Jon Bon Jovi Biography (1962-)

Original name, John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.; born March 2, 1962, in Perth Amboy, NJ; son of John (a hairdresser) and Carol (a florist; maiden name, Sharkey)Bongiovi; brother of Anthony M. Bongiovi (a music video director); married Dorothea Hurley, April 29, 1989; children: Stephanie Rose, Jesse James Louis,Jacob Hurley, Romeo Jon. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Don Klores Communications, 386 Park Ave. South, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10016.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Musician, composer, actor
Birth Details: March 2, 1962; Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Himself, The Return of Bruno, Hudson Hawk Films, 1988
(Uncredited) Pit inmate, Young Guns II (also known as Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
The painter, Moonlight and Valentino, Gramercy Pictures, 1995
Robin Grange, The Leading Man, J&M Entertainment, 1996
Jon, Destination Anywhere, Blue Goose/Mercury Records, 1997
Kevin, Little City, Miramax, 1998
Michael, No Looking Back (also known as Long Time, Nothing New), Gramercy Pictures, 1998
Danny, Homegrown, Columbia/TriStar, 1998
Lieutenant Emmett, U-571, Universal, 2000
Ricky McKinney, Pay It Forward, Warner Bros., 2000
Janey Meadows, Row Your Boat, Gullane Pictures, 2000
Derek Bliss, Vampires: Los Muertos (also known as John Carpenter's "Vampires: Los Muertos"), Screen Gems, 2002
(Uncredited) Himself, Fahrenheit 9/11, Lions Gate Films, 2004
Rich Walker, Cry_Wolf, Rogue Pictures, 2005
Frank Hopper, Pucked (also known as National Lampoon's "Pucked" and National Lampoon's "The Trouble with Frank"), National Lampoon Productions, 2006
Television Appearances
Series
Victor Morrison, Ally McBeal, Fox, 2002
Miniseries
Retrosexual: The 80's, VH1, 2004
Specials
Himself, Free to Be ... a Family, ABC, 1988
(With band, Bon Jovi) Moscow Music Peace Festival, 1989
Moscow Music Peace Festival Rockumentary (documentary), MTV, 1989
(With band, Bon Jovi) Performer, Especial Nochevieja 1989, 1990
Victory and Valor: A Special Olympics All-Star Celebration, ABC, 1991
A Very Special Christmas II, MTV, 1992
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special, MTV, 1992
American Bandstand's Teen Idols, NBC, 1994
The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, HBO, 1995
Songs and Visions (also known as Carlsberg Concert '97), Fox, 1997
A Gala for the President at Ford's Theatre, ABC, 1997
MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon, syndicated, 1997
Gianni Versace: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1997
National Lottery, British television, 1997
Barbara Walters Presents 6 to Watch, ABC, 1998
Pavarotti and Friends for the Children of Liberia, BBC and PBS, 1998
A Very Special Christmas from Washington, D.C., TNT, 1998
Hollywood Salutes Arnold Schwarzenegger: An American Cinematheque Tribute, TNT, 1998
NetAid, VH1, 1999
100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll, VH1, 2000
Rankin File: Voyeurism (documentary), VH1, 2000
Greatest TV Moments: Sesame Street Music A-Z, Noggin, 2000
Greatest Rock and Roll Moments: 2000 (documentary), VH1, 2000
All-Star Winter Celebration: The Nobel Peace Concert, Fox Family,2000
A Very Special Christmas from Washington, D.C., TNT, 2000
VH1 Presents: Bon Jovi-One Last Wild Night, 2001
Performer, America: A Tribute to Heroes, 2001
Performer, America the Beautiful, 2001
(With band, Bon Jovi) Performer, The Concert for New York, VH1, 2001
VH1 News Special: Listening to America, VH1, 2001
MTV20: Live and Almost Legal, MTV and MTV2, 2001
Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, NBC, 2001
Jon Bon Jovi (documentary), Bravo, 2001
Bon Jovi Crush Tour, Fox Family, 2001
Elvis Lives, NBC, 2002
The 2002 Olympic Winter Games, NBC, 2002
The Stars' First Time ... On Entertainment Tonight with Mary Hart,CBS, 2003
(Uncredited) Himself, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan, NBC, 2003
Command the Band: Bon Jovi, VH1, 2004
New Year's Rockin' Eve, ABC, 2005
(With band, Bon Jovie) Performer, Live 8: A Worldwide Concert Event Presented by Nokia, ABC, 2005
Awards Presentations
The American Music Awards, ABC, 1988
The 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1989
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards, 1991
The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards, 1991
Presenter, The American Music Awards, 1991
The 1991 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1991
The American Music Awards 20th Anniversary Special, ABC, 1993

Presenter, The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1993
Performer, The 1995 World Music Awards, ABC, 1994
The 1994 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1994
The 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1995
Host and performer, The 1997 World Music Awards, ABC, 1997
The 1997 MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV, 1997
My VH1 Music Awards, VH1, 2000
The 1st Annual Laureus Sports Awards, TNT, 2000
Presenter, The 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 2001
Presenter, My VH1 Music Awards '01, VH1, 2001
MTV Europe Music Awards 2002 (also known as MTV Europe Music Awards 2002 Barcelona), MTV, 2002
(With band, Bon Jovi) Performer, VH1 Big in 2002 Awards, VH1, 2002
(With band, Bon Jovi) Post-game performer, Super Bowl XXXVII, ABC,2003
The 32nd Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 2004
(With band, Bon Jovi) Performer, The 2005 World Music Awards, ABC,2005
(With band, Bon Jovi) Top of the Pops (also known as All New Top of the Pops and TOTP), BBC, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995,2002
Episodic
(With band, Bon Jovi) MTV Rewind, MTV, 1989
The Howard Stern Show, syndicated, 1992
The Late Show, ABC [Australian Broadcast Corp.], 1993
(With band, Bon Jovi) Musical guest, Saturday Night Live (also known as SNL), NBC, 1993, 1995, 2001
Howard Stern, E! Entertainment Television, 1994, 1997
Storytellers, VH1, 1996
TFI Friday (also known as Thank Four It's Friday), Channel4, 1997, 2000
The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1997, 1998, 2000
Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1997, 2002
Seth, "Games People Play," Sex and the City, HBO, 1998
Himself, "Tell Me It Was Just a Dream," Unsolved Mysteries, CBS, 1998
Larry King Live, CNN, 2000
Mundo VIP, 2000
Himself, Lo + plus, 2000
Himself, Rove Live, Ten Network, 2001
Rock Across America, VH1, 2001
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2002
(With band, Bon Jovi) Mad TV, Fox, 2002
(With band, Bon Jovi) CD:UK, 2002
Himself, Operacion triunfo (also known as O.T.), 2002
Himself, Wetten, dass ... ? (also known as Wetten, dass ... ? aus Dusseldorf), 2002
NY Graham Norton, Channel 4, 2004
Pulse, Fox, 2004
The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah), syndicated, 2005
RTL Comedy Nacht, 2005
AFL owner, "Centennial," Las Vegas, NBC, 2005
"Welcome to Wherever You Are," The West Wing, NBC, 2006
Also appeared as guest, The Uncle Floyd Show.
RECORDINGS
Albums (with Bon Jovi)
Bon Jovi, PolyGram, 1984
7800 Fahrenheit, Mercury/PolyGram, 1985
Slippery When Wet, Mercury/PolyGram, 1986
Bon Jovi Live, Mercury/PolyGram, 1987
New Jersey, Mercury/PolyGram, 1988
Keep the Faith, Mercury/PolyGram, 1992
Cross Road, Mercury/PolyGram, 1994
These Days, Mercury/PolyGram, 1995
Bon Jovi, 1999
Crush, Mercury, 2000
One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001, Island, 2001
Bounce, Island, 2002
Distance, 2003
This Left Feels Right, Island, 2003
100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong, 2004
Have a Nice Day, Island, 2005
Live from the Have a Nice Day Tour, The Island Def Jam Music Group, 2006
Albums (as a solo artist)
Blaze of Glory, Mercury/PolyGram, 1990
Destination Anywhere, Mercury/PolyGram, 1997
The Power Station Years: 1980-1983, Power Station Records, 1997
Power Station Years, Vol. 2, Dealmakers, 2000
The Power Station Years: The Unreleased Recordings, Masq, 2001
Other Albums
(As John Bongiovi) Appeared on Christmas in the Stars.
Singles
"Blaze of Glory," Polygram, 1990
"Please Come Home for Christmas," A Very Special Christmas II, 1995
"Hey God," Mercury, 1995
"Midnight in Chelsea, Part 1," Alex, 1997
Videos
You Give Love a Bad Name, 1986
Breakout, 1986
Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet, the Videos, 1987
Livin' on a Prayer, 1988
Bon Jovi: New Jersey, the Videos, 1989
Bon Jovi: Access All Areas--A Rock & Roll Odyssey, Mercury, 1990
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me (documentary), Sony Music Entertainment, 1991
Turn Up the Volume 1, 1991
Bon Jovi: Keep the Faith--An Evening with Bon Jovi, PolyGram Video,1993
Keep the Faith Videos, Polygram Video, 1994
Cross Road, 1994
Bon Jovi: Live from London, Polygram Video, 1995
It's Only Rock `n' Roll (documentary), 2000
Bon Jovi: The Crush Tour, Polygram Video, 2000
Slippery When Wet, Glass, 2003
This Left Feels Right Live, Island, 2004
Himself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the InsultComic Dog (also known as The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog), Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, 2004
100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (short), 2004
It's My Life, Universal International, 2005
WRITINGS
Film Songs
"Raise Your Hands," Spaceballs, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
"Blaze of Glory" and "Billy Get Your Gun," Young Guns II (also known as Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
"Wanted Dead or Alive," Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
"Mister Big Time," Armageddon, 1998
"Real Life," EDtv, 1999
Screenplay Stories
One Wild Night, 2004

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Cosmopolitan, June, 1997, p. 168
Entertainment Weekly, September 23, 2005, p. 90
Interview, July, 1995, p. 57
New York, April 10, 1995, pp. 65-68
Parade, November 2, 1997, pp. 10-11
People Weekly, May 6, 1996, p. 97; July 14, 1997, p. 20; February16, 1998, p. 130; November 25, 2002, p. 114
Premiere, September, 1997, pp. 20-21
Sports Illustrated, August 18, 2003, p. 34
Vanity Fair, October, 1995, p. 218

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