Christopher Hughes II
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| Christopher Hughes II | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 210px Dylan Bruce as Chris Hughes (2007-present) |
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| As the World Turns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Adam Hirshan (1987 to 1990) Evan Ross Cannata (1990 to 1991) Ben Jorgenson (1999) Paul Korver (1999 to March 8th, 2001) Alan White (July 3rd, 2002 to September 17th, 2002) Bailey Chase (January 29, 2003 to January 20th, 2005) Dylan Bruce (October 25, 2007 to Present) |
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| First appearance | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Present | ||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Douglas Marland | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Interim Chief of Staff at Memorial Hospital Doctor at Memorial Hospital (Heads Research dept.) Former doctor at a refugee camp in Darfur, Sudan Former Doctor at a Children's Hospital Former Doctor (intern) at Memorial Hospital Former reporter for The Intruder Former Cab Driver |
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| Residence | Lakeview | ||||||||||||||||||
| 210px Paul Korver as Chris Hughes (1999-2001) |
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| 210px Bailey Chase as Chris Hughes (2003-2005) |
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Christopher Robert "Chris" Hughes II is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. Dylan Bruce joined the cast as Chris on October 25, 2007. [1]
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[edit] Actor history
- Adam Hirshan [#1] (1987 to 1990)
- Evan Ross Cannata [#2] (1990 to 1991)
- Christian Siefert [#3] ([[1992 to January 28, 1998)
- Ben Jorgenson [#4] (1999)
- Paul Korver [#5] (1999 to March 8, 2001)
- Alan White [#6] (July 3, 2002 to September 17, 2002)
- Bailey Chase [#7] (January 29, 2003 to January 20, 2005)
- Dylan Bruce [#8] (October 25, 2007 to present)
[edit] Lifeline
[edit] Marital status
- Currently single (dated Emily Stewart)
[edit] Character History
Chris is a good kid, although a bit spoiled. He never wanted for anything in his life and now he fails to take responsibility. Growing up he assumed he was expected to become a doctor and is now rebelling against that. He's a good friend and he has a good heart. He loves his family although he's trying to prove that his father's values aren't necessarily his.
Chris Hughes was born to Bob and Kim Hughes. Chris had a very uneventful childhood. He grew up in a home of financial and emotional security. At some point that security started to stifle Chris and he rebelled against authority. Chris was expelled from Columbia University for cheating and transferred to Oakdale U. He didn't fare much better at Oakdale U. and concentrated on his personal life rather than his studies. While living at home he continually angered his father by his irresponsible behavior and they both agreed it was time for him to move out. After dropping out of school, Chris started a scandal by having an affair with Molly Conlan.
Molly however put a stop to the affair in order to avoid any impropriety. Soon after, Chris met a 16 year old girl who called herself Daisy. Chris found himself very drawn to this intelligent and sensitive girl and soon they started dating. Chris was shocked to learn that Daisy was actually Abigail, Molly's long-lost daughter. Abigail brought out Chris's interest in literature and he decided to return to school part-time to study writing. Believing that Abigail will never understand nor forgive him sleeping with her mother, Chris convinced Abigail to keep their relationship a secret. Unfortunately, Chris's worst fears were realized when the truth about he and Molly came out. Holden forbade Chris from seeing Abigail and Abigail told Chris that it was over between them. After breaking up with Abigail, Chris decided to focus on his family and helped Tom spy on Emily, to make sure Emily wasn't going to seek custody of their son. In time, Chris began to sympathize with Emily and the two made love. When Tom found out he went ballistic. Chris stood his ground and told Tom that he was in love with Emily and was shocked when Emily told him she didn't share his feelings. Unnerved by everyone's reaction to the affair, Chris decided to get his life together and returned to college to get his degree in medicine.
After graduating from medical school, Chris returned to Oakdale and started his internship under the watchful eye of his supervisor, John Dixon. Immediately upon returning, Chris started looking in on his young cousin, Will Munson, who was in the psychiatric ward for arson. Though his investigation into Will's case led to Alison Stewart confessing to the crime and Will being exonerated, it also earned him John's wrath who reminded Chris that he was a doctor and had no business poking his nose in places he didn't belong. After taking his grandmother's advice and apologizing to John, Chris resumed his internship at Memorial. However, things at Memorial were about the get rocky. After helping Alison with some dangerous bullies at the correctional facility where she was sent to, he continued to befriend her after she got a job at the hospital after being released early. Charmed by Alison, despite himself, Chris tried to tell her that she was much too young for him and fought his attraction to her. While Chris was trying, not to0 successfully, to fight his attraction to Alison, Memorial was being rocked by a series of unexplained murders. Chris became increasingly concerned because he thought he believed the murderer was fellow intern Dr. "Gordo" Gordon, who was also interested in Alison. Also under suspicion was Dr. Ric Decker, Alison's mother's boyfriend and Bob's doctor. Later, Bob was attacked and left comatose and Gordo wound up dead! Though Dr. Decker immediately came under suspicion, things changed when he was attacked as well. Despite this, Alison still didn't trust Ric and told Chris she thought he was the killer. In the end, Chris began to realize that Alison was right and they tried to gain access to Ric's safety deposit box in order to obtain evidence against him. Though they were caught in the act of notarizing a fake death certificate by Tom, Alison made off with the fake document and gained access to the box. Unfortunately, Ric caught her in the act, kidnapped her, and attempted to murder her. Soon after Chris found her, and fearing she was dead, he was relieved to learn she was still alive. By this time, Bob had recovered and named Ric as his attacker. In the end, Ric was apprehended and Chris, who ended up rescuing Susan and Alison from Ric, realized how much he loved Alison. Soon afterward the two made love.
Unfortunately, just as she was in a mature relationship, Alison let jealousy get the better of her. Jealous of Chris's closeness to Katie, after her husband's death, Alison lied to Mike Kasnoff (saying that Katie wanted him over there) so that she could be alone with Chris, who was supposed to be looking after a depressed and ill Katie. Unfortunately, Alison's plan resulted Katie and Mike argument and that night, a medicated Katie leaving the house and accidentally hitting Mike with her car. Although Mike turned out to be alright, Chris decided that perhaps Alison was too immature for him after all and ended the relationship. The next day, Chris showed up at Alison's door and suddenly realized that she'd been with another man, although he didn't know who it was. Deciding that perhaps he was right about Alison, Chris further distanced himself from her and later made plans to leave Oakdale for a job in Philadelphia. However, once gone, he realized how much he missed Alison and returned on Thanksgiving. Then he learned that Alison was pregnant! Though she insisted that Aaron Snyder (the man she had been with earlier) was the father, Chris wasn't so sure and demanded that she undergo a sonogram to determine the time of conception. Though the sonogram initially showed that the baby was born in late October (thus Aaron was the father), he later learned that the tests had been switched! Realizing that he was the father of Alison's baby, Chris followed Aaron to Chicago in order to talk to Alison. Deathly afraid that Chris would have her declared an unfit mother, Alison ran off to the fire escape to get away. Chris followed and as she was poised on the ladder, he tried to reassure her that he had no intention of taking her baby away. Just as he was able to convince Alison to come off the ladder, and put his arm out to help her, Alison fell! It was at this point that Aaron rushed out to the roof and from his perspective, he saw Alison fall after Chris lunged at her! Tragically, the fall caused Alison to lose her baby and Aaron made sure he told everyone what he saw--Chris push Alison off the roof. Later, at the hospital, a distraught Alison had no clear memory of what exactly occurred, leaving the police to believe Aaron's version of events. However, after some time, Alison's memory started to clear and she finally remembered what happened. Now exonerated, Chris professed his love for Alison and the two made plans to move in together.
Although they found a fabulous, and expensive, condo, the problem was that it was still under construction. So, needing a place to stay, they accepted Chris's parents' offer to stay with them. After a tense few months, tense because Alison's youthful impulsiveness tended to grate on Kim Hughes's nerves, the condo was finally finished. Unfortunately, it had sustained flood damage. Wanting to help Chris out so they could afford a new place, Alison suggested getting a second job at Metro, where Aaron was working. Chris however was adamantly against that idea. But that didn't stop Alison who was determined to help Chris by saving money. Secretly getting a job as a waitress at Metro, Alison snuck around for weeks, lying to Chris about her whereabouts and what she was doing. Although she did her best to cover her tracks, she only ended up spinning a more elaborate web of lies. Finally the truth came out but to Alison's surprise Chris forgave her. In addition, Chris finally tired of his mother's condescending attitude toward Ali and the pair moved out of the Hughes house and moved into Susan's. Not long after, Chris surprised Ali by proposing marriage. Although Ali was wary about whether they should take this big of a step, Chris convinced her to accept his proposal and the two made plans to marry. As he and Ali were planning their wedding, Chris decided to enter a newspaper contest called "The 10 Keys to the Kingdom." His hope was to win and give the money to Alison, whom he knew was trying to win the contest herself to get money for their future. An unlikely person had the same idea--Emily--and the pair decided to pair up in order to win the contest. However, working together caused old feelings to resurface for both of them. Soon Emily became all Chris could think about. Although Ali noticed his distraction and disinterest, she took the cause to be disinterest in her. Wanting to honor his commitment to Ali, Chris assured her continuously that he wanted to marry her. But at the same time, he found himself drawn to Emily. Although Emily continually insisted they had to keep their distance from each other in order to preserve her marriage and relationship with Alison, Chris's attraction to Emily seemed to override his devotion to Alison. Although Chris and Emily's intense attraction remained lost on Ali, it wasn't lost on Aaron who caught the pair kissing passionately one day. Although the pair tried to downplay what Aaron saw, Aaron suspected the truth but kept quiet in order to avoid hurting Ali. At the same time, a series of disasters that plagued the planning the Ali's wedding. Though Ali started to be convinced that these were bad omens, Chris, though acting continuing disinterested and distracted, continued to assure her that everything would be fine and they would marry. Although he knew his feelings for Emily were overwhelming him, Chris decided to stick to his commitment to Ali, despite advice from his father to end it if he was having doubts. While Chris finally heeded Bob's advice, it was at the worst possible time--while he and Alison were standing at the altar ready to exchange vows. While he was being honest, Chris then informed Emily's husband, Hal that he was in love with his wife! Horrified that Chris would just impulsively blurt that out, Emily confessed all to Hal and pled forgiveness. To her surprise, he understood and forgave her. However, Ali on the other hand refused to forgive either Emily or Chris. With his relationship with Alison over, Chris saw no reason to stay in Oakdale and accepted a job with a Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh.
At some point, Chris left Pittsburgh to work at a refugee camp in Africa. Afterwards, he hooked up with none other than Emily. The pair returned to Oakdale and surprised everyone with their renewed relationship. Meanwhile, Chris accepted his father's offer to return to Memorial as head of research. Immediately, Chris was at loggerheads with his father over a research project conducted by Evan Walsh IV. While Chris felt the project was cutting-edge and would help people in the end, Bob felt it was way too risky. While Emily encouraged Chris and even helped by printing a story condemning Bob for his closed minded reaction to the project, Dusty Donovan sided with Bob and warned that if the project was approved, he would pull the Jennifer Munson Foundation out of Memorial. At the same time, Evan was threatening to take his project to Harvard. Chris’s ambitions caused him to threaten to leave town if the research project wasn’t funded. Finally, Bob had enough of his son’s argumentative attitude and fired him from Memorial. That same day, Bob was left comatose following a stroke and despite Dusty’s objections, Chris, who told no one of the huge argument he had with Bob, was sworn in as interim Chief of Staff. Defying his father’s wishes, Chris approved Walsh’s project. Soon, Dusty started accusing Chris of causing his father’s stroke which Chris vehemently denied. Unfortunately for Chris, Dusty was relentless and tried to convince everyone that Chris was a threat. Chris was becoming more and more angry at Dusty’s accusations and felt that he was trying to ruin his life because he was jealous of him and Emily. Finally, came the night of the unveiling of the Walsh research project. Before heading off to the hospital for the contract signing, Chris received an anonymous note that left him upset. Apparently the letter stated that Emily worked as a high priced call girl. Chris angrily declared that whoever was responsible would be sued for slander and Emily was forced to admit that it was the truth. Visibly disgusted, Chris wrote her out of his life.
[edit] Criminal Record
- Accidentally started the fire at the Milltown Baptist Church while he was smoking. [November 19, 1997]
- Cheated on exams [1999]
- Forged a death certificate [August 2003]
- Stole files about Aaron Snyder's operation [December 1, 2004)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.cbs.com/daytime/atwt/about/casting/ ATWT Casting Call
