Daniel Edward "Danny" Morgan is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. He is the son of mob enforcer Jason Morgan and his late ex-wife Sam McCall.
He was born onscreen on June 1, 2012.
Casting[]
The role of Danny was first portrayed by twins Gage and Gavin, who debuted on June 1, 2012 and made their last appearance on June 8, 2012. The character is taken off screen for a period of three months, just as it's revealed to the audience that Jason is his biological father.
On September 6, 2012; twins, Edward and Finn, portrayed an aged version of Danny in Sam's fantasy of what her life would be like with Jason and their two children.
In October 2012; the story of Danny's return to his true parents began to play out, which led to an increase in airtime. As a result, a second set of twins was required for the scenes in order to keep in line with child labor laws.
Therefore, the role was briefly and sporadically portrayed by twins Claire and Juliette on October 9-16, 2012. The twins are pictured to the left.
On September 6, 2012;, the role of Danny was given to twins Jaxon and Jakob Kring. The Kring twins portrayal of Danny was quite popular with General Hospital fans. The twins played the role of Danny for a little over two years before making their last appearance on July 28, 2014.
On August 7, 2014; Soaps In Depth announced that the twins had been recast. The twins' mother also made an official announcement on their Twitter page leaving this message:
- "We just want to say thanks to all the fans and GH cast/crew for an amazing two years. Unfortunately, the boys have been recast. We are very thankful for the time we had and wish the new Danny much success and luck. Also want to thank Nancy Lee Grahn, William deVry, Kelly Monaco, Haley Pullos [and] Jimmy Deshler for graciously putting up with us."
On August 7, 2014, it was announced that the role of Danny had been recast with twins Caden and Corben Rothweiler. The Rothweiler twins formerly starred on the Disney XD channel series Kickin' It. The Rothweiler twins made their debut in the role on September 10, 2014 and last appeared on March 26, 2015.
On June 10, 2015; twins Braiden and Dylan Kazowski debuted as Danny. They made their last appearance on March 28, 2016.
T.K. Weaver made his debut as Danny on May 9, 2016. It looks like they have slightly aged him but it is unknown to what age. He made his last appearance on March 22, 2019.
On May 31, 2019; the role of Danny was recast with Porter Fasullo making Danny slightly aged as a pre-teen. He was aged to 9 years old.
Zakary Risinger
On November 24, 2021; the role of Danny was recast with Zakary Risinger. He was last seen December 22, 2021 and only appeared in two episodes.
On October 26, 2023; it was announced that Danny was recast with Asher Antonyzyn. After being offscreen for almost two years replaced by Cyrus Hobbi as Yuri Tamashevich, the character is set to return with Antonyzyn making his debut the week of October 30. Antonyzyn debuted on Thursday, November 2.
Storylines[]
After the death of Franco and Jason's arrest while being framed, Danny was illegally adopted by Yuri Tamashevich along with Scout and Jake a month later after Franco's death to think that Yuri is better father than Drew and Jason as Danny was renamed to Ivan after Yuri came to Port Charles to also be the new Head of Security at ELQ.
Yuri became Danny's adoptive father again and renamed back to Ivan Tamashevich after Yuri made a deal with SEC and ICE as Yuri becomes Head of Security at ELQ once more via second chance.
On March 12, 2024; he was shocked to see his biological father Jason Morgan alive and well.
Crimes Committed[]
- Underage drinking [revealed Feb 14, 2024 when officer Daniels brought him home before his great aunt Olivia Jerome's death]
- Aiding and abetting a fugitive by helping his father hide from the cops in the Quartermaine Boathouse fearing that his illegal adoptive father Yuri Tamashevich will find out [Mar 12-22, 2024]
- Obstruction of justice; lied when questioned by FBI Special Agent John Cates about his father's whereabouts [Mar 19, 2024]
Health and Vitals[]
- Almost kidnapped by Stephen Clay (aka Caleb Morley) in revenge for the imprisoned Cesar Faison after the death of his father Jason Morgan and replaced before he was revealed to be alive four years later in 2017 [Feb 2013]
- Kidnapped (along with his mom, Sam) by Stephen Clay (aka Caleb Morley) after the death of his father Jason Morgan before he was revealed to be alive four years later in 2017 [Feb 2013]
- Diagnosed with leukemia, but received a life saving bone morrow transplant from his grandfather Julian Jerome in remission resulting in Julian replacing Jason after his death before he was revealed to be alive four years later [Jun 2013; transplant performed Sep 2013]
- Nearly caught in an explosion at The Floating Rib along with his father Jason Morgan [Nov 20-23, 2020; caused by his grandfather Julian Jerome under Cyrus Renault's orders to kill Jason in revenge for the late Cesar Faison, the late Hank Archer aka "Shiloh", the late Cassandra Pierce, his former late step-grandmother Nelle Benson; and his mother's former parole officer, his former late step-grandmother, and his grandfather's friend Dolores Maloney]
- Underage drinking [revealed Feb 14, 2024 when officer Daniels brought him home before his great aunt Olivia Jerome's death]
Relationships[]
- Scout Cain - Danny's maternal half-sister
- Nikolas Cassadine - Danny's maternal cousin once removed
- Steven Culp - Danny's paternal cousin once removed
- Ava Jerome - Danny's great-aunt
- Julian Jerome - Danny's maternal grandfather (deceased)
- Olivia Jerome - Danny's great-aunt (deceased)
- Victor Jerome - Danny's great-grandfather (deceased)
- Jason Morgan - Danny's biological father
- Sam McCall - Danny's biological mother (deceased)
- Jake Webber - Danny's paternal half-brother
- Dante Falconeri
- Violet Finn - Now living in Seattle
- Brad Haynes - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent
- John Wass - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent
- James West
- Johann Bauer - His father Jason's evil German counterpart since their names start with the letter J and ends with the letter N
- Linc Brown - Music producer (captured)
- John Cates - FBI Special Agent (previously Jagger Cates; deceased)
- Chris Gentry - His late great-aunt Olivia Jerome's former accomplice (imprisoned)
- Paul Gentry - His late great-aunt Olivia Jerome's former accomplice (imprisoned)
- Cyrus Renault - Nikolas' uncle and Danny's ex-step great-great uncle
- Jenz Sidwell - Valentin Cassadine and the late FBI Special Agent John Cates' bald warlord counterpart
- Stone