John Phillip Stamos is an American actor and musician. He first gained notoriety for his contract role as Blackie Parrish on the ABC television soap opera General Hospital, for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
He is known for his work in television, especially in his amazing role as Jesse Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House. Since the show’s finale in 1995, Stamos has appeared in numerous TV films and series. Since 2005, he has been the national spokesperson for Project Cuddle.
Stamos was born on August 19, 1963, in Cypress, Califonia in the United States, to William “Bill” Stamos, a second-generation Greek-American restaurateur, and Loretta.
What ethnicity is John Stamos?
The famous TV personality is an American and hails from a mixed ethnic background. Namely; Greek, English, Irish, German, and a bit of Jewish-Russian mix. Nevertheless, his hometown is Cypress, Califonia, in the United States.
John is the son of restaurateur William John Stamos and bathing suit model Loretta Donna. His father was of Greek descent and has family ties to Santorini. Whereas his mother had a mixture of English and Irish with a quarter Ashkenazi Jewish and a quarter German ancestry. The original surname of the family is Stamatopoulos.
