Formerly an actor, Johnny Kastl currently is an attorney and investor. In October 2018, Kastl became a founding member of Acorn Finance and serves as its Vice President of Business Development. From 2001 to 2009, he was active in the acting industry & is notably known for portraying Doug in the TV series Scrubs.
Throughout 8 years in the entertainment industry, Kastl made 12 acting credits, including a minor role in the 2005 sci-fi hit film War of the Worlds. The University of Iowa law school graduate worked in U.S. Attorney's Office in Iowa for nearly 2 years, from 2011 to 2013.
Is A Graduate Of Washington University & Unversity of Iowa
Born in Oklahoma, the USA, Johnny is low-key about his birth details & family background. He is allegedly in his 40s at the moment. Kastl grew up in Texas & later went to Missouri for higher studies; attended Washington University in St. Louis from 1993 to 1997 and double-majored in Biology and Drama.
After a year of retirement from acting, Johnny Kastl enrolled at the University of Iowa College of Law and graduated as Juris Doctor in 2013.
Acting Career Of 8 Years
In 2001, John made his film debut in The Tempest, portraying Boatswain. The same year, he became a cast of medical comedy-drama Scrubs & worked until 2009, totaling appearances in 49 episodes. There, he portrayed Dr. Doug Murphy and shared the screen with Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Judy Reyes, and Ken Jenkins.
CAPTION: Johnny Kastl as Dr. Doug Murphy in Scrubs SOURCE: Getty Images Johnny Kastl made brief roles in the films: Hulk (2003), Ball & Chain (2004), and War of the Worlds (2005). The 2005 film War of the World starring Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning made $603.9 million in the box-office.
Having appeared in 6 episodes of The Beast (2009), the now-former American actor made guest TV roles in Girlfriends (2002), Over There (2005), Cold Case (2006), and Veronica Mars (2007).
Law Practice & Business Venture
From August 2011 to April 2013, Johnny Kastl worked as a law clerk at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Iowa and later joined Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP as an a s sociate. He was an a s sociate with Dentons from May 2015 to April 2017.
After remaining in General Counsel of The CastleRock Group for a year, Johnny is its partner since 2018. Moreover, he is a founding member & VP of Business Development for Acorn Finance (October 2018- Present). The Scrubs actor currently works as a lawyer in Chicago, Illinois.
Did you know? He was a Manager at Microsoft in Chicago, Illinois.
Who Is Johnny Kastl's Wife? Where Do They Live?
Kastl is not very fond of social media & barely is active on one, except the LinkedIn profile. Reportedly, he is married and lives with his wife & children in Chicago. However, the actor-turned-attorney remains tight-lipped about his personal life details.
During an interview with Chicago Tribune in 2019, Johnny stated that he & his wife met in California & moved to Chicago afterward.
He is an avid fan of golf & once won The Golf Channel's Big-Break All-Star Challenge Scrubs competition.
Net Worth In 2020
The 5 ft. 11 inches tall former actor Johnny has a net worth of $1.5 million as of September 2020. Meanwhile, his main source of income is law practice but also collected a considerable sum through acting. Allegedly, Kastl took home tens of thousand dollars per episode from TV series Scrubs. The highest-paid actor in that series Zach Braff was earning $350,000-an-episode during its peak.
Kastl earns quite an impressive sum of money as a Partner of The CastleRock Group and ventures in Acron Finance, as VP & founding member.
by chandra, 15 Sep, 2020
