Ingo Rademacher

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Ingo Rademacher
Born (1971-04-22) 22 April 1971 (age 53)
Iserlohn, West Germany
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Ehiku Rademacher
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(m. 2009)​
Children3

Ingo Rademacher (born 22 April 1971) is a German-Australian television actor best known for his role of Jasper "Jax" Jacks on the American daytime soap opera General Hospital , which he played in multiple stints from 1996 to 2021. 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.

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Career

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. That same year, he also had a recurring role as Robert Coughlin on Hawaii Five-0 .

Rademacher was a contestant on the 16th season of Dancing with the Stars and was partnered with two-time champion Kym Johnson. [1] [2]

In September 2017, it was announced that Rademacher had joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful in the role of Thorne Forrester. [3] He made his first appearance on 27 November 2017. [4] In December 2018, Rademacher announced he had chosen to not renew his deal with the soap and would vacate the role. [5]

On 14 February 2019, he announced he was returning to General Hospital. [6] On 8 November 2021, it was reported Rademacher would be leaving General Hospital after refusing to comply with the production's vaccine mandate, [7] [8] and the following month he announced he was suing ABC over its vaccine mandate. [9] In June 2023, a Los Angeles judge ruled in favour of ABC. [10]

Personal life

Rademacher previously dated then-General Hospital co-star Rebecca Herbst in the late 1990s. [11] In 2008, Rademacher and his then girlfriend Ehiku had a son. In 2009, Rademacher and Ehiku married, and they had another son together, born in 2012. In February 2021, he announced the couple were expecting their third child. [12] In June 2021, Rademacher and Ehiku welcomed a daughter. [13]

Rademacher and his wife Ehiku own Mahiku, an activewear store in Hawaii. [14]

Other

Rademacher sat on the board of Heal the Bay, a Santa Monica-based environmental organization.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleOther notes
1993–94 Paradise Beach Sean HaydenUnknown episodes
1995 Echo Point UnknownUnknown episodes
1996–2013
2016–17
2019–2021		 General Hospital Jasper Jacks Series regular
1996 Clueless Kip KillmoreEpisode: "Kiss Me Kip"
1997 Veronica's Closet RegEpisode: Pilot
2000–01 Titans David O'Connor11 episodes
2003 Intimate Portrait HimselfEpisode: "Vanessa Marcil"
2004 According to Jim TedEpisodes: "When You Wish to Be a Star: Parts 1 & 2"
20041 Day With...HimselfEpisode #1.1
2011 Hawaii Five-0 Malcolm SchaferEpisode: "Kiʻilua (Deceiver)"
2012 Alex Cross Officer SacksFilm
2013 Dancing with the Stars HimselfContestant on season 16 (5th place)
2016 Hawaii Five-0 Robert Coughlin3 episodes
2017–19 The Bold and the Beautiful Thorne Forrester Series regular
Role from: 27 November 2017 to 14 February 2019
2017A Royal Christmas BallKing Charles of BaltamiaFilm
2017–18 Counterpart Friedrich2 episodes

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