Michael Easton Biography

Michael Easton (born February 15, 1967) is an American television actor, poet, author and photographer.

Biography

Career

Easton has made appearances on television shows such as Ally McBeal and The Practice. He had a recurring role on the science fiction television series Mutant X. He played the dual lead role in the 1996 thriller series Two, as well as starring roles in the scienc fiction series VR.5 and Total Recall 2070.

Additionally, Easton has appeared on soap operas, first starting out in the role of Tanner Scofield on NBC's Days of our Lives from 1991 to 1992. He went on to a two-year stint as vampire Caleb Morley on Port Charles from 2001 until its cancellation in 2003. Easton portrayed John McBain on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live from October 2003 until the series ended in January 2012.

Easton, with other One Life to Live actors, such as Roger Howarth, Kristen Alderson, Kassie DePaiva and Florencia Lozano, appeared on sister soap opera General Hospital. Easton reprised his One Life to Live role of John McBain from March 2012 - March 2013 and his Port Charles/General Hospital role of Caleb Morley from February to March 2013. Easton exited his General Hospital roles due to legal issues regarding Prospect Park's revival of One Life to Live. Easton was slated to return to General Hospital at some point, possibly in a new role. Prospect Park currently owns the rights to all One Life to Live characters; TV Guide reported that because ABC does not want to risk any further legal disputes with Prospect Park concerning the characters, the only way to avoid such disputes may be to have the former One Life to Live actors portray "characters that in no way resemble the current ones" in order to stay on General Hospital. Easton returned to General Hospital in May 2013 as Dr. Silas Clay.

A collection of Easton's poetry was published under the title Eighteen Straight Whiskeys. He is the author of the Soul Stealer series of graphic novels, drawn by Christopher Shy, as well as several currently unproduced screenplays. He collaborated with author Peter Straub on the graphic novel The Green Woman, which featured art by John Bolton and was published by Vertigo Comics in 2010. Easton and Straub met and became friends after the latter, a fan of daytime soap operas, visited the set of One Life to Live.

Personal life

Easton married model Ginevra Arabia in 2004, On April 15, 2011, Ginevra gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Lilah Bell Easton. On September 7, 2013, Ginevra gave birth to their second child, a son named Jack Boru Easton. .

Filmography

Film and Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991"92	Days of our Lives	Tanner Scofield
1995	VR.5	Duncan
1996	Two	Gus McClain Booth Hubbard
1997"98	413 Hope St.	Nick Carrington
1998	Ally McBeal	Glenn
	The Practice
1999	Total Recall 2070	David Hume
2000	The '70s	Nick
2001 2002"03	Port Charles	Michael Morley Caleb Morley	Role from: May 11, 2001 to December 3, 2001 Role from: October 25, 2002 to October 3, 2003
2002	Mutant X	Gabriel Ashlocke
2003"12	One Life to Live	John McBain	Role from: October 1, 2003 to January 13, 2012
2012"?2013	General Hospital	John McBain Caleb Morley (Stephen Clay)	Role from: March 13, 2012 to March 20, 2013
2013"?present	General Hospital	Dr. Silas Clay	Role from: May 13, 2013 - present

Books

• Easton, Michael (1997). "Eighteen Straight Whiskeys". The Bowery Press. ISBN 0-9658674-0-4.
• Easton, Michael (2008). "Soul Stealer". ISBN 978-0-9809103-6-0.
• Easton, Michael (2009). "Soul Stealer Book Two: Blood and Rain". ISBN 978-0-9809966-5-4.
• Easton, Michael (2010). "Soul Stealer Book Three: Last To Die". ISBN 978-0-9809966-9-2.
• Straub, Peter & Easton, Michael (2010). "The Green Woman". ISBN 978-1-4012-1100-4.
• Easton, Michael (2011). "Soul Stealer The Collector's Edition". ISBN 978-1-926869-04-9.
• Easton, Michael (2013). "Credence". ISBN 978-0-9859804-9-8.

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

• 2002: Nominated, America's Favorite Villain, Special Fan Award " Port Charles

Gemini Awards

• 1999: Nominated, Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role " Total Recall 2070

Soap Opera Digest Awards

• 2005: Won, Favorite Triangle " One Life to Live (shared with Melissa Archer and Renee Goldsberry)
• 2003: Nominated, Outstanding Younger Lead Actor " Port Charles