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General Hospital CAST - Sonny Corinthos
Full detailed profile on Sonny Corinthos Played by Maurice Benard on General Hospital Daytime Soap Opera.
Maurice Benard
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Sonny Corinthos
Actor: Maurice Benard Who played Sonny Corinthos over the yearsMaurice Benard (August 13, 1993 - September 24, 1997; Spring 1998; December 18, 1998 - Present) Useful information on Sonny Corinthos* Other Names: Michael Corinthos Jr. |
CURRENT & PAST OCCUPATION
Current: Crime Lord
Current: Coffee Importer
Past: Co-owner of Deception Cosmetics with Laura Spencer - gave his share to Carly
Past: Partner in Luke's Blues Club
Past: Partner in L&B Records
Past: Owner of the Paradise Lounge
SONNY CORINTHOS'S HISTORY
Sonny Corinthos appeared in Port Charles as the owner of the Paradise Lounge, a local strip club. He grew up in NY with a horrid stepfather who beat Sonny�s mother and kept him locked in closets. The terror came to an end when Sonny befriended a �connected� man in his neighborhood who had his stepfather killed. It was probably Sonny�s first taste of mob power.
He befriended a young man named, Stone Cates,and took him under his wing. They lived above the club, while Stone did odd jobs to earn his keep. Sonny found himself attracted to stripper, Karen Wexler, but that romance ended when her boyfriend walked in and found them in bed together. Sonny took quite a beating.
When underage workers were discovered in his strip joint, and the place was subsequently closed, Sonny paired with Luke Spencer in Frank Smith�s organization, and the two opened a blue�s club. Sonny began dating Brenda Barrett, and together with her and her friend Lois Cerullo, he started L&B Records. It was about this time that Mike Corbin drifted into town, and Sonny learned the man was his estranged father. Their relationship was strained because of Sonny�s bitterness toward the man who deserted his mother.
Sonny and Stone had become very close friends, and when Stone passed from AIDS, Sonny was devastated. He offered emotional support to Stone�s girlfriend, Robin Scorpio, niece of the Police Commissioner, as she faced having to be tested for the disease herself. She and Stone had failed to use protection while having sex.
Sonny and Brenda talked about reuniting, but Sonny found himself facing financial difficulties. He sold off shares of his businesses, and pondered accepting the offer made to him by Lily Rivera�s father, who promised to make Sonny�s money woes go away if he married his daughter. Sonny preferred Brenda, but when he discovered that Lily was pregnant, he changed his plans. Lily�s father believed that Sonny was about to bolt and had Sonny�s car wired with a bomb. Poor Lily was the one who was killed.
After Jason Morgan�s accident wiped out his memory, he came to work for Sonny and the two developed a close friendship. Sonny and Brenda reunited, but on the day of their wedding, Sonny left her at the altar. He didn�t return to town until after he heard of her death. He wanted to become a legitimate businessman, and became a coffee importer. but it wasn�t long before he lapsed back into the mob life, taking back his original territory.
Sonny�s fling with Hannah Scott, a waitress at Luke�s ended when he learned she was an FBI agent on assignment to bring him down. She bore a striking resemblance to Brenda, but he tossed her out, refusing to believe her when she said she really loved him. Reeling from the betrayal, Sonny had a one-night stand with Carly Quartermaine, who was dealing with her own demons. Their sexual encounter resulted in pregnancy, and he brought Carly and her son, Michael, home to live with him. An argument between Carly and her husband, AJ, resulted in her falling down the stairs and having to abort the baby to save her own life.
A tumultuous relationship with Carly defined Sonny�s life. Their love grew from necessity when Carly became a major witness again Sonny in his loan shark dealings to fix his father's gambling debts. Sonny�s attorney, Alexis Davis, told them that the only way to keep the incriminating testimony out of court was for them to be married. As husband and wife, they constantly butted heads. Neither one would admit their true feelings, until Sonny was seriously injured and finally admitted his love for her. When Sonny healed, was almost killed in a warehouse fire, and survived again, the two renewed their wedding vows. The sacredness of their union faded fast when Carly walked in on him and Alexis Davis having sex. In her haste to flee the uncomfortable moment, her car skidded over a cliff and she was presumed dead, but she returned a few days later.
Alexis discovered she was pregnant and lied about who fathered the child. She named Ned Ashton, wanting to keep her child safe from Sonny�s mob dealings.
Carly had been drugged by one of Faith Roscoe�s hired men, and hijacked by her business associate, Ric Lansing, later waking up naked with him. When she discovered she was pregnant, she had no idea who the father was. When Sonny found out about what had happened, he wanted to kill Ric, but his plan halted when he learned that Ric was his half-brother. Ric had a score to settle with Sonny because their mother picked Sonny over him. When Ric wed Elizabeth Webber, he swore he wanted to make peace.
Sonny wasn�t happy when his kid sister, Courtney, whom he had recently met, fell for Jason Morgan. He made their life miserable for a while, but finally relented. Their planned wedding was put on hold when Carly disappeared. They had no idea where she was until Michael divulged to Jason that he had witnessed Ric Lansing taking his mommy away.
Elizabeth had lost their baby and Ric was determined to take Sonny�s child to replace his own. Carly was eventually kidnapped from Ric by Lorenzo Alcazar, who was in love with her. When Sonny finally found them, Carly was in labor. Sonny shot Alcazar and delivered his own child, and when he held the baby up for Carly to see, he realized that the bullet had passed through Lorenzo and hit Carly in the head. Carly survived.
Sonny had adopted Michael, Carly gave birth to Morgan, and they were happy for a while, but something always seemed to get in the way. Carly became romantically involved with Lorenzo Alcazar, Sonny�s nemesis, and Sonny had an affair with Sam McCall. Still, Sonny and Carly kept finding their way back together. It usually had something to do with Michael�s scheming to reunite his parents. Now Carly is engaged to Jax and scheduled to be married on New Year�s Eve, but Sonny assures her that the wedding will never take place. As Jax calls off the wedding plans and leaves in search of his troubled brother, it looks as though Sonny might be right.
PAST MARRIAGES
Lily Rivera (dissolved by her death)
Carly Benson (divorced - first time)
Carly Benson (divorced - second time)
Carly Benson (divorced - third time)
FLINGS & RELATIONSHIPS
Olivia Falconeri (lover in high school)
Karen Wexler (lover)
Brenda Barrett (lover)
Cindy Woods (dated)
Hannah Scott (lover)
Carly_Corinthos
Angel Ellis (lover)
Alexis_Davis (lover)
Faith Rosco (kissed)
Samantha_McCall (affair)
Reese Marshall (affair - deceased)
Emily_Bowen_Quartermaine (lover)
RELATIVES
Mike Corbin (father)
Adela Corinthos (mother - deceased)
Richard Lansing (half-brother)
Courtney Matthews (half-sister - deceased)
Molly Lansing (half-niece)
Spencer Cassadine (half-nephew)
CHILDREN
Unnamed Child (son with Lily - deceased)
Michael Corinthos III (adopted son - Carly's child with AJ)
Unnamed Child (son - miscarriage with Carly)
Kristina Adela Corinthos Davis (daughter with Alexis)
Morgan Stone Corinthos (son with Carly)
Baby Girl McCall (daughter with Samantha - deceased (Nov 8th, 2004) - Samantha had wanted to call her Lila, but the baby was buried as Baby Girl McCall.
Dante Angelo Falconeri (son with Olivia)
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Thursday, December 04 2008: GH is Starting to Feel Like The Wedding Channel!
Over at the newlywed's house Claudia proposes a strictly sexual relationship without any emotional attachments, but Sonny reminds her that their marriage is just about business. Claudia says that she simply cannot remain celibate for the duration of their marriage and asks if she can find someone to satisfy her needs? Sonny sees no problem with that. Max announces that Sasha has come to see him and shows her in. Sonny quickly reminds her that his father was beat up, but she claims to have come to talk about the future, not the past. Sonny tells her that he is now the head of the Zacchara organization and is ready to establish what happens to people who come after the people he cares about. Sasha looks concerned as she says that there are reports that a child has been taken so now wouldn't be a good time to start a war. She can see that Sonny is enraged, and quickly assures him that the child isn't one of his. Max drags her out of the room and Claudia tells him that he was very impressive.
Sonny tells her that he just learned that it was Jake Spencer who was taken and that he's Jason's child. He says that he won't dare make a move now. Claudia urgently agrees and says that he'll never forgive himself if anything happens to that boy. Sonny asks why she sounds as if she's talking from experience?
Tuesday, December 02 2008: Love Is An Illusion!
At the meeting, Sonny tells Claudia that he can handle his own meetings. She says he needs to let everyone get used to the new order of things. He spots Ric watching Claudia and asks what he is doing. Ric says he is waiting for the meeting to begin. Sonny tells him to leave. When they are alone, Sonny asks what Claudia is after. She says he needs her because she knows more about the Zacchara business than he does. He allows her to stay but tells everyone – including Ric! – to leave. Ric stays and says they need to go over the next day's business. Sonny asks why they both seem to be on the same team. Claudia says she is sticking around because his interests are hers as long as they are married! Claudia says they have to work together or this won't work. Sonny says he isn't used to working with anyone and won't start now. Ric says this is typical Sonny behavior. Sonny tells Ric to leave their past and their brotherly connection at the door and tells Claudia she can ask any questions but he won't answer them. Then, he tells them both that they have no authority to make decisions using his name. He leaves to see Kate. "Am I supposed to be okay with that?" Claudia says and Sonny reminds her that their marriage is based on business. He leaves. Claudia and Ric grin at one another. He starts to kiss her but Claudia says they can't move their relationship forward with Sonny in the picture. Ric reminds her that her marriage is a fake and Sonny will never fall for a woman who isn't trying to save him. Ric tells Claudia to keep her emotions in check around Sonny; Claudia says she doesn't fall in love. Ric says that doesn't matter because Sonny does and she can't be his angel in waiting because she isn't Lily or Emily or Kate. "I believe that love is an illusion," Claudia says. Ric says he feels sorry for her.
Sonny arrives at Kate's. She reluctantly lets him in and he apologizes for everything in their past. "I regret that we didn't get married," he says. "I don't know how to be anything other than what I am but that does not mean that I didn't love you or I don't love you." Kate says he only loves the idea of her! Sonny says what they had and his feelings were all too real but Kate won't listen to him. She says she liked being on his pedestal but she knows that she can't fix him any longer. She asks if he told Emily and Lily the same things he has told her! He angrily says he doesn't want to be married to Claudia but he has to be with her for Kate's safety! He says he'll do whatever he has to do to find out who shot her. Kate angrily says he isn't doing this to protect her, he is doing this because he likes the mob life!
Sonny returns home and pours a drink. Claudia is waiting in the dark and asks how things went with Kate but Sonny won't talk about it. "So I guess Kate wasn't in a forgiving mood?" she says. Sonny says he doesn't deserve forgiveness; Claudia tells him to embrace his inner mobster and move on. Sonny sadly talks about lost dreams. She goes upstairs and he keeps drinking.
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