Corey Thomas Carrier (born August 20, 1980) is an American former

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, also known as just "Core". He is best known as playing

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, aged 8–10, in ''

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''. Carrier was born in

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to Thomas and Carleen. He has a younger sister named Bethany. He attended an acting school at The Priscilla Beach Children's Theatre Workshop. When he was a child, his

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included

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and

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. He attended

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as an undergraduate.

Filmography

Film

Television

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrier, Corey 1980 births American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors Clark University alumni Living people People from Middleborough, Massachusetts 20th-century American male actors