Days of Our Lives fans love the characters on the show. We’ve been fans for such a long time, and it’s not something we can ignore when we see someone we love, but we also want to get to know more about them as people. We feel that we have so much knowledge of these characters in their natural habitat of being just who they are on television, but we know so little about them as people outside of this situation. For one, we know that Drake Hogestyn is the wonderful John Black, and he’s magnificent in the role. However, we also know that he is a man who is not John during the rest of his life. How much are you guilty of not knowing about him because you love John Black so much?
He’s a College Grad
So many people make the mistake of assuming their favorite actors and actresses did not go to college. While that may be true of so many people who knew they wanted to go into show biz and simply moved to the city to do that, this is not true of Drake Hogestyn. He’s a man who got an education. He graduated from high school in his hometown, but he did not stick around to learn anything else there. He moved from Indiana to Florida where he went to college at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Believe it or not, he didn’t have any desire to go into acting at that point. He was going to play baseball — he went to college on a scholarship — and then he was going to become a dentist. He was even drafted by both the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees. He was injured in his first season playing for the Yankees farm league.
His Beginnings
When he was just getting his start in the world of acting, he wasn’t really sure where to start. He didn’t have any contacts or formal training, so he began his career by entering into a talent contest with Columbia Pictures. He was one of more than 75,000 people there, but he was one of the best. He was noticed, and that’s when he began working in the industry. He got a job working on a primetime series call “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” when then led him to the role that began his Days career; a pan man. He was then Roman Brady, and now he is John Black. He was a quick fan favorite, so he’s gotten to stick around.
His Marriage
He’s a man of simple means, and he shows that in every area of his life. he’s not someone who is over the top, and he’s not someone who is abundant. But he is a man who will date a girl his entire high school career, marry her, and stay married to her. They have four kids, which includes three daughters and one son, and they’ve been pretty low-key about their marriage and all they do since they were married so many years ago. They are a happy family, and we have to assume it is because they keep their personal lives out of the spotlight and into their own homes, and that’s a thing that many people struggle to do in this day and age. We are proud of them for that, and it shows how good they are with their lives. We like it a lot.
His Roots
When you think of a person who wants to become a big star, you might often assume that they live in a big city such as New York or LA or something to that effect. He was not born in either, and he didn’t grow up in a big city, either. In fact, he was a small town boy who grew up in the Midwest. He’s from a small town in Indiana where he spent his summers playing outdoors and his time in school learning all the things that were important in those days. He’s a small town boy at heart, and we always wonder if he portrays that in his real life, or if he’s become accustomed to the city life he’s been living for so long now.
Follow Us
