Martin Grey is a fictional character on General Hospital.
He is the the brother of drug kingpin Cyrus Renault and mayor Laura Collins, the son of Florence Grey, and the uncle of Cyrus' children Andrew and Liz Grey; and Laura's children Nikolas Cassadine, Lucky Spencer, and hospitalized Lulu Spencer.
Casting[]
On August 20, 2019; various sources announced that soap veteran Michael E. Knight, known for his roles of Tad Martin on All My Children and Dr. Simon Neville on The Young and the Restless, would join the cast of GH in a mysterious role.
On September 18, 2019; it was revealed that Knight would not be reprising his role of Tad Martin on GH, but would be portraying a new character.
On September 27, 2019; his character's name was revealed to be Martin Grey replacing Elizabeth Hendrickson as Margaux Dawson after she left the show.
His first airdate was on September 30, 2019.
On October 31, 2019; it was revealed that Knight called GH and got a stint as Martin Grey which was originally supposed to be short-term (four episodes) and that his time on GH will be extended due to popularity as he sticks around for two possible storylines.
He made his last appearance for the time being on February 12, 2020.
On April 26, 2020; it was revealed that Knight will be making his way back on-screen during the week of May 4. He returned on May 5, 2020.
On August 23, 2021; it was revealed that Knight will be stepping away from the GH canvas for an unknown period of time. He made his last appearance for the time being on August 23, 2021.
On October 16, 2021; it was revealed that Knight will return to GH as Martin sometime during either November sweeps or early December.
On November 29, 2021; it was confirmed that Knight (along with Genie Francis) will be back on-screen sometime in December. They both returned on December 6, 2021.
Knight was last seen on January 28, 2022 as he is recovering from a hip replacement surgery and visiting his parents for the winter.
On April 21, 2022; it was revealed that Knight will return to GH as Martin during the week of May 2. He returned from May 3 to August 11, 2022.
On October 13, 2022, it was revealed that Knight is returning to GH as Martin soon. He returned from October 14, 2022 to January 27, 2023.
Knight returned as Martin in August 2023.
On February 19, 2024; it was announced that Knight had left the show temporarily. He made his last appearance for the time being on February 12, 2024.
On September 16, 2024, Soap Opera Digest revealed that Knight will return to GH as Martin this week. Knight also revealed that his absence was originally supposed to be for three months but with the change in head-writers, Knight wasn't sure if he would be back. His first air-date was September 18, 2024.
Ryan Paevey who previously played as Nathan West will return and portray as Martin Grey in his younger days while Ryan is going to be a recast of Johnny Zacchara previously portrayed by Brandon Barash.
Storylines[]
On September 30, 2019, Martin Gray first appeared when he visited the imprisoned Nelle Benson at Pentonville as her lawyer to go over her case with her after she left her out-of-state attorney Nora Buchanan from Llanview. Martin admitted that her case did not look good for her. When Nelle insisted that she changed her ways and truly felt remorse for her crimes, Martin agreed to help her by representing her at her upcoming parole hearing after Margaux Dawson resigned as district attorney.
On October 9, Kim Nero hired Martin to represent Franco Baldwin, who at the moment thinks he is Chief Petty Officer Andrew Cain. Kim wanted Martin to help prove to a judge that "Drew" is capable of making his own decisions and is not mentally incompetent and plus Kim hopes for her second chance at a happy life with "Drew." Martin suggested that they do all they can to prove he is Drew and that Franco is gone, even using the real Drew's medals and everything to try to prove it.
On October 16, Martin represented Nelle at her parole hearing and after they both pleaded Nelle's case, the board decided to deny the parole request for the time being.
On January 29, after Valentin got released on bail it was revealed that Martin was not really working for Nelle; he was actually working for Valentin and was posing as Nelle and Heather's lawyer under his orders the same day the shootings at the warehouse, on the pier, and in a Brooklyn pub occurred by Valentin's new friend from prison Cyrus Renault in revenge for Cesar Faison, Hank Archer aka Shiloh, and Cassandra Pierce.
On April 7, Ric Lansing says that Martin just filed a notice of change of attorney. He will be representing Nelle in Wiley Quartermaine-Corinthos’ custody case.
On September 24, Martin gets a new client Nikolas Cassadine after what happened with his former client Nelle Benson before they found out they were related. They speak to each other about Nikolas' marriage to Ava.On July 8, Martin meets up with his nephew Nikolas about getting a divorce. He later overheard Molly Lansing-Davis and Naomi Carson talking, he then comes by and defends Judge Carson as he has known her for twenty years. They talk about her racial bias after Molly leaves and it is later revealed that Martin was recording Judge Carson. Martin then comes to Commissioner Jordan Ashford in her office where Molly Lansing-Davis and T.J. Ashford are at as he has the recording of Judge Carson.
In May 2022, Martin got word that Diane was back in Port Charles spending time with her children Sally and Keith.
On September 26, Martin began to join Ric on the investigation on who attacked Diane Miller since the person's face and identity are concealed as the person goes by The Hook. Keith and Sally joins them on the investigation since there were no leads. They're working through the article on The Invader and the photographs.
Martin and the others narrowed down the gender of the attacker which was a woman after Diane was able to identify The Hook is a woman with jangling bracelets on October 4 while recovering from surgery after a successful use of the anti-venom.On January 5, Martin makes his entrance to the hospital room to meet his new client Esme Prince assigned by Judge James Holloway while Esme's biological mother Heather Webber avoids getting caught after she was revealed to be The Hook.
On September 18, 2024; Martin visits Sonny Corinthos saying that he'll be representing Alexis Davis when Alexis is about to have Heather Webber as her new cellmate at Pentonville Penitentiary much like Sam McCall had Martin's former client the late Nelle Benson as Sam's new cellmate nearly five years earlier.
Crimes Committed[]
- Fraud; pretending to be Nelle Benson and Heather Webber's lawyer under Valentin Cassadine's orders [Sep 30, 2019-present; connection to Valentin revealed on Nov 7, 2019; revealed on Jan 29, 2020]
- Illegally recorded Jasper Jacks and Mayor Laura Collins under Valentin Cassadine's orders [Nov 26, 2019]
- Keeping tabs on his great nephew Spencer Cassadine under Valentin's orders without Liesl Obrecht knowing [Nov 27, 2019-present]
- Corporate espionage; conspired with Valentin to take over ELQ [Feb 7-Aug 12, 2020; succeeded leaving the door open for the board at General Hospital to accept his brother Cyrus Renault's help with the Cyrus Renault Foundation for Social Justice and Cyrus became the chairman of the board at General Hospital afterwards]
Health and Vitals[]
Relationships[]
- Wyatt Chamberlain - Martin's grandfather
- Ace Cassadine - Martin's great nephew later adoptive nephew
- Charlotte Cassadine - Martin's great niece
- Nikolas Cassadine - Martin's nephew
- Spencer Cassadine - Martin's great nephew (presumed deceased)
- Laura Collins - Martin's paternal half-sister
- Kevin Collins - Martin's brother-in-law
- Andrew Grey - Martin's nephew
- Florence Grey - Martin's mother
- Gordon Grey - Martin's father (deceased)
- Liz Grey - Martin's niece
- Esme Prince - Martin's niece by marriage (presumed deceased)
- Cyrus Renault - Martin's brother
- Lucky Spencer - Martin's nephew
- Lulu Spencer - Martin's niece
- Elisha Adams - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
- Haley Adams
- Leah Adams
- Randy Ashcroft - Sheriff of the Eerie County Sheriff's Department
- Curtis Ashford
- Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
- Gabriel Burke
- Donald Cassadine - His great niece Charlotte's paternal half-brother, Valentin's son, and Victor's grandson
- Valentin Cassadine - Martin's client, and Donald and Charlotte's father
- Gabriella Foster
- Mallory Gentry
- James Holloway - Court judge
- Molly Lansing-Davis - Assistant District Attorney
- Ric Lansing - Former District Attorney
- Richard Lowe
- Shane McAvoy
- Diane Miller - Now living in Los Angeles
- Keith Miller - Diane's son with an unknown man
- Sally Miller - Diane's daughter with an unknown man
- Dean Murdock
- Jeffrey Nash
- Liesl Obrecht
- Tracy Quartermaine
- Noah Reynolds
- Steven Scott
- Ellen Scully - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
- Hank Smith
- James Straw
- Peter August - His former client the late Nelle Benson's male counterpart and his brother Cyrus Renault's former associate who was in revenge for the late Nelle Benson and his late father Cesar Faison who was following in his footsteps (deceased)
- Nelle Benson - Martin's former client (deceased)
- Naomi Carson - Former court judge
- Victor Cassadine - His late great nephew Spencer Cassadine's great-great uncle, his great niece Charlotte Cassadine's paternal grandfather, and his client Valentin Cassadine's father (deceased)
- Ryan Chamberlain - Kevin Collins' twin brother, his former client/niece by marriage the late Esme Prince's biological father, and his great nephew Ace Cassadine's maternal grandfather (deceased)
- Russel Clark - (hospitalized and later imprisoned)
- Alex Devane - Anna's twin sister (deceased)
- Sonny Faison - The late Cesar Faison's son with an unknown woman
- The Hook - Serial killer whose face and identity are concealed and is revealed to be his former client Esme's biological mother Heather Webber (captured)
- Cassandra Pierce - His brother Cyrus' female counterpart (deceased)
- Jenz Sidwell - His client Valentin Cassadine and the late FBI Special Agent John Cates' bald warlord counterpart
- Heather Webber - The late Franco Baldwin and the late Esme Prince's mother; and his great nephew Ace Cassadine's maternal grandmother now living in Sedona, Arizona