Vincent Irizarry Biography

Vincent Michael Irizarry (born November 12, 1959 in Queens, New York) is an American actor of Puerto Rican and Italian descent. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1985 and 2002, and won in 2009.

Early life

Moving to Lake Grove, NY early on, Irizarry at the age of 11, began to study piano, becoming classically trained, then continued his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston. It was there that he fell in love with acting while performing in numerous productions with a regional theater company. He decided to move back to New York to sow the seeds for a career as a professional actor, soon winning a full-time scholarship with Lee Strasberg at his Theater Institute.

Career

Vincent Irizarry got his start in daytime television in 1983 as Brandon/Lujack Luvonaczek Spaulding on Guiding Light. His character was paired up with Beth Raines (then Judi Evans Luciano) and they were considered a "supercouple." He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1985, but lost to future All My Children co-star Michael E. Knight. He then moved on to play Dr. Scott Clark from 1987 to 1989 on Santa Barbara. He also portrayed the role of Lujack Spaulding's twin brother, Nick McHenry Spaulding on Guiding Light from July 1991 to February 26, 1996. Irizarry returned for a cameo guest appearance in late-December 1996.

Later, Irizarry was cast in the role of Dr. David Hayward on the soap opera All My Children, a role he originated in 1997. Irizarry also crossed over to One Life to Live, during the infamous baby-swap storyline in 2005. In September 2006, after almost ten years as David, Irizarry was fired from AMC due to a lack of storyline. He portrayed David until November 28, 2006.

However, Irizarry was briefly brought back to Guilding Light as Nick Spaulding in a brief cameo guest appearance in the Fall of 2006, which aired in December 2006. In November 2006, Irizarry joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as the character David Chow, first airing in the U.S. on January 9, 2007. David Chow was romantically involved with Carmen Mesta, played by Marisa Ramirez, who was murdered soon afterward. Originally contracted for thirteen weeks, Irizarry's character proved popular and his stay on Y&R was extended. He went on later to a romantic relationship with Nikki Newman while she was separated from husband Victor, but eventually decided to break up his relationship with Nikki due to his difficulties with gambling. Chow was then killed in a car accident on August 1, 2008.

On August 17, 2008, a spokesperson for All My Children confirmed that Irizarry would reprise the role of David Hayward. Irizarry returned to the studio in September and first appeared on-screen in October, continuing in the role until September 13, 2010, and returning full-time on November 22, 2010.

In 2010, Irizarry will be guest starring in a role on NCIS: Los Angeles.

On November 22, 2010, Irizarry returned to his role on All My Children as David Hayward.

He also played Cpl. Fragetti in the movie "Heartbreak Ridge."

In December,2012, Irizarry announced on his Facebook page that he would be joining Prospect Park's online reboot of "All My Children" scheduled for spring of 2013. He will reprise his emmy award winning role of "Dr. David Hayward" that he originated in 1997.

Personal life

Irizarry has a son, Ash (b. May 1989), who is getting his degree in international affairs. He was married for three years to actress Signy Coleman from 1989 - 1992. They have a daughter, Siena, born in March 1990. He has two children, Aria (b. 1998) and Elias (b. November 2001) with Avalon House, whom he married in 1997. Irizarry and House are separated. He is in a relationship with clothing designer, Donna Petracca.

Vincent has a love for the arts and also enjoys poetry.

Roles

Show	Character	Duration
The Young and the Restless	David Chow	December 2006 to August 2008
One Life to Live	David Hayward	February 17 to 21, 2005
All My Children	David Hayward	November 1997 to February 1998, June 1998 to November 2006; October 2008 to September 2010; November 2010 to September 2011; Online reprisal to air via Hulu and iTunes in April 2013.
Beverly Hills, 90210	Riggs	1997
Lying Eyes	Derek Bradshaw	1996
Guiding Light	Nick McHenry Spaulding Brandon "Lujack" Luvonaczek	July 1991 to February 1996, December 1996 November 1983 to January 1986
Murder, She Wrote: Family Doctor	Michael Abruzzi	1991, Season 7, Episode 11
Lucky/Chances	Gino Santangelo	1990
Santa Barbara	Scott Clark	November 1987 to October 1989

Awards

• Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Younger Man- GL (1985)
• Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor- AMC (2002)
• Daytime Emmy Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor- AMC (2003, 2004)
• Soap Opera Digest Outstanding Villain- AMC (1999)
• Winner- Best Supporting Actor (tied with Jeff Branson)-AMC (2009)

Dankies award winner,Outstanding lead actor-amc(2012)