Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald | |||||||||||||||||
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Blair Redford as Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald
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Passions character | |||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by |
Jesse Metcalfe (1999–2004, 2004-2005) Adrian Bellani (2006–2007) Blair Redford (2007–08) |
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Duration | 1999–2008 | ||||||||||||||||
First appearance | Episode 0001 July 5, 1999 |
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Last appearance | Episode 2231 August 7, 2008 |
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Created by | James E. Reilly | ||||||||||||||||
Profile | |||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Fisherman | ||||||||||||||||
Residence | Lenox House Harmony, New England |
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Jesse Metcalfe as Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald
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Adrian Bellani as Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald
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Parents |
Martin Fitzgerald Pilar Lopez |
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Siblings |
Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Winthrop Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald |
Spouse | Kay Bennett (2008–) |
Children | Maria Lopez-Fitzgerald |
Grandparents |
Brian Fitzgerald Antonio Lopez Maria Lopez |
Aunts and uncles |
Florencia Lopez Francisco Lopez Maria Lopez II |
Nieces and nephews |
Ethan Winthrop II Jane Winthrop Marty Lopez-Fitzgerald |
First cousins | 2 unnamed male cousins |
Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. The youngest son of the once-missing Martin Fitzgerald and Mexican immigrant Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald, the character as played by original cast member Jesse Metcalfe (July 5, 1999—July 26, 2004, November 2004-January 2005) was caught in a love triangle with true love Charity Standish and her scheming, manipulative cousin, and his best friend, Kay Bennett. After being written off-canvas for a year, the character returned on February 8, 2006 played by Adrian Bellani; and engaged in a rivalry with Kay's fiancé, and later husband, Fox Crane. After a three-month hiatus from September to December 2007, while the character was said to have been kidnapped by the forces of darkness and held prisoner in Hell, Blair Redford replaced Bellani on December 24, 2007 and played the role until August 7, 2008.
Miguel grew up as the fourth of five children in an Irish-Mexican family. One of his closest friends growing up was local tomboy Kay Bennett, who secretly had feelings for him and wanted to be his girlfriend; he unknowingly had romantic feelings for Kay, due to Miguel only seeing her as a friend at the time. However, in the summer of 1999, Miguel met the mysterious Charity Standish and it was love at first sight, much to Kay's dislike.
Over the next five years, Kay schemed and plotted to take down Charity and have Miguel all to herself. She even succeeded in getting pregnant with Miguel's child by using Charity's essence to make him think she was her cousin, and giving birth to a baby girl, Maria, in July 2003. But this wasn't enough to land Miguel for good, as Charity left town a year later, and Miguel soon followed after her, leaving Kay as a single mother. Months later, Miguel returned to town, rushing to his daughter's aid much to Kay's delight. Miguel acted as a loving father to Maria and a loving friend to Kay, while helping his family deal with his brother's recent death. Miguel finally realized his feelings for Kay while bonding with their daughter, Maria, however he was secretly trying to track down Charity whereabouts. Miguel finally realizes that he must find the real woman he loves, Charity and left Kay and Maria behind Harmony in early January 2005.