There has been no official announcement from ABC yet. On November 8, , it was confirmed that Rademacher has been let go from the show.
Corporate raider Jasper "Jax" Jacks is born in Australia, though his family eventually moves to Alaska. As a young man, he marries Miranda Jacks, who appears to die in an explosion. Despite Lois' happy marriage to Ned Ashton , Jax pursues her romantically. To keep Jax occupied, Lois introduces him to her best friend Brenda Barrett who uses Jax to make her mobster ex-boyfriend Sonny Corinthos jealous.
Despite her love for Sonny, Brenda develops feelings for Jax, and the two eventually wed on his private yacht. When the two decide to renew their vows, Sonny interrupts the ceremony by bringing in Miranda, who revealed her death had been faked to hide scars she suffered in the explosion.
Jax ultimately decides to move on with Brenda, who has become engaged to Sonny. Brenda, who has been battling an addiction to pain killers, is left at the altar by Sonny in an attempt to protect her from the dangers of mafia life, and Jax helps her recover from her eventual breakdown.
The two become engaged yet again, though Brenda appears to die when her mentally unstable mother drives their car over a cliff. Jax learns that his father and brother Jerry Jacks started the family empire with mafia money, and they lost all of their money. After winning money in Monte Carlo, he begins to rebuild his fortune and also meets fashion designer Chloe Morgan. Chloe is in danger of losing her design company and must be happily married to retain the seed money her eccentric uncle left her.
Originally planning to marry a now divorced Ned in Las Vegas, Chloe's aunt Gertrude objects and Jax marries his best friend Alexis Davis to help cover the ruse. He reunites the sisters, though Chloe refuses his advances when she learns he left her to pursue Brenda. Stavros Cassadine murders Chloe, who has become involved with Stefan, leaving Jax heartbroken.
Jax also goes into business with Carly Corinthos , Sonny's wife, opening a nightclub in an attempt to free her from the mafia lifestyle. Despite initially disliking Skye, Jax becomes attracted to her, and she, in turn, plays the damsel in distress to lure him to her. The two make love and are both concerned when AJ becomes involved with Sonny's sister Courtney Matthews.
The two briefly split, when Jax learns that Skye had been working with Edward behind his back, but they are able to overcome this obstacle and marry. Sam and Jax search for the Dead Man's Hand. The night of his wedding to Skye, Jax is shocked to see a very much alive Brenda in his cottage. Brenda explains that she faked her death, fearing that she suffered from the same fatal mental illness as her mother and that she had been taken in by arms dealer Luis Alcazar.
When she attempts to leave Luis, he shoots Jax, leaving him paralyzed. Depressed over his condition, Jax pushes Skye away and pretends to be in love with Brenda still. Skye learns that Brenda is not dying, and when Jax discovers that she is keeping this information from Brenda, he ends their marriage.
Overjoyed, he tells Brenda the truth, and the two become engaged again. Alcoholic Skye begins drinking again and also starts an affair with Luis.
When Luis is murdered, Skye implicates Brenda and mobster Jason Morgan , forcing Brenda and Jason to marry so they cannot be forced to testify against each other. Initially found guilty, Brenda is cleared of the charges when it is revealed that Alexis killed Luis, who was responsible for the death of Kristina, in order to protect her newborn daughter.
Once her marriage to Jason is annulled, Brenda and Jax prepare to wed, though Jax leaves her at the altar when he learns that she kissed Sonny the day of their wedding. Brenda leaves town, and Skye again pursues Jax. Unable to recapture their past love, Skye begs him to impregnate her, but Jax chooses to leave town again.
Jax returns to town in pursuit of a set of five cards called the Dead Man's Hand, allegedly held by Wild Bill Hickok the night he was killed. Jax's father had them for most of his life, and believed them to be responsible for is a success.
Upon losing them, his father lost the will to live, and as Jax searched he met a grifter named Sam McCall who was also searching for the cards in Port Charles.
Initially, at odds, the two become attracted to each other while simultaneously sabotaging each other's quest for the cards. After they become lovers, Sam distracts Jax who has regained possession of the Dead Man's Hand, and Jax is unable to return the cards to his father in time to prevent his death.
Jax blames her for his father's death, though he begins to suspect he is the father of Sam's unborn child. The relationship ends when Jax learns that his enemy Sonny is actually the father.
Jax and Carly continue their relationship, and eventually, become engaged. Their wedding is delayed several times, and Jax is forced to leave town to help his wayward brother Jerry. When Sonny shoots mobster Lorenzo Alcazar, Carly marries him to avoid testifying against him. Craig, the duo has sex, which Jax learns about.
Jax resolves to fight for Carly, and though initially torn, Carly chooses a life with Jax. When they return from their honeymoon, Jax learns that Mr. Craig is actually his brother Jerry with plastic surgery. Jerry sends Jax out of town, where Jax is kidnapped by Jerry's former lover Irina. She rapes Jax twice, though he is able to escape and return to his life with Carly.
Jax begins a new business venture with fashion editor Kate Howard , who Carly immediately dislikes. The two learn that Kate is actually Connie Falconeri, Sonny's high school girlfriend, and she begins dating Sonny. Young teen Michael, fearful of the violence that surrounds his family, purchases a gun and accidentally shoots Kate.
He runs away, leaving Carly, Jax, and Sonny fearful that he has been kidnapped by Anthony Zacchara, a mafia boss newly arrived in Port Charles. Adding to their stress, Carly and Jax learn that she is pregnant.
Michael returns to town, but he and Carly are injured in an explosion caused by Diego Alcazar in retaliation for the deaths his family suffered. Ric Lansing rescues Carly, who is suffering from hypothermia. In the hospital, Anthony's daughter Claudia threatens Carly and her family in an attempt to protect her brother Johnny from Sonny and his organization. The stress surrounding her family and her injuries suffered in the explosion cause Carly to lose her baby, though she and Jax vow to keep trying.
Claudia teamed with Jerry, orders associate Ian Devlin to kill Sonny. Devlin accidentally shoots Michael, leaving the boy in a permanent coma.
On the way to install Michael at a long term care facility, Carly seduces Sonny in order to successfully manipulate him into turning over parental rights to Michael and Morgan. Kate and Jax, feeling shut out of their partner's lives, share a kiss during a romantic business trip to New York. Kate begins manipulating Jax, who leaves Carly when Kate makes it appear that she is sabotaging their business. The two reunite but split again when Jax learns that she slept with Sonny. Jax and Kate almost sleep together, but Carly interrupts them.
Though both still in love with each other, the two begin divorce proceedings and Carly decides to sell her stake in their hotel to Jax's rival Nikolas. Jax hires Kate's cousin Olivia Falconeri to work there, and she convinces Carly not to sell her shares to Nikolas.
Against the advice of their lawyers, Jax and Carly stop divorce proceedings and reconcile yet again. Sonny, who left the mob for a life with Kate, marries Claudia in order to take over her family's organization when Kate is shot again.
Carly decides to host a gala at General Hospital to raise money for research to help Michael and other children suffering brain injuries. However mid-search for Brenda he took over ELQ and fell in love with Skye… until Brenda turned up alive and complicated things. After using Elizabeth as a surrogate, Courtney became jealous of her and Courtney cheated on Jax.
After that, Jax returned a couple of times to the show until his big comeback in He returned to support Josslyn after the death of her boyfriend and Jax also offered to help Nina find her long-lost daughter.
Ingo has taken on many other ventures aside from acting such as competing on season 16 of Dancing With The Stars with dance partner Kym Johnson. He is also an entrepreneur and owns an active wear shop in Hawaii. Many fans think he may leave to continue growing his businesses. Other fans have questioned whether he may leave after receiving backlash for alleged comments about covid vaccines. He left in , but returned in and remained until In November , it was reported that the actor was no longer a part of the GH cast.
Jax arrived in Port Charles at the request of Lois Cerullo , who wanted his help to get her company back from Edward Quartermaine. Originally, Brenda was just using Jax to make Sonny Corinthos jealous, but she soon developed genuine feelings for the Aussie and they eventually tied the knot. Jax ultimately chose Brenda, but she was engaged to Sonny by that point. Unfortunately, when the mobster left her at the altar, she suffered a breakdown and Jax helped her put her life back together again.
They got engaged again, but Brenda was presumed dead when her mother drove them off a cliff. After losing his fortune, Jax started rebuilding it by gambling in Monte Carlo, which is where he met fashion designer Chloe Morgan.
As part of a scheme to keep her design business, she married Ned while Jax married his friend, Alexis Davis. Quartermaine to take over ELQ. Over time, Jax and Skye fell in love and were married. But then Brenda showed up alive and her jealous lover, Luis Alcazar, shot Jax and left him temporarily paralyzed! Brenda left town and Skye tried to rekindle things with Jax, but he also moved away.
Granted, Rademacher left General Hospital before. Soaps In Depth noted he started playing Jax in and left in He returned in and stuck around for a decade before leaving again. In Jax returned and writers incorporated him into heavy-duty storylines. If Jax is quietly leaving Port Charles soon, it sounds as if it may be an open-ended exit. If Rademacher is departing or has already wrapped up his time on General Hospital , it seems confirmation of that exit should emerge soon.
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