The Joe Lando Web Page - Joe Lando Filmography

Biographical Information

Birthday: December 9, 1961
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois
Birth Name: Joseph Lando

Joe Lando was born on December 9, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois. The youngest of two children, Joe grew up in Prairie View, Illinois and attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School, where he dated Alison La Placa (The John Larroquette Show). Joe moved to LA when he was 18 and worked as a chef before his first big acting break came in 1990 when he was cast as Jake Harrison on One Life To Live. That job led to his most famous role to date as Byron Sully, the enigmatic mountain man on the long running series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, from 1993 to 1998. Joe, in 2000, appeared in Higher Ground, in which he was not only the star, but also the executive co-producer for the series. He then costarred with Rob Estes in an original TBS movie called Counterstrike, which premiered on March 2, 2003. He was the star of Killer Flood, seen on Pax TV Friday, April 25, 2003 and the hero and star of Devil Winds, also seen on Pax TV on November 1, 2003. Joe's film Combustion was released on DVD in the US in September of 2004 and aired on the Lifetime Network in 2004 as Silent Killer. Joe guest starred on Summerland, on the WB Network in the summer of 2004 and on Missing in January of 2005, on Lifetime. His next movie, Bloodsuckers sizzled on the Sci-Fi Channel July 30, 2005, just two days before his first of seven appearances on the ABC Family drama Wildfire, where he played Pete Ritter. The Story of Abby Lord was shown on the Lifetime Network as Engaged to Kill on April 24, 2006, in which joe starred as Robert Lord. He filmed another movie for Sci-Fi, called Shock Wave, which aired on the SciFi Channel as A.I. Assault.

Joe married Kirsten Barlow at the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, on May 24, 1997, and they have three sons, Jack Neville, born June 3, 1998, Christian Antonio, born July 7, 2001, and William Joseph, born July 20, 2007. They also have a little girl named Kate Elizabeth, born April 3, 2003

2009 and 2010 are proving to be big stepping stones for Joe's career. He appeared in the NCIS 150th episode Jan 12, 2010, and has a recurring role on Melrose Place beginning March 30, 2010. He also has the starring role in the film METEOR APOCOLYPSE, now available on DVD and soon will be shown on the SyFy Channel.

Professional Achievements

Voted 12th in cyberspace's "People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People of 1997" poll.

He won the Family Film Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Series in 1996, for his role of Byron Sully in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.

Joe Lando was named one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1993.

Joe also won the following:

The Silver Otto by the German magazine Bravo as the second most popular actor on T.V. (1996)

The Bronze Otto by the German magazine Bravo as the third most popular actor on T.V. (1995)

Winner of Canadian TVG "Most Popular Male Actor" - 1995 (Joe's name was not on the list of choices for this award in 1996 or he probably would have won again).

Winner of Canadian TVG "Most Popular Male Actor" - 1994

Winner of Canadian TVG "Most Popular Male Actor" - 1993

Crew Credits

Higher Ground (2000) - Executive Producer
Crime Defense (1997) - Executive Producer

Acting Appearances

Starring Roles

Higher Ground (2000) - Peter Scarbrow
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) - Byron Sully (1993-1998)
One Life to Live (1968) - Jake Harrison (1990-1992)
Guiding Light (1952) - Macauley West (1993)

Guest Starring Roles

Melrose Place - Morgan's father (4/13/10) - Wilshire - (2010)
Melrose Place - Morgan's father (03/30/10) - Santa Fe - (2010)
NCIS - Flight Instructor Rob Clark (150th Episode-01/12/10 ) - Flesh & Blood -(2010)
Wildfire - Pete Ritter (ex-husband) (03/06/06) - Fear - (2006)
Wildfire - Pete Ritter (ex-husband) (02/06/06) - Nothing Takes the Past Away Like the Future- (2006)
Wildfire - Pete Ritter (ex-husband) (01/16/06) - A Good Convict is Hard to Find - (2006)
Wildfire - Pete Ritter (ex-husband) (01/09/06) - Opportunity Knocks - (2006)
Wildfire - Pete Ritter (ex-husband) (01/02/06) - Try it Without the Porsche - (2006)
Wildfire - Pete Ritter (ex-husband) (09/12/05) - Loyalty - (2005)
Wildfire - Pete Ritter (ex-husband) (08/01/05) - Lost & Found (2005)
Missing - SAIC Tobias Burke (01/09/05) - John Doe (2005)
Summerland - Tyler "Driftwood Guy" - (08/03/04) - Life In A Fishbowl (2004)
Tracy Takes On - Himself - February (1998)
JAG - Christopher Ragle (11/10/98) - People v. Mac (1998)
JAG - Christopher Ragle (11/17/98) - Mr. Rabb Goes to Washington (1998)
Alien Nation - Rick Shaw- The Enemy Within (1997)
The John Larroquette Show - Todd (09/20/96) - The Train Wreck (1996)
The Nanny - Himself (11/27/95) - The Unkindest Gift (1995)
Beauty and the Beast - thug (01/30/90) - Beggar's Comet (1990)
Nightingales - Handyman - (1989)

Movie/Mini-Series/Special Roles

Meteor Apocalypse (02/23/2010) - David Dematti
The Story of Abby Lord a/k/a Engaged to Kill (04/24/2006) - Robert Lord
A.I. Assault a/k/a Shock Wave (05/06/2006) - Major Richard Tunney
Vampire Wars a/k/a Bloodsuckers (07/30/2005) - Captain Nicholas Churchill
Combustion a/k/a Silent Killer (2004) - Scott Daniels
Devil Winds (2003) - Peter Jensen
Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke (2003) - David Powell
The Adventures of Cinderella's Daughter - King Gregory (2002)
Attack on the Queen a/k/a Counterstrike - Vince Kellogg (2002)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (05/12/2001) - Byron Sully
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie (Revolutions) (05/22/1999) - Byron Sully
Blindness - Patrick Linton (1999)
No Code of Conduct (1998) - Willdog
Any Place But Home (1997) - Lucas Dempsey
Seeds of Doubt - Raymond Crawford (1996)
Shadows of Desire a/k/a The Devil's Bed - Sonny Snow (1994)
I Love You to Death (1990) - Pizza Guy
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - Shore Patrolman