Philip Robert Kiriakis
Actor History
Jonathan and Thomas Selstad (1995 - 1998)
Shane Nicholas (1998)
Brandon Tyler (1999)
Jay Kenneth Johnson (1999 to December 25, 2002; January 12, 2007 to present)
Kyle Brandt (2003 to 2006)
Unknown Actor (2006 to 2007; under bandages)
Lifeline
Born onscreen February 21, 1995
Aged to high school age (approx. 16) in 1999
Occupation
CEO of Titan
Formerly worked for the ISA
Former Marine
Resides At
Kiriakis Mansion in Salem
Formerly a loft in Salem (with Belle and Claire)
Marital Status
Single/Divorced (Belle Black (January 3, 2005 to June 29, 2007; divorced)
Past Marriages
Belle Black (January 3, 2005 to June 29, 2007; divorced)
Relatives
Victor Kiriakis (father)
Kate Roberts (biological mother)
Vivian Alamain (surrogate mother)
Isabella Toscano (paternal half-sister; deceased)
Bo Brady (paternal half-brother)
Austin Reed (maternal half-brother)
Billie Reed (maternal half-sister)
Lucas Roberts Horton (maternal half-brother)
Rex Brady (maternal half-brother)
Cassie Brady (maternal half-sister)
Yurgos Kiriakis (paternal grandfather; deceased)
Sophie Kiriakis (paternal grandmother; deceased)
Alexander Kiriakis (paternal uncle; deceased)
Justin Kiriakis (paternal cousin)
Shawn-Douglas Brady (paternal half-nephew)
Chelsea Brady (paternal half-niece / maternal half-niece)
Zack Brady (paternal half-nephew; deceased)
Ciara Brady (paternal half-niece)
Brady Black (paternal half-nephew)
Will Roberts (maternal half-nephew)
Alice Caroline Horton (maternal half-niece)
Alexander Kiriakis (paternal first cousin once removed)
Victor Kiriakis II (paternal first cousin once removed; via adoption)
Joey Kiriakis (paternal first cousin once removed; via adoption)
Jackson Steven Kiriakis (paternal first cousin once removed)
Claire Brady (paternal half-grand-niece)
Children
Tyler Kiriakis (son; with Mimi via surrogate and an egg switch)
Flings & Affairs
Stephanie Johnson (dated/lovers/engaged)
Melanie Layton (kissed- she tried to seduce him; kissed)
Morgan Hollingsworth (dated)
Chloe Lane (dated/lovers)
Isabella Black (dated/lovers)
Crimes Committed
Broke into the Heritage Park Mortuary to rescue Stephanie (May 2008)
Kidnapping- withheld information from the police that Victor was holding Stefano DiMera hostage(May 2008)
Paid Paul Hollingsworth to plant drugs on John Black DiMera's ship (July 2008)
Miscellaneous
Blood type is O-
Brief Character History
Philip entered the world in an unusual way. Unable to get pregnant, Kate went to the doctor's office to be implanted with Victor's sperm. The fertilized egg ended up in Vivian instead, and Vivian actually carried Philip to term, trying to get Victor for herself. The next thing we knew, Philip was in high-school, and was hanging out with fellow rich brats Jan Spears and Jason Welles. The three made a point of torturing new girl Chloe Lane, until Philip got a chance to see a different side of her, and fell in love. The relationship hit a snag when she falsely accused him of rape, and ANOTHER snag when he dumped her after nude photos of her appeared at the Last Blast dance.
Philip was never able to get things going with Chloe again, and when he realized that she had found new love with Brady Black, he left Salem to join the military. He wasn't gone long though...he came back to town as part of the Love is Blind contest (he was the mystery hunk), and re-developed a crush on his good friend Belle Brady. Philip was more than just Shawn and Belle's high school chum though. In addition to being a dedicated military cadet, he was also secretly working for the ISA. He and Tek, a newcomer to town, worked hard to prove that Tony DiMera was involved in some nefarious dealings around town. Not only that, but Philip let his mother bully him into spending more time with Belle, whom by this point he was hopelessly in love with.
Philip and Belle got engaged, with Philip thrilled that he and Belle were going to be able to live their lives together. Unfortunately, just as they were getting engaged, Philip was being called to active duty in Iraq. The two moved up their wedding plans, getting married immediately before Philip had to ship out. Philip returned home, but he had lost the lower part of his leg in connection to a Tony DiMera plot. He was thrilled to learn of Belle's pregnancy. Claire Kiriakis was born at St. Luke's on what was supposed to have been her maternal half-aunt Sami's wedding to her paternal half-uncle Lucas. Unfortunately, the wedding never came off. Philip, Belle and the baby were transported to the hospital, and it was there that Belle and Philip chose their daughter's name -- it was a mutual favorite -- and Shawn and Mimi consented to be the child's godparents. When baby Claire became ill, Kate learned that her bloodtype was AB- and after talking to a medical student realized that there was no way Philip could be her father, and soon realized that it must be Shawn. Unfortunately for poor Claire, her health continued to deteriorate, and it wasn't long before Lexie Carver realized that if she didn't get a liver transplant, she wouldn't survive. Luckily for Claire, Zack Brady was a match, and she received his liver after he died.
Claire recovered, and her parents were thrilled, but when the truth finally emerged about her paternity (thanks to Chelsea's intervention), Philip left town for a number of weeks, and Shawn tried to adjust to being Claire's father. Belle didn't want him near her initially, especially after learning of his relationship with Willow, a former prostitute. Belle and Shawn finally began to come to an agreement about Claire when she was kidnapped from a diner. This terrified both Belle and Shawn, who then came under scrutiny from social services. Unbeknownst to anyone, on the occasions when Belle would allow Victor to visit with Claire, she was also spending time with Philip, who had been injured in his duties as a marine and needed reconstructive surgery.
When the case finally went to court, Philip showed up (having just had a face transplant) and won temporary custody of Claire, who was legally his daughter because he was married to Belle at the time of her birth and was named as her father on the birth certificate. Shortly after, Shawn and Belle kidnapped the little girl and fled the country, with Philip desperate to find out what happened to the little girl he raised for the first year of her life. Philip was willing to use any methods to get Claire back, including team up with E.J. Wells. Philip began his attempts to win Belle back, but she still maintained her relationship with Shawn. Belle and Philip even became lovers again after her father John died, but Belle chose to marry Shawn. When Shawn messed up at a crime scene, Philip offered to do anything he could to help Shawn with his career -- if Belle would sleep with him. Belle agreed to do so, but at the last moment Philip felt guilty and told her she didn't have to go through with it. Shawn, Belle, and Claire left Salem soon after to bond as a family.
When Shawn, Belle, and Claire left Salem, Philip threw himself into work. Victor appointed Philip as CEO of Titan, where Philip worked closely with Titan shipping. Philip went head to head with John Black DiMera over the shipping ports in Salem. Philip told the authorities that John Black DiMera paid off a customs official, Paul Hollingsworth, to unnecessarily detain Kiriakis ships, allowing DiMera ships through first. When no charges were brought against Hollingsworth (thanks to some help from John), Philip paid Paul to plant massive amounts of drugs on John's ships. The feud continued until Paul went "missing". John and Philip were both suspects in Paul's disappearance.
Unaware of Philip's dealings with Paul, Morgan Hollingsworth, Paul's daughter, began a friendship with Philip. Philip used Morgan to keep an eye on her father's search, but eventually, he grew feelings for her. He broke off a brief fling with Chloe to focus on Morgan. But just as they were about to get close, Morgan learned of Philip's relationship with her father. She broke things off with him and moved to Chicago.
Philip threw himself into work and family. He continued to run Titan and told Nick Fallon that Titan would be glad to purchase the rights to the alternative fuel project as soon as some of the kinks were eliminated. He hired Stephanie Johnson as an intern and hired Melanie Layton as an executive assistant.
While work was going well, Philip got bad news in his family. Kate had stage 4 lung cancer. During her illness, Philip leaned on Stephanie for support. The two grew closer and began dating, much to the dismay of Melanie, who had feelings for Philip. Melanie tried to come between Stephanie and Philip on several occasions. Fed up with her, he fired her from Titan and told her that Titan had no interest in the alternative fuel project that she was now the sole owner of.
Furious and hurt, Melanie told Victor about Philip passing on the project. Victor confronted Philip and warned him not to let emotions get in the way of business decisions. Philip agreed. To make sure that Philip did not get out of line, Victor appointed Brady as vice CEO. Philip felt blindsided by Brady's hiring and competed with him for Victor's attention.
Philip attempted to get Victor's attention when he bought the rights to Melanie Layton's alternative fuels project for Titan. But when Philip refused to have a romantic relationship with Melanie (Philip was dating Stephanie Johnson), Melanie sold the project to DiMera Enterprises. When EJ revealed that he brought the project just to stop the fuel source from ever being developed, Melanie sold the project to Tony DiMera. Furious that Melanie had taken the fuels project from Titan, Philip confronted Tony DiMera. As Tony was walking away from Philip, Tony slipped and fell. Tony died from complications from the fall. EJ and Stefano blamed Philip for Tony's death.
Victor blamed Philip for losing the project. But their problems got worse when a full blown feud erupted between the DiMera and Kiriakis families. Stefano and EJ ordered two hits on Philip. First, a hit man was hired to shoot Philip. When Philip survived, the DiMeras paid a nurse to drug Philip. But, Hope broke into Philip's hospital room and stopped the nurse before Philip died. In retaliation for the hits, Victor and Philip arranged for Stefano to be kidnapped and held him hostage, denying Stefano the proper amounts of insulin. Victor demanded that EJ sign over the rights to DiMera Enterprises in return for Stefano.
Rather than sign over the rights, EJ had Stephanie Johnson, Philip's fiance, kidnapped. Philip agreed to swap Stefano for Stephanie with EJ. But the man that EJ hired to kidnap Stephanie had other ideas. Owen wanted to keep Stephanie for himself. Owen stored her in the Heritage Park Mortuary. Melanie, Brady and Philip tracked Owen down. Pretending to be a corpse, Philip snuck into the morgue and rescued Stephanie.
