Name:
aka Michael Corbin
Michael Corinthos
Portrayed by:
Occupations and Businesses, Past and Present:
Legitimate business: Coffee importing
Former businesses:
The Paradise Lounge (strip club) – owner
L&B Records – partner with Lois Cerullo and Brenda Barrett
Luke’s Blues Club – partner with Luke Spencer
Deception Cosmetics – co-owner with Laura Spencer
Residences, Past and Present:
Former: Harbor View Towers, 122 Harbor View Drive, Penthouse 4
Port Charles, New York
Owns a private island close to Port Charles
Marriages:
Carly Benson (Married: September 2000; Divorced: November 2001): two sons, Michael (adopted) and Morgan
Carly Benson Married: February 2001) (divorced again)
Carly Benson (Married: Jan 16th, 2007; Divorced: Apr 19th, 2007)
Non-Marital Relationships and Resulting Children:
Brenda Barrett
Cindy Woods
Hannah Scott
Angel Ellis
Alexis Davis (daughter, Kristina)
Samantha McCall (daughter, deceased)
Reese Marshall
Emily Bowen-Quartermaine
Amelia Joffee
Claudia Zacchara
Kate Howard
Relatives:
Adela Corinthos (mother; deceased)
Richard Lansing (half-brother) kidnapper, D.A., attorney
Courtney Matthews (half-sister; deceased)
Molly Lansing (half-niece) daughter of Ric and Alexis Davis
Spencer Cassadine (half-nephew) son of Courtney and Nikolas Cassadine
Notable Arrests, Murders, Attempted Murders, Other Assorted Crimes:
Racketeering (FBI, September 1999)
FBI arrest as protected witness April
Kidnapping Skye Quartermaine (not guilty) March 2002
Racketeering Nov 18th, 2004
Murders:
Scully – teenage friend who had Sonny’s stepfather killed (1995)
Ben Rogers – trying to protect Sam (2004)
Assassin who planted explosive in his limo (2004)
Offers They Couldn’t Refuse
Held Brian Beck at gunpoint (February 11, 2004)
Blackmailed A.J. into giving Carly a divorce (March 2000)
Held a gun to Faith Roscoe's neck (October 31, 2003)
Injuries, Illnesses, Phobias:
Beating by Jagger Cates (1993)
Shot breaking Frank Smith out of jail (1994)
Car accident (1994)
Near death from heroin injection (November 1996)
Shot outside the police (December 2000)
Near death from warehouse fire
Stabbed at Lily's gravesite by Sorel (June 6, 2001)
Slight injury from bomb he was wearing (2001)
Beat up by Lorenzo Alcazar over drugs
Shot by Det. Brian Beck (December 2, 2003)
Injured his leg during fire at the P.C. Hotel (February 12, 2004)
Fell ill during encephalitis plague (February 3, 2006)
Bipolar; on medication
Character History:
Powerful and tortured, Sonny Corinthos has seen his loved ones suffer because of his mobster lifestyle and has faced betrayal by women he loved.
Sonny suffered a traumatic childhood growing up in Brooklyn with his mother Adele and his abusive stepfather. His biological father left the family when Sonny was very young.
Arriving in Port Charles in 1993, Sonny became a force in the mob. Several women he loved tried to get evidence against him: Brenda Barrett, Hannah Scott, Reese Marshall and his wife, Carly. Each was in love with him and felt they were doing the right thing. His marriage to Lily Rivera was a marriage of convenience. Lily died from a car bomb planted by her own father, who believed Sonny was deserting her.
His relationship with Carly Benson Quartermaine began when she became a possible witness against him; they married so that she couldn't be forced to testify against him.
Not only has Sonny been unlucky in love, but he has known the loss of children -- Carly's first child with him had to be aborted to save her life; Sam McCall's daughter with Sonny died shortly after birth. Lily was pregnant when she died. All of this has taken its toll on Sonny, making him feel cursed.
Sonny has had his difficulties with family as well. He has an uneasy relationship with his birth father, Mike Corbin, and his half-brother, Ric Lansing, came to Port Charles bent on destroying Sonny, blaming him for the death of their mother. Sonny was able to forge a good relationship with his half-sister, Courtney, but she died.
Sonny became involved with Samantha McCall, a woman who had helped him escape from a crime scene. She, too, found herself pregnant, though the child died. Because of this, Sonny's daughter with Alexis was saved due to a stem cell transplant. He and Carly divorced again. Sonny had an affair with an FBI agent, Reese Marshall. He moved on to Emily Quartermaine, and during this time, found he was bipolar and went on medication. Sonny reconnected with an old flame, Kate Howard.
Sonny's enemies have been many: Joseph Sorel, Luis Alcazar, Lorenzo Alcazar and Faith Roscoe, to name only a few. Now many of Sonny's enemies are gone. Today he has to deal with the Zacchara family (and has married Claudia Zacchara to solidify his position) and also the fact that his lifestyle has put his son Michael in what may be a permanent coma. Endangering the ones he loves and betrayal – two things Sonny Corinthos constantly faces in his life.
