Zach Slater
Actor History
Thorsten Kaye (May 20, 2004 to Present)
Other Names
Alexander Cambias, Jr. (birth name)
Lifeline
Born in 1966
Staged his own death in an automobile accident in 1984.
Assumed the life of Zachery Slater shortly thereafter.
Occupation
Former owner of The Seasons casinos located in Las Vegas and Atlantic City
Part owner of Telestino's, an Italian restaurant in Las Vegas
Sits on the board of a Las Vegas hospital
Resides At
105 Garden Drive; a condo in a development near a park
Formerly in Las Vegas
Marital Status
Married to Kendall Hart [Married: Jun 4, 2009]
Past Marriages
Kendall Hart [Engaged: Apr 21, 2005; Divorced: Sep 20, 2005]
Kendall Hart [Married: May 4, 2006; Divorced: Apr 14, 2009]
Relatives
Alexander Cambias (father) (born 1942)
Amelia Crane (mother; deceased)
Michael Cambias (younger brother; deceased)
Miranda Mona Montgomery (niece)
Children
Ethan Cambias (son, with Hannah; deceased)
Ian Slater (son, with Kendall)
Spike Lavery (stepson; Kendall's son with Ryan)
Gabrielle Amelia Williams Montgomery (biological daughter; Bianca's daughter via artificial insemination; born October 21st, 2008)
Flings & Affairs
Hannah Nichols (Lovers)
Maria Santos Grey (lovers)
Liza Colby (one-night stand)
Crimes Committed
Staged his own death [1994]
Held in jail for 4 days on Aggravated assault, under an assumed name
Stole money from a drug dealer in an adjoining cell while in jail on assault charges
Fixed a boxing match
Arranged for a police chief to be caught in bordello in order to prevent being arrested
Investigated for operating a casino under a false name [Feb 2005]
Falsely confessed to killing Edmund Grey [Mar 3, 2005]
Turned off the power and destroyed Greenlee's eggs, which had been frozen [2006]
Duped Annie Lavery into talking to a psychiatrist that he had paid off to give testimony against her in court [Oct 2008]
Shot Josh Madden in the head, rendering him brain dead [Jan 16, 2009]
Lied to the police, saying he was driving a car that forced Greenlee off the road [Feb 16, 2009]
Threatened to kill Adam Chandler [May 12, 2009]
Assault; Punched Ryan Lavery in the face [May 13, 2009]
Plead guilty to the murder of Stuart Chandler [May 26, 2009]
Bribed/paid off a hotel manager to get into Henry North's room [Jul 8, 2009]
Blackmailed Liza Colby into taking Kendall Hart's case for her murder trail [Jul 13 2009]
Assault; choked Assistant District Attorney Willis [Jul 21, 2009]
Fired a gun at Adam Chandler to frame Annie Lavery [Jul 27, 2009]
Aided Kendall in fleeing from the law [Aug 3, 2009]
Helped Kendall to hide and avoid serving jail time [Aug 2009]
Complicit in Aidan Devane's kidnapping of Annie Lavery [Oct 7, 2009]
Assaulting a police officer; punched Jesse Hubbard [Nov 2, 2009]
Brief Character History
Zach Slater was born Alexander Cambias, Jr. Growing up, Zach felt the tyrannical rule of his father, Alexander Senior. Alexander expected his eldest son to run the family empire as Alexander saw fit, a life Zach did not want to lead. With the help of his younger brother Michael, Zach faked his death and adopted the new identity of Zach Slater (the name of a boarding school friend).
Zach worked odd jobs and eventually built his own empire of Casinos. Zach met Maria Santos Grey and the two fell in love. Maria was suffering from amnesia, and going by the name Maureen Gorman. Maureen couldn't remember her past, and Zach wanted to forget his. Their desire to live for the moment drew the two together and fed their love. Their affair was cut short when David Hayward, who was trying to hide Maria from being discovered by her family, lied and told her the police were closing in on her (from an imagined murder David told Maria she committed, to keep her on the run). Maria was forced to leave Zach. Zach assumed he would never see her again.
Years later, Zach learned that Michael had been murdered following an extended stay in Pine Valley. Soon Erica Kane, one of Michael's many enemies and a suspect in his murder, arrived at his casino for an extended stay. Zach kept close tabs on Erica as he researched her family and all those in Pine Valley that had reason to hate Michael. During the course of his research, he found that his beloved Maureen was living in Pine Valley, having regained her memory. Zach traveled east to Pine Valley, where he made plans to open a casino outside of town.
Zach made his presence known to Maria, who was affected at the sight of him. The feelings between the two were strong, and Zach wanted to resume their relationship, but Maria explained she was married. She did not tell her husband Edmund, now paralyzed in a wheelchair, that she had a relationship with Zach during the time she was away from Pine Valley. Edmund eventually discovered Maria and Zach's past, building enmity between Zach and Edmund.
Zach met Bianca Montgomery and grew to like and respect her. Bianca had killed Michael, which Zach had trouble comprehending given her kind and compassionate nature. Zach was unable to accept that Michael had become a monster, assaulting women and ruining lives. The Michael that Zach remembered was a sweet, trustworthy young man. Zach was convinced that someone close to Bianca---Erica, or Bianca's sister Kendall Hart---had killed Michael. He had lots of enemies in the town and Zach was not impressed by the moral composition of the residents. At the grand opening of his casino, Zach designed a murder mystery game whose elements were similar to the Michael Cambias murder case. Watching via security cameras, Zach hoped to weed out the real killer by observing them play a game similar in design to Michael's real death. Maria discovered him and confronted him on his action, and Zach revealed to her that he was Michael's brother. During the course of the murder mystery game, Ryan Lavery was shot by an unknown assailant.
Maria tried to convince Zach that Bianca did kill Michael, and that Michael was a horrible man. Maria promised Zach that she would help him accept the truth about Michael and come to terms with it. Edmund did not want Maria around Zach, so Maria had to keep her meetings with Zach a secret. Finally Zach was able to accept the monster Michael had become, and broke down in Maria's arms. Erica saw the two together and reported everything to Edmund. Furious that his wife continued to see Zach when she promised she wouldn't, Edmund initiated divorce proceedings. Despite his strong feelings towards her, Zach respected Maria's determination to make her marriage work.
Zach was shocked when Ethan Ramsey arrived in town claiming to be Alexander Cambias Junior's son. Ethan's story, of Alexander Junior impregnating maid Hannah Nichols, only to die soon after, rang true with Zach. He remembered sleeping with Hannah before faking his death. Zach had Ethan's DNA tested in secret and learned that they were father and son. Shortly after, Zach announced to the whole town that he was really Alexander Cambias Junior, and apologized to Bianca for Michael's actions. Zach told Ethan that they were not father and son.. Zach later confessed to Maria that Ethan was his son, but he would deny Ethan the Cambias name at all costs, for he did not want the Cambias money to corrupt Ethan as it did Michael and their father.
Ethan was arrested for shooting Ryan Lavery, and Zach worked behind the scenes to clear him. While Ethan was incarcerated, Zach took shots at Ryan and his wife Greenlee. Zach was confident that doing so while Ethan was still in prison would weaken the case against Ethan. Ethan was granted bail. Ryan accused Zach of taking the shots at him, and wondered if Zach was responsible for both shootings.
Zach remained determined to keep Ethan from obtaining the Cambias name, and wanted him to leave town as soon as he was cleared of the charges against him. To that effect, Zach tried to convince Kendall (now dating Ethan) to break up with him, so Ethan would leave town once he was cleared of the charges against him. Kendall refused, and the ordeal only brought Ethan and Kendall closer, while building the animosity between Ethan and Zach.
Determined to get Kendall out of Ethan's life (and in doing so, get Ethan out of town), Zach presented compelling evidence to Ryan that would suggest that Kendall was responsible for poisoning Greenlee. Zach was also elated when Miranda, Bianca and Michael's presumed dead daughter, was revealed to be alive. Ethan had his DNA tested against Miranda and learned he was Zach's son. Ethan confronted Zach over denying him and declared war.
Maria resisted her feelings for Zach and told him that she was reconciling with Edmund. Zach respected her wish, but soon discovered security footage that showed the wheelchair bound Edmund could walk, and had been lying to Maria about his paralysis. Zach prepared to tell Maria, but was waylaid by Ethan in the Wildwind barn. The two fought and Ethan knocked Zach out. When he awoke, the barn was on fire and Edmund was unconscious on the ground. Zach nearly died in the fire, but Ethan saved him. Edmund died from his injuries and Ethan lied and told the police he witnessed Zach kill Edmund. Zach told Maria that Edmund was lying to her and could walk, but she refused to believe Zach and accused him of murdering Edmund out of jealousy. Zach was arrested. Zach, feeling betrayed by his son and the women he loved, confessed to the murder as a way to hurt them. Lily Montgomery, who had actually witnessed the crime, came forward and declared that Zach was innocent. Zach was cleared of the crime. Maria apologized to Zach for not believing him, but he was hurt by her lack of faith in his innocence. Slowly the tension between them melted, as Maria admitted to Zach that she never stopped loving him, but that her focus had to be on repairing her damaged relationship with her children. The two former lovers parted with a final kiss goodbye.
Zach sued Ethan for control of Cambias Industries, which Ethan had assumed control of. As revenge, Ethan had Zach's casino shut down. Kendall had broken up with Ethan, disgusted over his lies about Zach's guilt. Zach proposed to Kendall that they marry as the ultimate form of payback to Ethan. Additionally, Kendall would regain Zach's gaming licenses for him, help him run the casino, and would keep Bianca and Miranda's interest in Cambias Industries after Zach had regained control. Kendall agreed and the two were married in secret. Shortly after, Ethan made a loving plea to Kendall to reunite, but Zach dropped the bombshell that he had married Kendall. A furious Ethan fought Zach, and declared his father dead to him.
Shocked by the depth of his son's pain, Zach called off his lawsuit to regain Cambias. He offered to let Kendall out of their marriage, but Kendall chose to remain married to Zach, desperate for a loveless marriage as a means to keep her away from the inevitable pain that love brings. Zach and Kendall began to develop genuine feelings for each other, but neither one wanted to admit it. Kendall turned on Zach after learning that he was responsible for the blackout that had resulted in Kendall having herself implanted with Ryan's sperm so that she could give Ryan and Greenlee a baby, and the two divorced. Zach was also devastated to lose his son, Ethan, in the Mardi Gras ball explosion. He encountered Dixie Cooney at the cemetary, and soon became enmeshed in her quest to get certain information from Greg Madden. Zach had a motive of his own -- he wanted to make sure that Greg could never hurt Kendall.
Zach 'kidnapped' Kendall from Madden's island of pregnant surrogates and took her on a boat ride, where the two of them remarried. Once they returned to Pine Valley, Kendall was seriously injured in an accident at Fusion. Determined to do what he could to make sure that Kendall's son (nicknamed Spike) survived, Zach barricaded himself in her hospital room to give Spike enough time to be healthy. Luckily Spike managed to make it safely through childbirth, even though he was very weak, but Zach faced criminal charges for what he did. A contribution to the judge's campaign saved Zach from jail time, but he faced Kendall's ire over his refusal to seek vengeance against JR because of a promise he had made Dixie. Kendall was finally able to understand Zach's vow to Dixie and offered to assist herself in helping Dixie find her daughter as thanks for Dixie giving Zach the information he had needed to save her from Madden.
Zach and Dixie were charged with the murder of Greg Madden. During the trial, Tad gave testimony that would put doubt into the jury's mind that Zach and Dixie killed Greg. Tad confessed to burying Greg Madden alive and this caused his death. Zach and Dixie were acquitted and Tad was not charged due to the double jeopardy clause in the Constitution.
A killer known as the Satin Slayer came through town, picking off several women and injuring others. The killer was revealed to be Zach's father, Alexander Cambias, Sr. Zach's father killed and injured people close to Zach as punishment for Zach not being a good child. Alex Sr. kidnapped Kendall and Zach tracked them both in Las Vegas. Zach rescued Kendall and his father was arrested. The judge deemed Alexander Cambias, Sr. to be insane and had him transferred to Oak Haven. On the day of the transfer, someone shot Zach's father but he survived. The shooter was revealed to be Hannah Nichols, Zach's ex and mother to his son, Ethan Ramsey. Hannah had just come back to town in hopes of getting Zach all to herself again. When Hannah begged Zach to impregnate her one night, Zach refused and told her he was devoted to being with Kendall. Hannah left town and Zach stayed with Kendall.
When Greenlee got into a car accident with Spike, Zach and Kendall faced tough times since Kendall had gone into early labor with their child. Despite a tough delivery, Kendall gave birth to Ian, her son with Zach.
Zach and Adam met one day and Adam told him that JR had been kidnapped. He would be released if he came up with a large sum of money that he did not have. Zach said he would loan him the money on one condition: he would get Chandler Enterprises and Chandler Mansion. Adam agreed. Eventually, Adam got enough money to get back his company and his house. Zach even said it did not mean much to him anymore as is.
Zach was destined to make Greenlee pay for nearly killing Spike. He and JR teamed up to try to convince Greenlee that there were still some eggs of her that were viable to be used and that were not defrosted the night of the power outage in 2005. There was a catch: Greenlee would have to sell her shares of Fusion in order to find out the location. In reality, there were no eggs out there and Greenlee found this out so she refused to do business with Zach.
Hannah came back to town and Zach hired her at Cambias Industries. Again, Hannah attempted to strike up a relationship with Zach but he refused.
One night, Richie Novak stole JR Chandler's car and ran Zach Slater down. He left him for dead in the woods but Greenlee found Zach and helped him. Unfortunately, they both got trapped in a bomb shelter. Their loved ones, Kendall and Aidan, thought they were dead so they had a one night stand. Eventually, Kendall found plans to the bomb shelter and she and Aidan went there. They rescued Zach and Greenlee. Zach and Greenlee became friends after this and buried the hatchet after what Greenlee did to Spike.
Zach, Kendall, Aidan, Greenlee, Ryan, and Annie found out that Hannah shot Ryan when she aimed at Kendall. Zach chased her to Miller's Falls where Hannah slipped over a ledge. Zach caught her but Hannah let go.
Zach found out that Kendall had cheated on him with Aidan while in the bomb shelter. He and Kendall did not split up since he was more upset as to how she could not trust him to tell him the news. When Greenlee found out about Kendall and Aidan's one night stand, she blasted Zach for not telling her. However, she and Zach still remained friends.
Zach started to notice that Annie Lavery became unbalanced. He convinced her to get help with a psychiatrist and recommended she see one that he knew. At Annie's meeting with the doctor, she confessed to killing her brother, Richie. What Annie did not know was that Zach was in the other room and recorded her confession. Annie broke a window after she heard a sound and saw that Zach set her up.
Ryan sued Annie for custody of Annie. Zach told Annie at the hearing that, if she did not give up for custody of Emma, he would play her recorded confession to the police and have her arrested for Richie's murder. Annie agreed to let Ryan have custody.
Zach's employee, Josh Madden, embezzled from Cambias Industries and Zach wanted revenge on him. Zach was even more upset when Kendall helped Josh escape town. This put a strain in Zach and Kendall's marriage.
During the tornadoes, Zach went out driving to the store but the tornado caught up to his car and he crashed into a tree. He made it home and saw an unconscious Kendall. He went looking for Spike and Ian in the rubble and found an unconscious Bianca. Bianca came through and had a reunion with Zach. We found out that, months earlier, Zach had gone to visit Bianca in Paris and met her girlfriend, Reese Williams. Bianca asked Zach if he would donate his sperm so that she could get pregnant and raise a baby with Reese. Zach agreed and became a donor but neither he nor Bianca asked Kendall beforehand if this was okay.
Zach became frantic to help Kendall but David told him that there was little hope and she was dying. The only thing that would save Kendall would be a heart transplant. Zach said he would find a heart, even if he had to kill someone to get it.
Josh Madden came back to town and tried to rob Zach's casino. He took Reese hostage but Reese got away and there was a shootout between Josh and Zach. Zach shot Josh dead and then demanded they keep him alive since he needed his heart for Kendall. Josh's heart was a match for Kendall and David transplanted it into Kendall. Kendall woke up and Zach broke the news to her that he fathered a baby with Bianca without telling her.
When Kendall left Bianca and Reese's wedding in her car after hearing Bianca would not leave town with Reese and Gabrielle, Zach got into the car. Kendall drove erratically and almost hit Greenlee on her motorcycle. Greenlee was presumed dead and Zach told Kendall he would say he drove the car.
