Joshua Andrew Koenig (; August 17, 1968 – February 16, 2010) was an American character actor, film director, editor, writer, and human rights activist. He was known for his role as Richard "Boner" Stabone in Growing Pains.
Writer Harlan Ellison spoke of the young Koenig as being the inspiration for his story "Jeffty Is Five".
The story went on to win the 1977 Nebula Award and the 1978 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.
Koenig played the role of The Joker in the 2003 fan film .
Onstage, he played the Page Boy in the eight performances of Verdi's Falstaff, a production of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, in April 1982. As an adult, 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 in the 2006 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). He worked as an editor on a number of films and was a video producer for the podcast Never Not Funny (2006–2010). His final role was in the film DaZe: Vol. Too — NonSeNse, in post-production at the time of his death, with Koenig portraying the role of Vice Chancellor.
"China sits on the UN Security Council and they have refused to condemn Burma. China purchases gas from Burma and sells them weapons that the military uses on the Burmese people. So they are really quite complicit, and that was the whole point of protesting the China float," Koenig explained. Koenig also noted the Chinese government's implicit support of the genocide in Sudan, and tainted export products, saying of the float, "China is putting on a good face because of the Olympics, but it's send a message to the Chinese government that they have to not just change their face, but change the way they do things." The Pasadena Weekly quoted Koenig as stating, "Their free speech rights have been totally censored. As a country with a Constitution and a Bill of Rights, we need to continue to support and enforce ours, and use recognize the rights of human beings all over the world".
1973 | Adam-12 | Little Boy | Episode: "Rampart Division: The Senior Citizens" (uncredited) |
1985–1989 | Growing Pains | Richard "Boner" Stabone | 25 episodes |
1987 | My Sister Sam | Mr. Rudnick | Episode: "Go Crazy" |
1988 | 21 Jump Street | Wally | Episode: "Champagne High" |
1989 | My Two Dads | Jon | Episode: "You Can Count on Me" |
1990 | Ambush Night Creeper Leader Various Cobra Troopers | (Season 1) | |
1993 | Tumak | Episode: "" | |
2003 | The Joker | Fan film | |
2006 | The Theory of Everything | Scott | Direct to video |
2008 | InAlienable | Emil | Feature film |
2010 | DaZe: Vol. Too — NonSeNse | Vice Chancellor |
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