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Gary Coleman

  • Birthplace: Zion, Illinois, USA
  • Birthday: February 8, 1968

Best known as the loveable Arnold Jackson on the hit series “Diff’rent Strokes” (1978-86), child star Gary Coleman has struggled to redefine his life and career ever since he played the gregarious TV moppet. As with costars Todd Bridges and Dana Plato, Coleman descended into a life of career mediocrity and seemingly non-stop trouble once the show was canceled. Though he never succumbed to drugs like Bridges and Plato, Coleman nonetheless suffered the aftereffects of being a former child celebrity, even twice attempting suicide. But thr…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2004

    Featured in the second season of the WB reality series, "The Surreal Life"

  • 2003

    Entered the California recall election; finished a respectable eighth place among 135 candidates, with Arnold Schwarzenegger winnning

  • 1999

    Played himself in an episode of "The Simpsons" (Fox) titled "Grift of the Magi"

  • 1996

    Reprised his role of Arnold Jackson on the final episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (NBC)

  • 1994

    Appeared in an episode of "Married... with Children" (Fox), playing a building code inspector

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In Married...With Children

Saturday, Dec 5 at 10:00 pm CW

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