John Heard was born on the 7th March 1945, in Washington D.C., USA, and is an actor best known for the role of Peter McCallister in the films “Home Alone” (1990) and “Home Alone 2 – Lost in New York” (1992). During his long career, Heard has starred in almost 130 films and nearly 40 television titles. Heard was nominated for an Emmy Award for the role landed in the television series “The Sopranos” (1999 – 2004), and won the Theatre World Award and two Obie Awards. Heard has been active in the entertainment industry since 1974.
How much is the net worth of John Heard? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $2.5 million, as of the data presented in early 2017. Feature films, television and theatre are the sources of Heard’s net worth and popularity.
John Heard Net Worth $2.5 Million
To begin with, John was born into the family of Helen and John Heard, who worked for the Pentagon. He has two sisters, and a brother who died in 1975. He matriculated from the Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. and then he went to Clark University in Worcester which he graduated from in 1968.
Concerning his professional career, Heard began acting in the theatre, and has played several roles on stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1973 in the play “Warp David Carson”, after which he played several roles on Broadway including the roles in “Hamlet and Guildenstern” (1975), “Total Abandon Henry Hirsch” (1981) and “The Glass Menagerie” (1983), the basis of his net worth.
Heard started his career on television appearing in the series “Valley Forge” (1975), followed by a number of roles in feature films and television series such as “After Hours” (1985), “The Seventh Sign” (1988), “Home Alone” (1990), “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” (1992), “The Pelican Brief” (1993), “Snake Eyes” (1998), “The Sopranos” (1999 – 2004), “CSI: Miami” (2003 -2005), “Prison Break” (2005 – 2006) and “The Lucky Ones” (2008). Heard is also active as a film producer – he produced the films “Steel City” (2006) and “Stealing Roses” (2012).
Recently, he was in the main cast of the feature films “Boiling Pot” (2015) directed by Omar Ashmawey, “So B. It” (2016) directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and “Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero” (2016) directed by Jonathan Kesselman; the latter won two Austin Film Festival Awards as well as grossing $216 million at the box office. To conclude, all the aforementioned roles have added sums to the total size of John Heard net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of the actor, he has been married three times, firstly to Margot Kidder from 1979 to 1980, then from 1988 to 1996 to Sharon Heard and they have two children. In the middle of 2010 he married Lana Pritchard, but they were divorced before year’s end! John also has a son named Jack Matthew Heard (1987) who was born out of wedlock, with his ex-girlfriend Melissa Leo, but currently, he is single.
