John Schneider (screen actor)
John Richard Schneider ( born April 8, 1960 in Mount Kisco, New York ) is an American actor, producer, director and singer.
Life
Schneider, whose parents are of German descent, the North Springs High School attended in Atlanta, Georgia. From 1983 to 1986 he was with the former " Miss America " from 1976 Tawny Elaine Godin and is married to Elly Castle since 1993. Schneider is the father of three children.
Career
In the 1980s he made as a country singer career and has appeared in many films and television series. The role of Bo Duke in the series The Dukes of Hazzard made him world famous. In 1983, he starred alongside Kirk Douglas escaped convicts in a head-hunting, an action film from director Jeff Kanev. In the movie Cannonball fever, which is the continuation of The Highway is again going to hell in 1983, saw Schneider alongside John Candy, Alyssa Milano and Eugene Levy. His debut as a director had Schneider, rare in an episode of The Dukes comes alone, in 1985, he also wrote the screenplay.
In Undercover Cops by Garry Marshall Schneider played a professor, Dan Aykroyd and Hector Elizondo are to be seen there as well. In addition, the popular series performer had some appearances in the series Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman. In 1996, he played a major role in Twisters - The Night of hurricanes and in 2000 saw cutter with Pam Grier and Chevy Chase in the movie Snow Day. For the family comedy Collier & Co. Schneider wrote in 2006 the screenplay, directed, and stood next to Rex Smith as an actor before the camera. In the series Smallville he played the adoptive father of the young Superman, Jonathan Kent in 110 episodes and resulted in a series directed. From 2008 to 2009 he was in 15 episodes as " Dr. Marshall Bowman "Teenagers can be seen in The Secret Life of the American.
Private Schneider continues with his ex-wife Tawny Elaine Godin, one for children in need. So he founded in 1982 together with Marie Osmond as the Children's Miracle Network. In 1995 he founded the production company Faith Works Productions, which produces family- oriented formats.