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Michael
Nader was born in
St. Louis
,
Missouri
on
February 18, 1945
. He and his family moved to
Beverly Hills
,
California
when he was four, where he attended
Vista
Grammar School
and
Beverly Hills
High School
. He then attended
Santa Monica
City
College
in
Los Angeles
, where he began his acting career.
He
first appeared in several beach movies with Annette Funicello and
Frankie Avalon. He studied at the prestigious Actors Studio and the
Herbert Berghof Studio while appearing in several off-Broadway
plays. After a stint as a semi-regular with Sally Field on the
television series, "Gidget," Nader decided to move to
New York
to pursue his craft.
Michael began his soap opera career in 1976 in the role of Kevin
Thompson on "As the World Turns", and was on that show for
three years. When
Nader returned to
Los Angeles
, he quickly landed the part of Alexi Theodopolous on the series,
"Bare Essence".
Nader
is well-known for his role of Farnsworth "Dex" Dexter on
the ABC series, "Dynasty", which he portrayed from
November, 1983, to May, 1989.
In
1990, he produced and co-starred in "A Prayer For My
Daughter", which won that year's Los Angeles DramaLogue Award
for Best Ensemble Production.
When Michael Nader joined "All My Children" in September
1991, he created the role of Dimitri Marick, the handsome and
dashing Hungarian Count. His magnetic performances have garnered him
many loyal fans, who have eagerly watched Dimitri in stories of
romance, drama and mystery.
In 1992, Michael was on Soap Opera Digest's list of TV's Sexiest
Men. In 1993, he (along with John Callahan) received the Soap Opera
Digest Award for Best Brothers. In 1997, Michael was nominated by
Soap Opera Update as Best Actor. In 1998, he was nominated by Soap
Opera Digest as Outstanding Villain. And in 2000, Soap Opera Digest
gave Michael the Best Male Return Award.
He
was fired from the series when he was arrested for drug possession.
Speculation abounded that the actor, who completed rehab, had HIV,
which he vehemently denied.
Nader's
prime-time work includes starring roles in numerous
made-for-television movies, including "Lady Mobster",
which co-starred his "All My Children" castmate Susan
Lucci. The film aired on ABC in the 1988-89 season. He also
appeared in the miniseries, "The Great Escape" and
"Lucky", and guest starred in the two-hour premiere of
"The Flash". He resides in New York City.
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