Drake Hogestyn Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Drake Hogestyn is an American actor.

He is best known for his portrayal of the character John Black on the famous soap opera "Days of Our Lives."

Hogestyn first appeared as Brian McFadden in the television show "Seven Bridges for Seven Brothers."

He won three Soap Opera Digest awards for his work in the industry.

Hogestyn was selected for acting by entering a talent search organized by Columbia Pictures where he was among the 30, out of 75,000 participants.

Basic Information About Drake Hogestyn

Full Name	Drake Hogestyn
Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Actor
Net worth	$2,000,000
Date of birth	1953-09-29 (70 years old)
Place of birth	Fort Wayne
Nationality	United States of America
Education	University of South Florida
Curiosities and Trademarks	His raspy voice.
Father	Bill Hogestyn
Mother	Shug Hogestyn
Spouse	31 December - Victoria Post ( 1986 - present) (4 children)
Kids	four (daughters: Whitney, Alexandra, and Rachael, and son: Ben)
Gender	Male
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ Instagram ↗︎ Twitter ↗︎ Facebook ↗︎ Imdb

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Oscar	Golden Globe	Golder Raspberry	BAFTA	Other
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Movie / Series	Role
Criminal Minds	Senator Alfred Mayhew 1 episode, 2018
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Brian McFadden 22 episodes, 1982-1983
Days of Our Lives	John Black / ... 3,823 episodes, 1986-2021
The Maury Povich Show	Self 1 episode, 1993

Shelley Long originally wanted Drake to play her husband on the sitcom Kelly Kelly (1998). He was all set to star on both that and Days of Our Lives (1965), but his schedule on Days conflicted with the filming of the pilot of Kelly Kelly and thus was replaced by Robert Hays.
Pitched in the minor leagues before getting into acting
Graduated from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida on a baseball scholarship and majored in pre-dentistry.
Drafted by the New York Yankees and he played third base for their farm team until he was injured in 1978
Has a son and three daughters together with wife Victoria.
He is the stepfather of actor Ben Hogestyn.
Drake is a huge fan of Bruce Lee and is a practitioner of Jeet Kune Do the style of martial arts Lee developed. He is also an expert of the nunchucks the weapon Bruce Lee was known for using in his films.
Bears a strong resemblance to that of Pierce Brosnan.