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Keith Coogan

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Keith Coogan was born Keith Eric Mitchell on January 13, 1970 in Palm Springs, California. The grandson of legendary character actor Jackie Coogan, Keith began his acting career doing TV commercials -- his first gig was as a stand-in in a McDonald's TV spot -- as well various TV shows and made-for-TV movies. Coogan did the voice of Young Tod for the charming animated Disney picture "The Fox and the Hound." His first on-screen role was the smitten Brad Anderson in the delightful teen comedy cult favorite "Adventures in Babysitting." Keith gave a very funny and engaging performance as Christina Applegate's stoner layabout brother Kenny in the equally enjoyable "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" and was impressive as Jonathan "Snuffy" Bradberry in "Toy Soldiers." Among the television programs Coogan has made guest appearances on are "The Love Boat," "Eight Is Enough," "Mork & Mindy," "Knight Rider," "CHiPS," "Starman," "21 Jump Street," and "Tales from the Crypt." Keith graduated from Santa Monica High School and attended Santa Monica College, where he majored in Drama and minored in English Literature. He also attended Los Angeles City College, where he majored in Java Programming. Coogan resides in Los Angeles, California and continues to act with pleasing regularity. In his spare time he runs a couple of blogs.
- IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders

Keith Coogan is the grandson of Jackie Coogan, who played "Uncle Fester" on The Addams Family (1964). Sean Astin is the son of John Astin, who played "Gomez Addams" on The Addams Family (1964). Keith Coogan and Sean Astin played friends in Toy Soldiers (1991).
Acted in two cult babysitting comedies: Adventures in Babysitting (1987) & Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991).
Grandson of actor Jackie Coogan.
Played Christina Applegate's younger brother in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) but is actually almost two years older than she.
Auditioned for both Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and Cheetah (1989) at the same time and was given the choice to star in either film. He chose to star in Cheetah which flopped at the box office grossing $8 million on a $5 million budget. The former is the fifth highest grossing film of the 1989 grossing $222,700,000 worldwide on an $18 million budget.

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