Maurice Benard

Maurice Benard

Birth : 1963-03-01, Martinez, California, USA

History

Daytime Emmy Award winning Actor Maurice Benard joined the cast of General Hospital in the role of Sonny Corinthos in August 1993. He briefly left the show for a year-long hiatus in December 1998. For his portrayal, Mr. Benard received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in 2003. He was also nominated in 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006 and 2011.

Profile

Maurice Benard

Movies

Passions
Father Thomas Rourke
A confession goes awry as a troubled woman enters a young priest's private chambers wielding a gun. As she catapults between anger and anguish, her devastating revelation forces the priest to face his own regrets.
Equal Standard
Captain Chavat Issak
An NYPD Detective is shot by one of his own, benevolent brothers in uniform. Communities are ignited - to march for justice. Gangs put their differences aside - for a united fight, an equal opportunity. “That people not be judged by the color of their skin but for the content of their character.” The movement and unity impacts City society and leads to a Blue Wall intervention within the Police force. White cops lust for change and act on it - by flushing out racism. Not an easy fight. In the end, what was considered impossible, became possible.
The Story of Soaps
Himself
This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting television landscape, "The Story of Soaps" traces how female creators migrated from radio to television to become the dominant force in daytime for more than three decades. Today, the legacy of the soap opera continues all over prime time and reality t.v. An extensive look is taken at this iconic, impactful genre.
Hold On
Peter Duran
Fighting to save her brother from a life of addiction on Los Angeles' Skid Row, an overlooked singing prodigy embarks on an unlikely journey with the son of a famed music manager.
A Lover Betrayed
Detective Alvarez
Five years after her son was killed, Tess Ford is ready to live again. But a one-night romance with a handsome soldier throws her life back into chaos as the young man's attraction turns out to be a frightening obsession.
Victoria Gotti: My Father's Daughter
John Gotti
A revealing look at the life of Victoria Gotti, the daughter of notorious mob boss John Gotti.
Nightmare Cinema
Father Benedict
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.
The Ghost and the Whale
Joseph Hawthorne
A man, Joseph, loses his wife at sea, then spirals deep into a world of confusion. The wife's brothers' need revenge! Joseph tries to tell anyone who will listen that a whale killed his beautiful Annabel Lee, but even he doesn't quite remember the truth. A journey into the depths of his mind, a conversation with a whale and blood thirsty brothers.
Joy
Ridge
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie
Himself
Director Bud Clayman documents his struggle with OCD and Asperger's Syndrome and how it derailed his plan to become a filmmaker.
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
Desi Arnaz
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter is described by CBS as "a dramatic love story" about the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Her Wicked Ways
Steve
A young reporter forces her way into a veteran newswoman's life.
Quand sonnera midi
The Damned Lovers
A waiter, Paul, likes detective novels as he identifies with the characters, before becoming a sought-after offender himself. He flees with his group and his girlfriend Jackie
The Truth About Bebe Donge
François Donge, a rich industrialist and womaniser, meets a girl nicknamed Bébé who he marries. Ten years later, poisoned by his wife and dying in hospital, he recalls his married life and understands how his wife who adored him suffered from his many affairs and indifference.
The Convict
General Counsel
The practice of Dr. Julien, a GP of Marseilles, consists mainly of drug-addicts. One day, one of his patient dies at his surgery and Julien yields to the temptation : he steals the dead man's money and hides the corpse in a trunk. But the whole thing is discovered and ... misinterpreted. The doctor is condemned for killing the junkie and sent to the Cayenne convict prison, from which he escapes. The Indians give him shelter and he is soon given the opportunity to return their good deed when a yellow fever epidemic strikes their tribe. A young woman helps to fight the disease and, thanks to her, Julien starts considering that a new life is possible for him.
Trials To Triumph The Documentary
Mental Health Advocate
Trials To Triumph follows the story of Freddie Stevenson from his meteoric rise through high school and college football to a chaotic life afterwards that led him to reinvent himself and rise up all over again. This documentary connects similar stories of struggle and redemption from motivational speaker, Tony Gaskins, General Hospital’s, Maurice Benard, NFL and CFL player, Delvin Breaux, and more. These stories are raw and uncut, just as they want to to tell them. These conversations of the obstacles they faced and how they overcame them are powerful, real, and guaranteed to change your life.