Early on, while trying to keep food on the table and a roof over his head in NYC, John-Paul was in an infomercial for a brand of make-up wipes, a fashion video for Wal-Mart, a commercial for TIme Warner Cable, posed for a romance novel cover, did a print ad for Timex watches, had a small print job for Cosmopolitan magazine, and did a print ad for Philips light bulbs. He also helped out a Japanese suit maker once by being their "fit model."
His top 10 favorite movies are "Arthur," "Rosemary's Baby," "The Thing," "Alien," "Shaun of the Dead," "Dog Day Afternoon" "Glengarry Glen Ross,"Goodfellas," "Sideways," and "Manglehorn.".