Victor Kiriakis
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| Portrayed by | John Aniston | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Business Tycoon | ||||||||||||||
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Victor Kiriakis is a fictional character on NBC's Days of our Lives. The role has been portrayed by John Aniston since 1985. His time on the show has been 1985 to 1997, 1999 to present with a brief storyline driven absence in 2004 when his character was "killed off" but found alive on the island of Melaswen.
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[edit] Character history
Victor came to Salem in 1985 as an old friend of the Brady clan. As time went on, it was revealed that he was not only a former paramour of Brady matriarch Caroline, and the biological father of Bo Brady, but that he was involved in various underhanded dealings around town.
Initially a quiet sponsor of a local drugs-and-prostitution ring, it was eventually fleshed out that Victor was a full-fledged mobster, with Mafia-style roots in his native Greece, partnerships and rivalries with other villains (including the nefarious Stefano DiMera), and the subject of various investigations by the local police and a fictional crime-fighting spy agency called the International Security Alliance (ISA). Victor's organization engaged in many schemes and plots all over the world during the late 80s and early 90s, including selling military secrets to the Soviets and hiding stolen Treasury bonds in Stockholm, Sweden. It was during this heyday that even the music played at the beginning of Victor's scenes resembled the main theme of The Godfather.
Victor is also the father of Isabella Toscano. Eventually, Victor "semi-retired"; in an effort to win the love and respect of his children, he eventually renounced his evil ways and became a legitimate, albeit still ruthless, businessman. However, occasionally Victor will use some of his old underworld connections to help his family and friends out of a jam. The Kiriakis name still commands considerable respect (and fear) in the underworld; few criminals of standing would knowingly or willingly cross Victor Kiriakis (at least without the protection of the DiMeras or some other powerful organization.) At one point, his son Philip, young and irresponsible (probably because he grew up pampered due to his father's wealth,) foolishly became indebted through illegal gambling to a criminal gang, who injured him in a ritualistic manner as a warning to him to pay up. Victor recognized the injury from his old criminal dealings, and, as well as punishing his son Philip, warned the gang's head (who had not realized that his gang was harassing the son of Victor Kiriakis) both verbally and with violent retributory attacks to renounce Philip's indebtedness. Even before Victor began his attacks, the man was extremely respectful merely at the realization that he was speaking with Victor Kiriakis, and very frightened and apologetic when he realized that he may have harassed his son.
Victor was briefly married to Nicole Walker, who had saved his life when Kate was trying to have him killed during Greta's coronation. Their marriage ended in an extremely nasty divorce, with Nicole leaving town soon after.
Victor has currently reverted to his old ways, somewhat, and has disowned both his son Bo, and grandson Shawn, in his attempt to take Shawn's daughter Claire to give to his youngest son Philip, who had raised Claire since birth, believing the child to be legally his. Victor won Philip custody, but Claire was taken out of the country by Belle and Shawn. Philip eventually found them on the island of Tinda Lau, near Australia. After surviving a typhoon in the Pacific, Philip agreed to drop the pursuit of custody if Belle and Shawn would allow him to be a part of Claire's life, to which they were okay with. This disappointed Victor, but he has since learned to accept it.
[edit] Titan Industries
Titan was founded by the powerful Victor Kiriakis before he arrived in Salem. It is a shipping company, sometimes involved in drug cartel. The Kiriakis family legacy and wealthy was scoundreled up through this company.
- Philip Kiriakis - (Chief Executive Officer (CEO) [2008 - presently]
- Victor Kiriakis - (Advisor to the CEO/ Formerly CEO [19??-1993] & [1995-2008])
- Justin Kiriakis - (Titan Shareholder/ Formerly CEO [1993-1995])
- Bo Brady - (formerly Executive at Titan Industries)
