- Born
- Birth nameJohn Stockwell Samuels IV
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- John Stockwell is an American actor, director, producer and writer who is probably best known - as an actor - for his roles in the Tom Cruise vehicles Losin' It (1982) and Top Gun (1986), and the Stephen King - John Carpenter film Christine (1983).
John has since moved from acting into the director's chair. His directing credits include Blue Crush (2002), Into the Blue (2005), and Turistas (2006).
John was a close friend of Andy Warhol and is mentioned frequently in the latter's 'Warhol Diaries'.
- IMDb mini biography by: Matt Lee-Williams
- SpouseHelene Henderson(1992 - present) (3 children)
- ChildrenCasper Henderson StockwellCecelia Henderson Stockwell
- RelativesFlorence Welch(Niece or Nephew)
- Using oceans and beaches as a key setting
- No relation to Dean Stockwell, despite a popular misconception.
- His wife, Helene Henderson, is a native of Sweden of African decent. She owns and runs Lavender Farms Catering, which uses organic food and is popular in the entertainment community.
- Brother of historian Evelyn Welch and uncle of British singer Florence Welch, who is Evelyn's daughter with her British husband Nick Welch.
- His ancestry includes English, Irish, Welsh, one eighth Lithuanian, and one eighth Belarusian Jewish.
- Was originally slated to direct After the Sunset (2004), but dropped out of the production in the summer of 2003.
- [Screenwriting is] a lonely, miserable profession. But the pay can be okay and you get to spend a lot of time in Hawaii.
- [on writing and directing vs. acting] I always inspired to be a writer/director when acting. Now I am one, I miss acting. I look back at acting as not as anxiety-inducing or irresponsible for taking the wrong parts or that the whole weight of the movie didn't weight on you. I have some nostalgia for it, but when I was doing it I always had my eye on being director.
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