John Aniston is best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis on the NBC daytime drama series Days of Our Lives, which he originated in July 1985 and has played continually since then.
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11 Facts About John Aniston
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The family left Crete for the United States when John Aniston was two years old; his father anglicized the family's names on arriving in America.
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John Aniston graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts.
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John Aniston has appeared in soap operas regularly since 1970, when he first joined Days of Our Lives as a character named Eric Richards.
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John Aniston played Mary Stuart's new love interest, Martin Tourneur, on Search for Tomorrow from 1980 until April 1984.
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John Aniston returned to the cast of Days of Our Lives a second time, this time as Victor Kiriakis, in July 1985, and continues to play the role as of 2021.
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John Aniston was nominated for the 2017 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance.
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John Aniston has played small roles on the television series Airwolf in season two's episode "Short Walk to Freedom", Gilmore Girls as Douglas Swope in the 2002 episode "A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving", The West Wing as Alexander Thompson in the episodes Game On and Debate Camp, as the First IMF Captain in the 1969 Mission Impossible episode Time Bomb.
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John has a stepson, John T Melick, from Nancy's prior marriage, whom he has raised since he was a toddler.
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John Aniston is an avid Shakespeare fan and is an owner of numerous first-edition copies of Romeo and Juliet.
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