Thaao Penghlis

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Actor

Birth Date: December 15, 1945

Age: 78 years old

Birth Place: Sydney, Australia

Thaao Penghlis is an Australian-born actor of Greek heritage. After high school, Penghlis left Sydney for New York and the stage, where he performed until he made his television debut in 1973, with a small part in an episode of the crime drama "Hawkins." By the late 1970s, he began working in movies, reaching his zenith quickly with a substantial supporting role in the Oscar-nominated psycho-horror "Altered States." But in 1981, Penghlis found his true calling when he joined the core cast of the daytime soap heavyweight "Days of Our Lives" as Tony DiMera, the son of Stefano DiMera, the villain and DiMera patriarch on the long-running series. Though his character was introduced to the show in 1981, he didn't actually become a regular until 2002, and a regular indeed: by 2009, when his DiMera character was killed off as a result of his death from a fight, Penghlis had put in over 1,000 episodes on the NBC classic. Prior to that hearty run, which earned Penghlis a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2008, his two biggest parts have been as Nicholas Black on the late-'80s revival of the TV classic "Mission Impossible," where he co-starred with the original "Mission" series star Peter Graves; and as Micah DeAngelis on another NBC daytime soap, "Santa Barbara," during the early 1990s.

Credits

Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem

Actor
Tony DiMera
Series
2021

Daily Blast Live

Guest
Show
2017

The Book of Esther

Actor
Haman
Movie
2013

The Mirror

Actor
Nicholas Theophilus
Movie
2007

Days of our Lives Friday

Actor
Show
2000

Days of our Lives Today

Actor
Show
2000

Days of our Lives Tuesday

Actor
Show
2000

Days of our Lives Wednesday

Actor
Show
2000

Days of our Lives Yesterday

Actor
Show
2000

Tribe

Actor
Captain John Brava
Movie
1999

Memories of Midnight

Actor
Spyros
Movie
1991

Rostros Parecidos

Actor
Movie
1990

The Lookalike

Actor
Nikos Lissandros
Movie
1990

Emma: Queen of the South Seas

Actor
Albert
Show
1988

Mission: Impossible

Actor
Show
1988

Emma: Queen of the South Seas

Actor
Albert
Movie
1988

Les Patterson Saves the World

Actor
Colonel Richard Godowni
Movie
1987

USA en Estado de Sitio

Actor
Movie
1986

Under Siege

Actor
Abu Ladeen
Movie
1986

Who's the Boss?Stream

Guest Star
Series
1984

Hotel

Guest Star
Soap
1983

Sadat

Actor
Amer
Miniseries
1983

Nero Wolfe

Guest Star
Series
1981

The Silent Lovers

Actor
Antonio Moreno
Movie
1980

Altered StatesStream

Actor
Prof. Eduardo Eccheverria
Movie
1980
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Hart to HartStream

Guest Star
Series
1979

The Bell Jar

Actor
Marco
Movie
1979
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Slow Dancing in the Big City

Actor
Christopher
Movie
1978

Cannon

Guest Star
Prince Hassan
Series
1971

Days of our LivesStream

Actor
Andre DiMera
Soap
1965

General HospitalStream

Guest Star
Soap
1963

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