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Michael Corinthos

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Michael Corinthos is a fictional character on General Hospital.

Casting[]

Born onscreen on December 29, 1997; Michael has been portrayed by:

Twin actors Dylan and Blake Hopkins were the first children to play Michael Corinthos on General Hospital beginning in 1997. After starting in the role as babies they continued through until 2001 when the role was aged. As they grew up on the show they began talking and often could be heard asking where their brother was during scenes.

Tiarnan Cunningham took over the role of Michael Corinthos on General Hospital in 2001 when the character was aged. During his short time on the show which ended in early 2002, Tiarnan worked with two different Carly's as his mother, Sarah Joy Brown and Tamara Braun.

On March 28, 2002; Dylan Cash made his first appearance as Michael, aging the character and revising his birth year to 1995.

After three years with the series, Cash signed a contract in April 2005.

In March 2008; rumors began circulating that Cash's contract was about to expire and would not be renewed, and by April several sources confirmed the fact.

BuddyTV reported that Cash was blindsided by his firing, and confirmed the series was considering aging the character.

It was also rumored that ABC was considering As the World Turns', Jesse Lee Soffer for the role.

Cash made his last appearance as a contract cast member on May 16, 2008, briefly reprising the role for one episode on December 29, 2008.

"You'd think growing up as the son of a mobster would mean violence wasn't a big deal, but a stray bullet (meant for his dad) sent Michael into a coma that changed his life, and his family, forever. After a year asleep - and a subsequent stint in prison - Michael is no longer the sweet little boy everyone remembers."
During his six years with General Hospital, Cash earned numerous awards, including a 2003 Young Artist Award in the Best Performance in a TV Series by a Young Actor Ten or Younger category.

On November 23, 2024; Duell announced on Instagram that he is leaving GH as Michael after playing the character for 14 years. His last airdate is likely sometime in January 2025; but he says they left the door open for his return as he will be replaced by Kristen Vaganos as Molly Lansing-Davis, Carlo Rota as Jenz Sidwell, Lydia Look as Selina Wu, William Dixon as Paul Ferner for a one-time appearance, James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine, Carolyn Hennesy as Diane Miller, Chris L. McKenna as Jack Brennan recast and Mercedes Lopez Renard as Colette Moreau on February 4, Jeff Kober as Cyrus Renault before the character's death and Parry Shen as Brad Cooper on February 5, Andrew Liberty as Gavin Boyle on February 7 as a one-time character, Judy Kain as Elaine Stevens on February 13 for a two-time appearance as a short return, Charlie Besso as Tobias on February 18, and Nazneen Contractor as Justine Turner on February 25 for a two-time appearance as a short return before returning on April 2, Bryce Durfee as Stone Vaughn on March 7; Cyrus Hobbi as Yuri Tamashevich before the character went offscreen on April 16, 2025; Jeff Wolfe as Mark Soliski before the character's death and Jeffery Thomas Johnson as Sheriff Grant Lewis before the character went offscreen on March 28-31 as two-time characters.

Greg Kinnear
Later on, actor Greg Kinnear will be portraying as Michael 25-30 years later in General Hospital Beyond.

Storylines[]

Michael was born 4 weeks early on December 29, 1997; after Carly starts bleeding due to a placental abruption and collapses. Jason finds her and rushes her to the hospital, where she has an emergency C-section. When his mother starts to show symptoms of PPD, she leaves him with Jason Morgan, who names him Michael after Sonny Corinthos (the man who would eventually become his father). Tony later kidnaps Michael after finding out that Michael isn't his son but Michael is eventually rescued by Jason. When Tony was put trial for the kidnapping, Carly shoots him and Michael and Carly are once again separated. When Carly returns, she discovers Robin Scorpio and Jason taking care of Michael and soon sets out to destroy the relationship which leads Robin to tell A.J. that he's Michael's biological father. Carly marries A.J., who threatens to take Michael if she ever disobeys his orders.

In late January 2007; he and his siblings Morgan and Kristina became scared of former Port Charles resident Jerry Jacks aka James Craig along with Diane Miller, his uncle Ric Lansing who is the District Attorney as well as the hostage negotiator, as well as the other residents of Port Charles including his infant cousin Molly after A.J.'s death as they're seeing it on the news. The aftermath left him and his siblings traumatized along with his infant cousin Molly, but unharmed as Mayor Garrett Floyd was being interviewed by the press about former Port Charles resident Jerry Jacks and his accomplices as they were being arrested and lawyered up except Lorenzo Alcazar who escaped the scene of the crime to avoid capture and many people sustained injures in the rubble from the explosion in the lobby in February as a S.W.A.T. team is there. Security at Metro Court Hotel was later tightened to take more security measures. Less than three months later, Elizabeth's son Jake Spencer was born.

In November 2017, Michael was at an awards ceremony to see his father Sonny be given a Medal of Valor award by Commissioner Jordan Ashford for saving everybody's lives at the Metro Court Hotel including his biological grandmother Monica Quartermaine against two of Cesar Faison's men who were sentenced to life in prison by Judge Natalie Rawles.

On January 29; Michael, Sasha, Josslyn and Laura were caught in a shootout on the pier. Michael was the target but Laura got shot and was collateral damage. Eventually, Dustin Phillips showed up and fought the gunmen off. The gunmen who were sent there that did the collateral damage was Cyrus Renault from Seattle, Washington who was had been transferred from Thompson Penitentiary in the Pacific Northwest to Pentonville Penitentiary in Port Charles and bores an uncanny resemblance to the late Cesar Faison as Sam's parole officer Dolores Maloney denied any involvement.

On April 1, Michael is unable to attend the Dr. Monica Quartermaine Cardiac Care Center coinciding with the hospital's 62nd anniversary to honor his grandmother due to him being hospitalized in Germany.

Crimes Committed[]

  • Obstruction of justice; knew that Sonny's enemies Jerry Jacks and his men and women stole ELQ shares; but didn't report to the police, Interpol, or the WSB [Jan 2015]
  • Got into a fist fight with his brother Morgan [Mar 23, 2015]
  • Accidentally knocked his baby sister over in her stroller (she was uninjured) [Apr 8, 2015]
  • Manhandled Nelle Benson after she kidnapped their son Wiley and refused to give him back [Aug 27, 2020]
  • Accidentally punched Chase [Oct 19, 2020]
  • Grabbed and threatened Cyrus Renault in defense of Sasha nearly two months after the death of Cyrus' friend Nelle [Nov 16, 2020]
  • Aiding and abetting a fugitive by helping Jason hide from the cops in the Quartermaine Boathouse fearing that Yuri Tamashevich will find out [Mar 13-22, 2024]

Health and Vitals[]

  • Ran a bomb off The Haunted Star (Sonny took it and jumped in the water with it before it went off) [Feb 4, 2015]
  • Suffered a bloody lip after Morgan punched him [Feb 26, 2015]
  • Threatened by Sonny [Mar 10, 2015]
  • Has really bad allergies [revealed March 2015]
  • Unknowingly had his allergy medication switched by his brother Morgan [revealed Mar 23-Apr 24, 2015]
  • Slipped and fell onto a table after a failed attempt to punch Morgan [Apr 7, 2015]
  • Jumped into freezing water to rescue Carlos Rivera [May 12, 2016]
  • Fell unconscious during the earthquake (suffered a concussion as a result) one month after the deaths of Cesar Faison and Nathan West [Mar 5, 2018; revealed Mar 6, 2018]
  • Shot at multiple times by one of Cyrus Renault's men in revenge for Faison, Shiloh, and Cassandra Pierce [January 30, 2020]
  • Caught in an explosion that Soliski rigged and was set on fire [Jan 6, 2025; Soliski's involvement revealed on Mar 18, 2025]
  • Suffered third degree burns over 40% of his body [Revealed Jan 8, 2025]
  • Injected with digitalis in his IV by Cyrus; given an antidote by Dr. Isaiah Gannon and recovered [Jan 10, 2025; saved on Jan 13, 2025]
  • Being framed by Drew Cain and Marco Rios for bribing Judge Eva Heran into giving himself full custody of Wiley and Amelia Corinthos [Aug 28, 2025-present]
  • Being threatened by Drew, who wants him to grant Willow visitation of Wiley and Amelia [Aug 28, 2025-present]

Relationships[]

  • Diego Alcazar - (deceased)
  • Lorenzo Alcazar - (deceased)
  • Luis Alcazar - (deceased)
  • Hank Archer - aka Shiloh who bore a striking resemblance to the late Nathan West (deceased)
  • Peter August - The late Cesar Faison's son with the late Alex Marick and the late Nelle Benson's male counterpart who was following in his late father's footsteps (deceased)
  • Franco Baldwin - (deceased)
  • Nelle Benson - Michael's ex-wife and the late Peter August's female counterpart (deceased)
  • Michael Carson - The late Mary Pat Ingles' male counterpart and Michael of a different stripe (imprisoned)
  • Helena Cassadine - The late Stavros Cassadine and Valentin Cassadine's mother; Nikolas, Donald, and Charlotte Cassadine's paternal grandmother; Ava Jerome's ex-step grandmother-in-law, the late Spencer Cassadine and Ace Cassadine's great-grandmother, and his paternal half-sister Avery Jerome-Corinthos' ex-step great-grandmother (deceased)
  • Stavros Cassadine - The late Helena Cassadine's son with the late Mikkos Cassadine, Nikolas Cassadine's father, Ava Jerome's ex-father-in-law, the late Spencer Cassadine and Ace Cassadine's paternal grandfather, and his paternal half-sister Avery Jerome-Corinthos' ex-step grandfather (deceased)
  • Valentin Cassadine - The late Helena Cassadine's son with the late Victor Cassadine and Nikolas Cassadine's uncle (imprisoned)
  • Victor Cassadine - Valentin Cassadine's late father, Nikolas Cassadine great uncle, and his paternal half-sister Avery Jerome-Corinthos' ex-step great-great uncle (deceased)
  • Ryan Chamberlain - (deceased)
  • Stephen Clay - aka Caleb Morley, the late Cesar Faison's American counterpart, and his late ex-wife Nelle Benson's uncle (deceased)
  • Cesar Faison - (deceased)
  • Sonny Faison - The late Cesar Faison's son with an unknown woman now the late known and sole surviving child of the late Cesar Faison
  • Peter Harrell, Jr. - aka Levi Dunkleman and the late Kyle Sloane's governmental counterpart (deceased)
  • The Hook - Serial killer whose face and identity are concealed for most of 2022 until New Year's Eve 2023 revealed to be Heather Webber (captured)
  • Paul Hornsby - Tracy's ex-husband, former District Attorney, and Jerry's former accomplice (imprisoned)
  • Mary Pat Ingles - Heather Webber's henchwoman, and Brad Cooper and Michael Carson's female Ferncliff counterpart (deceased)
  • Jerry Jacks
  • Olivia Jerome - The late Nelle Benson's former sister-in-law and Nikolas Cassadine's ex-sister-in-law (deceased)
  • Daisy Kwan - Now living in Beechers Corners
  • Shawn Phillips - Rupert Watson and Brad Cooper's counterpart, and a Shawn of a different stripe (imprisoned)
  • Cassandra Pierce - (deceased)
  • Cyrus Renault - Michael's new enemy from the Pacific Northwest who bores an uncanny resemblance to the late Cesar Faison who is the former the Chairman of the Board at General Hospital before and after his arrest before changing his appearance to look like Johnny Zacchara 25-30 years later and bore an uncanny resemblance to the late Victor Cassadine
  • Carlos Rivera - The late Sabrina Santiago's ex-boyfriend and Teddy Rivera's late father (deceased)
  • Winston Rudge - The late Olivia Jerome's former henchman and the Valentin Cassadine's associate from South African who bores an uncanny resemblance to Valentin (imprisoned)
  • Jenz Sidwell - Valentin Cassadine and the late FBI Special Agent John Cates' bald international warlord counterpart, importer and smuggler, CEO of SRE Worldwide, owner of rare mineral mines, and owner of Wyndemere Castle after buying it from the unnamed Greek firm
  • Mark Soliski - Valentin's hitman who blew up Sonny's penthouse in the beginning of 2025 (deceased)
  • Stone - Ultimate villain whose face, identity, and physical appearance concealed later revealed to be Valentin Cassadine just like "The Hook" killer before she was revealed to be Heather Webber (fabrication)
  • Unknown man or woman
  • Rupert Watson - Heather Webber's henchman, the late Epiphany Johnson's male Ferncliff counterpart, and Shawn Phillips' Ferncliff counterpart
  • Heather Webber - aka "The Hook" now living in Sedona, Arizona
  • Anthony Zacchara - (deceased)
  • Johnny Zacchara - (imprisoned)

Positions held at ELQ International[]

Predecessor CEO Successor
Tracy Quartermaine
(2013-14) 		Michael Corinthos
(2014-15) 		Nikolas Cassadine
(2015-16)
Nikolas Cassadine
(2015-16) 		Michael Corinthos
Tinkerbell
(2016-20) 		Valentin Cassadine
(2020-present)
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