Tyler Christopher

Tyler Christopher

Tyler Christopher began his acting career on the daytime drama General Hospital as Nikolas Cassadine in July 1996. He immediately captured the hearts of fans and the notice of television critics. He won the Soap Opera Digest Award as "Best Newcomer" in 1997. His first run on the show was from 1996 to 1999. Christopher returned to the show in 2003. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Younger Actor in 1998 and Best Supporting Actor in 2005 and 2006. During his hiatus from General Hospital, Christopher was cast as a regular (Ethan) on The Pretender and the two subsequent Pretender TV Movies. He landed the lead role in the CBS Pilot "Sam's Circus" and also the UPN Pilot "One for the Money". In 2006 he was cast in the ABC pilot "Secrets of a Small Town". Tyler made numerous guestappearances on Charmed and Angel, CSI: Las Vegas, Boomtown, JAG, and many more. Tyler appeared as Jacob Wheeler Jr. in Emmy winning Steven Spielberg's television mini-series Into the West which premiered on June 10, 2005. Christopher starred in several independent features during his post-GH career: Out of the Black, Catfish in Black Bean Sauce, and Face The Music. All three are available on DVD. Tyler returned to the role of Nikolas Cassadine on General Hospital in April 2003 and ended his final run as Nikolas Cassadine in July 2016 wit a Daytime Emmy Award. In August 2017, it was announced that Christopher had joined the cast of Days of Our Lives, originating the role of Stefan DiMera. His last episode was March 20, 2019. On October 31, 2023, Tyler Christopher was found dead from positional asphyxia due to acute alcohol intoxication. He was 50 years old.

Known For: Acting

Born: Joliet, Illinois, USA, 1972-11-11

Died: 2023-10-31

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1999	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Michael	54
2	2000	Face the Music	Dan	35
3	2001	The Pretender 2001	Ethan	71
4	2001	Out of the Black	Cole Malby	10
5	2001	Sam's Circus	Sgt. Samuel Van Handle	0
6	2002	Frogmen Operation Stormbringer	Rick	38
7	2010	Raven	Vlad	50
8	2011	Shouting Secrets	Tushka	90
9	2014	Beyond the Lights	Liam King	68
10	2017	The Other Mother	Mitch	68
11	2018	Pretty Broken	Jerry Carlyle	43
12	2018	F.R.E.D.I.	Randy Nash	60
13	2020	Max Winslow and The House of Secrets	Wade Lawson	59
14	2022	Moon Crash	Steve Sawyer	36
15	2022	Thor: God of Thunder	Mr. Sagais	65
16	2022	Super Volcano	Griffin	55
17	2023	20.0 Megaquake	Griffin	49
18		Unhallowed	Dr. Luke Kiriakis	0
19	2022	Murder, Anyone?	Richard	54
20	2023	Ice Storm	Griffin	56
21	2025	Disaster Strike Force		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	General Hospital	Nikolas Cassadine	57
2	1965	Days of Our Lives	Stefan DiMera	60
3	1996	The Pretender	Ethan Clausen / Mirage	74
4	1997	The View	Self	45
5	1998	Felicity	Clubgoer	66
6	1998	Charmed	Anton	82
7	1999	Family Law	Neil Lumston	82
8	1999	Angel	Bret Folger	79
9	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Billy Rattison	76
10	2001	The Division	Seaman Stan Bellows	70
11	2001	Special Unit 2	Det. David Scott	74
12	2001	Crossing Jordan	Officer Fisher	72
13	2002	The Twilight Zone	Jay Ferguson	72
14	2002	Boomtown	Holden McKay	65
15	2005	Into the West	Jacob Wheeler Jr.	80
16	2007	Secrets of a Small Town	Grant Wilson	30
17	2011	The Lying Game	Dan Whitehorse	70
18	2012	Celebrity Wife Swap	Self	45

Tyler Christopher

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Television