Jack Wagner

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Biography

He was also considered one of the best non-professional golfers on the competition circuit, having won the prestigious American Century Club Celebrity Golf Championship in 2006. The blue-eyed charmer first hit overnight stardom in 1983 when he joined the most popular daytime soap, "General Hospital" (ABC, 1963- ) as singer-secret agent Frisco Jones and at the same time, scored a No. 2 pop hit with "All I Need," a song borrowed from the show. …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Other

Born

Peter John Wagner on October 3, 1959 in Washington, Missouri, USA

Career Milestones

Born and raised in Missouri

Worked as tour guide at Universal Studios

1982

Appeared on cable soap "A New Day in Eden" (Showtime)

1982

Moved to Los Angeles

1983

Cast as Frisco Jones on ABC daytime soap "General Hospital"

1985

Released hit record "All I Need"

1988

Primetime TV-movie debut, "Moving Target" (NBC)

1992

Joined cast of NBC soap opera "Santa Barbara" in role of Warren Lockridge

1994

Joined cast of nighttime soap "Melrose Place" (Fox) as Dr. Peter Burns; made directorial debut in 1998

2000

Broadway debut, as the star of the musical "Jekyll and Hyde"

2000

Returned to series TV as co-star of NBC's "Titans," produced by Aaron Spelling

2003

Joined the cast of daytime soap "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS)

2006

Became first non-professional athlete to win the American Century Celebrity Golf Classic; repeated as champion in 2011

2007

Hosted the reality competition series "Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants" (The CW)

2012

Competed on the 14th season of "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC)

2012

Guest starred on the sitcom "Hot in Cleveland" (TV Land)

Awards

2004

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in The Bold and the Beautiful