Jo Weil

Birth Name: Johannes Hermann Bruno Anton Weil

Height: 184 cm

Jo was born August 29, 1977 in Frankfurt, Germany. As soon as he realized that acting was his future, he enrolled in drama workshops and classes in order to prepare for his future in theatre and telev ...Show More

Jo was born August 29, 1977 in Frankfurt, Germany. As soon as he realized that acting was his future, he enrolled in drama workshops and classes in order to prepare for his future in theatre and television.Throughout 1998 through 2006, Jo studied in play workshops, Arturo Drama School and enrolled in private acting lessons for 2 years in Cologne.While maintaining his drama studies, Jo was able to hone his craft with hands on experience. Beginning in 1998, Jo was able to support himself with his dream.One of Jo's first television roles began on ARD's "Verbotene Liebe", a very popular German Soap Opera. Jo played the popular "Oliver Sabel", a role that he would portray throughout 2002, leave - only to return and reprise, five years later and continue to play until present day (2009).From 2002 - 2004, Jo portrayed the character of Florian Lenz in the television series, "Medicopter 117". Jo's acting experience is also in the theatre, his latest being the role of "Enrico" in the 2008 production of "Ganze Kerle" held in Dusseldorf.As of February 2009, as mentioned above, Jo can be seen daily, as Oliver Sabel, in "Verbotene Liebe" (Forbidden Love), on German television. It is on VL, that Jo has acquired a huge fan base for his portrayal of one-half of the beloved couple, "Christian and Oliver". Hide