Wolfgang Bahro (born 18 September 1960) is a German actor of
television, stage, and film. He also works as a voice actor. Bahro has
been best known for his role as Jo Gerner on the popular soap opera
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten.Bahro started his acting career at a
young age. He debuted in the 1978 film Verführungen by Michael
Verhoeven. Bahro finished school and started studying Psychology and
Theater at the Free University of Berlin. However his passion for his
acting work didn't get along with the busy schedule and Bahro quit
college after six out of eight semesters. Instead he received a
professional acting education at an acting school of Prof. Erika
Dannhoff. In 1981, Bahro gave his stage debut in the play Der wahre
Jakob. In 1988, he became part of the Didi-Show, a program by Dieter
Hallervorden.In retrospective, Bahro admits that the early episodes of
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten would be hard to look at in terms of
quality. He joined the show only months after its premiere and was
mainly introduced to boost the ratings. The soap opera later became a
pop-culture phenomenon with a serial killer storyline and a popular
set of twenty-somethings. The soap opera reached its rating high with
more than seven million viewers watching the explosion of Daniel's Bar
in 2002. At this point, Bahro and his role as the egoistic,
power-hungry attorney Jo Gerner became the identification of the show.
Over the years, Gerner was compared to be the German J.R. Ewing. In
the beginning, Bahro wasn't sure about joining the show and for how
long he could do this. Later he became much more appreciative of the
role and as said in a 2013 interview with the tabloid paper Bild,
can't imagine to quit any time soon. Bahro also played the role of Jo
Gerner as part of a crossover with fellow soap opera Alles was zählt
in 2013.
television, stage, and film. He also works as a voice actor. Bahro has
been best known for his role as Jo Gerner on the popular soap opera
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten.Bahro started his acting career at a
young age. He debuted in the 1978 film Verführungen by Michael
Verhoeven. Bahro finished school and started studying Psychology and
Theater at the Free University of Berlin. However his passion for his
acting work didn't get along with the busy schedule and Bahro quit
college after six out of eight semesters. Instead he received a
professional acting education at an acting school of Prof. Erika
Dannhoff. In 1981, Bahro gave his stage debut in the play Der wahre
Jakob. In 1988, he became part of the Didi-Show, a program by Dieter
Hallervorden.In retrospective, Bahro admits that the early episodes of
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten would be hard to look at in terms of
quality. He joined the show only months after its premiere and was
mainly introduced to boost the ratings. The soap opera later became a
pop-culture phenomenon with a serial killer storyline and a popular
set of twenty-somethings. The soap opera reached its rating high with
more than seven million viewers watching the explosion of Daniel's Bar
in 2002. At this point, Bahro and his role as the egoistic,
power-hungry attorney Jo Gerner became the identification of the show.
Over the years, Gerner was compared to be the German J.R. Ewing. In
the beginning, Bahro wasn't sure about joining the show and for how
long he could do this. Later he became much more appreciative of the
role and as said in a 2013 interview with the tabloid paper Bild,
can't imagine to quit any time soon. Bahro also played the role of Jo
Gerner as part of a crossover with fellow soap opera Alles was zählt
in 2013.
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