Entertainment

Maurice Benard earns 2019 Daytime Emmy nod for ‘General Hospital’

Published

March 21, 2019

Benard has played the role Sonny Corinthos on the ABC soap opera General Hospital for over 25 years. He is nominated alongside Peter Bergman (The Young and The Restless), Tyler Christopher (Days of Our Lives), Billy Flynn (Days of Our Lives), as well as General Hospital co-star Jon Lindstrom.

He has been nominated a total of eight times for an Emmy award, and in 2003, Benard took home the Daytime Emmy award for “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series.”

Most recently, Benard starred as mob boss John Gotti in Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter on Lifetime.

To learn more about veteran actor Maurice Benard, follow him on Twitter.

Read More: In August of 2018, Benard chatted with Digital Journal about his 25-year anniversary on General Hospital, and the key to longevity in the entertainmebnt business.

In this article:General hospital, Maurice Benard, sonny corinthos, Tyler Christopher

Written By Markos Papadatos

Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator who has authored over 24,700 original articles over the past 20 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 19-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.