Jasper Jacks (Ingo Rademacher) Bio - General Hospital

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Jasper Jacks

INGO RADEMACHER

Came to town: 1996
Marital Status: Married to Carly Corinthos Jacks
Occupation: Entrepreneur

CHARACTER BIO

Jasper "Jax" Jacks is no stranger to sweeping women off their feet. This good looking Aussie loves travel, adventure, and money, but had a hard time finding the right woman to share it with him. Now the person he once hated most turned out to be his ideal partner. Funny how life works.

The Good

Protected Brenda Barrett from the abusive Luis Alcazar, and was shot and left paralyzed in the process
Confessed to the murder of Luis Alcazar so that Brenda would not be prosecuted for the crime
Won Carly back after he left Port Charles and broke their engagement

The Bad and the Ugly

Left Brenda at the altar when he suspected she was still in love with Sonny Corinthos
Fixed the paternity test of Courtney's child so that it would appear he was the biological father, and not Nikolas Cassadine
Left Port Charles in pursuit of his brother Jerry, and came back to learn that his fiancée Carly had married and slept with her ex-husband Sonny

Friends

Alexis Davis: Friend
Kate Howard: Friend
Michael Corinthos: Stepson
Olivia Falconeri: Employee

Foes

Sonny Corinthos: Enemy
Nikolas Cassadine: Enemy

Love Interests

Carly Corinthos Jacks

ACTOR BIO

Ingo Rademacher first aired as Jasper "Jax" Jacks on General Hospital in January 1996. He returned to the show in July 2001 after a year-long break. During his year off he starred in the primetime television series Titans.

Mr. Rademacher embodies the spirit of Jax, having lived on three continents, excelled in several professional sports and carved out careers in areas as diverse as farming, ranching, modeling and television. "Jax has a 'why not?' attitude that is very similar to my own," Mr. Rademacher remarks. "My parents saw things and places that interested them, went for it, and then moved on. I inherited their spirit of adventure which has landed me here in Port Charles," he jokes.

Born in the small village of Iserlohn-Letmathe, West Germany, Mr. Rademacher lived on the European continent until his parents moved to New South Wales, Australia, when he was ten. He and his sister, Anne, helped his parents work a 400-acre cattle and Angora goat station there. "I played rugby and worked the ranch," he says. "We didn't have a television for three-and-a-half years there." In 1984 the family took up vegetable farming in Queensland, where Ingo drove tractors and did other necessary jobs while attending high school.

After graduation Mr. Rademacher moved to the metropolis of Sydney, where he found work as a model. He was cast as the lead character, Sean Hayden, in the popular primetime series Paradise Beach. The series aired for two years, at which point he moved to Los Angeles in 1994.

As an athlete, Mr. Rademacher has amassed an extraordinary list of accomplishments. He was a West German ski champion at the age of eight. He was a professional equestrian in jumping, dressage and cross country from ages ten to fourteen. In Australia he was a professional beach volleyball player and an Ironman triathlete.

The beach life of Southern California presently fulfills Mr. Rademacher's spare time -- he surfs, trains for ocean Ironman races, and mountain bikes in the Santa Monica mountains. Mr. Rademacher is single and lives in the Los Angeles area.