Stockwell, John 1961-

PERSONAL

Original name, John Stockwell Samuels IV; born March 25, 1961, in Galveston, TX; son of John Samuels III (an attorney); married Helene Henderson (owner and operator of a catering company); children: Cecelia, Casper, additional child. Education: Harvard University, B.A., visual and environmental studies; studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, and with Hal Asprey at the Actors Workshop, New York University School of the Arts; studied voice technique with Marv Duff at the National Theatre, London.

Addresses:

Agent—International Creative Management, 10250 Constellation Way, 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Actor, screenwriter, and director. The Brood (a New York City-based rock group), rhythm guitarist and lead singer.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nomination, outstanding writing for a miniseries or a movie, 2000, for Cheaters.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Appeared as Lobo, Camino Real, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA; Hal, Loot; in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Houston, TX; Macbeth, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Houston, TX; Spring's Awakening, Brighton Festival, Brighton, England; Three Boys, Playwrights Horizons, Theatre, New York City; in Ah, Wilderness!.

Film Appearances:

(Film debut) Jim Sterling, So Fine, Warner Bros., 1981.

Dennis Guilder, Christine (also known as John Carpenter's "Christine"), Columbia, 1983.

Keith Livingston, Eddie and the Cruisers, Embassy, 1983.

Spider, Losin' It, Embassy, 1983.

Leland ("Lee"), City Limits, Atlantic, 1985.

Michael Harlan, My Science Project, Buena Vista, 1985.

Randy McDevitt, Dangerously Close (also known as Campus '86 and Choice Kill), Cannon, 1986.

Phillip Marlowe, Radioactive Dreams, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986.

Cougar, Top Gun, Paramount, 1986.

David Phipps, Miliardi (also known as Billions, Miliardi/Millions, and Millions), Prism Pictures, 1991.

Captain Jack Hassler, Born to Ride, Warner Bros., 1991.

Andy Aldrich, Aurora: Operation Intercept, Trimark Pictures, 1995.

Grant, I Shot a Man in Vegas (also known as I Shot a Man in Reno), Arrow Entertainment, 1995.

Staffer number one, Nixon, Buena Vista, 1995.

Jack Martin, The Nurse, Live Entertainment, 1997.

Victor Mallick, Stag, New City Releasing, 1997.

Adam, Legal Deceit (also known as The Promised Land), Spectrum Films, 1997.

Robert Renaud, Breast Men, Home Box Office Home Video, 1997.

Himself, "Christine": Ignition (documentary short), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004.

Himself, "Christine": Finish Line (documentary short), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004.

Himself, "Christine": Fast & Furious (documentary short), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004.

Himself, Into the Blue: Diving Deeper into the Blue (documentary short), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2004.

Male backpacker, Turistas (also known as Paradise Lost), Fox Atomic, 2006.

Film Work:

(With Scott Fields) Director, Under Cover, Cannon, 1987.

Director, Crazy/Beautiful, Buena Vista, 2001.

Director, Blue Crush, 2002.

Director, Into the Blue, 2005.

Producer and director, Turistas (also known as Paradise Lost), Fox Atomic, 2006.

Television Appearances; Series:

Made professional debut in The Guiding Light, CBS.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Billy Hazard, North and South, ABC, 1985.

Brad Sedgwick, Billionaire Boys Club, NBC, 1987.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Scott Massey, Quarterback Princess, CBS, 1983.

Peter Rubin, "Hart to Hart": Crimes of the Hart, 1994.

News producer, Cheaters, HBO, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Maxwell Fletcher, "A Family Tree," Trying Times, PBS, 1987.

Women of the Beach, E! Entertainment Television, 2002.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Mick, Too Good to Be True, ABC, 1983.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Gilmore, Miami Vice, NBC, 1986.

Maxwell Fletcher, "A Family Tree," Trying Times, PBS, 1987.

Tim Ayres, "Badge of Honor," Friday the 13th (also known as Friday the 13th: The Series and Friday's Curse), syndicated, 1988.

Malcolm Barrington, "The Eyes of the Panther," Nightmare Classics, 1990.

Bill Barlow, "Dark Brother," The Young Riders, ABC, 1992.

Professor Sinclair, Relativity, ABC, 1996.

"Top Gun," VH-1 Behind the Movie, VH1, 2002.

Sunday Morning Shootout, AMC, 2005.

"Lacy Lilting Lyrics," The L Word, Showtime, 2007.

Television Work; Movies:

Director, Cheaters, 2000.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Lez Girls," The L Word, Showtime, 2007.

"Literary License to Kill," The L Word, Showtime, 2007.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With Scott Fields and Marty Ross) Dangerously Close (also known as Campus '86 and Choice Kill), Cannon, 1986.

(With Scott Fields) Under Cover, Cannon, 1987.

Breast Men, Home Box Office Video, 1997.

Rock Star, Warner Bros., 2001.

(Rewrite) Blue Crush, Universal, 2002.

Television Movies:

Cheaters, 2000.