Days of our Lives premiered on November 8, 1965
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Debuted |
November 8, 1965 |
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Contents
Contract Cast
As of 12/31/2020 (per NBC end credits)
ACTOR | CHARACTER | TENURE | |
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Suzanne Rogers | Maggie Kiriakis | 08/20/1973-10/01/1984; 08/28/1985-11/10/2003; 01/07/2004-04/29/2004; 06/14/2004-present |
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James Reynolds | Abe Carver | 10/29/1981-08/23/1990; 08/31/1991-09/29/2003; 12/03/2003-04/29/2004; 05/26/2004-present |
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Lauren Koslow | Kate DiMera | 01/25/1996-present |
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Josh Taylor | Roman Brady | 07/18/1997-01/16/2004; 02/18/2004-03/29/2004; 05/24/2004-present |
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Eric Martsolf | Brady Black | 11/13/2008-present |
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Deidre Hall | Marlena Black | 06/21/1976-04/24/1987; 08/02/1991-01/23/2009; 09/26/2011-present |
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Mary Beth Evans | Kayla Brady | 05/23/1986-05/26/1992; 06/12/2006-02/17/2009; 06/18/2010-06/29/2010; 09/23/2010-02/15/2011; 12/14/2011-present |
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Lamon Archey | Eli Grant | 02/23/2017-present |
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Drake Hogestyn | John Black | 01/24/1986-01/23/2009; 09/26/2011-07/18/2013; 03/04/2014-11/01/2016; 04/03/2017-present |
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Sal Stowers | Lani Price-Grant | 09/25/2016-06/09/2016; 12/19/2016-present |
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Robert Scott Wilson | Ben Weston | 5/22/2014-12/08/2015; 03/11/2016-06/24/2016; 09/28/2017-11/30/2017; 05/04/2018-present |
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Linsey Godfrey | Sarah Horton | 10/26/2018-present |
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Matthew Ashford | Jack Deveraux | 10/30/1987-10/12/1996; 02/05/2000-10/27/2003; 06/22/2004-09/21/2006; 04/02/2007-04/04/2009; 09/23/2011-08/15/2012; 05/24/2013-06/20/2016; 12/20/2017; 12/28/2018-present |
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Arianne Zucker | Nicole Brady | 02/27/1998-02/08/2006; 04/02/2008-10/20/2017; 10/05/2018-10/22/2018; 09/05/2019-present |
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Paul Telfer | Xander Cook Kiriakis | 03/24/2015-08/25/2015; 09/08/2016-10/17/2016; 04/27/2017-09/25/2017; 05/11/2018-06/12/2018; 10/08/2018-01/28/2019; 04/29/2019-present |
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Billy Flynn | Chad DiMera | 09/12/2014-02/21/2019; 11/11/2019-present |
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Stephen Nichols | Steve Johnson | 06/13/1985-10/26/1990; 06/09/2006-02/17/2009; 08/28/2015-08/31/2018; 11/27/2019-present |
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Jay Kenneth Johnson | Philip Kiriakis | 12/27/1999-12/25/2002; 01/12/2007-04/20/2011; 08/18/2020-present |
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Lucas Adams | Tripp Dalton | 03/23/2017-08/29/2019; 09/04/2020-present |
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Emily O'Brien | Gwen Rizczech | 06/05/2020-present |
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Lindsay Arnold | Allie Horton | 06/10/2020-present |
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Isabel Durant | Claire Brady | 08/12/2020-present |
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Brandon Barash | Jake Lambert | 04/24/2020-present |
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Marci Miller | Abigail DiMera | 11/10/2016-11/19/2018; 09/04/2020-present |
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Mike C. Manning | Charlie Dale | 10/06/2020-present |
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Cady McClain | Jennifer Deveraux | 10/21/2020-present |
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Tamara Braun | Ava Vitali | 02/08/2008-08/04/2008; 12/09/2015-03/01/2016; 11/13/2020-present |
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Galen Gering | Rafe Hernandez | 10/31/2008-08/28/2020; 11/27/2020-present |
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Camila Banus | Gabriela Hernandez | 10/04/2010-06/12/2014; 12/22/2014-12/29/2014; 09/17/2015-08/28/2020; 11/27/2020-present |
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Nadia Bjorlin | Chloe Lane | 11/24/1999-06/13/2003; 12/24/2003-01/12/2004; 08/13/2004-09/16/2005; 11/29/2007-09/28/2011; 01/04/2013-04/16/2013; 09/24/2013-09/25/2013; 08/03/2015-08/04/2015; 01/08/2016-01/28/2016; 06/10/2016-08/29/2019; 08/03/2020-08/04/2020; 12/03/2020-present |
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Brandon Beemer | Shawn Brady | 09/28/2006-03/24/2008; 01/19/2016-09/12/2016; 11/15/2016-02/20/2017; 12/04/2017-12/28/2017; 03/20/2018-03/27/2018; 08/22/2018-07/09/2019; 06/12/2020-present |
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Martha Madison | Belle Black | 08/10/2004-03/24/2008; 11/25/2015-09/12/2016; 01/24/2017-02/20/2017; 12/05/2017-12/28/2017; 03/22/2018-03/27/2018; 08/21/2018-07/09/2019; 06/08/2020-present |
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Stacy Haiduk | Kristen DiMera | 08/23/2018-10/31/2018; 05/24/2019-05/12/2020; 09/03/2020-present |
Recurring Cast
- Elin Alexander as Holly Jonas U/5
- John Aniston as Victor Kiriakis
- Cary Christopher as Thomas DiMera U/5
- Bryan Dattilo as Lucas Horton
- Judi Evans as Bonnie Lockhart
- Jayna/Kinsley Fox as Henry Horton U/5
- Bill Hayes as Doug Williams
- Susan Seaforth Hayes as Julie Williams
- Tina Huang as Melinda Trask
- Wally Kurth as Justin Kiriakis
- Josephine/Rosaline May as Rachel Black U/5
- Thaao Penghlis as Tony DiMera
- Olivia and Oakley Rondou as Charlotte DiMera U/5
- William Utay as Wilhelm Rolf
U/5 - Under 5 lines and are often uncredited
Cast and Crew Changes
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- Jackee Harry (Paulina) - March
- Linda Dano (Vivian)
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Production Staff
Executive Producer: Ken Corday
Co-Executive Producer: Albert Alarr
Senior Producer: Janet Spellman-Drucker
Producer: Randy Dugan
Producation Coordinator: Sara Peterson
Production Manager: Jeff Voorhees
Executive in Charge of Production: Greg Meng
Writing and Directing Staff
Head Writer: Ron Carlivati
Story Consultant: Ryan Quan
Associate Head Writers: Lorraine Broderick, Jeanne Marie Ford, Dave Ryan, Katherine Schock, Elizabeth Snyder
Staff Writers: Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, David Kreizman, Rebecca McCarty
Script Editor: Fran Myers
Directors: Albert Alarr, Sonia Blangiardo-Goins, Grant A. Johnson, Noel Maxam, Scott McKinsey, David Shaughnessy, Angela Tessinari
History of Executive Producers and Head Writers
Executive Producers
Duration | Name |
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11/08/1965-08/02/1966 |
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08/03/1966-12/31/1987 |
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04/20/1977-01/18/1980 | |
01/21/1980-03/1983 | |
05/12/1986-present |
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04/1996-01/2002 |
Head Writers
Duration | Name |
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11/08/1965-12/31/1965 | |
01/03/1966-07/04/1966 |
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07/05/1966-05/06/1975 | |
05/07/1975-04/19/1977 | |
04/20/1977-02/26/1979 | |
02/27/1979-03/14/1980 | |
03/17/1980-04/18/1980 | |
04/21/1980-10/09/1980 | |
10/10/1980-10/17/1980 | |
10/20/1980-10/20/1981 |
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10/21/1981-04/16/1982 |
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04/19/1982-09/21/1984 | |
09/24/1984-10/25/1984 |
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10/26/1984-11/30/1984 |
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12/03/1984-11/10/1986 |
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11/11/1986-11/18/1986 |
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11/19/1986-03/16/1989 |
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03/17/1989-01/19/1990 | |
01/22/1990-06/18/1991 | |
06/19/1991-01/30/1992 | |
01/31/1992-06/11/1992 |
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06/12/1992-07/09/1992 |
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07/10/1992-08/06/1992 |
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08/07/1992-12/18/1992 |
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12/21/1992-04/28/1993 |
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04/29/1993-11/20/1997 |
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11/21/1997-01/05/1998 |
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01/08/1998-10/14/1999 |
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10/15/1999-11/10/1999 |
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11/11/1999-03/28/2002 | |
03/29/2002-03/06/2003 | |
03/07/2003-08/08/2003 | |
08/11/2003-08/15/2003 |
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08/18/2003-10/04/2006 |
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10/05/2006-01/24/2008 | |
01/25/2008-04/22/2008 |
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04/23/2008-10/10/2008 |
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10/13/2008-08/25/2011 |
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08/26/2011-08/16/2012 | |
08/17/2012-08/18/2015 | |
08/19/2015-09/02/2016 |
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09/06/2016-07/18/2017 |
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07/19/2017-present |
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Daytime Emmy Awards/Nominations
Winners are noted in bold.
- Drama Series (24 Nominations/4 Wins): 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Directing Team (25 Nominations/2 Win): 1974, 1975, 1977 (2), 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Writing Team (20 Nominations/3 Wins): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Lead Actor (18 Nominations/3 Wins):
- Jed Allan (1979)
- Macdonald Carey (1974, 1975, 1976)
- Tyler Christopher (2019)
- John Clarke (1979)
- Bill Hayes (1975, 1976)
- Billy Flynn (2017, 2019)
- Vincent Irizarry (2017)
- Stephen Nichols (1988)
- Thaao Penghlis (2008, 2020)
- Peter Reckell (2009)
- James Reynolds (2018)
- James Scott (2010, 2011)
- Lead Actress (20 Nominations/3 Wins):
- Eileen Davidson (1998, 2014)
- Crystal Chappell (2012)
- Kassie DePaiva (2016)
- Mary Beth Evans (2016)
- Susan Flannery (1975)
- Deidre Hall (1984, 1985)
- Susan Seaforth Hayes (1975, 1976, 1978, 1979)
- Peggy McCay (1986, 2013, 2015)
- Marci Miller (2018, 2019)
- Frances Reid (1987)
- Alison Sweeney (2015)
- Arianne Zucker (2014. 2020)
- Supporting Actor (15 Nominations/2 Wins):
- John Aniston (2017)
- Matthew Ashford (2012)
- Joseph Campanella (1989)
- Joseph Gallison (1979)
- Wally Kurth (2020)
- Eric Martsolf (2014, 2019)
- Chandler Massey (2018, 2020)
- James Reynolds (2004, 2017)
- Greg Rikaart (2019)
- Paul Telfer (2020)
- Greg Vaughan (2018, 2019)
- Supporting Actress (21 Nominations/4 Wins):
- Tamara Braun (2009)
- Patrika Darbo (2000)
- Kassie DePaiva (2019)
- Jane Elliot (1989)
- Judi Evans (2008)
- Linsey Godfrey (2019)
- Deidre Hall (1980)
- Susan Seaforth Hayes (2018, 2020)
- Leann Hunley (1986)
- Martha Madison (2019)
- Kate Mansi (2017)
- Peggy McCay (1987, 2016)
- Frances Reid (1979)
- Melissa Reeves (2016)
- Suzanne Rogers (1979)
- Arleen Sorkin (1988, 1989)
- Arianne Zucker (2010, 2013)
- Younger Actor (22 Nominations/7 Wins):
- Billy Warlock (1987, 1988)
- Darrell Thomas Utley (1989)
- Jensen Ackles (1998, 1999, 2000)
- Kyle Lowder (2003)
- Darin Brooks (2008, 2009)
- Blake Berris (2009)
- Dylan Patton (2010)
- Chandler Massey (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
- Freddie Smith (2013, 2015)
- James Lastovic (2017)
- Lucas Adams (2018, 2019)
- Casey Moss (2018)
- Kyler Pettis (2019)
- Younger Actress (18 Nominations/1 Win):
- Kristian Alfonso (1985)
- Lisa Trusel (1985)
- Charlotte Ross (1990, 1991)
- Melissa Reeves (1992)
- Christie Clark (1997, 1998)
- Rachel Melvin (2008, 2009)
- Molly Burnett (2010, 2012)
- Shelley Hennig (2010, 2012)
- Camila Banus (2015)
- True O'Brien (2016)
- Olivia Rose Keegan (2018, 2019)
- Victoria Konefal (2019)
- Younger Performer (2 nominations / 1 win)
- Olivia Rose Keegan (2020)
- Thia Megia (2020)
- Guest Cameo/Performer (9 Nominations / 1 Win)
- Philip Anthony-Rodriguez (2019)
- Tobin Bell (2017)
- Robb Derringer (2018)
- John Enos (2018)
- Morgan Fairchild (2018)
- Adam Leadbetter (2016)
- Kate Mansi (2019)
- Hugh McPhillips (1980)
- Thaao Penghlis (2019)
Preceded by Ryan's Hope (1977); General Hospital (2012; 2017) The Young and the Restless (2015) |
Drama Series Winner 1978, 2013, 2015, 2018 |
Succeeded by Ryan's Hope (1979); The Young and the Restless (2014, 2019) General Hospital (2016) |