JON BON JOVI is an actor, songwriter, and musician. He is most famous as the voice of the band Bon Jovi, which was formed in the early 1980s. The group has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and has performed live for over 32 million fans in 50 countries.
Bon Jovi has released twelve albums: eight studio ones, a greatest-hits compilation, a live recording, and a re-arranged greatest-hits compilation. In 2004, to mark the 20th anniversary of their debut album, the band released “100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong,” a 4-CD boxed set comprised almost entirely of previously unreleased music from the two decades. The band will release a ninth studio album of new material in September 2005.
Jon wrote and recorded the chart-topping song “Blaze of Glory” for Geoff Murphy’s Young Guns II. The song earned Jon a Golden Globe Award, as well as Academy Award and Grammy Award nominations. The experience, which included his playing a bit part in the movie, spurred Jon to research and subsequently pursue an acting career.
Since then, he has starred in such films as David Anspaugh’s Moonlight and Valentino (for which he won the Motion Picture Club’s Premiere Performance Award); John Duigan’s The Leading Man; Stephen Gyllenhaal’s Homegrown; Jonathan Mostow’s hit U-571; Mimi Leder’s Pay It Forward; and Arthur Hiller’s upcoming National Lampoon’s The Trouble with Frank.
For television, Jon appeared on Sex and the City, and guest-starred in 9 episodes of Ally McBeal during that show’s final season.
While a native (and longtime resident) of New Jersey, Jon is also majority owner and co-chairman of the board of the Arena Football League’s Philadelphia Soul. After a new initiative, the entire Soul organization – from owners to front office to team members – is a visible and active force in the local community, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for local causes.
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