Vincent Irizarry

Emmy-award winning actor, Vincent Irizarry, currently stars as Dr. David Hayward on ABC Daytime's "All My Children". Vincent garnered the Emmy award for "Most Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series" in August 2009. Prior to returning to AMC's Pine Valley, in late 2008, Vincent concluded a contract role, portraying savvy political operative, David Chow, on "The Young and the Restless".

Vincent is also well-known for his role as Lujack on CBS's "Guiding Light" as well as his other primetime and film roles.

Vincent, who grew up in Long Island, NY, began studying both photography and classical piano at the age of 11. He later attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he fell in love with acting while performing in numerous productions with a regional theater company. He moved to New York City to pursue a career as a professional actor, and soon won a full-time scholarship with the late Lee Strasberg at his Theater Institute.

His first professional acting job was at the New York Shakespeare Festival, where he was directed by Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff in The Death of Von Richtoven. Irizarry's other theater credits include Lennon (in which he portrayed Paul McCartney), the title role in Modigliani, The Taming of the Shrew and Tennessee Williams' The Long Goodbye.

In 1984, Vincent landed the role of anti-hero Lujack on the daytime drama Guiding Light, for which he received a Daytime Emmy nomination.Soon after, he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked opposite Nancy McKeon in the telefilm Firefighter, and with Treat Williams and Peter Coyote in Joseph Wambaugh's Echoes of Darkness. He appeared in guest-starring roles in series such as L.A. Law and won critical acclaim in a starring role as Gino Santangelo in Jackie Collins' miniseries Lucky Chances opposite Sandra Bullock and Nicolette Sheridan. In feature films, he played Sissy Spacek's husband in Marie: A True Story and starred in Clint Eastwood's Heartbreak Ridge.

Vincent moved back to the east coast when the producers of Guiding Light approached him to return to the show in the newly created role of Nick. While in New York, he returned to his musical roots and studied with premier vocal coach Tad Motyka to develop his voice to the level of legit tenor and performed as a soloist with the Orchestre de Lyon, France.

Vincent joined the cast on the daytime drama, All My Children, in November 1997, for an initial short-term contract role of the manipulative and menacing Dr. David Hayward.Due to his incredible popularity with the fans, Irizarry returned to the role in June 1998, which earned him a Daytime Emmy nomination as 'Outstanding Lead Actor' in 2002. Exiting from the show in late 2006, he returned again in Fall 2008 to reprise the role.

His other television roles include the starring role in the telefilm Lying Eyes and a recurring role on Beverly Hills, 90210. (read less)

Emmy-award winning actor, Vincent Irizarry, currently stars as Dr. David Hayward on ABC Daytime's "All My Children". Vincent garnered the Emmy award for "Most Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series" in August 2009. Prior to returning to AMC's Pine Valley, in late 2008, Vincent concluded a contract role, portraying savvy political operative, David Chow, on "The Young and the Restless".

Vincent is also well-known for his role as Lujack on CBS's "Guiding Light" as well as... (read more)

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Hello everyone and welcome to my official Facebook page!!! (Cue in: TRUMPET FANFARE). Yes, I’m a bit late on the draw in starting one of these sites, but after hearing from many on it being such a great way to reach out/connect/have fun/waste time ;-)...I thought I’d give it a shot, get on board and take this ride with all of you!

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