23-05-2025
80s child star who acted alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in huge film looks worlds away from his younger self
80s child star Danny Cooksey looked worlds away from his younger self in a snap with his daughter Zoe Leigh Huish.
Danny, 49, was a familiar face in Hollywood as a child and made a name for himself acting in Diff'rent Strokes, The Cavanaughs, Xiaolin Showdown, and Salute Your Shorts.
He also jokingly describes himself as 'the guy with the sweet mullet in Terminator 2' after starring alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the classic film.
Stepping into the shoes of Tim for the second instalment in the Terminator franchise, he played a friend of the young John Connor.
Needless to say, his mullet is now long gone, and it couldn't be more apparent in a snap celebrating his then-impending status as a grandfather.
He wrote at the time: 'Getting closer. So exciting. Can't wait for my first granddaughter.'
Danny is pictured in the snap with his daughter Zoe, who gave birth to his first grandchild in 2022.
The little girl is now a staple of the actor's Instagram account, where he proudly declared that she has the 'cutest face ever' in a recent snap.
While most of us may not recognise Danny from his child acting heyday, he is still very much in the business.
And while his red mullet is gone, you can still tell it is the same person thanks to his facial structure and red hair, which these days he styles short and in a goatee.
Some of Danny's more recent projects include lending his voice to The Lorax and the Kung Fu Panda TV series.
Still celebrating his status as an 80s legend, he jokes in his Instagram biography: 'Actor/musician known for such roles as the little white kid on Diff'rent Strokes.
'The guy with the sweet mullet in Terminator 2 and yes Budnick'.
The actor may also be familiar to 90s children too, or at least his voice will be, as his credits also include voicing Stoop Kid in Hey Arnold! - a role he went on to reprise for the Hey Arnold! movie in 2017.
Danny (L) is pictured here acting in Diff'rent Strokes in 1985 as part of his glittering career as a child star
In an interview with a Hey Arnold! fan website in 2019, Danny reflected on what it was like to work on Terminator 2 as a child.
He explained that it was shot close to where he was growing up in California, and ahead of his scenes, the film crews actually made it hard for him to get to school.
The actor said: 'It was such a big production - it was awesome.
'I actually lived in the area where it was filmed.
'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.'
Danny also said that while it looked like his character Tim was killed by the T-1000, in his mind, he is still alive.
He said: 'C'mon now, Terminator or no Terminator, you can't kill a power mullet that easy.
'Tim is alive, homeless and crazy - living somewhere on the sunset strip.'
