Joshua Andrew Koenig (pronounced /ˈkeɪnɪɡ/; August 17, 1968 – c. February 25, 2010), also known as Josh Andrew Koenig or Andrew Koenig, was an American character actor, film director, editor and writer. He was the son of actor Walter Koenig known for his role Pavel Chekov in Star Trek.
Career
Koenig played Richard "Boner" Stabone, a recurring role in the first four seasons of the ABC sitcom Growing Pains. From 1985 to 1989 he played best friend to Kirk Cameron's Mike Seaver on the series, which was a Top 10 Nielsen ratings hit. During the same period, he guest starred on episodes of other successful series, the sitcoms My Sister Sam and My Two Dads and the drama 21 Jump Street.
In the early 1990s he provided a voice for the animated series G.I. Joe as Ambush and Night Creeper Leader, and had a minor role as Tumak in "Sanctuary," a 1993 episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Five years before Heath Ledger played the role in the big-budget The Dark Knight, Koenig took the character of The Joker back from the colorful camp of Cesar Romero and Jack Nicholson to the convincingly creepy, maniacal intellect of the graphic novels in the well-received fan film Batman: Dead End (2003). Directed by commercial director Sandy Collora, the short received its first screening at the San Diego Comic-Con International. Director Kevin Smith called it "possibly the truest, best Batman movie ever made".
Onstage, he starred as the M.C. in the 2007 interactive theater play The Boomerang Kid and performed with the improv group Charles Whitman Reilly and Friends.
Though he continued his performing career including acting in the independent
film The Theory of Everything (2006), Koenig worked increasingly behind the scenes. He wrote, produced and/or directed the shorts Good Boy (2003) and Woman in a Green Dress and Instinct vs. Reason (2004). Most recently he was working as an editor on a number of films and had been a video producer for the award-winning podcast Never Not Funny (2006-2010). His final role was in the film DaZe: Vol. Too — NonSeNse, in production at the time of his death, with Koenig portraying the Vice Chancellor.Death
In February 2010, Koenig was reported missing by friends and family. He was last seen near a bakery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on February 14, and missed a scheduled flight back to the U.S. on February 16. According to his parents, Koenig left evidence that he was depressed prior to his disappearance. On February 25, 2010, it was reported by CNN that his body was found by friends searching for him in Stanley Park in Vancouver. Police later confirmed Koenig's body was found earlier in the day, and Koenig's father told reporters at an evening press conference that his son took his own life.
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