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My Take
For me, Joe Lando will always be Byron Sully from Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and that's no small thing. He built his footing in daytime on One Life to Live, then found the role that lodged him permanently in households across the 90s with that quiet, frontier-rugged charm. What I appreciate now is that he didn't coast on it; moving into producing shows an actor curious about the other side of the camera. There's a particular kind of luck and craft in landing one role audiences never let go of, and Lando seems to wear it well. A steady, enduring presence worth remembering.
Overview
Joseph John Lando (born December 9, 1961) is an American actor, known for playing Jake Harrison on daytime's One Life to Live (1990–1992) and Byron Sully on the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joe Lando
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョー・ランドー
- Reading
- じょー・らんどー
- Born
- December 9, 1961 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Ox
- Origin
- Prairie View, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Stevenson High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.