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GENERAL HOSPITAL
RÉAL ANDREWS
as Detective Marcus Taggert
MAURICE BENARD
as Sonny Corinthos
CHAD BRANNON
as Zander Smith
TAMARA BRAUN
as Carly Corinthos
STEVE BURTON
as Jason Quartermaine
LESLIE CHARLESON
as Dr. Monica Quartermaine
ROBIN CHRISTOPHER
as Skye Chandler-Quartermaine
STUART DAMON
as Dr. Alan Quartermaine
ANTHONY GEARY
as Luke Spencer
NANCY LEE GRAHN
as Alexis Davis
GENIE FRANCIS
as Laura Spencer
REBECCA HERBST
as Elizabeth Webber
JOHN INGLE
as Edward Quartermaine
WALLY KURTH
as Ned Ashton
SARAH LAINE
as Sarah Webber
VANESSA MARCIL
as Brenda Barrett
A MARTINEZ
as Roy Dilucca
JAIME RAY NEWMAN
as Kristina Cassadine
INGO RADEMACHER
as "Jax"
MARISA RAMIREZ
as Gia Campbell
COLTIN SCOTT
as Nikolas Cassadine
KIN SHRINER
as Scott Baldwin
KRISTINA WAGNER
as Felicia Scorpio-Jones
BILLY WARLOCK
as A.J. Quartermaine
ALICIA LEIGH WILLIS
as Courtney Matthews
JACOB YOUNG
as Lucky Spencer
JACKLYN ZEMAN
as Bobbie Spencer
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Maurice Benard
Sonny Corinthos on General Hospital

Maurice Benard photo Complex, confident and wise, Sonny Corinthos has taken his hard-earned experience as a street hustler and transformed himself into one of the most powerful figures in Port Charles. Actor Maurice Benard brings his own deeply personal experiences to the portrayal of Sonny by adding color, menace and seduction to an already intricate character. He first appeared in the role on August 13, 1993. He briefly left the show for a year-long hiatus in December, 1998.

"This role is what I do best," Maurice explains. "Sonny is unpredictable. You never know from one second to the next what he is thinking, feeling or planning. He's a man in personal conflict who maintains an outward appearance of calm at all times, at any cost." For his portrayal, Maurice received a 1997 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series. He also received an Emmy nomination in 1996 for Outstanding Lead Actor. During the same year, Maurice received the Outstanding Lead Actor trophy at the nationally televised Soap Opera Awards ceremony.

Maurice's multi-cultural upbringing began in San Francisco, where he was born to parents from Nicaragua and San Salvador. Uninspired by the traditional education route, he gleaned an education in the open job market after high school. His dark good looks and intense gaze brought him modeling jobs in his early 20s. Following that, Maurice took up acting in numerous theatrical productions in the Bay area.

After auditioning for a role on the ABC daytime drama "All My Children," Maurice was cast as Nico Kelly. Two years later, he struck out to find new challenges and moved to Los Angeles, where he was soon cast as the lead in the much-publicized TV movie, "Lucy and Desi: Before the Laughter." He later added a pivotal role in the feature film "Ruby" to several other prominent film and television credits.

Maurice lives in the Hollywood Hills area of Southern California. He enjoys the martial arts, working out and playing host to a menagerie of dogs and cats. He and his wife, Paula, are the proud parents of daughters Cailey Sofia and Cassidy Rose.

VITAL STATISTICS
BIRTHPLACE: San Francisco, CA
HOMETOWN: Martinez, CA
BIRTHDATE: March 1
HEIGHT: 5'9"
HAIR: Black
EYES: Brown


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