Brandon Barash

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Brandon Barash
Born
Brandon Joseph Barash

(1979-10-04) October 4, 1979 (age 44)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
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(m. 2022)​
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Brandon Joseph Barash (born October 4, 1979) is an American actor known for playing the role of Johnny Zacchara on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital .

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From 2002 to 2004, Barash played Jamie, Paris Geller's boyfriend, in multiple episodes of The WB drama series Gilmore Girls . [1]

Barash first appeared in the contract role of Johnny Zacchara on the ABC soap opera General Hospital in September 2007, [2] [3] and left in March 2013. [4] He returned for several short stints from 2014 to 2016. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

In 2015, Barash played Melrose Place actor Thomas Calabro in the Lifetime TV film The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story . [10] He appeared in the recurring role of Detective Robby Oderno in multiple episodes of the TNT police procedural Major Crimes from 2014 to 2016. [11] [12] [13] In 2017, Barash played Ernest Hemingway in the episode "The Lost Generation" of the NBC time travel TV series Timeless . [14] In March 2019, Barash joined the cast of Days of Our Lives , replacing Tyler Christopher in the role of Stefan DiMera. He also played Jake Lambert on the soap.

Barash has also played in the rock group "Port Chuck" along with his former General Hospital co-stars Steve Burton, Scott Reeves, and Bradford Anderson. [15] [16]

Personal life

Barash was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and is the son of Jerry L. Barash, President and CEO of Sysco Food Services of Ventura and his first wife Susan Gale. He has one brother, Jordan B. Barash, and one younger half-sister, Alison L. Barash. His family is Jewish. [17] He graduated from Memorial High School, Houston, Texas in 1998.[ citation needed ]

In August 2013, Barash and his former General Hospital co-star Kirsten Storms told People that they had secretly wed in June, and were expecting their first child, a girl, in January 2014. [18] In January 2014, Barash confirmed on Twitter that Storms had given birth to a baby girl. [19] In April 2016, the couple announced that they had filed for divorce. [20]

Filmography

YearProjectRoleNotes
2002–2004 Gilmore Girls Jamie3 episodes [1]
2003 Threat Matrix Marine #1Episode: "Doctor Germ"
2003 The West Wing BretEpisode: "The Shutdown"
2005 24 CTU Tech BrandonEpisodes: "Day 4: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.", "Day 4: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m."
2005Crash LandingRogerFilm
2005 Intellectual Property Jenny's BoyfriendFilm
2006 NCIS Derrick PaulsonEpisode: "Escaped"
2007Ten Inch HeroStudFilm
2007 Tell Me You Love Me FrankEpisode 1.3
2007–2016 General Hospital Johnny Zacchara Series regular [2] [3] [9]
2010 The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon HimselfCo-Host
2013 Bones StormEpisode: "The Party in the Pants"
2014–2016 Major Crimes Detective Robby OdernoRecurring role, 5 episodes [11] [12] [13]
2015 The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story Thomas Calabro Television film [10]
2017 Timeless Ernest Hemingway Episode: "The Lost Generation" [14]
2017Cradle SwappingRayTelevision film
2017 Scorpion King Phillip/ChadEpisode: "Faire is Foul"
2018 The Last Ship PabloEpisode: "Fog of War"
2019–2020, 2022–present Days of Our Lives Stefan DiMera Series Regular (March 22 to October 24, 2019; August 2, 2022 to present); Guest appearance (May 4, 2020)
2020–2022Jake DiMeraRecurring role (April 23 to October 13, 2020); Series regular (October 20, 2020 to August 2, 2022)

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