Personal life

He was raised on Long Island, NY and is the one of six children. He would move to Lake Grove, NY early on, Irizarry at the age of 11, began to study piano, becoming classically trained, then continued his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston. It was there that he fell in love with acting while performing in numerous productions with a regional theater company. He decided to move back to New York to sow the seeds for a career as a professional actor, soon winning a full-time scholarship with Lee Strasberg at his Theater Institute.

Irizarry's oldest child, Ash Harris, was born in May 1989.

He married actress Signy Coleman in July 1989 but they would divorce in 1992. Their daughter, Siena Sophia, was born in 1990. He married Avalon House in 1997 and they have two children, Aria (born 1998) and Elias (born 2001). Irizarry would confirm that he and House had separated and were in the process of getting a divorce in 2010.

He is in a relationship with clothing designer Donna Petracca.

Career

Vincent Irizarry got his start in daytime television in 1983 as Brandon/Lujack Luvonaczek Spaulding on Guiding Light. His character was paired up with Beth Raines (then Judi Evans Luciano) and they were considered a "supercouple." He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1985, but lost to future All My Children co-star Michael E. Knight. He then moved on to play Dr. Scott Clark from 1987 to 1989 on Santa Barbara. He also portrayed the role of Lujack Spaulding's twin brother, Nick McHenry Spaulding on Guiding Light from July 1991 to February 26, 1996. Irizarry returned for a cameo guest appearance in late-December 1996.

Later, Irizarry was cast in the role of Dr. David Hayward on the soap opera All My Children, a role he originated in 1997. Irizarry also crossed over to One Life to Live, during the infamous baby-swap storyline in 2005. In September 2006, after almost ten years as David, Irizarry was fired from AMC due to a lack of storyline. He portrayed David until November 28, 2006.

However, in November 2006, Irizarry joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as the character David Chow, first appearing on January 9, 2007. David Chow was romantically involved with Carmen Mesta, played by Marisa Ramirez, who was murdered soon afterward. Originally contracted for thirteen weeks, Irizarry's character proved popular and his stay on the soap was eventually extended. He went on later to a romantic relationship with Nikki Newman while she was separated from husband Victor, but eventually decided to break up his relationship with Nikki. due to his difficulties with gambling. Chow was then killed in a car accident on August 1, 2008.

On August 17, 2008, a spokesperson for All My Children confirmed that Irizarry would reprise the role of David Hayward. Irizarry returned to the studio in September and began making regular appearances in October until it aired its final episode on September 23, 2011.

In December 2012, Irizarry announced on his Facebook page that he would be joining Prospect Park's online reboot of "All My Children" scheduled for spring of 2013. He reprised his Emmy award-winning role of "Dr. David Hayward" that he originated in 1997. It would began to air in April 2013 till later that year, September 2. In August 2015, news broke that Irizarry joined the cast of NBC's Days of Our Lives. He will portray the role of Deimos Kiriakis, the bitter and vindictive younger half-brother of Victor Kiriakis, Irizarry make his first appearance in early January 2016, due to the soap's advanced filming schedule.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Heartbreak Ridge	Fragetti	Film
1990	Lucky/Chances	Gino Santangelo	Television miniseries
1996	Lying Eyes	Derek Bradshaw	Television film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983-1985, 1989, 1991-1996	Guiding Light	Brandon "Lujack" Luvonaczek and Nick McHenry Spaulding	Role held (Lujack): November 28, 1983 - December 6, 1985; 1989, 1991, 1993 Role held (Nick): July 16, 1991 - February 26, 1996; December 27 - 30, 1996 Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
1987-1989	Santa Barbara	Scott Clark	Role held: November 9, 1987 - October 18, 1989
1991	Murder, She Wrote	Michael Abruzzi	Episode: "Family Doctor"
1997	Beverly Hills, 90210	Riggs	3 episodes
1997-2006, 2008-2011, 2013	All My Children	David Hayward	Role held: November 27, 1997 - March 2, 1998; July 8, 1998 - November 28, 2006; October 23, 2008 - September 23, 2011; April 29, 2013 - September 2, 2013 Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villain Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2005	One Life to Live	David Hayward	3 episodes
2007-2008	The Young and the Restless	David Chow	Role held: January 9, 2007 - August 1, 2008
2016	Days of Our Lives	Deimos Kiriakis	Role held: January 18, 2016 - present

Awards

• Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Younger Man- GL (1985)
• Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor- AMC (2002)
• Daytime Emmy Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor- AMC (2003, 2004)
• Soap Opera Digest Outstanding Villain- AMC (1999)
• Winner- Best Supporting Actor (tied with Jeff Branson)-AMC (2009)

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