John Pankow was born on April 28,1954 and is an American actor.
11 Facts About John Pankow
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John Pankow began his career on-stage in New York, in numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway plays including Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation, and Brian Friel's Aristocrats.
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John Pankow grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, and attended Maine South High School and Northeastern Illinois University.
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John Pankow left the university in his junior year after he attended a performance of David Mamet's The American Buffalo at the St Nicholas Theater.
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John Pankow went on to perform in several Off-Broadway productions including Aristocrats, Italian American Reconciliation, and the New York Shakespeare Festival's The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Henry VIII.
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John Pankow subsequently made it to Broadway with Serious Money, The Iceman Cometh, and as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus, replacing Tim Curry in the role and subsequently replacing him for a touring production.
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John Pankow was cast after director William Friedkin deliberately sought out young, relatively-unknown stage actors for the project.
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John Pankow landed another major supporting role in The Secret of My Success opposite Michael J Fox, and played Demi Moore's husband in Mortal Thoughts.
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John Pankow subsequently appeared for eight seasons as Ira Buchman on the NBC sitcom Mad About You, where he was nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
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John Pankow has since appeared in numerous films and television series.
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John Pankow has been married to actress Kristine Sutherland since 1986 and they have one daughter together.