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.
Life after acting
Pierce retired from acting in favor of producing, producing a show for gay teenagers called Chad's World. 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."
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.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." 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.
Pierce is now a major shareholder in IGE, a well-known MMORPG gold-selling company, and was the chairman of Affinity Media, a company which owns a variety of MMORPG-oriented websites. 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.
References
^ Menn, Joseph (2000-05-07). "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 (1998-06-01). "Chad's World to hit the Internet this month" (Text). Oasis Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
^ Grover, Ronald (1999-11-15). "Digital Entertainment Network: Startup or Non-Starter?" (Text). BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
^ digital media wire
^ Rice, Andrew (1999-11-01). "DEN Board Asked Founder to Leave" (Text). Wired.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
^ Lynch, Stephen (2003-11-11). "A DEN OF INIQUITY: After 3-year exile, Web exec faces perv charges" (Text). New York Post. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
^ Farrell, Nick (2002-10-10). "Dotcom founders still in Spanish jail" (Text). ITweek. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
^ Boorstin, Julia (2005-11-28). "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 (2007-06-26). Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
External links
Brock Pierce at the Internet Movie Database
'Yield of Dreams' Forbes Article
"How a Visionary Venture on the Web Unraveled" from the LA Times
Flash video satirizing the plight of Pierce's company DEN
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