Drake Hogestyn (John Black)

In his youth, Drake Hogestyn had designs on careers in dentistry and professional baseball before he joined the cast of “Days of Our Lives” as the heroic John Black in January 1986. In 1994 he won the “Soap Opera Digest” Award for Hottest Male Star. Hogestyn’s first career goal was to become a dentist. He attended the University of South Florida in Tampa on a baseball scholarship and majored in pre-dentistry. After graduation, he was drafted by the New York Yankees and played third base for one of the Yankees’ farm teams until he was injured in 1978. Hogestyn then began his acting career by entering a Columbia Pictures national talent search that included 75,000 hopefuls. Hogestyn was among the 30 selected, and his first starring role was on the primetime series “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” Hogestyn was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He’s married to his childhood sweetheart, Victoria, and they have one son and three daughters. Hogestyn’s birthday is September 29.


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