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).
Lando as Sully on the set of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman in 1998Lando at a meeting with fans in 2000Lando in April 2012
His first acting role was as a patrolman in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. He received attention for his role as Jake Harrison in the soap operaOne Life to Live, and went on to co-star in the popular drama Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Michaela Quinn's love interest, Byron Sully.[2] He also appeared in the television series Guiding Light[3] and starred in Higher Ground, for which he also served as executive producer.[4] He had a small part in the series Summerland, and appeared in eight episodes of the TV series The Secret Circle as John Blackwell, the father of the main character. In 2014 he joined several Dr. Quinn castmates as they all reprised their roles for the "Funny or Die" parody Dr. Quinn, Morphine Woman.
He has appeared in various feature films, including Seeds of Doubt (1996) and No Code of Conduct (1998). He reunited with Dr. Quinn costar, Jane Seymour, in 2011 for Hallmark Channel's Perfectly Prudence, and again in 2022 for Lifetime's A Christmas Spark.
He was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World for 1993.[5]
He and his wife, Kirsten, have been married since 1997 and have four children.
