Who is John Schneider?
John Schneider is an American actor and country singer. Schneider is probably most famous for starring as Bo Duke in “The Dukes of Hazzard.”
Alongside his acting career, Schneider has been a singer since the early 1980s, releasing nine studio albums and a greatest hits package, as well as eighteen singles.
This total includes “I’ve Been Around Enough to Know”, “Country Girls”, “What’s a Memory Like You”, and “You’re the Last Thing I Needed Tonight”, all of which reached the top of the Billboard country singles charts.
In December 2023 John called for the execution of President Joe Biden in a Twitter post. In a reply to a tweet from Biden, Schneider replied:
“Mr. President, I believe you are guilty of treason and should be publicly hung. Your son too. Your response is..? Sincerely, John Schneider”
John Schneider Age
John Schneider is 63 years old as of 2023. He was born on April 8, 1960 in Mount Kisco, New York, U.S. to Shirley Conklin and John “Jack” Schneider, a pilot who had served in the U.S. Air Force.
His mother is from Sanford, Florida. His family included an older brother Robert, an artist living in southern New York. His other brother (also called John) died of lung failure age three, three years before John’s birth.
John’s life as an entertainer began at the age of eight, when he put on magic shows for his peers and their families.
This once got him into trouble, when he had himself chained up and tossed into a swimming pool with the intention of re-creating Harry Houdini’s legendary escape act.
When he was 14, he and his mother moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where his love for performing continued. He went to North Springs High School in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Schneider’s professional acting career began when he was just seventeen years old, in 1979, when had landed the role of Bo Duke on the popular show “The Dukes of Hazzard”.
He would continue in this role until the show ended in 1985, appearing in 127 episodes.
John Schneider Wife
John Schneider has been married three times in his life. In 1983, Schneider married his first wife, former Miss America Tawny Elaine Godin. They divorced in 1986.
He married his second wife, Elly Castle, in 1993. They have three children together. Castle filed for divorce in 2014.
In April 2015, Schneider began dating Alicia Allain. Allain is not only the owner of the company Maven Entertainment, but she is also his producing partner and his personal and professional manager. Schneider and Allain married in September 2019.
John Schneider Children
John Schneider has four children: Mandy, Leah, Chasen, and Karis. He adopted the first three from his second wife’s previous marriage and Karis is his biological daughter with her.
John and Elly welcomed their daughter, Karis, in 1997. Little is known about their only biological child, although she appears to be a firefighter.
John Schneider Net Worth
As of December 2023, John Schneider has a net worth of $200 thousand, per celebrity net worth.
John Schneider Siblings
John Schneider has two siblings: John Michael Schneider and Robert Schneider. John Michael Schneider died of lung failure at the age of three, before John was born.
Robert Schneider, John’s immediate elder brother, has pursued a career as a visual artist and stand-up comedian.
While information about his personal life is scarce, his creative endeavors in the arts and comedy have been acknowledged.
Unlike John, Robert has maintained a more private lifestyle, keeping details of his personal and professional life away from the public eye.
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