Maurice Benard

Maurice Benard

Born: March 1, 1963
in Martinez, California, USA
Daytime Emmy Award winning Actor Maurice Benard joined the cast of General Hospital in the role of Sonny Corinthos in August 1993. He briefly left the show for a year-long hiatus in December 1998. For his portrayal, Mr. Benard received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in 2003. He was also nominated in 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006 and 2011.

Movies for Maurice Benard...

Trials To Triumph: The Documentary
Title: Trials To Triumph: The Documentary
Character: Mental Health Advocate
Released: May 2, 2023
Type: Movie
Follows the story of Freddie Stevenson from his meteoric rise through high school and college football to a chaotic life afterwards that led him to reinvent himself and rise up all over again. This documentary connects similar stories of struggle and redemption from motivational speaker Tony Gaskins, "General Hospital" star Maurice Benard, NFL and CFL player Delvin Breaux, and more. These stories are raw and uncut, just as they want to to tell them.
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Passions
Title: Passions
Character: Father Thomas Rourke
Released: January 15, 2022
Type: Movie
A confession goes awry as a troubled woman enters a young priest's private chambers wielding a gun. As she catapults between anger and anguish, her devastating revelation forces the priest to face his own regrets.
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Equal Standard
Title: Equal Standard
Character: Captain Chavat Issak
Released: May 7, 2021
Type: Movie
An NYPD Detective is shot by one of his own, benevolent brothers in uniform. Communities are ignited - to march for justice. Gangs put their differences aside - for a united fight, an equal opportunity. “That people not be judged by the color of their skin but for the content of their character.” The movement and unity impacts City society and leads to a Blue Wall intervention within the Police force. White cops lust for change and act on it - by flushing out racism. Not an easy fight. In the end, what was considered impossible, became possible.
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The Story of Soaps
Title: The Story of Soaps
Character: Self
Released: May 19, 2020
Type: Movie
This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting television landscape, "The Story of Soaps" traces how female creators migrated from radio to television to become the dominant force in daytime for more than three decades. Today, the legacy of the soap opera continues all over prime time and reality t.v. An extensive look is taken at this iconic, impactful genre.
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Hold On
Title: Hold On
Character: Peter Duran
Released: December 6, 2019
Type: Movie
Fighting to save her brother from a life of addiction on Los Angeles' Skid Row, an overlooked singing prodigy embarks on an unlikely journey with the son of a famed music manager.
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A Lover Betrayed
Title: A Lover Betrayed
Character: Detective Alvarez
Released: September 26, 2019
Type: Movie
Five years after her son was killed, Tess Ford is ready to live again. But a one-night romance with a handsome soldier throws her life back into chaos as the young man's attraction turns out to be a frightening obsession.
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Victoria Gotti: My Father's Daughter
Title: Victoria Gotti: My Father's Daughter
Character: John Gotti
Released: February 9, 2019
Type: Movie
A revealing look at the life of Victoria Gotti, the daughter of notorious mob boss John Gotti.
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Nightmare Cinema
Title: Nightmare Cinema
Character: Father Benedict
Released: June 21, 2018
Type: Movie
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.
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Joy
Title: Joy
Character: Ridge
Released: December 24, 2015
Type: Movie
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
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The Ghost and the Whale
Title: The Ghost and the Whale
Character: Joseph Hawthorne
Released: March 3, 2014
Type: Movie
A man, Joseph, loses his wife at sea, then spirals deep into a world of confusion. The wife's brothers' need revenge! Joseph tries to tell anyone who will listen that a whale killed his beautiful Annabel Lee, but even he doesn't quite remember the truth. A journey into the depths of his mind, a conversation with a whale and blood thirsty brothers.
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OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie
Title: OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie
Character: Himself
Released: May 25, 2012
Type: Movie
Director Bud Clayman documents his struggle with OCD and Asperger's Syndrome and how it derailed his plan to become a filmmaker.
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Title: Castle
Character: Horatio Spate
Released: March 9, 2009
Type: TV
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
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Title: Soapography
Released: August 7, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Ruby
Title: Ruby
Character: Diego
Released: March 27, 1992
Type: Movie
Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K.
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Title: Dark Justice
Released: April 5, 1991
Type: TV
Dark Justice is an American crime drama about a judge that turns into a vigilante by night in order to bring to justice high-level offenders that use technicalities to "escape" the legal system. The role of Judge Nicholas Marshall was played by actors Ramy Zada and Bruce Abbott. The series began airing in 1991 and ran for three seasons finishing in 1993.
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Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
Title: Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
Character: Desi Arnaz
Released: February 10, 1991
Type: Movie
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter is described by CBS as "a dramatic love story" about the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
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Her Wicked Ways
Title: Her Wicked Ways
Character: Steve
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A young reporter forces her way into a veteran newswoman's life.
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Title: DEA
Released: September 7, 1990
Type: TV
D.E.A. is a short-lived television program which was aired by Fox Broadcasting Company as part of its 1990-91 lineup. D.E.A. was based on true stories of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Shot in cinéma vérité style, the program combined recreated scenes using actors with actual surveillance footage and film of actual newscasts covering the stories depicted. Fox apparently had considerable confidence in this concept. When the initial version garnered low ratings and was put on hiatus, before its return the program was retooled into DEA—Special Task Force, which placed more emphasis on the agents' personal lives and showed less graphic violence. The revamped show premiered in April 1991, but also failed to achieve significant ratings and the program was canceled for good in June 1991.
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Title: General Hospital
Character: Sonny Corinthos
Released: April 1, 1963
Type: TV
Families, friends, enemies and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate New York city of Port Charles, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.
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When Will it Strike Noon
Title: When Will it Strike Noon
Released: May 6, 1958
Type: Movie
The small South American republic of Guadalarma is under the rule of despot Don Salvador, surrounded by a civil guard, his mistress (La Morenita), his henchman (Don Ramón) and the fortress governor (the venal Don Gaspar). One morning, the city's French jeweler Michel Dumartin receives a visit from a client named José Llanos, one of the regime's fiercest opponents. Llanos is soon denounced and shot dead by Salvador's men. At the same time, Dumartin was accused of complicity with the rebels. Arrested and imprisoned in the fortress, he is ripe for the death penalty.
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L'aventurière du Tchad
Title: L'aventurière du Tchad
Released: November 6, 1953
Type: Movie
Alain de Blomette, a family man, is in danger of becoming a deviant under the influence of his mistress Fanny Lacourt. He steals a bracelet, loses at gambling and contemplates suicide. His family intervenes and sends him to Equatorial Africa. Fanny, stubborn, joins him there, stirring up trouble on the plantation. The guns start talking. Alain's rival collapses and Fanny is mortally wounded. More devious than ever, Alain indulges in regrettable excesses. A fatherly inspector finally intervenes to instill in him a sense of honor.
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The Damned Lovers
Title: The Damned Lovers
Released: March 12, 1952
Type: Movie
A waiter, Paul, likes detective novels as he identifies with the characters, before becoming a sought-after offender himself. He flees with his group and his girlfriend Jackie
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The Truth About Bebe Donge
Title: The Truth About Bebe Donge
Released: February 13, 1952
Type: Movie
François Donge, a rich industrialist and womaniser, meets a girl nicknamed Bébé who he marries. Ten years later, poisoned by his wife and dying in hospital, he recalls his married life and understands how his wife who adored him suffered from his many affairs and indifference.
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The Convict
Title: The Convict
Character: General Counsel
Released: March 7, 1951
Type: Movie
The practice of Dr. Julien, a GP of Marseilles, consists mainly of drug-addicts. One day, one of his patient dies at his surgery and Julien yields to the temptation : he steals the dead man's money and hides the corpse in a trunk. But the whole thing is discovered and ... misinterpreted. The doctor is condemned for killing the junkie and sent to the Cayenne convict prison, from which he escapes. The Indians give him shelter and he is soon given the opportunity to return their good deed when a yellow fever epidemic strikes their tribe. A young woman helps to fight the disease and, thanks to her, Julien starts considering that a new life is possible for him.