Christian Cousins, the former child actor who starred as Dominic Palmieri in the 1990 movie \u201cKindergarten Cop,\u201d has died. He was 43.<\/p>\n
The actor\u2019s half-brother, Jonas Roeser, announced the death<\/a> on social media last month, writing that Cousins \u201chad been very sick with liver disease.\u201d <\/p>\n Cousins and his twin brother, Joseph, starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in \u201cKindergarten Cop,\u201d with the boys trading off in their portrayal of Dominic, the son of a dangerous drug dealer who had gone into hiding with his mother, Joyce. Schwarzenegger\u2019s character, a Los Angeles police detective, goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher, falls for fellow teacher Joyce and becomes a father figure to Dominic. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard to share that my brother, Christian Cousins, has passed away,\u201d Roeser<\/a> wrote on Instagram. \u201cChristian and his twin brother, Joseph \u2018Joey\u2019 Cousins, are my brothers through my biological father. They grew up in California while I was in Washington and I didn\u2019t get to know them until I was in college. <\/p>\n Roeser wrote that he grew up watching the twins on the CBS soap opera \u201cKnots Landing\u201d but that the acting roles were \u201conly a small part of how I\u2019ll remember Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe was a character, full of passion and energy, with big stories and even bigger dreams,\u201d Roeser wrote, adding that it \u201cbrings me comfort to believe he is now in heaven with his mother, free from the pain he was carrying.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cRest easy, Christian,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI hope your soul is at rest and that you\u2019ve found peace. You are my brother and you will be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Cousins\u2019 Facebook page<\/a>, he was living in East Irvine and has struggled with health issues in recent years. Alongside a 2017 photograph<\/a> of him cheekily lighting two cigarillos, he commented years later: \u201cThe good old days when I could be thin and smoke two bay Sherman\u2019s in one hand. Now I\u2019m regretting it all.\u201d<\/p>\n Born March 17, 1983, in Orange County, Cousins was raised in Laguna Niguel. He and his twin brother shared roles across television and film in the \u201980s and \u201990s, including their portrayal of Bobby Ewing in \u201cKnots Landing\u201d from 1987 to 1993. Cousins also starred in the movies \u201cTwin Sitters\u201d and \u201cCritters 3,\u201d and the TV shows \u201cEerie, Indiana,\u201d \u201cEmpty Nest\u201d and \u201cIntruders.\u201d <\/p>\n