John Stamos is one of those men who knew early on what he wanted to be and he had the right support system that propelled him to achieve what he has achieved today, an american entertainer, actor, singer, musician, who after his credit works like general hospital , full house and the list goes on. He has been nominated for awards such as the Daytime Emmy Awards and People’s Choice Awards, among others.
John Stamos Bio (Age and Ethnicity)
Born John Phillip Stamos in Cypress,California, USA on August 19, 1963 to Greek father William Bill Stamos whose real name was Stamatopoulos later shortened to Stamos and English Irish mother Loretta Phillips. He grew up in a humble family with his 2 younger siblings. John Stamos is from a mixed ethnic background of Greek, English, Irish, German and a bit of Jewish-Russian mix. As a young boy, he worked in his family’s grocery store (restaurant) in Orange County.
John Stamos was just a boy of 4 when piqued by his interest in music he was enrolled in a class where he learned to play the drums and later formed his own band called Destiny which performed at parties, amusement parks and concerts. Later in 1994 he released his first album entitled “Shades of Blue” which was later released on iTunes. He has worked with Gary Griffin, Tony Guerrero, David Enos and Lanny Cordola, among others.
The actor was educated at John F. Kennedy High School where he began to hone his musical skills. At the age of 15, the boy was part of an all-boys band, playing drums and singing for them on tours and concerts. After high school, John was admitted to Cypress College but dropped out in just one semester to focus on expanding his acting career with his parents’ blessing. It wasn’t long before he was filming his first TV show at General Hospital. The medical soap opera, which ran from 1982 to 1984, earned it a Guinness record as the longest-running production at the time.
From then on he had a marvelous acting career in various television shows such as the sitcom “Full House” which aired from 1987 to 1995. Stamos landed another starring role on the medical TV show ER There, where he played the role of Dr. Tony Gates, he quickly made his appearance in the 12th season of the crime series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit as Ken Turner in 2011, Bye Birdie (2015-2016) and films such as Never Too Young To Die (1986), My Husband is a Loser (2014) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) among many others.
He has also had the opportunity to produce films such as the Netflix series of Fuller House a sequel to the Full House.
In addition, the lovely actor appeared in some TV shows like Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, even performed (July 2017) and hosted the fourth Capitol (July 2018).
For his excellence in entertainment, he has been nominated for multiple awards, some of which he won for his role in General Hospital, Young Artist Awards’ Outstanding Supporting Actor Drama Series, 1984, and of course the People’s Choice Award in Favorite Actor in a new TV series” in “Grandfathered” (2016). The 6ft actor’s net worth is estimated at $40 million.
His brother
Some people think that Richard Stamos is John Stamos brother, but in fact he is not. Richard Stamos is a fictional or a fictional character who appeared in Season 1 of Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Boat Ride . His name got people talking, which he might have been related to John Stamos, but he really isn’t related. John Stamos has no known brother but he has 2 younger sisters; Janeen and Alaina, both school teachers.
Is he gay?
The gay rumor was sparked after John Stamos starred in a romantic LGBT comedy film Wedding Wars (2006), where he landed the role of Shel Grandy. He was spotted kissing a fellow actor in the film and his strong support for the LGBT community also fueled rumors that the veteran actor was actually gay, but we know he wasn’t due to his various personal romantic relationships with women two was like that he married during the course of his relationship.
John Stamos girlfriend wife and children
As mentioned earlier, the actor has been romantically linked to various beauties in the entertainment industry to name but a few, Teri Copley, Denise Richards, Denise Matthews, Demi Moore, Paula Abdul, Ingrid Sthare and Amy Poehler.
He also has the dotted lines of the marriage registered twice, his first attempt at marriage was to beautiful blonde actress and model Rebecca Romijn, a secret Victorian model whom he met at one of her fashion events then tied the knot in September of the following 1998 at the famous Beverly Hills Hotel.
Unfortunately, their marriage was short-lived as the couple went their separate ways after John Stamos filed for divorce in August 2004. The divorce was finalized in March 2005.Luckily for John Stamos, he fell in love again, this time with another model and actress, Caitlin McHugh, in 2016. The lovebirds got engaged a year later in October 2017 and signed the dotted lines of the marriage registry in February 2018. The union produced a son who they named Billy (born April 15, 2018) after John Stamos’ father. He is the only child of John Stamos from both marriages and various relatives.
The couple created a line of jewelry called “St. Amos Jewelry” in May 2018 and profits from sales went to the charitable Childhelp Foundation.
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