John Stamos net worth
John Stamos is an American actor, singer, and musician with a net worth of $25 million. Stamos is best known for his role as Jesse Katsopolis on the sitcom “Full House” (1987-1995), but he has also appeared on “General Hospital” (1982-1984), “ER” (2005-2009), “Glee” (2010-2011), and “Scream Queens” (2010-2011). (2016).
On Netflix’s “Fuller House,” which aired from 2016 to 2020, he reprised his most well-known role. John was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2009.
John Stamos paid $3.57 million for a 4,000-square-foot Beverly Hills home in May 2005, shortly after his divorce from Rebecca Romijn. In May 2019, he listed this home for $6.75 million. Within a few months, he reduced the asking price to $5.7 million, then to $4.495 million in May 2020. In August 2019, he paid $5.75 million for a home in a gated community in Hidden Hills, California.
Career
John Stamos played Blackie Parrish on the soap opera “General Hospital” from 1982 to 1984, earning a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Daytime Drama Series and two Soapy Awards (Most Exciting New Actor and Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role).
He was cast as the lead in the CBS sitcom “Dreams,” which aired 12 episodes in 1984, and the NBC sitcom “You Again?,” which aired 26 episodes from 1986 to 1987. He made his feature film debut as the lead in “Never Too Young to Die” in 1986. John debuted as Jesse Katsopolis (aka “Uncle Jesse”) on ABC’s “Full House” in 1987 and appeared in all 192 episodes of the sitcom’s eight seasons.
Following the conclusion of “Full House,” Stamos appeared on a number of television shows, including “Tales from the Crypt” (1993), “The Larry Sanders Show” (1995 and 1997), and “Friends” (1999). (2003).
He appeared on ABC’s “Thieves” (2001) and “Jake in Progress” (2005-2006), as well as producing both shows, a role he would reprise for “Grandfathered” and “Fuller House.” From 2005 to 2009, Stamos starred as Dr. Tony Gates on NBC’s “ER.” He went on to play the lead in Fox’s “Grandfathered,” which aired for 22 episodes from 2015 to 2016 and earned him a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Actor in a New TV Series.
In 2016, John Stamos returned to Fox’s horror-comedy series “Scream Queens” for season 2 as Dr. Brock Holt, and he also returned to the role that made him famous on Netflix’s “Fuller House,” which lasted five seasons. Stamos also played Dr. Nicky, a therapist with questionable ethics, in five episodes of Lifetime’s “You” (which was later moved to Netflix for the second season) (2018 to 2019).
Though best known for his work on television, John has also appeared in a number of films, including “Party Monster” (2003), “Father of Invention” (2010), and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” (2016), and he voiced a penguin in 2007’s “Farce of the Penguins,” directed by “Full House” co-star Bob Saget.
Background
John Phillip Stamos was born on August 19, 1963, in Cypress, California. His mother, model Loretta, father, restaurateur William, and younger sisters, Janeen and Alaina, raised him. William was a Greek immigrant named Stamatopoulos. John grew up working at his father’s fast food restaurants, as well as Duke’s and Yellow Basket in Orange County as a teenager.
While attending John F. Kennedy High School, Stamos was a fan of The Beach Boys and participated in the school marching band (who he would end up performing with later in life). In 1981, John planned to attend Cypress College, but he changed his mind three weeks later and landed a role on “General Hospital.”
John Stamos began playing the drums when he was four years old and later added the guitar to his repertoire. He formed the band “Destiny” with some friends when he was 13 and began performing at parties and amusement parks.
Stamos worked on the 1994 album “Shades of Blue” with fellow musicians Lanny Cordola, David Enos, Gary Griffin, Tony Guerrero, and Sandra Stephens, which was re-released digitally in 2010. On the 2006 charity album “Unexpected Dreams,” John performed Billy Joel’s “Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel),” and he has performed with The Beach Boys several times since 1985.
In The Beach Boys’ 1988 video for “Kokomo,” he played steel drums and congas, and he sang lead on “Forever” from their 1992 album “Summer in Paradise.” Stamos appeared on “Dancing with the Stars” with The Beach Boys in 2010 and again in 2018 during PBS’ “A Capitol Fourth” special, which he also hosted, as well as on several dates on their “50th Reunion Tour.”
John made his Broadway debut in a 1995 production of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, then went on to play the Master of Ceremonies in “Cabaret” (2002) and Guido Contini in “Nine” (2003). In 2009, Stamos received a Golden Icon Award for his performance as Albert Peterson in “Bye Bye Birdie.” He also appeared on Broadway in “Chance & Chemistry” (2009) and “The Best Man” (2012), as well as in a Hollywood Bowl production of “Hairspray” in 2011.
Marriage
John proposed to model/actress Rebecca Romijn on Christmas Eve 1997, three years after meeting her at a Victoria’s Secret fashion show. They married on September 19, 1998, in Beverly Hills, and divorced in March 2005. Stamos proposed to model/actress Caitlin McHugh in October 2017, and the couple married on February 3, 2018.
Caitlin and John met in 2011 while guest starring on “Law and Order: SVU,” but they didn’t begin dating until 2015, when McHugh attended a taping of a “Fuller House” episode in which her roommate appeared. Caitlin’s favorite place, Disneyland, was where John proposed, and on April 10, 2018, they welcomed son William.
St. Amos Jewelry was founded in 2018 by John and Caitlin, with all proceeds going to Chilfdhelp, a foundation dedicated to assisting victims of child abuse. Stamos is a huge Elvis Presley fan who won a TV Land Award for Favorite Elvis Impression in 2007.
Social Media
John Stamos has over 3.8 million followers on Instagram.
