Other names Tyler Baker Role Actor Occupation Actor Height 1.78 m | Years active 1996–present Name Tyler Christopher | |
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Full Name Tyler Christopher Baker Website www.tylerchristopher.com Movies and TV shows Similar People Eva Longoria, Brienne Pedigo, Tony Parker, Rebecca Herbst, Jason Thompson Profiles | ||
Children Greysun James Christopher Parents Jimi-Ann Baker, Jim Baker | ||
Tyler Christopher (born Tyler Christopher Baker; November 11, 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Nikolas Cassadine (1996–1999, 2003–2011, 2013–2016) and Connor Bishop (2004–2005) on the ABC soap opera General Hospital In July 2017, it was announced that he would be joining the cast of the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives beginning later this year/early 2018. Co-executive producer Greg Meng revealed that Tyler Christopher would be playing a new role on “Days” and teased, “Well, it's a new character, but it fits. It's an organic fit, but it's a new character. And it doesn't come out of left field. And can I tell you how much we love Tyler?”
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Early life
Christopher was born in Joliet, Illinois and grew up in Delaware, Ohio, the youngest of four children. He is of Native American heritage, as his mother Jimi-Ann was Choctaw and his father Jim Baker is Seneca. About his Native American background, Christopher has said: "I've been recognized within the Native American community in terms of entertainment. There's not a lot of us out there, not tons of competition. We are definitely a minority amongst a minority, but we're out there. Not everyone's Italian or Latin that has dark hair and dark eyes."
He attended Ohio Wesleyan University for two years and then moved to Los Angeles.
Personal life
Christopher was married to Eva Longoria from 2002 to 2004. He and auto racing reporter Brienne Pedigo publicly announced their engagement in October 2006; Christopher and Pedigo married September 27, 2008. the couple resides in Indiana and had their first child, Greysun James Christopher, on October 3, 2009. In October 2014, it was announced that Christopher and his wife were expecting their second child, due in May 2015. On May 3, 2015, Christopher confirmed on his official Twitter feed that Pedigo had given birth to a baby girl, Boheme.
