Worked as a tour guide at Universal Studios in Los Angeles before making his TV-series debut in 1982 on the soap A New Day in Eden
Hit No
2 on the Billboard pop chart in 1985 with "All I Need," which his General Hospital character, cop-rocker Frisco Jones, had sung to his love interest, Tania
Appeared on Broadway in 2000 in the musical Jekyll & Hyde
Hosted a 2002 ESPN series, Off Course with Jack Wagner, in which he interviewed celebrities while playing an 18-hole round of golf
After taking a few years off from soaps, joined the cast of the Bold and the Beautiful as Dominick Payne Marone in 2003
Aspired to be a pro golfer in his youth, and has won numerous tournaments as a member of the Celebrity Players Tour
Has put in guest appearances on a variety of prime-time series, including Touched by an Angel, Monk and Hot in Cleveland