Lucas Roberts Horton
Actor History
Bryan Dattilo (1993 to March 27, 2001; February 2002 to July 2002; September 2002 to Present)
Other Names
Lucas Horton (changed his legal name in fall of 2007 to distance himself from his mother, Kate Roberts)
Occupation
Acting CEO of Kate's Hearth and Home
Former executive for Titan
Former undercover agent for the Feds
Formerly worked for Titan
Formerly worked for Tony DiMera
Former executive at Titan Publishing
Resides At
Lucas's House
Formerly the Horton cabin on Smith Island
Formerly an appartment in Salem
Marital Status
Single
Past Marriages
Chloe Lane (Married March 17, 2009; Annulled October 16, 2009)
Carrie Brady (divorced)
Nicole Walker (divorced)
Samantha Gene Brady (married twice- annulled both times)
Relatives
Bill Horton (father) *
Kate Roberts (mother)
Mike Horton (paternal half-brother)
Jennifer Horton (paternal half-sister)
Austin Reed (maternal half-brother)
Billie Reed (maternal half-sister)
Rex Brady (maternal half-brother)
Cassie Brady (maternal half-sister)
Philip Kiriakis (maternal half-brother)
Tom Horton Sr. (paternal grandfather; deceased)
Alice Grayson (paternal grandmother)
Sid Grayson (paternal great-grandfather; deceased)
Abigail Grayson (paternal great-grandmother; deceased)
Tommy Horton Jr. (paternal uncle)
Addie Horton (paternal aunt; deceased)
Mickey Horton (paternal uncle)
Marie Horton (paternal aunt)
Sandy Horton (paternal cousin)
Julie Olson (paternal cousin)
Steven Olson (paternal cousin)
Hope Williams (paternal cousin)
Melissa Horton (paternal cousin; via adoption)
Sarah Horton (paternal cousin; via adoption)
Jessica Blake (paternal cousin)
Jeremy Horton (paternal half-nephew)
Nathan Horton (paternal half-nephew)
Abigail Deveraux (paternal half-niece)
Jack Deveraux Jr. (paternal half-nephew)
Chelsea Brady (maternal half-niece)
Tyler Kiriakis (maternal half-nephew)
David Banning (paternal first cousin once removed)
Spencer Olson (paternal first cousin once removed)
Shawn-Douglas Brady (paternal first cousin once removed)
Zack Brady (paternal first cousin once removed; deceased)
Ciara Brady (paternal first cousin once removed)
Nick Fallon (paternal first cousin once removed)
Scott Banning (paternal first cousin twice removed)
Claire Brady (paternal first cousin twice removed)
* Bill Horton is assumed to be Lucas' father, although Kate admitted she doesn't know for sure.
Children
Will Roberts Horton (son; with Sami)
Alice "Ali" Caroline Horton (daughter; with Sami)
Flings & Affairs
Chloe Lane (dated/lovers/engaged)
Cherish
Sophia (dated)
Cassie Brady (almost slept together before they knew they were siblings)
Samantha Brady (dated/lovers/engaged)
Nicole Walker (dated/lovers/engaged)
Carrie Brady (dated/lovers/engaged)
Crimes & Malicious Acts
Removed his ankle monitor to break house arrest
Schemed to keep Carrie from finding out that Austin bought her company
Hid evidence in EJ's attempted murder from the police
Shot and attempted to kill EJ
Kidnapped Will
Killed Franco Kelly
Attempted to kill Sami
Drove while under the influence
Brief Character History
We were introduced to playboy Lucas while he made love to a rock star. That romance fizzled pretty quickly. He then met Sami Brady, and fell in love with Carrie Brady, who was dating Austin. He agreed to help break up Austin and Carrie so Sami could get Austin and make her half sister's life miserable. He also introduced Sami to his friend, Alan Harris, who ended up raping Sami. Because he agreed to help Sami, she would help him find out who his real father was. Kate had said he was a successful military man and graduate of West Point Academy. He knew she was lying.
Soon, it was revealed that Bill Horton was Lucas' father. Feeling very betrayed and let down, he pushed his mother away. In the process, Lucas had gained a lot of family in the form of the Horton's. In a moment when they're guard was down, Lucas and Sami made love when some boys taunted her about the rape. Their son was conceived there. Soon after that, Billie was put on trial for Curtis Reed's murder. Within that case, Kate found out that her supposedly dead children were alive, and they were Billie and Austin.
Lucas went from center of attention to having two siblings he could not stand. Lucas became very bitter towards Austin, who held Carrie's affections. Lucas desperately wanted Carrie to love him, but she did not return his feelings.
Sami had William Robert Reed in 1995. Lucas became very attached to his " nephew " much to the dismay of Sami, who discovered that Lucas was in fact her child's father. She tried to change the paternity tests, but it didn't work.
Lucas wanted custody of his son. However, Sami was the obstacle in that, claiming that Lucas abused his son, and she saw it. She got a restraining order against him, and gave custody of Will to Austin when she was sent to jail for Franco's murder. In a flash of rage and drunk, Lucas kidnapped his son and met with a car accident, causing Will to have brain surgery. Lucas' mother Kate got Nicole to marry him to gain custody of Will while Sami was in jail. Sami is now a free woman and is determined to get custody of her son. Lucas is in for trouble.
For the longest time Lucas had custody of Will, until Sami got proof that Lucas killed Franco. She used that information to blackmail Lucas, but it was Kate who forced Lucas to give up custody of his son. Losing Will absolutely destroyed Lucas, and threw him back into the bottle. While drunk one night, Lucas was caught in the fire that Kate set to kill Victor, and almost died. After spending months in a special hospital and then in rehabilitation, Lucas came back to Salem, more determined than ever to hurt Sami.
Lucas soon got a job working with Tony DiMera, and when he got proof that Sami switched the paternity results on Lexie's baby, he used that to break up Brandon and Sami only moments after they tied the knot. He and Tony were celebrating at the DiMera mansion when Sami burst in, and in the ensuing scuffle, Sami ended up going through the glass doors. Sami was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and Lucas went to a bar to drown his sorrows, allowing himself for the first time in years to remember the friendship he and Sami once shared as he waited to hear if she was going to live or die.
Lucas took care of Sami after she was released, often against her wishes. As they spent more time together, Lucas found his heart softening towards his once-worst-enemy, and the two have shared a few nights together (all platonic, of course), and some steamy kisses. When Sami's father Roman was murdered, Lucas was there to comfort her. He's trying to be careful though, because he doesn't want Will to get his hopes up, and he still hasn't completely forgiven Sami.
Lucas finally stopped fighting the way he felt and admitted that he was in love with Sami, but after seeing her cozying up to the new assistant D.A. in town, Ray Diaz, he decided to torture her by getting involved with Manda. It didn't last long, because Lucas couldn't fight the way he felt about Sami, and after closing the door on Manda, he proposed to Sami. Unfortunately, it wasn't the most romantic proposal, so she turned him down flat. Lucas then went all out -- he treated her to a night at the Penthouse Grille, complete with a song from his heart, and was thrilled when she said yes. The two began looking forward to their future together, but after Lucas caught Sami in bed with Brandon on the eve of their wedding, he broke things off, despite Sami's insistence that she was innocent and that Kate framed her.
Sami eventually managed to prove her innocence, and she and Lucas again headed to the altar, but Kate interrupted the nuptials with the news that Sami had posed as Stan for a number of weeks and had been responsible for what happened to Philip. Lucas cut her out of his life again, as did Will. After Sami was cleared (thanks to Austin), she began moving on with Austin, and Lucas married Carrie, who had told him that she was pregnant. Lucas was upset to learn that Carrie wasn't really pregnant and possibly never could be, but was determined to stand by her -- until he found her sleeping with Austin. He broke off their marriage (she then married Austin and left town), and was alone briefly before he and Sami finally caved and began a future together again. Again they became engaged to be married, and when Lucas learned Sami was expecting, he was thrilled.
Sami and Lucas wed, but Lucas' happiness at her pregnancy was shattered when he learned that E.J. Wells had forced her into having sex with him in order to save his life during a snowstorm, and their twins could in fact belong to E.J. A paternity test proved E.J. to be the father, but a second paternity test proved that Lucas was the father. Unfortunately, the DiMeras also made the terms for ending the vendetta very clear -- Sami was to marry E.J.! Lucas was there to see Sami give birth to the twins, and together they realized that the two did not look like each other. The male twin turned out to belong to E.J., and when the twins were only days old, Sami and Lucas ended their marriage so that she could marry E.J.
On Sami and EJ's wedding day, Lucas brought a gun to the church and shot EJ in the back. After trying to hide evidence, Lucas eventually turned himself in and plead guilty to attempted murder. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. A few months later, Lucas became eligible for parole and moved into the DiMera mansion as terms of his house arrest. (With Stefano in a coma, John was now the head of the DiMera household. John, Marlena, Sami, EJ, Johnny, and Ali all lived in the mansion)
Lucas found Sami and EJ in bed together and was crushed. While he had to remain in the DiMera mansion, he schemed to get EJ to move out. Still undecided about his feelings for a future with Sami, Lucas started a friendship with Chloe Lane.
Frustrated with his house arrest, Lucas snuck out of the DiMera mansion to meet Chloe. Together, they learned that Phillip was incorrectly being framed for setting John's warehouse on fire. Lucas actually witnessed Paul Hollingsworth running from the warehouse, but he could not come to the police with this information because Lucas should have been home, serving his house arrest. So, Chloe took Lucas's testimony to the police and passed it off as her own. Lucas and Chloe became more than friends when a Salem blackout trapped them in an elevator together where they made love. After the power was resorted, the police arrested Lucas for breaking house arrest again. Chloe felt responsible and tried to apologize to Lucas. He told her it wasn't her fault.
Faced with the possibility of 10+ years in prison, Lucas struck a deal with the Feds. In exchange for a commuted sentence, Lucas agreed to go undercover in a maximum security prison to get inside information on drug trafficking in Salem. Lucas was successful in getting the information, but when his cover was blown the prisoners beat him so bad that Lucas ended up in the hospital. This experience caused Lucas to take another look at his life. He told Sami that they needed to spend some time apart for a while and that their relationship was too much for him to handle. Then, he told Chloe that he was glad to see her when he woke up. Maggie gave Lucas the keys to the Horton cabin on Smith Island where he headed to spend some time clearing his head.
Lucas took the opportunity over the next few months to establish himself on his own. He took a job from Philip at Titan. He spent time with Chloe. And, he worked to form a relationship with his daughter, Ali. One day when he went to pick up Ali at the DiMera mansion, he found Sami collapsed on the floor. He rushed Sami to the hospital where she learned that she was pregnant. Lucas realized that Sami was pregnant from the night she spent with EJ. He urged Sami to tell EJ the truth. Sami refused and even though he did not agree with her, Lucas kept Sami's secret.
Meanwhile, Lucas continued to bond with Chloe. She supported Lucas through Kate's battle with cancer. He proposed to Chloe in November of 2008, but they waited to announce their engagement until Kate's condition improved. Chloe tested positive for a bone marrow match for Kate and donated bone marrow to save Kate's life. During the transplant, Chloe became attracted to Dr. Daniel Jonas, but fought off the attraction because of her engagement to Lucas. But, Chloe started having an affair with Daniel. Eventually, Chloe broke up with Lucas for Daniel.
When Chloe broke up with Lucas, he was crushed. He drowned his sorrows in liquor. Maggie found Lucas and tried to get
him to stop drinking. Maggie told Lucas about Chloe and Daniel. Frustrated (and drunk) Lucas went to Daniel's apartment
to confront him. But, Lucas was badly injured in an explosion at Daniel's apartment. Lucas forgot everything that
happened when he was drunk. Scared that Lucas would die, Chloe asked Lucas for a second chance. Lucas took her back and
a few days after he and Chloe eloped to Las Vegas. They came back to Salem to start their life together. Lucas was
determined to make this marriage work. He did everything he could, but their marriage was doomed from the beginning since
Chloe was not honest with Lucas about her feelings for Daniel.
Chloe and Daniel stole little moments together and it wasn't long before Kate caught them together. She set out to get revenge on Chloe for hurting Lucas (and Daniel for hurting Kate). Kate poisoned Chloe and framed Daniel for the crime. When Daniel emerged as a suspect, Lucas learned that Daniel's motive was the fact that Daniel was a scorned lover. Lucas sat by Chloe's bedside, but was heartbroken when she woke up and announced that she loved Daniel and wanted to be with him. Lucas started drinking again. Maggie, Will, and Sami intervened and convinced Lucas to check into rehab. Before he left, he served Chloe with annulment papers.
