John Joseph Corbett, Jr. (born May 9, 1961) is an American celebrity and country music singer. He also played the leading male character opposite Nia Vardalos in Vardalos’s hit movie, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” (2002). Regardless of playing, Corbett has released two country records.
Corbett supplied the voice-over for Applebee’s Restaurant television advertisements and, since 2012, for Walgreens drug store television and radio advertising. Its just single, “Good to Go” (which was likewise recorded by Jason Aldean on his self-titled debut record), debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs graphs, which was the highest debut by a new artist from an independent label, and after reached a peak of No. 43. In addition Corbett was featured as a main performer in Trisha Yearwood’s music video of her 2008 single, “This Is Me You’re Talking To”. In 2013, Corbett released his second country record Leaving Nothin’ Behind, co-created by Jon Randall who also wrote 7 of the 10 tunes.
Wheeling Central Catholic High School, Cerritos College in California
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Bo Derek
Parents
John Joseph Corbett, Sr.
Partner
Bo Derek (2002–)
Nicknames
Jack Corbett , John Joseph Corbett Junior , John Joseph Corbett Jr. , John Joseph Corbett, Jr.
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Ser...
Movies
My Big Fat Greek Wedding, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, The Boy Next Door, Raising Helen, I Hate Valentine's Day, Serendipity, Ramona and Beezus, Sex and the City 2, Raise Your Voice, The Messengers, Street Kings, Bigger Than the Sky, The Burning Plain, Tombstone, A Smile as Big as the Moon, Dinner Ru...
TV Shows
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, United States of Tara, Sex and the City, Lucky, The Visitor, Northern Exposure, Manchild
Star Sign
Taurus
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Trademark
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Towering height
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Quote
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My job [on the set] is to suck it in and try not to [mess] up my words.
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Extra work [in film] is boring for the extras, and I started to feel like an extra with lines -- it wasn't that challenging to me. So I made a record and...the Nashville community really embraced me. But I gotta tell you, after a couple of years of being out on the road with three other guys in a van...you have a real appreciation of somebody coming to your trailer door and saying, "Mr. Corbett, can we get you a cappuccino?" What I found was, in the two years that I stopped doing it, I really missed it and liked the environment of a movie set and the relationships.
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Acting may be how I've made my living, but music has always been my passion.
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In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have okay teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already.
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Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.
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Fact
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His maternal grandfather was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, and his maternal grandmother was from a Lithuanian (Catholic) family. They both moved from Pennsylvania to West Virginia.
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Is the spokesperson for Applebee's restaurants.
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Best known on film and TV for playing hunky boyfriends, he recently reunited with Nia Vardalos, his My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) romantic comedy co-star, in I Hate Valentine's Day (2009), another romantic comedy that she directed.
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He met girlfriend Bo Derek on a blind date in 2002.
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Will be releasing his debut album, a blend of country and Southern rock, in April of 2006.
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Lives with his girlfriend Bo Derek on a ranch in Santa Barbara, CA.
Came to California from the hills of West Virginia and worked as a steel laborer for six years until a back injury forced him to look elsewhere. He took to taking drama classes at a local Los Angeles college.
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Did a slew of tv commercials in his early days, including a stint as spokesman for Ford Motor Company.
$10 million
