Michael E Knight
Simon Neville
October 15, 2015 to July 27, 2016
Born in Princeton, NJ, Michael E Knight nevertheless considers himself a Californian. He spent his early years in Ojai in Southern California, where his father was a faculty member at a boys' preparatory school, which he also attended. The family later moved to San Francisco. He is the only one of three sons in his family to pursue acting.
Acting had been Mr. Knight's ambition since the age of 12. He earned his degree in theater arts in only three years at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. He then came to New York for more technical training at the Circle in the Square Theater, graduating in 1982.
Mr. Knight created the role of Tad in 1983 and was honored with two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Younger Leading Actor in a Drama Series (1986 and 1987). He left the show for a short time to pursue acting projects on the West Coast, which included a starring role in the feature film Date with an Angel, and various primetime appearances. He returned to All My Children in 1988 and stayed for two years.
Just prior to rejoining the cast of All My Children in 1992, Mr. Knight starred in the play Run for Your Wife on the Los Angeles stage. He also completed a lead role in the Columbia Pictures feature film, Hexed, and has guest-starred in a variety of primetime series -- including Murder, She Wrote, Dear John and Grapevine. Mr. Knight co-starred in the off-Broadway play Wrong Turn at Lungfish, and appeared in the ABC movie for television, She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal, and in the off-Broadway play Cakewalk, with Linda Lavin.
The Young and the Restless
Simon Neville
October 15, 2015 to July 27, 2016
Law and Order: SVU
November 2, 2002
One Life to Live
Tad Martin
1996
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
All My Children
Ted Orsini
1993
Murder, She Wrote
B.J. Wilson, "The Classic Murder", Episode # 9.8
December 6, 1992
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
Prince Edward
1982
All My Children
Thaddeus "Tad" Martin
1982 to 1986; 1988 to 1990; 1992 to September 23, 2011
Montana
Doctor
1998
Hexed
Simon Littlefield
1993
Date with an Angel
Jim Sanders
1987
Baby, It's You
Steve's Friend
1983
Daytime Emmys Winner, Outstanding Supporting Actor (
2001)
Daytime Emmys Winner, Outstanding Younger Leading Man in a Drama Series (1986, 1987)
Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor (2005)
Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actor (1998, 1999, 2001)
Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Younger Leading Man in a Drama Series (1985, 1986, 1987)
Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Guest Performer (
2020; for General Hospital)
Daytime Emmys Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011)
Daytime Emmys Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actor (2012)
Soap Central Dankies Winner, Favorite Character: Tad Martin (2009; for All My Children)
Soap Opera Digest Awards Winner, Best Supporting Actor (1999)
PLACE OF BIRTH: Princeton, NJ
DATE OF BIRTH: May 7, 1959
HEIGHT: 6'1"
HAIR: Brown
EYES: Blue
News Archive: Michael E Knight: Can't do AMC reboot right now [Feb 11, 2013]
News Archive: Michael E. Knight joins Y&R [Sep 9, 2015]
News Archive: Michael E. Knight opens up about his role as Y&R's Dr. Simon Neville [Sep 28, 2015]
News Archive: Y&R's Michael E. Knight on second chances, delicious revenge and romantic potential for Dr. Neville [Nov 13, 2015]
News Archive: Michael E. Knight discusses differences between NYC and LA [Jul 13, 2016]
News Archive: Y&R reveals new cast photo in celebration of 11,000th episode [Jul 19, 2016]
News Archive: AMC's Tad and Greenlee?! Find out what's bringing Rebecca Budig and Michael E. Knight together [Jul 15, 2018]
News Archive: All My Children fave Michael E. Knight joins General Hospital [Aug 20, 2019]
News Archive: General Hospital head writers reveal character info for All My Children alum Michael E. Knight [Sep 23, 2019]
News Archive: INTERVIEW: Michael E. Knight dishes on his new General Hospital character, Martin Gray [Oct 2, 2019]
News Archive: INTERVIEW: General Hospital's Michael E. Knight on his Emmy nomination, EW's All My Children reunion, and more [May 22, 2020]
News Archive: Justin Bruening dishes on All My Children legends and his Netflix series, Sweet Magnolias [Jun 1, 2020]
News Archive: WATCH: NATAS releases highlights from the Outstanding Guest Performer reels [Jun 15, 2020]
News Archive: General Hospital comings and goings: Michael E. Knight out as Martin Grey [Feb 19, 2024]
News Archive: Cady McClain pays tribute to Michael E. Knight and Tad and Dixie with throwback Snap [Mar 19, 2024]
