“Kindergarten Cop” star Christian Cousins said he was ‘barely healthy’ in final social media post before death at 43
“Kindergarten Cop” star Christian Cousins said he was ‘barely healthy’ in final social media post before death at 43
Raechal ShewfeltFri, November 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM UTC
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Christian CousinsCredit: Christian Cousins/FacebookKey Points -
Actor Christian Cousins said he was “barely healthy” in his last Facebook post.
Cousins died at 43, his brother explained in his own social media message.
Cousins was best known for starring in the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Kindergarten Cop.
Late actor Christian Cousins, who was best known for his starring role in the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger blockbuster Kindergarten Cop, noted that he was struggling with his health before he died at 43.
In his final post on his Facebook page, the former child star shared a close-up of himself smiling. After someone commented, “That’s a great picture!,” he replied, “Not terrible for 41 and barely healthy cuz! lol.”
Page Six was the first to report on Cousins’ death.
Cousins and his twin brother, Joseph, played Dominic in the movie about Schwarzenegger’s Los Angeles Police Department detective going undercover as an elementary school teacher to crack a case.
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Cousins’ brother, Jonas Roeser, shared the sad news.
“It’s hard to share that my brother, Christian Cousins, has passed away,” Roeser posted on Oct. 22. “Christian and his twin brother, Joseph ‘Joey’ Cousins, are my brothers through my biological father. They grew up in California while I was in Washington and I didn’t get to know them until I was in college. Before that, I grew up watching them on television in Knots Landing and the lead role of Dominic in Kindergarten Cop with Arnold Schwarzenegger.”
Roeser explained that “those roles are only a small part of how I’ll remember Christian.”
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He continued, “He was a character, full of passion and energy, with big stories and even bigger dreams. Christian had been very sick with liver disease. It brings me comfort to believe he is now in heaven with his mother, free from the pain he was carrying. Rest easy, Christian. I hope your soul is at rest and that you’ve found peace. You are my brother and you will be missed.”
In addition to Kindergarten Cop, Cousins appeared on shows including Highway to Heaven, Father Dowling Mysteries, Empty Nest, and Eerie, Indiana in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Along with his brother, he played Bobby Gibson Ewing on Knots Landing from 1987 to 1992.
But his comedy with the star of action movies including The Terminator was the part he was best known for.
Christian Cousins in ‘Kindergarten Cop’ in 1990Credit: Universal/courtesy Everett Collection
“They had seen some previous work that we’d done,” Cousins said of how he and his brother landed the part, during a December 2020 reunion with Yahoo Entertainment, “met with [director] Ivan Reitman and Arnold right off the bat and got it. But when they did a bunch of major, major interviews with a lot of kids, they still invited us to go to each one. Because they were also seeing how we all interact together.”
He said he hadn’t known “the significance of the role when I got it.”
Cousins’ other movies include 1991’s Critters 3, which starred a young Leonardo DiCaprio, and the 1995 comedy Twin Sitters, which was his final role noted on IMDb.
Since then, Cousins told his former costars, he had gone on to work in the furniture business and co-own a CBD venture.
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