was swimming in a giant filthy sink to collect items from it. I remember the huge taps and toothbrushes!" 22. " Lamb Chop's Play Along! I know I didn't dream it up." 23. " Rolie Polie Ollie...I loved it! His little sister was the cutest." 24. " The New Adventures of Madeline. About an orphanage in France with many little girls, the leader of which was Madeline. It used to end with a scene of the Eifel Tower in every episode." 25. "There was a kid show my family used to watch reruns of in the late '90s about a dinosaur family. I think the name of it was Dinosaurs. It was live-action and creepy but also kind of funny." 26. And lastly, so long, farewell, to you, my friends: " Out Of The Box! It was a show on Disney Channel, and I loved it."
