Manuel Santi
| Antonio Vega | |||||||||||||||
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| One Life to Live character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by |
Kamar de los Reyes Robert Montano (temp 2007) |
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| Duration | 1995–98, 2000–09 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | July 10, 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | April 22, 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Created by | Michael Malone | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Susan Bedsow Horgan | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Manuel Santi, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
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| Residence | 56 Esperanza Street, Room 1756 Llanview, Pennsylvania |
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| Parents | Manuel Santi Isabella Santi |
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| Adoptive parents | Diego Vega Carlotta Vega |
| Siblings |
Tico Santi Adriana Cramer Cristian Vega (adoptive) |
| Spouse |
Andy Harrison (1997–2000) Jessica Buchanan (2006–07) |
| Children | Jamie Vega |
| Aunts and uncles | Carlotta Vega |
| First cousins | Cristian Vega |
Antonio Vega is a fictional character on the long-running American soap opera One Life to Live. The role was originated on July 10, 1995, by Kamar de los Reyes, who left in August 1997 and made an appearance in 1998. De los Reyes returned in February 2000 and portrayed the character until March 25, 2009. De los Reyes returned briefly on the episodes which aired April 21 and 22, 2009. The role was temporarily played by Robert Montano between May 17, 2007 and May 28, 2007.
Carlotta Vega's elder son Antonio, a former gang member in Llanview's Angel Square, is released from prison in 1995 after serving a seven-year sentence for killing a man. Antonio is well-known among the urban youth of Llanview as "El Leon", leader of the "Prides" gang, but his past crimes haunt him and his family. Antonio ultimately proves that his crime had been self-defense; with the help of attorney Nora Buchanan he becomes a lawyer and then a police officer. He marries fellow officer (and half-sister to Max Holden) Andy Harrison, eventually leaving town for California in 1997. He returns to Llanview in 2000, having divorced Andy, who had cheated on him with her new partner on the force. On the rebound from his failed marriage, Antonio has a casual yet complicated fling with Vega family friend Roseanne Delgado and discovers unresolved sexual tension with partner Sophia Pellegrino, but he finds nothing lasting.
In 2001, Antonio finds love again, falling for Llanview University professor Keri Reynolds; only later does he discover that she is the long-lost daughter of his longtime nemesis, R.J. Gannon. Antonio and Keri's relationship is relentlessly dogged by Antonio and R.J.'s feud, and in 2002, Antonio's rage against Gannon reaches a fever pitch, resulting in catastrophe. During a crisis situation, a rattled and stressed Antonio fires the gunshot that wounds Viki Davidson's husband Ben and puts him in a coma. Realizing it had been an accident in the line of duty, Viki forgives Antonio, but Antonio and Keri's relationship, already stretched to the breaking point by Antonio's drive to 'get' R.J., disintegrates as the guilt-stricken Antonio flees town to deal with his feelings. While outside of Llanview, Antonio has a one-night stand with a mystery woman. He returns home rested and prepared to reunite with Keri but is shocked to realize that his mystery woman was Keri's mother, Liz Reynolds. Through a convoluted series of coincidences, Keri ends up serving as a surrogate mother and carrying to term what Antonio and Liz secretly believe to be their own "love child".
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