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Maurice Benard

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Maurice Benard
Birth name Mauricio Jose Morales
Born March 1, 1963 in Martinez, California, USA
Notable Roles
Notable Episodes
Awards

Contents

Roles

Starring Roles

Series Role Year(s) Season(s)
All My Children Nico Kelly 1987–1990
General Hospital Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr. 1993-1997, 1998- 

Made-for-TV Movies

Title Role Airdate Series/Banner
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter Desi Arnaz February 10, 1991 CBS Sunday Movie

Talk Show Appearances

Awards and Accolades

Daytime Emmy Awards

(1 Win in 7 Nominatons)

  • Won: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2003)
General Hospital

Trivia

  • Is of Salvadorian and Nicaraguan ethnicity
  • His mother, Martha worked at a bank and his father, Humberto was a superintendent at a bakery
  • His cousin, Marvin Bernard played professional baseball
  • Grew up in San Francisco, California
  • Was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was 22 years old
  • Married to Paula Smith since 1990; they have three biological children: daughters Cailey (born in 1994) & Cassidy (born in 1999), and son Joshua (born in 2004)
  • Adopted his wife's sister's daughter, Heather in 2008 after Heather's mother died
  • Is the spokesperson for the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association