Brock Pierce
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| Brock Pierce | |
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 Brock Pierce as John Robie in Legend of the Lost Tomb (1997) |
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| Born | November 14, 1980 Minnesota |
| Years active | 1992–1997 |
Brock Pierce (born November 14, 1980 in Minnesota), is an American actor best known for playing the title role in Disney's First Kid. Pierce's first major acting role was playing a young Emilio Estevez in The Mighty Ducks. Pierce reprised the role again in D2: The Mighty Ducks. In 1994, Pierce had a small role in Little Big League, but did not receive his next big break until 1996, starring alongside Sinbad as Luke Davenport in Disney's First Kid. Brock landed a few TV roles in 1997, but they would be his last credited performances.
[edit] Life after acting
Pierce retired from acting in favor of producing, producing a show for gay teenagers called Chad's World.[1][2][3] Pierce has hinted at his own bisexuality in an interview with Oasis Magazine, an online homosexual interest magazine: "I'm not, at the moment, seeing anyone, so whether it's a girl or a guy... I don't want to eliminate myself from seeing anyone, because I like all people (...) I can say I'm very familiar with the issues gay teenagers face, very familiar."[4][citation needed]
Pierce began enjoying a lavish lifestyle in Los Angeles riding the Dot-com bubble with the Digital Entertainment Network. As an 18 year old, Pierce was making $250,000 a year and held 1% of the company's shares.[5]After the collapse of the Digital Entertainment Network, Pierce fled the U.S. with co-founders Marc Collins-Rector and Chad Schackley after a number of former underage DEN employees accused the three of sexual abuse, drugging them, and making violent threats. They were later dubbed by the New York Post as the "dot-com perverts."[6][7][8] The three were arrested by Spanish police before being returned to the U.S. to face charges of transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts. Only Collins-Rector was charged.[9]
Pierce is now a major shareholder in IGE, a well-known MMORPG gold-selling company,[10] and was the chairman of Affinity Media,[11] a company which owns a variety of MMORPG-oriented websites.[12] On June 26, 2007, it was announced that Pierce decided to resign as CEO of Affinity Media. Pierce will remain an adviser and a board member of Affinity Media.[13]
[edit] References
- ^ Menn, Joseph (May 7, 2000). How a Visionary Venture on the Web Unraveled (Text). Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
- ^ Brian Christopher Stark Bio - Brian Christopher Stark Biography - Brian Christopher Stark Stories
- ^ Episode 1 of Chad's World on YouTube
- ^ Walsh, Jeff (June 1, 1998). Chad's World to hit the Internet this month (Text). Oasis Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
- ^ Grover, Ronald (November 15, 1999). Digital Entertainment Network: Startup or Non-Starter? (Text). BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
- ^ digital media wire
- ^ Rice, Andrew (November 1, 1999). DEN Board Asked Founder to Leave (Text). Wired.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
- ^ Lynch, Stephen (November 11, 2003). A DEN OF INIQUITY: After 3-year exile, Web exec faces perv charges (Text). New York Post. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
- ^ Farrell, Nick (October 10, 2002). Dotcom founders still in Spanish jail (Text). ITweek. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
- ^ Boorstin, Julia (November 28, 2005). Yield of Dreams (Text). Forbes Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
- ^ Management Team (2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
- ^ Affinity Media Properties (2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
- ^ Affinity Media Announces New CEO (Text). Affinity Media (June 26, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
