Ingo Rademacher
Australian actor
Ingo Rademacher (born 22 April 1971) is a German-Australian television actor known for his roles of Sean Hayden on the Australian soap opera Paradise Beach, Jasper "Jax" Jacks on the American daytime soap opera General Hospital, which he played in multiple stints from 1996 to 2021, and Thorne Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. In 2012, he played Officer Sacks in the film Alex Cross. Rademacher placed 5th on the 16th season of Dancing with the Stars in 2013.
Career
Rademacher played Sean Hayden on the Australian soap opera Paradise Beach from 1993 until 1994. In July 1995, Rademacher filmed a guest role as Peter, a jeweller and friend of Holly Winton (played by Kimberley Davenport), in Echo Point.
General Hospital producer Wendy Riche saw his (unsuccessful) audition tape for the soap opera The City and immediately cast him as suave tycoon Jasper "Jax" Jacks. a role he played from 1996 to 2013, and then on and off from 2016 to 2021. During a one-year break from General Hospital, Rademacher appeared on the short-lived 2000 primetime soap opera Titans. Jax reappeared on General Hospital on 23 August 2012. He returned to the show for a several-week-long story arc in 2016.
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