50 facts about John Stamos: known for his role as Jesse Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House

Stamos started learning drums when he was four. Learn 50 facts you didn't know about John Stamos.

1. John Phillip Stamos is known for his work in television, especially in his starring role as Jesse Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House.

2. Since the show's finale in 1995, Stamos has appeared in numerous TV films and series.

3. Since 2005, he has been the national spokesperson for Project Cuddle.

4. From 2006 to 2009, Stamos had a starring role on the NBC medical drama ER as Dr. Tony Gates.

5. In September 2009, he began playing the role of Albert in the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie.

6. In 2013, he assumed a recurring role in season three of the USA Network television series Necessary Roughness, which stars Callie Thorne.

7. Stamos was born in Cypress, California.

8. He is the oldest child and only son of Loretta, a former swimsuit model who was raised in England and is of Irish and English ancestry, and Bill Stamos, a restaurateur of Greek descent.

9. Stamos has two younger sisters, Jannen and Alaina, who are both teachers.

10. His family's last name was originally Stamatopoulos (Greek: ΣταματÏŒπουλος) but his paternal grandparents shortened the name to Stamos when they moved to the United States from Greece.

11. Stamos began his acting career with the role of Blackie Parrish on the soap opera General Hospital in late January 1982, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1984.

12. Stamos decided to move on in April 1984, when he auditioned for and got the lead role in a short-lived CBS sitcom called Dreams, in which he played an aspiring musician in a band of the same name. Later, he played a role in the sitcom You Again? (1986) with Jack Klugman.

13. In the late 1980s, ABC's Full House gradually became a hit, and the show solidified Stamos's career.

14. In the first season, his character's full name was credited as Jesse Cochran.

15. During the second season he then changed his character's last name to Katsopolis to highlight his Greek heritage, according to Jeff Franklin.

16. He played one of the show's protagonists, Jesse, who lives with his brother in-law, whose deceased wife was Jesse's older sister.

17. Stamos has since maintained close relationships with co-stars Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin, Jodie Sweetin, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Andrea Barber, and Candace Cameron Bure.

18. In April 2015 Stamos announced on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that the streaming service Netflix would be picking the show up for a 13 episode sequel airing sometime in 2016.

19. Stamos has appeared in numerous made-for-television films, stage productions, television series and commercials.

20. He had starring roles in the television series Thieves and Jake in Progress.

21. In 2003, Stamos guest-starred in Friends, appearing in the episode The One with the Donor, playing a man who went to Chandler and Monica's apartment for dinner, not knowing he was actually being interviewed to be a sperm donor.

22. Stamos was a guest star in a first-season episode of MTV's, The Andy Milonakis Show (2005), playing himself.

23. He has made several voice acting appearances such as in the MTV animated series Clone High in the episode, "Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale", where he played himself, and as the What's Global Warming Penguin in Bob Saget's parody film Farce of the Penguins.

24. In 2005, Stamos guest-starred in two episodes in season 12 of ER as paramedic-turned-intern Tony Gates.

25. In 2006, at the start of ER's thirteenth season, he joined the cast of ER as a series regular.

26. In February 2008, Stamos appeared in the television adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun.

27. In August 2008, Stamos was the roast master for Comedy Central Roast Of Bob Saget.

28. On June 8, 2010, it was announced that Stamos would portray Carl Howell, a new love interest for Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), in season two of the popular television show Glee.

29. In 2011, Stamos guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

30. Was featured in a CollegeHumor video with Bob Saget.

31. Stamos also guest-starred as himself on Two and a Half Men as Charlie's old friend, who was interested in buying the house until he found out that the place was Charlie's.

32. Since 2011, Stamos has appeared in a series of commercials for Dannon's Greek yogurt brand Oikos; including his first Super Bowl commercial which was aired during Super Bowl 2012.

33. In February 2012, it was reported that Stamos would take on one of the lead roles on the new Fox drama Little Brother. The series was created by Everybody Loves Raymond writer Mike Royce, and centers around a man who finds out that he has a long-lost half brother.

34. In March 2013, Stamos signed on in a recurring role on the USA Network drama Necessary Roughness, during season three.

35. Stamos was to play the lead role in ABC's soap opera Members Only, but the network decided not to air the show.

36. In May 2015, Stamos started filming on My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2.

37. In late-2015, Stamos is set to star in the Fox comedy Grandfathered.

38. Stamos started learning drums when he was four.

39. Started his own band called Destiny. They had paying concerts at some amusement parks and parties.

40. Stamos began dating model/actress Rebecca Romijn in 1994.

41. Stamos and Romijn met at a Victoria's Secret fashion show in which she was modeling.

42. Stamos and Romijn became engaged on Christmas Eve 1997.

43. They married on September 19, 1998 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

44. They announced their separation in April 2004.

45. Stamos has been involved with numerous charities over the years, many of which help children and families in need.

46. He has supported Hillsides, Believe in Dreams, the Kindred Foundation for Adoption, and mothers2mothers, all of which give aid to families in difficult situations.

47. He has also supported GLAAD, the New York Restoration Project, and the Vanguard Cancer Foundation, and has provided entertainment in support of the Special Olympics.

48. Stamos is also the national spokesperson for Project Cuddle.

49. Stamos performed on an independently released 1994 album entitled Shades of Blue along with Lanny Cordola, Gary Griffin, Sandra Stephens, Tony Guerrero, and David Enos.

50. He appeared on Broadway as the emcee in Cabaret, and also in Nine and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.

 Source: Wikipedia.org