John Stamos is an American actor, singer, and musician with an estimated net worth of $40 million. Stamos is best known for his work as Jesse Katsopolis on the hit 90s sitcom Full House.
John Phillip Stamos was born on August 19, 1963 in Cypress, California. He is the oldest son of Loretta, a former swimsuit model, and Bill, a restaurateur. Stamos began his acting career on the soap opera General Hospital, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1984.
Stamos’s career took off when the ABC sitcom Full House became one of the most popular shows on television in the late 1980s. The show had a strong eight-year run until 1995. Since the end of production, Stamos has appeared in made-for-television movies, stage productions, television series, and commercials.
Stamos has appeared in over 20 television shows and productions as a guest appearance without maintaining a full-time gig until 2012 when it was reported that he would be the lead role in an upcoming Fox drama Little Brother. In 2013, Stamos signed on for a reoccurring role on the USA Network drama Necessary Roughness.
Aside from his acting, Stamos is an active musician and theater actor. In 1994, Stamos independently released his own album entitled Shades of Blue with along with Lanny Cordola, Gary Griffin, Sandra Stephens, Tony Guerrero, and David Enos Stamos. The album was digitally re-released on iTunes in 2010 after being out of print for several years. Aside from his individual work Stamos has appeared on various albums and tributes. He has appeared on stage with John Fogerty. Stamos has also appeared in four Broadway shows. His latest, in 2012, was performances in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man. He also performed in Hairspray at the Hollywood Bowl alongside an all-star casts.
For those that followed Full House, Stamos’ character was a huge fan of The Beach Boys. The same can be said about him in real life. In fact, Stamos, who plays drums, keyboard, guitar, and various other percussion instruments has appeared on stage with The Beach Boys dating all the way back to 1985. In 1988, he appeared in their video for ‘Kokomo’, in which he played the conga drums and steel drums. In 1992, he sang vocals on a new version of their song ‘Forever’ for their Summer of Paradise album. In the past few years, Stamos has regularly appeared with The Beach Boys on stage. Among those appearances include a benefit concert for The Terry Schiavo Life & Hope Network and appearances on The Beach Boys’ 50th Anniversary Tour.
Stamos’ net worth is attributed to his work on Full House and residuals with the other activities mentioned above. Stamos also endorses Dannon Yogurt’s Greek yogurt Oikos. Stamos has a lifetime pass to Disneyland. He was also married to supermodel Rebecca Romijn for seven years. Together the two did not have a child and reportedly separated amicably in 2005.
Stamos currently has a net worth of $40 million, which figures to remain relatively steady over the next few years despite his limited work and small endorsement portfolio.
