Nathan Oliver Hastings
Actor History
Shantel and Shenice Buford (1992-1995)
Ashaneese and Nasharin Holderness (1993; backup babies)
Christopher Pope (1995)
Malcolm Hunter (1996)
Bryant Jones (February 1995 to February 2003)
Lifeline
Born 1992
Nicknames
Nate
Occupation
Attending boarding school in England
Former Student at Walnut Grove Academy
Resides At
English Boarding school
Relatives
Nathan Hastings Sr. (father; deceased)
Olivia Barber (mother)
Walter Barber (grandfather)
Lillie Belle Barber (grandmother)
Drucilla Barber (aunt)
Lily Winters (cousin)
Crimes Committed
None
Brief Character History
Former mobster, Nathan Hastings, was now a detective with the Paul Williams Detective Agency. Nathan fell in love with Dr. Olivia Barber. This was the year of the grand Genoa City masquerade ball. Olivia had to work, so Nathan dressed as an Arabian and took her sister Drucilla, dressed as the Firebird ballerina. Nathan and Olivia married with Dru as reluctant maid of honor since she had a crush on Nathan herself. Dru and Neil Winters, who secretly loved Olivia, commiserated and ended up falling in love. It was obvious both couples were mismatched. The scholarly Olivia was married to the former criminal Nathan, and the former criminal Dru with the well-educated Neil.
A pregnant Olivia was found to have ovarian cancer, but refused to abort the baby to save her life. After the birth, Liv was to have a hysterectomy, but it and the cancer subject was dropped. (In later years they tried to have another baby, so who knows what happened?) Nathan Jr. "Nate" was delivered early to save Liv's life.
Years later Nathan and Olivia were not getting along since Olivia took her mentally ill mother's side against Nathan. So Nathan began an affair with the beautiful Keesha Monroe. Olivia became suspicious, and both Dru and Neil tried to caution Nathan after they caught him with Keesha. Each time Nathan tried to end the affair, Olivia did something to drive Nathan back to Keesha's arms. Nathan finally ended the affair, and he and Liv began trying for another child. Just as Keesha was falling in love with Malcolm, he found out about the affair with Nathan and dumped her. Then Keesha began getting persistent calls from old boyfriend Stan, who later died of AIDS. Keesha went to Dr. Liv, turned out to be HIV positive, and had to tell Nathan. It was about this time that Dru decided to tell Olivia about Nathan's affair with Keesha. Liv was furious, not only that Nathan had betrayed her, but had also endangered her and Nate with HIV. She kicked Nathan out and forbade him to ever see their son again. All 3 of them tested HIV negative, but Keesha was doomed with full-blown AIDS and later died. Nathan became desperate to see his son, and ended up kidnapping him. Life on the run was rough on Nate, so Nathan finally did the right thing, and was returning Nate to Olivia when he was struck by a car and killed.
Neil's brother Malcolm and Olivia were married a couple years later, and Nate was thrilled to have the exciting and fun-loving Malcolm as his new "daddy." But eventually Liv began spending too much time at the hospital and not enough time on her marriage. Malcolm and Nate's nanny Julia were raising Nate. Olivia suddenly began being suspicious of Malcolm over nothing and ended up driving him into another woman's arms. Malcolm tried to patch things up with Liv and convince her she was wrong about him, but Liv suddenly decided she didn't know if she wanted Malcolm or not. Her mind was on Malcolm's brother Neil, the man to which she was always drawn and much more suited. Much to Nate's disappointment, Malcolm asked Liv for a divorce and moved out.
Then the always work-obsessive Olivia started getting symptoms she refused to recognize and ended up on her deathbed with aplastic anemia. She further alienated Malcolm when she changed her will so that Neil would raise Nate should she die. Dru returned to Genoa City with Lily in tow and donated necessary bone marrow to save Olivia's life. Olivia's near-death changed her holier-than-thou attitude, but it was short-lived. Olivia then decided that Mal was not a fit role model for her son, refused to let them see each other, and again set her sights on Neil. Malcolm sued for visitation and won. Nate loved Malcolm and still thought of him as Daddy, though it was never made legal. Malcolm disappeared in an accident on a photo shoot in Kenya, and was presumed dead.
Nate began getting close to his "Uncle" Neil then, but Neil was drowning his guilt over Malcolm's death in alcohol. So Olivia banned Nate from seeing Neil too. Brad Carlton, husband of Olivia's best friend Ashley, tried to step into the void. More recently, Nate was happy to see his cousin Lily return to Genoa City from years living in Paris. Neil went on the wagon and he and Drucilla were remarried.
Three years after he was declared dead, Malcolm has shown up in Genoa City, very much alive, sporting cornrows and a bad attitude. Malcolm is out for revenge against the brother who he thinks stole his fiancé and left him for dead in Kenya. But mostly he returned to see Nate again. Olivia is resentful that Malcolm didn't make himself known to Nate as soon as possible, and is making him wait to reveal himself until the now 15 year old Nate returns from boarding school at the end of semester.
