Where is Michael Schoeffling now? Wiki, wife, net worth, family

• Michael Schoeffling is a former actor and model who is now producing his own furniture and running a woodworking store
• He grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and attended Temple University in Philadelphia
• He won a gold medal for the US in freestyle wrestling at a competition in Munich, West Germany in 1978
• Michael is married to actress and model Valerie C. Robinson and they have two children
• Michael's net worth is estimated to be more than $300,000 from his woodworking shop

Known for movies

Sixteen Candles (1984)
as Jake

Mermaids (1990)
as Joe

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
as Al Carver

Vision Quest (1985)
as Kuch

Where is Michael Schoeffling now? Wiki Bio

Michael Earl Schoeffling was born in Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania, USA, on 10 December 1960, so under the zodiac sign of Sagittarius and holding American nationality – he’s popular for his former career as an actor and a model, but hea been inactive for more than 25 years now. Since he quit acting, he’s been producing his own furniture, and is the owner of a woodworking store.

Early life and education

Michael spent only part of his childhood in Wilkes-Barre, as his parents moved to South Jersey not long after he was born – he hasn’t shared much about his parents as he’s always appreciated their privacy, and although he hasn’t mentioned having any siblings, it is known that Michael has a younger brother named Matt, and an older brother Tom.

He grew up being interested in acting, as he spent hours in front of his TV watching movies and series – his parents were happy about their son’s interest, but didn’t expect him to become a popular actor. Michael attended and matriculated from Cherokee High School located in New Jersey, and then enrolled at Temple University in Philadelphia, from which he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts.

Career of an actor and a model

Michael’s modelling career was launched around 1984, when he began posing for “GQ” men’s magazine, and as he worked with the photographer Bruce Webber, who was also his friend, amazed by his interest in films, Bruce decided to pay for Michael’s acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute located in Manhattan, New York.

Michael’s acting career was launched in 1984 when he won the role of Jake Ryan in the “Sixteen Candles” coming-of-age comedy movie. This movie helped him gain recognition, and he went on to appear in “Racing with the Moon” movie in 1984, as well as “Sylvester” and “Vision Quest” movies shot in 1985. Praised for his performances, Michael won roles in 1986 in “Let’s Get Harry” and “Belizaire the Cajun”, and then took a break from acting until 1989, when he appeared in the movies “Longtime Companion” and “Slaves of New York”.

He played Joe Perretti in the “Mermaids” movie in 1990 and Al Carver in “Wild Heart Can’t Be Broken” in 1991, which turned out to be his last role. The reason behind Michael’s retirement from acting was the lack of roles, and as his family was growing, acting didn’t provide him with enough money to financially support his wife and their children.

Michael was also an excellent wrestler, who competed in and won numerous bouts both national and international.

He won a gold medal for the US in freestyle wrestling at a competition held in Munich, West Germany in 1978.

Since retiring from acting, Michael has been running his own woodworking shop, and is said to be very good at handcrafting furniture.

Love life and wife

While he was still part of the film industry, Michael was very secretive, and preferred to keep his personal matters to himself, therefore, not much is known about his love life. He married his long-term girlfriend Valerie C. Robinson in the mid-1980s – the exact date of their wedding isn’t known.

Valerie is an actress as well as a model, and the two met while they were both working as models for the “Zoli” agency – the people who were there when the two met for the first time have described their meeting as if they’d already known each other for years, that the two were an instant match. Michael and Valerie are parents to two children named Scarlet and Zane, and are seemingly living a happy life together in Newfoundland in Pennsylvania – there have been no rumors or controversies surrounding their marriage throughout the years.

Michael hasn’t talked about any other women, he might have dated before Valerie, as he wouldn’t want to make his wife jealous.

Interests and likes

Michael was mostly focused on his acting career back in the day, but there are numerous other things he enjoyed doing and was good at. Michael was very passionate about travelling before he launched his acting career – as he did not know for sure what he wanted to do, he travelled around Europe for a year and a half. Once he returned to the US, he began working as a model which made it possible for him to continue traveling around the world, attending photo-shoots in some of the most attractive locations on the globe.

He’s been very fond of music since he was still a child, and his favorite genres today are jazz and blues, while he grew up listening to rock – Michael believes that the true rock music was playing while he was growing up, as he’s not much of a fan of today’s rock scene.

Michael and his wife are both lovers of animals, and they had two dogs who grew-up alongside their children.

Appearance and net worth

Michael has short brown hair and blue eyes, and is 6ft (1.83m) tall, while his weight is not known.

According to authoritative sources, Michael’s net worth when he quit acting was estimated to be more than $150,000, while it’s today said to be more than $300,000, mostly thanks to the profitability of his woodworking shop.

Social media presence

Michael doesn’t seem to be interested in the new era in which most people are focused on being active on all the popular social media networks – Michael doesn’t have a Twitter nor an Instagram account, while there is only a Facebook page of him which currently counts more than 8,200 people following him.