Actor

John Stockwell

Acting

Career Snapshot

Explained

These indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.

Acting credits

Established

Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

1.1

Low visibility

TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.

Movies: 44Series: 6Crew credits: 20

TMDB ID: 57082

IMDb ID: nm0007082

Known for: Acting

Born: March 25, 1961

Age: 64

Place of birth: Galveston, Texas, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1981 - 2017

Years active: 37

Average TMDB rating: 5.78

Wikidata: Q944198

Also known as

جان استاکول

Other jobs

Director (15)Screenplay (3)Writer (2)

TMDB TMDB IMDb IMDb W Wikidata

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Stockwell (born March 25, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer, writer and former model. Stockwell was born John Stockwell Samuels IV in Galveston, Texas, the son of an attorney. His first feature film as an actor came in 1981's So Fine. His well known roles came in the 1983 comedy film Losin' It as Spider; later that year, he starred in the John Carpenter horror movie Christine as Dennis Guilder and the 1985 comedy film, My Science Project as Michael Harlan. In 1986 he appeared in Top Gun as Cougar. He made guest appearances on TV shows including The Young Riders and Friday the 13th: The Series. He began his career as international model, spending much of his time in Italy. During his time as a model, John became a friend of Andy Warhol and Stockwell was mentioned frequently in the artist's memoirs,The Warhol Diaries. Stockwell directed several films, including Cheaters (2000), Crazy/Beautiful (2001), Blue Crush (2002), Into the Blue (2005), Turistas (2006), and Heart (2009).