Justin Kiriakis
Actor History
Wallace Kurth (3 February 1987 to 5 February 1991)
Also Known As
Justin Alexander Kiriakis (full name)
Occupation
Employed by a company in Dubai
A.J. Construction (Co-owner)
Kiriakis/Deveraux Construction (Partner)
Resides At
Somewhere in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Marital Status
Married (Adrienne Johnson; re-married in 1990)
Past Marriages
Adrienne Johnson (first time; married in 1987; divorced)
Relatives
Alexander Kiriakis (father; deceased)
Christina Kiriakis (mother; deceased)
Yurgos Kiriakis (grandfather; deceased
Sophie Kiriakis (grandmother; deceased)
Victor Kiriakis (uncle)
Isabella Toscano (cousin; deceased)
Bo Brady (cousin)
Philip Kiriakis (cousin)
Brady Black (first cousin once removed)
Shawn-Douglas Brady (first cousin once removed)
Chelsea Brady (first cousin once removed)
Zack Brady (first cousin once removed; deceased)
Ciara Brady (first cousin once removed)
Claire Kiriakis (first cousin twice removed)
Tyler Kiriakis (first cousin once removed)
Children
Alexander Neil Kiriakis (son; with Anjelica)
Victor Kiriakis, II (son; twin; adopted)
Joseph Kiriakis (son; twin; adopted)
Jackson Kiriakis (son; with Adrienne)
Flings & Affairs
Anjelica Deveraux
Crimes Committed
Tried to have Emilio Ramirez killed.
Brief Character History
Justin was Victor Kiriakis' nephew and came to Salem in 1987. Both of Justin's parents were dead, and he and Victor were the only family each other had. Justin enjoyed the high life, and the ladies, and had a brief fling with Angelica Deveraux when he first came to town. Justin soon met and fell in love with Adrienne Johnson. Adrienne was a poor girl, and Justin hid his identity from her because his uncle Victor was involved in a project Adrienne was against. Adrienne and Justin fell in love, but Victor, who didn't approve of their relationship told Adrienne that Justin was his nephew. Adrienne was hurt, but was still in love with Justin.
In 1987, Justin and Adrienne married in Greece, yet once they returned to Salem things became rocky. She hated his illegal ties with the Kiriakis business and that stress caused her to miscarry when she became pregnant with their child. Justin accused her of purposely losing their child and the two grew further apart. Eventually, Justin chose to make their marriage work and moved out of the Kiriakis Mansion - leaving behind is uncle as well as their illegal dealings. Unfortunately for the couple, when Victor was shot Justin returned to the mansion to oversee the Kiriakis Empire. Adrienne, however, didn't return with him. Justin turned to Angelica Deveraux when Adrienne rejected him, and she became pregnant with his child.
Adrienne began having an affair with the Kiriakis stable hand Emilio Ramirez. Justin was furious at this and arranged for Emilio to be killed in an accident, but Justin ended up getting caught in his own trap and was paralyzed. This accident caused Adrienne to return to Justin, and they made up. In time Justin regained the use of his legs, but was impotent as a result of the accident, leading to more tension between the couple. Angelica, now married to Neil Curtis, contemplated telling Justin he was the father of her son Alexander, but decided against it for the time being. Later Justin was almost killed when Emilio tried to get revenge on him by cutting the brakes in his car.
Eventually Justin and Adrienne learned that Angelica's son Alexander was his son, but they didn't split up. Justin and Adrienne moved out of the Kiriakis mansion when Justin learned that his uncle Victor was drugging him, causing his impotency. In an attempt to get back at his uncle Justin hired a hooker name Yvette DuPres to seduce his uncle and con him into believing she was a wealthy baroness. Victor eventually learned the truth and was furious with him. Angelica then moved in with Victor and planned to marry him knowing that it would kill Justin to have his son under Victor's roof. Justin refused to allow that happen and stopped the wedding. Justin then set Angelica up in a lavish penthouse apartment. Fearing she was losing Justin Adrienne, under the advice of Victor, allowed Justin to believe she was pregnant. When Angelica learned the truth and exposed Adrienne, both Justin and Adrienne agreed to get a divorce.
Soon the former spouses where in competition when both Adrienne and Justin decided to open construction companies. They also began dating again, which made Angelica angry. Angelica bribed one of Adrienne's men to blow up a building her company was working on. As a result, Adrienne became trapped in a pit. Justin managed to rescue Adrienne and he claimed that he was responsible for the blast. However, when Angelica knew she would be discovered sooner or later, she fled town. Angelica's plane crashed and she and little Alexander were presumed dead. In reality, they had boarded another flight. Justin and Adrienne grew closer because of the incident and Victor disowned him. Eventually they remarried on June 1, 1990.
Upon returning from their honeymoon, Justin and Adrienne took pity on Angelica's wacky housekeeper, J.J. Bagwood, and hired her as their own. Coincidentally, Justin and Adrienne were having problems conceiving, so when J.J. became pregnant she offered to give her twins to them. After the baby's births on September 19, 1990, their biological father, Stanley, came forward to claim them. Like their father, J.J. also had doubts about giving up the twins, but they soon realized that Justin and Adrienne could give them a better life. After handing over custody, both J.J. and Stanley left Salem. A short time later, Adrienne became pregnant and eventually gave birth to a health baby boy, Jackson. Needing a fresh start, they moved to Texas with their children and started the A.J. Construction Company. Before leaving Justin, Adrienne, and Victor all reconciled and Johnny Corelli reunited Justin with Alexander, the son who he believed had died.
Although never shown on-screen, Justin returned to Salem in 2007 with Adrienne and his sons. While she was busy helping her family deal with the fallout of her recently resurrected brother Steve's brainwashing, he tried to reestablish roots, but soon found it hard to readjust to life back in Salem. In January 2008, Justin accepted a job in Dubai and moved his entire family there.
