John Kapelos - Biography
Last Modified: Feb 1, 2020

Profession: | Actor |
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Best Known For: | The Breakfast Club |
Salary: | Under Review |
Net Worth: | $1 million |
Personal Details
Born on : | March 8, 1956 (age 64) |
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Birth Name / Full Name: |
John Thomas Kapelos |
Birth Place: | London, Ontario, Canada |
Horoscope: | Pisces |
Father's Name: | Thomas Kapelos |
Mother's Name: | Anna Kapelos |
Siblings: | N/A |
Ethnicity: | Greek |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Body Measurements
Height: | 1.83 meter (6 feet 0 inch) |
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Weight: | N/A |
Hair Color: | Grey |
Eye Color: | Dark Brown |
Shoe Size: | N/A |
Bicep Size: | N/A |
Chest Size: | N/A |
Waist Size: | N/A |
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Who is John Kapelos?
John Kapelos is an actor by profession and Canadian by nationality. Amongst his decades of work, he is well known for portraying janitor Carl Reed in The Breakfast Club, Detective Donald Schanke in Forever Knight and starring in Hallmark movies.
John Kapelos – Age, Parents, Siblings, Education, Ethnicity
John Kapelos’ birth took place on March 8, 1956, in London, Ontario, Canada. He was born as John Thomas Kapelos to father Thomas Kapelos and mother Anna Kapelos, who owned as well as operated Thomas Clothing. He is Greek by ethnicity.
John Kapelos in 1960 (Image: Instagram)
For education, he attended London Central Secondary School. Other details of his early life such as childhood, family and the identity of his siblings are not shared with the public.
John Kapelos – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce
Although John Kapelos has lived the last four decades of his life in Hollywood, not much has been shared when it comes to her personal life. There have been no records of him dating, girlfriend or romantic relationships.
Currently, Kapelos is believed to be single, although a secret romance cannot be ruled out. He is sans wife, children and as he has never been married, divorce is out of context.
John Kapelos – Net Worth, Salary
His net worth is estimated at around $1 million while the figure on his annual salary is not shared with the public.
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John Kapelos – Career
Early Days
Kapelos started his professional career in 1981. In the initial years of his career, he portrayed minor roles in films Doctor Detroit (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Weird Science (1985), and in The Breakfast Club (1985) as janitor Carl Reed, for which he is mostly recognized.
Films, Series
In the following years, John Kapelos had landed a series of roles in both TV series and films. Among dozens of films he has worked in, he is well known for portraying roles in Head Office (1985), Vibes (1988), Internal Affairs (1990), Guilty as Sin (1993), Johnny Skidmarks (1998), I Accuse (2003), Tripping Forward (2009), The Shape of Water (2017), The Unicorn (2018).
In TV series John Kapelos had had roles in Seinfeld (1993), The X-Files (2002), ER (2002), Crossing Jordan (2004), One Tree Hill (2007), Justified (2013–2014), The Expanse (2018), among others.
Co-stars
John Kapelos has starred alongside Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, James Woods, Judd Nelson.
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John Kapelos – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
On social media handles such as Twitter, Instagram John Kapelos is active with 3.4k and 926 followers respectively but is absent from Facebook. However several fan accounts have been set up in his name.
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