I have had the auditioning process go on for two weeks or three weeks. I am always incredibly anxious. The audition and the wait is definitely the hardest part for me.

He has also appeared in the television series The Guiding Light and Higher Ground; the latter he executive produced. He currently stars as the father of the main character (Cassie Blake) as John Blackwell in the TV series The Secret Circle. Originally working as a cook in a Hollywood restaurant while taking acting lessons his first acting role was as a patrolman in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Joseph John Lando (born December 9 1961 in Prairie View Illinois) is an American actor most recognizable for playing Byron Sully on the TV series Dr. He currently stars as the father of the main character (Cassie Blake) as John Blackwell in the TV series The Secret Circle. Lando married his wife Kirsten Barlow on May 24 1997.