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Joe Lando
Lando in February 2017
Born	Joseph John Lando (1961-12-09) December 9, 1961 (age 63) Prairie View, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Kirsten Barlow ​(m. 1997)​
Children	4

Joseph John Lando (born December 9, 1961) is an American actor, known for playing Jake Harrison on daytime's One Life to Live (1990–1992) and Byron Sully on the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998).

Life and career

Lando attended Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

His first acting role was as a patrolman in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. He received attention for his role as Jake Harrison in the soap opera One Life to Live, and went on to co-star in the popular drama Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Michaela Quinn's love interest, Byron Sully. He also appeared in the television series Guiding Light and starred in Higher Ground, for which he also served as executive producer. He had a small part in the series Summerland, and appeared in eight episodes of the TV series The Secret Circle as John Blackwell, the father of the main character. In 2014 he joined several Dr. Quinn castmates as they all reprised their roles for the "Funny or Die" parody Dr. Quinn, Morphine Woman.

He has appeared in various feature films, including Seeds of Doubt (1996) and No Code of Conduct (1998). He reunited with Dr. Quinn costar, Jane Seymour, in 2011 for Hallmark Channel's Perfectly Prudence, and again in 2022 for Lifetime's A Christmas Spark.

He was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World for 1993.

He and his wife, Kirsten, have been married since 1997 and have four children.

Filmography

References

1. Nenni, Pete. "Stevenson grads make a name for themselves in television roles", Daily Herald (Arlington Heights), May 13, 2003. Accessed January 20, 2008. Archived March 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. 5000 Episodes And No Commercials, The Ultimate Guide to TV Shows on DVD in 2007, Pg 85
3. Catoosa County News Plus, July 14, 1993
4. Canadian Television Made for the United States Market, by Marsha Ann Tate, McFarland 2007, Pg 206
5. (1993, May 3) Joe Lando, People Magazine, Vol. 39, No. 17, p. 124

External links

• Joe Lando on IMDb
• Joe Lando on Instagram (official Instagram account)

• 1961 births
• 20th-century American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors
• Male actors from Illinois
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• American male soap opera actors
• American people of Italian descent
• American people of Polish descent
• American people of Russian descent
• Living people
• People from Lake County, Illinois