Valentin Cassadine
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| General Hospital character | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | James Patrick Stuart | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2016– | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | July 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Frank Valentini | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Present; recurring | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wyndemere Castle Spoon Island, Port Charles |
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| Family | Cassadine |
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| Father | Mikkos Cassadine |
| Stepmother | Helena Cassadine |
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| Spouse | Nina Reeves (2016–) |
| Daughters | Charlotte Cassadine |
| Grandfathers | Ivan Cassadine |
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| Other relatives | Spencer Cassadine |
Valentin Cassadine is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. The character was initially conceived in 2009 by head writer Robert Guza, Jr., as a previously unknown member of the wealthy Cassadine family, looking to wreak havoc on both the Cassadine and Spencer families. However, initial plans for the character's introduction were delayed and completely abandoned by 2010. In 2016, it was announced that All My Children alumni James Patrick Stuart had joined the cast in the mystery role of Theo — who is revealed to be Valentin. Valentin is known for being the most evil of the Cassadine sons having been disowned by his father at a very young age. At one point, he even poisons his stepmother Helena (Constance Towers) when she tries to reach out to him for her own personal agenda.
In October 2009, a deathly ill Helena Cassadine (Constance Towers) confides in her longtime rival Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) that she needs his help to fend off her evil stepson Valentin. According to Helena, the illegitimate Valentin had been disowned by his father Mikkos (John Colicos) upon his birth, denying him the privileges of being a Cassadine. Helena contacts Valentin hoping to use him against her rebellious grandson, Nikolas (Tyler Christopher) but instead, Valentin overpowers Helena taking over the family's private island in Greece and he slowly poisons Helena. Valentin's henchmen try to keep Helena, Luke from escaping with Helena only for Nikolas to come to her rescue. She warns everyone that Valentin has promised to destroy not only the Cassadines, but also the Spencers. Mikkos's daughter Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn) reveals that she had only heard of her brother's treachery toward their father specifically, but Alexis had come to believe the never before seen Valentin was only a front for Helena and her schemes. Luke later accuses Helena of having Valentin murdered and she admits that she thought Valentin had died as well but later realized that he is alive and well. Much like Luke and Alexis, Nikolas believes Valentin is long dead and that Helena is just using the threat of Valentin to manipulate him.
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