Jeff Cohen became a pop culture icon in the 1980s for his role as Chunk in The Goonies, but his life after child stardom took a very different path. When puberty changed his appearance, the kinds of roles that defined his early fame disappeared, effectively ending his acting career.
Born Jeffrey Bertan McMahon, he adopted his mother’s maiden name, Cohen, as his stage surname. Before The Goonies, he had already appeared in television projects and game shows, showing early charisma that helped him land auditions in a highly competitive industry.
