Birth Name:
John Phillip Stamos
Birth Place:
Cypress, California, USA
Ethnicity:
Greek, Irish and English
The American actor is most famous for role as Jesse Katsopolis on the television comedy, Full House. His original surname was Stamotopoulos, from his paternal grandparents who immigrated from Greece.
His father is of Greek heritage and his mother is of Irish and English ancestry.
Source:
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800099814/bio
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He doesn’t look Irish at all. He looks Greek/ Italian which are similar anyways.
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i thought he was like…italian
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He has an Irish smile and Irish eyes. His mother is actually all Irish, but her parents moved to England for work. Many Irish either moved to England or America for work.
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he’s hot
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WOW! I thought he was Mexican. LMAO. Silly me.
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he looks persian/greek
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He doesn’t look Irish at all. He looks like he is full Greek.
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ya he doesnt look irish but i always thought that he had a little italian in him…:)
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