Tyler Christopher

Tyler Christopher began his acting career on the daytime drama General Hospital as Nikolas Cassadine in July 1996 He immediately captured the hearts of fans and the notice of television critics He won the Soap Opera Digest Award as Best Newcomer in 1997 His first run on the show was from 1996 to 1999 Christopher returned to the show in 2003 He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Younger Actor in 1998 and Best Supporting Actor in 2005 and 2006 During his hiatus from General Hospital Christopher was cast as a regular Ethan on The Pretender and the two subsequent Pretender TV Movies He landed the lead role in the CBS Pilot Sams Circus and also the UPN Pilot One for the Money In 2006 he was cast in the ABC pilot Secrets of a Small Town Tyler made numerous guestappearances on Charmed and Angel CSI Las Vegas Boomtown JAG and many more Tyler appeared as Jacob Wheeler Jr in Emmy winning Steven Spielbergs television miniseries Into the West which premiered on June 10 2005 Christopher starred in several independent features during his postGH career Out of the Black Catfish in Black Bean Sauce and Face The Music All three are available on DVD Tyler returned to the role of Nikolas Cassadine on General Hospital in April 2003 and ended his final run as Nikolas Cassadine in July 2016 wit a Daytime Emmy Award In August 2017 it was announced that Christopher had joined the cast of Days of Our Lives originating the role of Stefan DiMera His last episode was March 20 2019 On October 31 2023 Tyler Christopher was found dead from positional asphyxia due to acute alcohol intoxication He was 50 years old