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Tyler Christopher
Joliet, Illinois, USA
Tyler Christopher began his acting career on the daytime drama General Hospital as Nikolas Cassadine in July 1996. He immediately captured the hearts of fans and the notice of tel…
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Tyler Christopher began his acting career on the daytime drama General Hospital as Nikolas Cassadine in July 1996. He immediately captured the hearts of fans and the notice of television critics. He won the Soap Opera Digest Award as "Best Newcomer" in 1997. His first run on the show was from 1996 to 1999. Christopher returned to the show in 2003. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Younger Actor in 1998 and Best Supporting Actor in 2005 and 2006. During his hiatus from General Hospital, Christopher was cast as a regular (Ethan) on The Pretender and the two subsequent Pretender TV Movies. He landed the lead role in the CBS Pilot "Sam's Circus" and also the UPN Pilot "One for the Money". In 2006 he was cast in the ABC pilot "Secrets of a Small Town". Tyler made numerous guestappearances on Charmed and Angel, CSI: Las Vegas, Boomtown, JAG, and many more. Tyler appeared as Jacob Wheeler Jr. in Emmy winning Steven Spielberg's television mini-series Into the West which premiered on June 10, 2005. Christopher starred in several independent features during his post-GH career: Out of the Black, Catfish in Black Bean Sauce, and Face The Music. All three are available on DVD. Tyler returned to the role of Nikolas Cassadine on General Hospital in April 2003 and ended his final run as Nikolas Cassadine in July 2016 wit a Daytime Emmy Award. In August 2017, it was announced that Christopher had joined the cast of Days of Our Lives, originating the role of Stefan DiMera. His last episode was March 20, 2019. On October 31, 2023, Tyler Christopher was found dead from positional asphyxia due to acute alcohol intoxication. He was 50 years old.
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2025
Hard Justice
Movie Michael Thompson
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2025
Disaster Strike Force
TV show Griffin Richards
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2025
Disaster Strike Force
Movie Griffin Richards
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2023
Ice Storm
Movie Griffin
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2023
20.0 Megaquake
Movie Griffin Richards
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2022
Murder, Anyone?
Movie Richard
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2022
Super Volcano
Movie Griffin
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2022
Thor: God of Thunder
Movie Mr. Sagais
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2022
Moon Crash
Movie Steve Sawyer
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2020
Max Winslow and The House of Secrets
Movie Wade Lawson
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2018
F.R.E.D.I.
Movie Randy Nash
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2018
Pretty Broken
Movie Jerry Carlyle
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2017
The Other Mother
Movie Mitch
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2014
Beyond the Lights
Movie Liam King
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2012
Celebrity Wife Swap
TV show Self
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2011
Shouting Secrets
Movie Tushka
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2011
The Lying Game
TV show Dan Whitehorse
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2010
Raven
Movie Vlad
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2007
Secrets of a Small Town
TV show Grant Wilson
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2005
Into the West
TV show Jacob Wheeler Jr.
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2002
Frogmen Operation Stormbringer
Movie Rick
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2002
Boomtown
TV show Holden McKay
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2002
The Twilight Zone
TV show Jay Ferguson
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2001
Crossing Jordan
TV show Officer Fisher
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2001
Sam's Circus
Movie Sgt. Samuel Van Handle
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2001
Out of the Black
Movie Cole Malby
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2001
Special Unit 2
TV show Det. David Scott
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2001
The Pretender 2001
Movie Ethan
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2001
The Division
TV show Seaman Stan Bellows
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2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV show Billy Rattison
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2000
Face the Music
Movie Dan
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1999
Angel
TV show Bret Folger
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1999
Family Law
TV show Neil Lumston
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1999
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
Movie Michael
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1998
Charmed
TV show Anton
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1998
Felicity
TV show Clubgoer
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1997
The View
TV show Self
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1996
The Pretender
TV show Ethan Clausen / Mirage
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1965
Days of Our Lives
TV show Stefan DiMera
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1963
General Hospital
TV show Nikolas Cassadine
