Acting Career
Wagner first appeared on the scene in 1982 in the role of Clint Masterson in Douglas Marland's short-lived cable soap opera, A New Day In Eden (co-produced by Susan Flannery, who would later be Wagner's co-star on The Bold and the Beautiful).
His most famous role has been Frisco Jones on the soap opera General Hospital (1983–1988, 1989–1991, 1994–95). He was half of a supercouple with Kristina Wagner's Felicia and played the father of Georgie and Maxie Jones. He played Warren Lockridge on Santa Barbara (1991–93).
He appeared in several made for television films including Moving Target with Jason Bateman, Lady Killer with Judith Light, Frequent Flyer with Joan Severance, Nicole Eggert and Shelley Hack, and Dirty Little Secret opposite Tracey Gold.
He appeared for many years on the nighttime soap opera Melrose Place as Dr. Peter Burns (1994–1999), and directed episodes as well. From 2003-2012 he has played Nick Marone on the CBS daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful. He appeared in the NBC television series Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000, and in Sunset Beach in 1997.
In 1985, Wagner was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Best Younger Actor" for his work on General Hospital, but he lost to Brian Bloom from As the World Turns. He was nominated again in 2005 for "Best Lead Actor" for The Bold and the Beautiful, but lost to Christian LeBlanc from The Young and the Restless.
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