Jon Bon Jovi

Born: 2nd March 1962
Where: Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Jon Bon Jovi (Originally Bongiovi) is the archetypal musician turned actor.

At the age of 13, he formed first band Raze, then three years later, he formed another band with David Bryan, called Atlantic City Expressway.

Then in 1983, Bon Jovi was formed.

The success of Bon Jovi as a rock band spanned decades. Their huge success with Living on A Prayer has gone down in musical history books and the band is still recording albums to this day.

Bon Jovi have taken periodic breaks from one another to allow the members to pursue solo work.

During one of these breaks, Jon contributed songs to the soundtrack for Young Guns II in 1990, including the Oscar-nominated Blaze of Glory.

He got his first taste of movie-making by appearing in a cameo appearance as a gunfighter killed within minutes of the beginning of the film.

The group also toured extensively, then in 1995 they took a second sabbatical.

Jon, who began to study acting in 1990, made his feature acting debut in Moonlight and Valentino in 1995, as the house painter who turns the heads of Whoopi Goldberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kathleen Turner and, in particular, Elizabeth Perkins.

Proving he was more than just a rock star cashing in on his looks and fame, he delivered a solid supporting performance.

In 1997, Jon released a solo album Destination Anywhere, and filmed a 48-minute short companion film co-starring Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg.