Early life

Corbett was born on May 9, 1961 in Wheeling, West Virginia, the son of Sandy and John Corbett. He grew up in an apartment block near the Ohio River in West Virginia, with his mother, a waitress who worked in his uncle's music club. His mother was of part Russian Jewish descent, though Corbett was raised Catholic. He attended Wheeling Central Catholic High School, where he graduated in 1979. He started playing the guitar at age seven, and at 16 he had a job as a security guard at the Capitol Music Hall. Following his graduation from high school, Corbett moved to California and worked in a steel factory for six years. During his time as a boilermaker in the factory, Corbett spent a year training to become an L.A. County Deputy Sheriff, but ultimately failed. He stopped working at the factory when he got injured, and went to Cerritos College in Norwalk, California. There he took acting classes, and studied hair dressing, for a year. Corbett said: "I went to hair school by day and studied theatre at night." He is a licensed hair stylist since 1986. He then landed a Samsung commercial, and after three years he had starred in 50 national commercials.

Career

Corbett's first major role was as the hippie boyfriend of Karen Arnold in season 1, episode 4 ("Angel"), of The Wonder Years in 1988, but was credited as "Jack Corbett." Corbett has co-starred in three successful television series to date: Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995, Sex and the City (spanning 22 episodes from 2001 to 2002), and United States of Tara (2009-2011).

Corbett played the leading role in two short-lived television series. The first was the 1997 sci-fi series, The Visitor, in which Corbett played Adam MacArthur, a man abducted by aliens, only to find his way home 50 years later and endowed with unearthly powers. In 2003 he starred in his second series, Lucky, which was about a professional poker player, Michael 'Lucky' Linkletter, living in Las Vegas.

Corbett guest starred on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives as a hospital administrator for two episodes in late-December 1995 and two episodes in early March 1996.

Corbett's film credits include Tombstone, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Raising Helen, Dreamland and The Messengers. Corbett appeared in Serendipity with John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, and he played the role of a music teacher in Raise Your Voice, which starred Hilary Duff. He had a cameo role as Ken Roloff in Dinner Rush (2000). Additionally, Corbett starred in the 2007 Lifetime Television film, Montana Sky, and co-starred as a corrupt LAPD vice squad member in Street Kings (2008). Corbett starred as Tom Marks, father of a little girl fighting for her life, in the Hallmark movie "November Christmas" that premiered November 28, 2010, on CBS. Corbett co-starred in the 2009-2011 Showtime series, United States of Tara opposite Toni Collette. In 2011-12, he had a recurring role on Parenthood. In March 2013, Corbett appeared in two episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles and was considered to be the star of a NCIS spin-off series that was ultimately not produced.

Corbett provided the voiceover for Applebee's Restaurant television commercials and, since 2012, for Walgreens drug store television and radio ads.

Corbett released a full-length, self-titled country music album co-produced in Nashville, TN, by D. Scott Miller and Tara Novick, on April 4, 2006, and went on tour that year to promote the album, opening for ZZ Top, Lisa Marie Presley and Charlie Daniels. Its only single, "Good to Go" (which was also recorded by Jason Aldean on his self-titled debut album), debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, which was the highest debut by a new artist from an independent label, and later reached a peak of No. 43. In addition Corbett was featured as a primary actor in Trisha Yearwood's music video of her 2008 single, "This Is Me You're Talking To". In 2013, Corbett released his second country album Leaving Nothin' Behind, co-produced by Jon Randall who also wrote 7 of the 10 songs.

Personal life

Corbett was raised Roman Catholic, but he is now a born-again Christian, although he does not attend church. He has never been married, and has stated that he does not see himself getting married or having children. He has been in a relationship with actress Bo Derek since 2002.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Flight of the Intruder	Big Augie
1993	Tombstone	Johnny Barnes
1996	Don't Look Back	Morgan
1996	Wedding Bell Blues	Cary Maynard Philco
1996	The Morrison Murders	Walker Morrison
1997	Volcano	Norman Calder
1998	Countdown: The Sky's On Fire	Dr. Evan Thorne
1999	Desperate But Not Serious	Jonathan
2000	Dinner Rush	Ken Roloff
2000	On Hostile Ground	Matt Andrews
2001	Prancer Returns	Tom Sullivan
2001	Serendipity	Lars Hammond
2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Ian Miller	Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2003	My Dinner with Jimi	Henry Diltz
2004	Raise Your Voice	Mr. Torvald
2004	Elvis Has Left the Building	Miles Taylor
2004	Raising Helen	Pastor Dan Parker
2005	Bigger Than the Sky	Michael Degan/Christian
2005	Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D	Jack Schmitt
2006	Dreamland	Henry
2007	Montana Sky	Ben McKinnon
2007	The Messengers	John Burwell/John Rollins
2008	Street Kings	Detective Dante Demille
2008	The Burning Plain	John
2009	Baby on Board	Danny
2009	I Hate Valentine's Day	Greg Gatlin
2010	Sex and the City 2	Aidan Shaw
2010	Ramona and Beezus	Bob Quimby
2010	November Christmas	Tom Marks
2011	Ricochet	Duncan Hatcher	Television movie
2011	The Hunt for the I-5 Killer	Detective Dave Kominek	Television movie
2012	A Smile as Big as the Moon	Mike Kersjes
2013	Kiss Me	Chance
2014	The Lookalike	Bobby
2015	The Boy Next Door	Garrett Peterson
2016	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Ian Miller

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	The Wonder Years	Louis	Episode: "Angel"
1990-1995	Northern Exposure	Chris Stevens	110 episodes Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
1995-1996	Days of Our Lives	Hospital Administrator/Board Member	4 episodes
1997-1998	The Visitor	Adam MacArthur	13 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
1998	The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy	Justin Thorpe	pilot for a series
2000-2003	Sex and the City	Aidan Shaw	22 episodes Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2003	Lucky	Michael "Lucky" Linkletter	13 episodes
2009-2011	United States of Tara	Max Gregson	36 episodes
2011-2012	Parenthood	Seth Holt	8 episodes
2013	NCIS: Los Angeles	Roy Quaid	2 episodes
2015	Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll	Flash	Main Character

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US Heat	US Indie
John Corbett	Release date: April 4, 2006 Label: Fun Bone/Co5	45	19	21
Leaving Nothin' Behind	Release date: February 5, 2013 Label: Fun Bone/Co5	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US Country
2006	"Good to Go"	43	John Corbett

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1993	"Woman" from Scorpions
2005	"Bottle of Whiskey"	Kevin Kerslake
2006	"Good to Go"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]