| Birth name: John Francis Bongiovi
Spouse: Dorothea Hurley (April 29 April 1989 -
present), 3 children
Trivia:
Musician/rock star turned actor
Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most
beautiful people in the world [1996]
Auditioned for the role of Ashe in Crow: City of
Angels, The (1996), but was beat out by French actor Vincent Perez.
Appeared on the Star Wars Christmas album, "Christmas
in the Stars". (as John Bongiovi)
The acoustical performance of "Livin' On A Prayer"
and "Wanted Dead or Alive" that Jon and Richie Sambora performed
at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards is widely acknowledged as being
the genesis/greenlight for MTV's "Unplugged" series.
Given
title "Sexiest Rock Star" from People Magazine. [November
2000]
Children, with Dorothea Hurley, Stephanie Rose (b.
1993) and Jesse James (b. 1995), Jacob Hurely(b.2002)
The song "August 7," off his solo album Destination
Anywhere, is a tribute to his friend/manager Paul Korzilius' daughter
Katherine. She died at the age of six under mysterious circumstances
on August 7, 1996.
Personal quotes:
"This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically
been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience
is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good
at it...Plus, being married and monogamous, it's the closest thing
I can do to having sex without getting in trouble for it...The only
thing I like more than my wife is my money, and I'm not about to
lose that to her and her lawyers, that's for damn sure."--Movieline,
February 1998 |