Profile
Leif Garrett
Actor and Singer
Male
Born
Nov 8, 1961
Age
51
Hometown
Los Angeles
Genres
Rock music + Pop ...
Instruments
Vocals + Guitar
Other Names
Narvik, Leif Par
Leif Garrett is an American singer, actor and television personality. He became famous in the late 1970s as a teen idol, but received much publicity in later life for his drug abuse and legal troubles.
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Teri WiegelDated
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Leif Garrett
Age 51
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Rick NervickFather
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Carolyn StellarMother
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CHILDHOOD
1961
Birth
Born on November 8, 1961.
1971
9 Years Old
In 1971 Garrett received a cheque in the mail incorrectly addressed to a "Leif Garrett".
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TEENAGE
1977
15 Years Old
The album was released in 1977, and his first four singles charted modestly on the US Hot 100.
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1978
16 Years Old
In mid-1978 he signed with Scotti Brothers Records and recorded his second album, Feel the Need.
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Beginning in 1979 Garrett dated English actress Nicolette Sheridan; the two split six years later.
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TWENTIES
1983
21 Years Old
In the 1980s Garrett formally returned to acting, appearing in a small role as Bob Sheldon in the 1983 Francis Ford Coppola film The Outsiders.
1985
23 Years Old
In 1985 he starred in Shaker Run as a mechanic and in Thunder Alley as the lead singer of a pop band that is torn apart by drugs.
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1990
28 Years Old
After a break from 1990 to 1995, Garrett returned to acting and singing, appearing in the 1995 low-budget horror film Dominion, touring with The Melvins and recording vocals for their cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on The Crybaby (2000).
THIRTIES
1998
36 Years Old
In 1998 a greatest hits compilation, The Leif Garrett Collection, was released.
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In 1999 he formed the band Godspeed with Christopher Wade Damerst and Michael Scott (The Distortions, Deadtime Stories).
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2000
38 Years Old
Garrett's stage work includes playing the title role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and, in late 2000, appearing in the National Theatre of the Deaf's production of A Child's Christmas In Wales.
2001
39 Years Old
He also appeared in summer stock at The Barn Theatre's production of Old Timer in 2001.
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FORTIES
2003
41 Years Old
In 2003 Garrett appeared as himself in the David Spade film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.
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In September 2006, Garrett appeared on the celebrity edition of Fear Factor.
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In August 2007, CMT cast Garrett in the short-lived Ty Murray’s Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge, among nine celebrities appearing on the show.
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2008
46 Years Old
In 2008 the producers of TruTV's The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest added Garrett to their cast, which features comedic commentary from celebrities like Garrett who have had brushes with the law.
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In a 2010 episode, Garrett reenacted his most recent arrest with two actors portraying police officers.
FIFTIES
2012
50 Years Old
In a 2012 interview he stated, "At 16 I always used to say that I never want to have a kid because I don’t want to bring it into this world.
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