Corey Haim was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Judy Haim, an Israeli-born data processor, and Bernie Haim, a clothing sales representative. He has a sister, Carol, and a half-brother, Daniel. His family is Jewish. He was raised mostly in Willowdale.
Corey appeared in 26 episodes of the early 1980s Canadian series The Edison Twins (1982). He broke into the film industry in 1984, playing a young child caught up in a family war in the movie Moving in - Eine fast intakte Familie (1984). The following year, he starred in the TV movie Ein kurzes Leben lang (1985), for which he received a Young Artist Award, appeared in the comedies Crazy Love - Liebe schwarz auf weiß (1985) and Die zweite Wahl - Eine Romanze (1985), and had the leading role, Marty Coslaw , in the Stephen King werewolf film Werwolf von Tarker Mills (1985). Lucas (1986), in which he starred alongside Kerri Green and Winona Ryder, showed his acting abilities, with praise coming particularly from Roger Ebert.
In 1987, he had a breakthrough when he played one of the major roles, Sam Emerson, in Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys (1987). He later starred in the comedy films Daddy's Cadillac (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989), the horror movie Watchers - gnadenlos gejagt (1988), and the science fiction action drama Rollerboys (1990). Many of his 1990s and 2000s roles were in direct-to-video releases, and he also had a cameo in the action film Crank 2 - High Voltage (2009). His last two films were American Sunset (2010) and Decisions (2011).
He died suddenly on March 10, 2010 in Burbank, California, of pneumonia.
