Roman Brady

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Roman Augustus Brady is a fictional character on the television drama Days of our Lives. Roman was played by Wayne Northrop from 1981-1984 and 1991-1994, by Drake Hogestyn from 1986-1991, and has been currently played by Josh Taylor since 1997, with a brief hiatus in early 2004, when he was a victim of the show's now-infamous Salem Serial Killer storyline.

Hogestyn's portrayal of Roman was later retconned into a new separate character, that of John Black (born Forrest Alamain), an amnesiac mercenary employed by Roman's arch-nemesis, international terrorist/crime lord Stefano DiMera, who had brainwashed John into believing he was Roman. This is a true retcon as during Hogestyn's portrayal as Roman, it was well established via flashbacks and other plot devices that he was the true Roman Brady (interestingly enough, John's past was later retconned again into his being the son of Stefano's ex-wife Daphne and an as-yet unknown father; this revelation came at roughly the same time as the retelling of an ancient feud between the DiMera and Brady families, fueling fan speculation that his father is none other than Shawn Brady, thus making John and Roman half-brothers, although this has yet to be played out onscreen). Some watchers and fans now refer in retrospect to Hogestyn's character from 1986-1991 as "Roman II", "RoJohn", or "faux Roman".

Roman is a police captain and detective in the fictional midwestern town of Salem. He is also a former agent with the fictional International Security Alliance (ISA), a spy agency focused on the unusually high-level and global criminal conspiracies that tended to center around his otherwise-quiet home town. During his portrayal by Northrop, he was established as a top-notch cop but also a bit of a renegade, often accepting deep-cover assignments, and a master of disguise. Hogestyn's character was more by-the-book on the job, although still dangerous with a dark side somewhat characteristic of an ex-spy, and more of a ladies' man. Taylor's portrayal is more that of a "regular guy", with a bit less intrigue and more straightforward professionally.

The character as portrayed by Northrop and Hogestyn was one of the main characters on the show and a leading man in Roman's various romances. However, the character as portrayed by Taylor has for the most part (with the exception of his return and his part in the Salem Serial Killer storyline) been reduced to more of a minor character.

Contents

[edit] Family, Marriages, Romantic Entanglements & Children

[edit] Parents

[edit] Siblings

[edit] Children


[edit] Aunts & Uncles

  • Eric Brady I (uncle)
  • Molly Brady (aunt)

[edit] Nieces & Nephews

[edit] Cousins

  • Colin Murphy (cousin)

[edit] Grandchildren

[edit] Marriages

Marital status: Single

  • Anna Fredericks (1970's - November 1982; divorced)
  • Marlena Evans (February 1983 - April 1994; invalid) [Marlena married to Alex]
  • Kate Roberts (December 2003 - November 2005; divorced)

[edit] Significant Relationships

  • Billie Reed
  • Kate Roberts
  • Nicole Walker
  • Diana Colville (John Black/Roman II)
  • Yvette DuPree (John Black/Roman II)
  • Bianca Torres (John Black/Roman II)
  • Isabella Toscano (John Black/Roman II)

[edit] Enemies & Rivals

Given the action-adventure tone of the show during Roman's tenure, especially during the 1980s and early 1990s, as well as the character's position as a cop and former secret agent, he has had numerous adversaries, rivals, and enemies. They have included:

  • Stefano DiMera (international crime lord and terrorist; Roman's worst enemy; when he couldn't manage to kill Roman after several attempts, he held Roman prisoner instead for seven years while "replacing" him with John Black, whom he'd brainwashed into believing he was Roman)
  • Victor Kiriakis (reformed underworld boss and former paramour of Roman's mother Caroline; more of a foil to "RoJohn" than to Roman)
  • Orpheus (former ISA partner-turned-villain; held Roman responsible for the accidental shooting death of his wife; fan speculation centers on Dr. Alex North, now played by Northrop, possibly being Orpheus returned-from-the-dead)
  • Miguel Torres (Peruvian drug cartel leader and father of Bianca)
  • Rafi Torres (son and successor to Miguel's drug cartel)
  • Ernesto Toscano ("poor man's Stefano"; underworld character and supposed father of Isabella)
  • Forrest Alamain aka John Black (unwitting "Roman imposter" and rival for the affections of Roman's wife Marlena Evans)
  • Lawrence Alamain (international financier-turned-villain; murderer of Roman's brother-in-law Steve Johnson; John Black's adopted brother and biological first cousin; his quest for a Mexican treasure began the unraveling of the plot that resulted in the "two Romans" and reestablished John Black as a separate character)
  • Tony DiMera (underworld boss and political terrorist; son and successor of Stefano; half-brother of John Black; mastermind of an elaborate scheme to take over the world which involved the Salem Serial Killer hoax as well as terrorism in Iraq)
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