Gary Coleman

Gary Wayne Coleman (February 8, 1968 - May 28, 2010) was an American actor. Coleman was an African American who was born in Santa Barbara, California, with a kidney disease causing nephritis. Nephritis is an autoimmune destruction of the kidney. The disease stopped his growth at an early age. Because of this, he was only 4 ft 8 in (1.42 m) tall. His height was his most notable feature. He received two kidney transplants, one in 1973 and one in 1984. He then needed dialysis every day. He was adopted. He was famous for his role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. He died of a hemorrhage cause by an accidental fall in Provo, Utah.

Gary Coleman
Coleman in 2005
Born	Gary Wayne Coleman (1968-02-08)February 8, 1968 Santa Barbara, California
Died	May 28, 2010 (aged 42) Provo, Utah, United States
Years active	1978-2010
Known for	Playing Arnold Jackson in Diff'rent Strokes
Height	4 ft 8 in (142 cm)

Movies

Year	Fil	Other notes
1981	The Adventures of Gary Coleman and Barney the Purple Dinosaur and Jimmy the Giraffe 3D
1982	Jimmy the Kid
1994	Party	Short subject; Coleman was also associate producer
	S.F.W.	Cameo
1996	Fox Hunt
1997	Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's	Documentary
1998	Dirty Work	Cameo
2000	The Flunky
	Shafted!
2002	Frank McKlusky, C.I.	Cameo
2003	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Cameo
2004	Chasing the Edge	Cameo; short subject
	Save Virgil	Short subject
2005	A Christmas Too Many
2006	Church Ball
2007	Postal

Television work

• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (guest) (as Arnold Jackson, with Conrad Bain as Phillip Drummond)
• Good Times (1977 guest)
• Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986)
• The Kid from Left Field (1979)
• Scout's Honor (1980)
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (episode "The Cosmic Wizz-Kid", also has a cameo in a later episode)
• The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982)
• The Gary Coleman Show (1982) (canceled after a few months) (voice)
• The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983)
• The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins (1984)
• Playing with Fire (1985)
• Like Father, Like Santa (1998)
• "The Simpsons", "Grift of the Magi" (1999)
• "The Drew Carey Show", "What's Wrong with this Midget? IV" (March 28, 2001)
• Drake and Josh (guest)
• A Carol Christmas (2003)
• My Wife and Kids (guest)
• The Jamie Foxx Show (guest) Cupid

Other websites

• CNN's take on Coleman's 2003 candidacy for the governorship of California
• Gary Coleman on IMDb
• Gary Coleman at TV.com
• Rotten.com bio Archived 2007-01-04 at the Wayback Machine