19 Facts About Dante Falconeri

Dante Falconeri is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network, played by Dominic Zamprogna.

Under executive producer Jill Farren Phelps and head writer, Robert Guza, Dante is introduced to the series as an undercover cop investigating mob boss, Sonny Corinthos, who happens to be his father.

Dante Falconeri ascended and earned a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2021.

Dante Falconeri gets himself released after he clues the PCPD in on his investigation of Sonny.

Dante Falconeri confesses his identity to Lulu when she gets trapped in the freezing water beneath the Zacchara mansion in an attempt to keep her alive.

Dante Falconeri is shocked to learn Sonny is his father, but instead of turning Sonny in for shooting him, he decides to send him to prison for killing his wife, Claudia Zacchara.

Dante Falconeri is shocked to learn that Sonny was covering for Michael and his persistence lands Michael in prison.

Meanwhile, Carly Corinthos Jacks' attempt at getting revenge on Dante Falconeri for sending her son Michael to prison culminates in Lulu catching Brook Lynn Ashton with a drugged Dante Falconeri.

Lulu follows him to Florida forcing Dante Falconeri to go after her.

At the Cassadine family compound in Greece, Dante Falconeri finds Lulu cryogenically frozen thank to Stavros Cassadine who has become obsessed with her.

Stricken with grief, Valerie bonds with Dante Falconeri who was raised by a single mother and they eventually have a one-night stand.

In March 2019, Sonny goes undercover to find Dante Falconeri, bringing him to Turkey, where they work together to escape, resulting in Dante Falconeri killing Raj in self-defense.

Dante Falconeri almost kills Peter, but Sam McCall arrives just in time to stop him.

When it comes time to arrest Sonny, Dante Falconeri feels conflicted and though he has grown to like Sonny, he knows his actions are going to destroy many lives.

Dante Falconeri doesn't want to like Sonny because he does not want to be compared to him, however "Dante Falconeri kind of sees himself as the same type of guy," Zamprogna said in an interview with On-Air On-Soaps.

The only real difference between Sonny and Dante Falconeri is that they are on opposite sides of the law.

On top of that, Dante Falconeri takes Michael's place as Sonny's oldest child.

For example, when Sonny is arrested for shooting Johnny Zacchara, Dante Falconeri actually believes Sonny when he claims self-defense.

Jamey Giddens praised Zamprogna for his performance during the scene in which Dante Falconeri confronted Sonny and tried to arrest him in January 2010 and said the performance solidified Zamprogna's place at the top of the newcomer list.