This iconic child star was rejected by Hollywood but is now a gorgeous, bald-headed hunk and successful lawyer

But the funny thing is that the former child star didn’t just become a lawyer.
He became one of the entertainment lawyers in Hollywood.

”I still wanted to contribute to entertainment because I always loved the entertainment industry,” Cohen once told The Journal News.

He co-founded Cohen & Gardner LLP, made Variety’s Dealmakers List, and The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen Executives.

His office is a shrine of his past life: He has Steven Spielberg-signed E.T. poster: “To Jeff (Chunk) Cohen, you are my favorite Goonie” and a Superman poster from Donner: “My man, with you anyone can fly.”

During an interview with Daily Mail, he laughed:

“My clients get a kick out of the fact their lawyer is Chunk. They dig it.”

And in a poetic twist? He negotiated the deal for his Goonies brother Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once, the role that won Quan the Oscar.

Ke Huy Quan thanked him on stage: “My Goonies brother for life.”

Today, Jeff Cohen is 51 years old and he may no longer look like Chunk. He may never do the Truffle Shuffle without “three martinis” and careful lighting.

But he is proud, deeply proud, of where he’s landed.

”I think it’s crazy. I dig it and I’m very proud of ten-year-old me and that he was able to make such an impact,” Jeff shared.

Unlike so many child stars, Jeff Cohen came out of Hollywood unscathed—a rarity in the industry. Even at a young age, his natural comedic talent shone through, and today he channels that same wit as a successful Hollywood lawyer.Continue reading…