Michael Easton
Michael Easton originated the role of One Life to Live's John McBain in October 2003. Mr. Easton relocated to New York to join the cast of OLTL following his run as the immensely popular vampire, Caleb Morley, on ABC Daytime's Port Charles.
Born in Long Beach, California, Mr. Easton was raised in both the United States and Ireland, the native home of his parents. During high school, he began writing poetry and was inspired by Charles Bukowski and Raymond Carver. In college he had a double major in English and history, with an emphasis on Greek History. Before finishing, he decided to leave school and travel through Europe. He compiled his writing from the trip into a book entitled Drift.
Mr. Easton returned from Europe and decided to continue his education at the University of California at Los Angeles. He studied writing and directing, and his last course at UCLA was acting. He started writing plays while in school and performed them in Los Angeles, until he was cast in Coldfire in 1990. In 1991 he appeared in the feature films The Art of Dying and The Killing Zone.
Mr. Easton played Days of Our Lives' Tanner Scofield from 1991-1992 and was chosen as one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" of 1992. Following his stint on Days, he appeared in the television movie Shadow of a Stranger (1992). He then quit acting for almost two years and returned to New York.
In 1994 Mr. Easton returned to acting. His television credits include VR5, the Judith Krantz miniseries, Dazzle, and a guest starring role on Diagnosis Murder. He also wrote, produced, directed and edited the award winning independent film Daedalus is Dead. The film premiered at the British Short Film Festival in 1996 and was honored with the award for Best Dramatic Short at the Sea and Sky Festival in Canada. In 1995 Mr. Easton starred in The Door at the Tamarind Theater in Los Angeles. He was then cast in the role of identical twin brothers in Stephen J. Cannell's action-adventure series TWO in 1996 and appeared in 413 Hope Street in 1997.
Mr. Easton became a published poet with Eighteen Straight Whiskeys in October 1997. Following 413 Hope Street, he appeared on Ally McBeal and The Practice. The same year he was cast in the role of Charlie in the television movie Murder at Devil's Creek, and sold his screenplay based on the life of actor Montgomery Clift. In 1998 he appeared in the Toronto-based Showtime series Total Recall 2070, for which he received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. In 2000 he appeared in the miniseries The '70s, and in 2001 he sold a new screenplay entitled Hunting Icarus to Neverland Films.
In 2001 he returned to daytime on ABC's Port Charles, playing twins for a second time in his career -- Caleb and Michael Morley. In 2002 he guest starred on Mutant X and then returned to PC until the show's cancellation in October 2003.
In the fall of 2003 Mr. Easton relocated to New York for his role on OLTL.
When One Life to Live was canceled in January, 2011, General Hospital picked up both Easton and his OLTL character, John McBain. His arrival on General Hospital resulted in some cute quips written into the script by its characters who "knew him before" from the soap Port Charles, bringing to mind vampires and how John "seemed so familiar".
General Hospital
Hamilton Finn
April 27, 2016 to Present
General Hospital
Silas Clay
May 13, 2013 to
August 31, 2015
General Hospital
John McBain
March 13, 2012 to
March 20, 2013 [recurring]
One Life to Live
John McBain
October 1, 2003 to
January 13, 2012
Port Charles
Caleb Morley
June 8, 2001 to
December 3, 2001;
October 25, 2002 to
October 3, 2003
Port Charles
Michael Morley
May 14, 2001 to 2001
Mutant X
Gabriel Ashlocke
2001
The 70s
Nick
2000
Total Recall 2070
David Hume
1998 to 1999
What We Did That Night
Charlie
1999
The Practice
Glenn
1998
Allie McBeal
Glenn
1998
413 Hope St.
Nick Carrington
1997
Two
Gus McClain/Booth Hubbard
1996
Dazzle
Nick
1995
VR.5
Duncan
1995
Shadow of a Stranger
Shawn
1992
Days of our Lives
Tanner Scofield
1991 to 1992
The Last Day of Atlantis
Michot
2002
The Art of Dying
Bobby
1991
Coldfire
Jake Edwards
1991
The Killing Zone
1991
Monty [Film]
2001
Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor (
2018; for
General Hospital)
Daytime Emmys Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor (
2018; for
General Hospital)
Daytime Emmys Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor (2006, 2007, 2008; for
One Life to Live)
Daytime Emmys Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor (2003, 2004; for
Port Charles)
PLACE OF BIRTH: Long Beach, California
DATE OF BIRTH: February 15, 1967
MARITAL STATUS: Married, Ginevra Arabin [Jun 25, 2004]
News Archive: PC's experiment with vampires has now ended. [Dec 3, 2001]
News Archive: Michael Easton to join the cast of OLTL. [Jul 28, 2003]
News Archive: Easton, co-stars are the subjects of Internet gossip. [Feb 28, 2005]
News Archive: Easton's uncertain future with OLTL fuels 'net rumors. [Jun 13, 2006]
News Archive: Deal reached to avoid Easton's death on OLTL. [Aug 13, 2006]
News Archive: Easton part of first wave of OLTL stars signing with Prospect Park. [Aug 9, 2011]
News Archive: Easton, three others taking OLTL characters to General Hospital. [Jan 11, 2012]
News Archive: DePaiva worried ABC "misleading" fans on GH crossover. [Jan 18, 2012]
News Archive: Michael Easton set to make a dramatic GH exit [Jul 29, 2015]
News Archive: Michael Easton on his GH exit: "THIS IS HOW IT ENDS" [Aug 3, 2015]
News Archive: GH's Michael Easton spills all during fan-conducted exit interview [Aug 4, 2015]
News Archive: WATCH: Michael Easton and Trevor St. John pair up for ultra dramatic film [Sep 16, 2015]
News Archive: Michael Easton comments on possible return of GH's Silas [Oct 13, 2015]
News Archive: Michael Easton reveals his GH return date [Feb 29, 2016]
News Archive: Michael Easton reveals why he was "leery" about returning to GH [Mar 4, 2016]
News Archive: WATCH: GH officially welcomes back Michael Easton [Mar 14, 2016]
News Archive: Michael Easton/Trevor St. John movie earns special honors [Jun 28, 2016]
News Archive: Michael Easton on his super crazy soap path and the future of GH's Finn [Oct 7, 2016]
News Archive: Michael Easton's film First Strike Butcher Knife screened at Cannes [May 29, 2017]
News Archive: Hmm... Is GH's Michael Easton headed to DAYS? [Jun 14, 2017]
News Archive: Michael Easton writes heartfelt poem about Rebecca Budig's GH exit [Jul 3, 2017]
News Archive: WATCH: 2018 Emmy Reels for Lead Actor [Apr 6, 2018]
News Archive: VIDEO - 2018 Daytime Emmys Red Carpet interview: Michael Easton [Apr 30, 2018]
News Archive: WATCH: GH stars appear on Jeopardy! in special Port Charles category [Oct 2, 2018]
News Archive: General Hospital to air special A Christmas Carol special [Dec 19, 2019]
News Archive: Michael Easton talks COVID-19 coming to General Hospital [Jul 8, 2020]
News Archive: Michael Easton acknowledges GH's Finn and Elizabeth have an uphill battle [Oct 27, 2023]
