John Schneider: God's Gift

Have you ever had a hero, someone who you admired and looked up to more than anyone in the entire world? Yep, so have I. John Schneider is my hero and plenty of reason to be.

Born under the name John Richard Schneider on April 8, 1960 in Mt. Kisco, New York to dad Jack and mom Shirley. With blonde hair and baby blue eyes, John was an instant sweetheart. Jack and Shirley divorced when he was about two years old, but that never stopped his ambition. As a boy, John became very interested in magic after watching a movie about Houdini, after that he became studying magic and performing shows every chance he had for children's birthday parties and became quite accomplished in slight of hand tricks.

By the age of eight John started getting the acting bug. "The Mikado" in grammar school was John's first play. He had developed a strong passion for both acting and singing all through school and performed in every play and musical that he could. He worked very hard to master his talent and gain a great deal of experience on and off stage. John Schneider's best friend Pat Maloof states in a Tiger Beat interview that John had a knack for applying make-up, particularly facial disguises like beards, especially long sideburns. Rumor had it that John wore sideburns to school long before he actually could grow his own!