John Stockwell

John Stockwell

Born 1961-03-25 (age 65) Galveston, Texas, USA
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Biography

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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).

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Known For

Top Gun
Top Gun

1986

as Cougar

Christine
Christine

1983

as Dennis Guilder

So Fine
So Fine

1981

as Jim Sterling

Nixon
Nixon

1995

as Staffer #1

Eddie and the Cruisers
Eddie and the Cruisers

1983

as Keith Livingston

My Science Project
My Science Project

1985

as Michael Harlan

Cheaters
Cheaters

2000

as News Producer

Breaking the Girls
Breaking the Girls

2013

as David Layton

Losin' It
Losin' It

1983

as Spider

Legal Deceit
Billionaire Boys Club
Billionaire Boys Club

1987

as Brad Sedgwick

City Limits
City Limits

1985

as Lee

Dangerously Close
Dangerously Close

1986

as Randy McDevitt

Heckler
Heckler

2007

as Self

Quarterback Princess
Quarterback Princess

1983

as Scott Massey

I Shot a Man in Vegas
Born to Ride
Born to Ride

1991

as Capt. Jack Hassler

Radioactive Dreams
Radioactive Dreams

1986

as Phillip Chandler

Breast Men
Breast Men

1997

as Robert Renaud

Stag
Stag

1997

as Victor Mallick