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Brandon Barash
Brandon Joseph Barash (born October 4, 1979) is an American actor known for playing the role of Johnny Zacchara on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital. From 2002 to 2004, Barash played Jamie, Paris Geller's boyfriend, in multiple episodes of The WB drama series Gilmore Girls. Barash first appeared in the contract role of Johnny Zacchara on the ABC soap opera General Hospital in September 2007, and left in March 2013. He returned for several short stints from 2014 to 2016. In 2015, Barash played Melrose Place actor Thomas Calabro in the Lifetime TV film The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story. He appeared in the recurring role of Detective Robby Oderno in multiple episodes of the TNT police procedural Major Crimes from 2014 to 2016. In 2017, Barash played Ernest Hemingway in the episode "The Lost Generation" of the NBC time travel TV series Timeless. In March 2019, Barash joined the cast of Days of Our Lives, replacing Tyler Christopher in the role of Stefan DiMera. Barash has also played in the rock group "Port Chuck" along with his former General Hospital co-stars Steve Burton, Scott Reeves, and Bradford Anderson.
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1979-10-04
Birth Place
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Kirsten_Storms
Children
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Days of Our Lives’ Brandon Barash Shares the Heartbreaking Loss of His Four-Legged Family Member: ‘Our Hearts Are Shattered Yet Full’

“See you in another life,” he told his beloved dog. “Today’s a tough one,” Brandon Barash admitted on Instagram on May 5. “Our hearts are shattered yet full. The house is quieter yet imbued with lingering long-lasting love. Our tears are abundant yet grateful. Schmuli moved on and has left legend status in his wake.”
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Watch Days of Our Lives’ Brandon Barash and Daughter Harper Perform a Duet That’s Taylor Swift-Made for Them

This talented daddy/daughter duo is looking to name their “band.” Can you help them out?. Days of Our Lives star Brandon Barash (Jake) may be involved in non-stop drama when he’s playing his alter-ego onscreen, but at home things are a little more chill. Barash is an involved and terrific dad to daughter Harper, and to prove it, he dug out his acoustic guitar and tuned up to jam on a pop song that not every father would be willing to croon!
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Days of Our Lives’ Brandon Barash Drops a Series of Beautiful Photos to Pay Tribute to His Mom On Her Birthday

“Love you,” wrote the actor, “to infinity and beyond.”. Looking at the photos that Brandon Barash shared on April 17, we couldn’t believe that his mother was turning 70, either. “Seventy (?!) has never looked so good,” began his message, which was accompanied by a series of lovely photos of Mom with him, fiancée Isabella Devoto and Harper, his 8-year-old daughter with former wife Kirsten Storms (Maxie, General Hospital).
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Kirsten Storms Opens up About Her Relationship With Brandon Barash

Although they broke up back in 2016, GENERAL HOSPITAL star Kirsten Storms (Maxie) and Brandon Barash (Jake, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) have remained friends and done an amazing job co-parenting their daughter, Harper. During a recent chat with co-star Maurice Benard (Sonny) in his State of Mind web series, the actress revealed that the reason behind their split was definitely not that there was another woman! “Someone mentioned to me that there was an online rumor about that,” Storms smiled before declaring with a laugh: “I would not be talking to him now if he had cheated on me. I promise that!”
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General Hospital’s Kirsten Storms Opens Up About Her Split From Days of Our Lives’ Brandon Barash: ‘We Didn’t Have a Betrayal of Any Sort Like That… ’

Matters of the heart were front and center in the latest State of Mind. There’s a segment of the fandom that wants to imagine a lot of drama in the way that former General Hospital co-stars — and former marrieds — Kirsten Storms (Maxie) and Brandon Barash (ex-Johnny) coparent daughter Harper. But “we’re homies,” Storms said during the April 3 episode of castmate Maurice Benard’s State of Mind vlog. “What’s the most helpful to our situation is, Brandon and I were friends for seven years before we got together.”
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General Hospital’s Kirsten Storms Drops Super-Sweet Pics of Days of Our Lives’ Brandon Barash and Harper at Their ‘Daddy/Daughter Dance Pre-Party’

“But those damn charcuterie boards could not have been an original idea.”. Kirsten Storms didn’t caption the first of the photos that she dropped on March 25 “Aww,” she might as well have. It was certainly what we said when we saw the picture of the General Hospital star’s ex-husband, Days of Our Lives‘ Brandon Barash, slipping a corsage on the wrist of their daughter, Harper, 8.
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Brandon Barash Is Engaged to Isabella Devoto!

Please join us in congratulating Brandon Barash (Jake, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Johnny, GENERAL HOSPITAL), who is engaged to his girlfriend, Isabella Devoto! “How was your weekend?” The actor captioned a video of the joyous moment on Instagram, urging fans to “Watch till the end!”. The video...
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Brandon Barash Reveals Covid Diagnosis

On Instagram, Brandon Barash (Jake, DAYS) reported that he was celebrating recovering from Covid 19. “I don’t always have Covid19, but when I beat it, I drink Springbank 18,” he posted, with a glass in his hand. “Stay healthy my friends.”
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