Michael Easton


Michael Easton is an American television actor, director, poet, and author.

Acting career

Easton has made appearances on television shows such as Ally McBeal and The Practice. He had a recurring role on the science fiction television series Mutant X. He played the dual lead role in the 1996 thriller series Two, as well as starring roles in two science fiction series: VR.5 and Total Recall 2070.
Additionally, Easton has appeared on soap operas, first starting out in the role of Tanner Scofield on NBC's Days of Our Lives from 1991 to 1992. He went on to a two-year stint as vampire Caleb Morley on Port Charles from 2001 until its cancellation in 2003. Easton portrayed John McBain on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live from October 2003 until the series ended in January 2012.
Easton, with other One Life to Live actors, such as Roger Howarth, Kristen Alderson, Kassie DePaiva and Florencia Lozano, appeared on sister soap opera General Hospital. Easton reprised his One Life to Live role of John McBain from March 2012 - March 2013 and his Port Charles/General Hospital role of Caleb Morley from February to March 2013. Easton exited his General Hospital roles due to legal issues regarding Prospect Park's revival of One Life to Live. Easton was slated to return to General Hospital at some point, possibly in a new role, since at the time Prospect Park currently held the rights to all One Life to Live characters. TV Guide reported that because ABC did not want to risk any further legal disputes with Prospect Park concerning the characters, the only way to avoid such disputes might be to have the former One Life to Live actors portray "characters that in no way resemble the current ones" in order to stay on General Hospital. Easton returned to General Hospital in May 2013 as Dr. Silas Clay. On July 29, 2015, it was confirmed that Easton would exit General Hospital.
On February 2, 2016, it was announced that Easton would return to General Hospital. His first airdate was to be March 18, 2016. It was pushed back due to ABC airing the funeral of former First Lady Nancy Reagan to March 21, 2016. His new character was revealed on Friday, March 18, 2016 as Hamilton Finn, a role in which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2018.

Writing

Easton is also a screenwriter, poet, and graphic novelist.

''Eighteen Straight Whiskeys''

Eighteen Straight Whiskeys is a collection of poetry. The first printing in 1997 and a second in 2002 both sold out. A third, signed Collector’s Edition with thirty new poems was released by Bowery Press in 2018.

''Soul Stealer''

Soul Stealer is a graphic novel series about a Frankenstein-like protagonist, Kalan, who searches for his lost love Oxania over the span of several centuries. The horror-fantasy trilogy was illustrated by artist Christopher Shy and released by Blackwatch Comics, with a foreword by Peter Straub.

''Credence''

In 2013, Easton released Credence with Blackwatch Comics.
Easton released a video and special preview edition of the sequel novel, with art by Steven Perkins, at San Diego Comic Con in 2015.

''The Green Woman''

Easton co-wrote The Green Woman for Vertigo Comics with award-winning horror writer Peter Straub. The artwork was by John Bolton.
Straub's novels have received several notable honors, including the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award. The Green Woman was his first graphic novel collaboration.

Screenplays

Easton’s screenplay Beautiful Loser, a biopic of Montgomery Clift, is currently in development. Producer Norman Lear subsequently tapped him to write the screenplay Queen of Jazz, about Ella Fitzgerald’s life and legacy. While working on Two as the series lead, he also wrote the episode “A.D.”
In 2001 Easton adapted a short film based on an unfinished screenplay by Doors front man Jim Morrison. Daedelus is Dead appeared at more than a dozen film festivals and was later bought by The Sundance Channel.
In 2015, Easton’s Ultraviolent, chronicling the last, bizarre night of filmmaker Donald Cammell, won the Best Shorts Showcase at LA Shorts Fest and was awarded the Grand Prize at both the Barcelona and Canadian International Film Festivals. He followed up with First Strike Butcher Knife, which premiered at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival.

Personal life

Easton married model Ginevra Arabia in 2004. The couple has two children: Lilah Bell, born on April 15, 2011, and Jack Boru, born on September 7, 2013.

Filmography

Books

Daytime Emmy Awards
Gemini Awards
1999: Nominated, Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role – Total Recall 2070
Soap Opera Digest Awards