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John Phillip Stamos (Stay-mohss; born August 19, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He first gained recognition for his contract role as Blackie Parrish on the ABC television soap opera General Hospital, for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 10th Daytime Emmy Awards in 1983. He is known for his work in television, especially in his starring role as Jesse Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House. Since the show's finale in 1995, he has appeared in numerous TV films and series. From 2005 to 2009, he starred in the NBC medical drama ER as Dr. Tony Gates. After former Broadway stints in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Cabaret, he began playing the role of Albert Peterson in the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie, which he starred in from October 2009 to January 2010. He then played Senator Joseph Cantwell in a Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's play The Best Man from July to September 2012, replacing Eric McCormack. He executive produced the Netflix series Fuller House, in which he reprised the role of Jesse Katsopolis. He also starred in Never Too Young to Die (1986), Born to Ride (1991), and as Dr. Nicky in the Lifetime/Netflix psychological thriller You. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Stamos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

John Stamos

Dan Goodman
for Dan Goodman in Next to Normal (live action)
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Next to Normal follows the Goodman family as they navigate the devastating impact of mental illness on their suburban household. Diana, the mother, struggles with bipolar disorder and a fractured sense of reality, while her husband Dan attempts to hold the family together through her increasingly severe episodes. Their teenage son Gabe and daughter Natalie watch helplessly as their mother's condition deteriorates, forcing them to confront uncomfortable truths about family, love, and the limits of support. As Diana's grip on reality loosens and her medication fails to provide relief, the family must decide how far they're willing to go to save her—and whether some wounds can ever truly heal. The story unfolds through a blend of naturalistic family drama and surreal, dreamlike sequences that mirror Diana's fractured perception. It's an unflinching examination of how mental illness doesn't just affect the patient, but ripples through every relationship, every conversation, and every moment of normalcy a family desperately tries to maintain. The Goodmans' journey is raw, heartbreaking, and ultimately a testament to the complicated ways we love those who are suffering.


