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John Anthony Aniston (born Yannis Anastassakis, Greek: Γιάννης Αναστασάκης, July 24, 1933)[1] is a Greek-born American actor. He 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. The role earned him a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2017 and he received a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. He is the father of actress Jennifer Aniston.

John Aniston
Aniston in 2012
Born	Yannis Anastassakis (1933-07-24) July 24, 1933 (age 89) Chania, Greece
Alma mater	Pennsylvania State University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1962–present
Spouses	Nancy Dow ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1980)​ Sherry Rooney ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	2; including Jennifer Aniston

Early life

Aniston was born on the island of Crete, Greece, to Stella Joanne (née Koume; 1899–1992) and Antonios Anastassakis (1889–1965). The family left Crete for the United States when Aniston was two years old; his father anglicized the family’s names on arriving in America. The family settled in Chester, Pennsylvania, where they operated a restaurant.[2]

He graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts. While at Penn State, he became a member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity.[3] After college, he served in the United States Navy as an intelligence officer on active duty in Panama and later in the reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander.[1]

Career

Aniston began his acting career in 1962 in 87th Precinct as "Officer #1" in the episode "New Man in the Precinct". He has appeared in soap operas regularly since 1970, when he first joined Days of Our Lives as a character named Eric Richards. In 1975, he joined the cast of Love of Life as Eddie Aleata, appearing in one episode. He played Mary Stuart's new love interest, Martin Tourneur, on Search for Tomorrow from 1980 until April 1984. He 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.[1] He was nominated for the 2017 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance.[4]

In April 2022, it was announced that Aniston would receive a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award at the 49th Annual Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards on June 18.[5]

He has also 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 (both in 2002), as the First IMF Captain in the 1969 Mission Impossible episode Time Bomb. Aniston has also made guest appearances on Combat! (1964), My Big Fat Greek Life (2002), Star Trek: Voyager (2001), American Dreams (with Days co-star Frances Reid), Journeyman, and Mad Men.[6]

Personal life

Aniston has a daughter, Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969), with his first wife, Nancy Dow, and a son, Alexander, with his second wife, Sherry Rooney (whom he met while co-starring on Love of Life).[7] His daughter Jennifer's godfather was Telly Savalas, one of his best friends.[8]

John also has a stepson, John T. Melick, from Nancy's prior marriage, whom he has raised since he was a toddler.

Aniston is an avid Shakespeare fan and is an owner of numerous first-edition copies of Romeo and Juliet.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	87th Precinct	Officer #1	Episode: "New Man in the Precinct"
1963	Love with the Proper Stranger	Birdman of Macy's
1964	Combat!	Greek #2	Episode: "Vendetta"
1967	I Spy	Economides	Episode: "The Beautiful Children"
1968	The Shakiest Gun in the West	Indian
	The Virginian	Frank West	Episode: "Ride to Misadventure"
	Now You See It, Now You Don't	Achmed	TV film
1969	Mission: Impossible	First IMF Captain	Episode: "Time Bomb"
1970; 1985–present	Days of Our Lives	Eric Richards Victor Kiriakis	3782 episodes
1970	That Girl	Phil Harvey	Episode: "Stop the Presses I Want to Get Off"
1974	Kojak	Webster / Dancik	2 episodes
1975–1978	Love of Life	Eddie Aleata	Unknown episodes
1979–1984	Search for Tomorrow	Martin Tourneur	Episode: "#1.8556"
1985	Airwolf	Colonel Arturo Alzar	Episode: "Short Walk to Freedom"
1986	Inhumanoids	Dr. Marcus Capello/Captain Action	27 Episodes
1993	Night Sins	Victor Kiriakis	TV film
1997	Diagnosis Murder	Carlton Everest	Episode: "Must Kill TV"
	Fired Up	Gordon	Episode: "Honey, I Shrunk the Turkey"
1999	L.A. Heat	Alex Zota	Episode: "Faces of Fear"
2001	Star Trek: Voyager	Quarren Ambassador	2 episodes
2002	The West Wing	Alexander Thompson	2 episodes
	Gilmore Girls	Douglas Swope	Episode: "A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving"
2003	My Big Fat Greek Life	Constantine Christakos	Episode: "Greek Easter"
2004	American Dreams	John Victor	Episode: "Old Enough to Fight"
2007	Order Up	Wise Man	Short film
	Sands of Oblivion	Nigel Barrington	TV film
	Journeyman	Merrit Ambaucher	Episode: "Home by Another Way"
2008	The Awakening of Spring	Mr. Gable
	Worst Week	Jim	Episode: "The Wedding"
	Fixing Rhonda	Detective Macomas
2009	The Gold & the Beautiful	Gerard Benedict
	Cold Case	Herbert "Wolf" James	Episode: "WASP"
2010	Mad Men	Wallace Harriman	Episode: "Waldorf Stories"
2011	The Paul Reiser Show	Harold Melon	Episode: "The Old Guy"
2014	Return to Zero	Ned

Awards and nominations

List of acting awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
1986	Soap Opera Digest Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role on a Daytime Serial	Days of Our Lives	Won	[9]
		Outstanding Villain on a Daytime Serial		Won	[9]
2017	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated	[10]
2022		Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award		Won	[11]

References

External links

• John Aniston at IMDb
• John Aniston at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television

На других языках

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[de] John Aniston

John Aniston (* 24. Juli 1933 in Chania, Kreta, Griechenland als Yannis Anastassakis) ist ein griechisch-amerikanischer Film- und Theaterschauspieler, der vor allem für seine langjährige Rolle als Victor Kiriakis in der Seifenoper Zeit der Sehnsucht bekannt ist. Er ist der Vater der Schauspielerin Jennifer Aniston.

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- [en] John Aniston

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[es] John Aniston

John Anthony Aniston (nacido Giannis Anastasakis; Chania, Grecia, 24 de julio de 1933) es un actor estadounidense, originario de Grecia. Es más conocido por su papel de Victor Kiriakis en la telenovela de NBC Days of Our Lives, desde 1985.

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[ru] Джон Энистон

Джон Энтони Энистон (англ. John Anthony Aniston, род. 24 июля 1933 (1933-07-24)) — американский актёр мыльных опер. Отец Дженнифер Энистон.

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