On GH. What is Spinelli's backstory??

Question

The only thing I can remember is that he was living with his grandmother at one point. Have his parents, siblings, etc ever been mentioned?

Answer 1

In September 2006, General Hospital put out a casting call for a "college-aged kid" who was a cross between Seth Green and Spicoli, a character played by Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The part was won by Anderson, who says he tries to emulate Spicoli's speaking style when playing the character. Spinelli's dialogue, a rapid-fire mix of surfer lingo and Internet slang, has offered comic relief, and an unusual "tech-savvy" character to the show, that has been called "one of the quirkiest characters daytime has ever seen." Anderson says that he generally doesn't improvise the part, instead sticking to the script that is supplied a couple days before filming. The name of the specific writer or writers who create Spinelli's dialogue have not been identified.

Anderson initially played the character on a "recurring" (non-contract) basis, but the character has proved popular and actor Bradford Anderson was offered a multi-year contract, which he accepted in May 2007. Prior to the contract being signed, some press sources referred to the character with the spelling of "Damian Spinelli" despite ABC (and other official sources) spelling the name Damien, but after the contract when his name started appearing in the credits, it was revealed that the correct spelling was actually "Damien Spinelli." As of June 2007, the name continues to be misspelled in the press. The character was added to the opening credits sequence on July 6, 2007.

Spinelli is also one of the crossover characters appearing in the Summer 2007 season of General Hospital: Night Shift. The 13-episode series began in July 2007. The storylines will reportedly be separate between the shows, with no overlap.

The character of Damien Spinelli was introduced to the show in 2006, as the computer hacker responsible for creating a flash drive containing falsified evidence against Sam McCall. Spinelli is hired by Lorenzo Alcazar to create the flash drive, which in turn is handed over to corrupt Port Charles District Attorney, Ric Lansing, who has a grudge against McCall's beau Jason Morgan. Jason and Sam find Spinelli and convince him to confess to creating the flash drive. Spinelli agrees, and hides at a safe house with Sam while Jason waits for the right time to make his move. But before this happens, they are ambushed by Alcazar's hitmen. In the ensuing fracas, Spinelli disappears.

He reappears a short time later, working in a study group with Lulu Spencer. The two are kidnapped by Alcazar, who was planning to kill them, but they are rescued by Jason. Spinelli runs again, but Lulu helps Jason track him down at Spinelli's grandmother's house in the (fictional) city of Oakfield, Tennessee. This is the first mention in the show of Spinelli having any family. The part of Spinelli's grandmother, Miriam Spinelli, is played by Emmy Award-winning actress Bonnie Bartlett, of St. Elsewhere fame.

Spinelli is convinced to return to Port Charles, and provides Mac Scorpio with the evidence to exonerate Sam. He also helps Jason and Sonny Corinthos keep tabs on Alcazar; is helping Lulu to prove that her mother, Laura Spencer did not kill Rick Webber; and provides an ailing Alexis Davis with marijuana to ease the pain caused by her chemotherapy treatments for lung cancer.

In the 24-inspired storyline during the February 2007 sweeps, Spinelli helps as Jason Morgan's sidekick in an attempt to rescue the hostages who are being held at the MetroCourt Hotel. It is also revealed that he has a major crush on Lulu Spencer, and that he has a very vivid Walter Mitty-like imagination. His fantasies usually revolve around his desire for Lulu, portraying himself as a swashbuckling hero figure who rescues her from danger. In an August 2007 episode, Spinelli's fantasy involved him being attended by three beautiful blonde women, all of whom he rejected so that he can attend to Lulu. The parts of the women were played as a cameo by Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson, the three girlfriends of Hugh Hefner who appear on the reality show The Girls Next Door.

Lulu now lives with Spinelli and Jason after having her heart broken by Logan. Spinelli also hit Logan Hayes once he found out that Logan hurt lulu.

Grandparents:

Miriam Spinelli (grandmother)

Relationships:

Lulu Spencer (crush/roommate)
Jolene Crowell (one-night-stand)

Friends:

Jason Morgan (best friend/roommate)
Georgie Jones (friend)
Carly Corinthos Jacks (friend)
Diane Miller (friend)
Sonny Corinthos (friend)
Kate Howard (friend)
Lulu Spencer (crush/best friend)

Enemies:

Logan Hayes
Ric Lansing
Trevor Lansing
Anthony Zacchara
Johnny Zacchara
Lorenzo Alcazar

Romantic entanglements:

Lulu Spencer (crush/roommate)
Jolene Crowell (one-night-stand)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Spinelli

There is a rumor that Kate and Sonny are Spinelli's parents. That may not be true b/c there is another rumor that Johhny Zacchara is really Kate and Sonny's son because he's suppossedly adopted.

Answer 2

Well, the other poster covered pretty much all the info about Spinelli. I do know that he was with his Grandmother before and after the Sam flash drive incident. He never mentions family or even what his child hood was like. One can image it must have been lonely or just had weird parents based on what he is like now. I would say he was raised as an only child since he lacks the most basic of social skills. I love this character! He is one of my faves and hope GH keeps him around for a while. I hope something happens with him and Georgie, she seems better suited for him then Lulu. She is a great girl, but will only break his heart!

Answer 3

That would make for a great storyline. Maybe GH and AMC could do a crossover story. Where Spinelli is all upset about having autism because it makes him feel like he's not as brillant as he thought he was. Then Lily Montgomery(who's attending M.I.T could show him how it doesn't have to hold him back.

Answer 4

Unfortunately No but Rumor has it Sonny may be his Dad.....I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Here's a Character Bio on Spinelli up until February 2007:

The General Hospital character Damian Spinelli was introduced in 2006 as the computer hacker responsible for creating a flash drive containing falsified evidence against Sam McCall. Spinelli had been hired by Lorenzo Alcazar to create the flash drive, which in turn was handed over to corrupt Port Charles District Attorney, Ric Lansing, who had a grudge against McCall's beau Jason Morgan. Jason and Sam ended up finding Spinelli and were able to convince him to confess to creating the flash drive. Spinelli agreed, and until Jason was ready to make his move, hid at a safe house with Sam. When Jason was ready to take Spinelli in, he, Sam and Spinelli were ambushed by Alcazar's hitmen. In the ensuing fracas, Spinelli disappeared.

He reappeared a short time later, working in a study group with Lulu Spencer. The two were kidnapped by Alcazar, who was planning to kill them, but they were rescued by Jason. Spinelli ran again, but Lulu was able to help Jason track him down at his Grandmother's house down south and he returned to Port Charles with them, providing Mac Scorpio with the evidence to exonerate Sam.

Since then he has been helping Jason and Sonny Corinthos keep tabs on Alcazar, helping Lulu to prove that her mother, Laura Spencer did not kill Rick Webber, and provided an ailing Alexis Davis with Marijuana to ease the pain caused by her chemotherapy treatments for lung cancer. In the 24-inspired storyline during the February 2007 sweeps, Spinelli is helping as Jason Morgan's sidekick in an attempt to rescue the hostages who are being held at the MetroCourt Hotel. It is also revealed that he has a major crush on Lulu Spencer, and that he has a very vivid imagination.*

Answer 5

They have never really said anything about his parents although that's supposed to be one of the "big" spoilers coming up. His grandmother, Miriam Spinelli, is the only family they've mentioned so far and according to the spoilers, she is going to die fairly soon.

Answer 6

The character of Damien Spinelli was introduced to the show in 2006, as the computer hacker responsible for creating a flash drive containing falsified evidence against Sam McCall. Spinelli is hired by Lorenzo Alcazar to create the flash drive, which in turn is handed over to corrupt Port Charles District Attorney, Ric Lansing, who has a grudge against McCall's beau Jason Morgan. Jason and Sam find Spinelli and convince him to confess to creating the flash drive. Spinelli agrees, and hides at a safe house with Sam while Jason waits for the right time to make his move. But before this happens, they are ambushed by Alcazar's hitmen. In the ensuing fracas, Spinelli disappears.

He reappears a short time later, working in a study group with Lulu Spencer. The two are kidnapped by Alcazar, who was planning to kill them, but they are rescued by Jason. Spinelli runs again, but Lulu helps Jason track him down at Spinelli's grandmother's house in the (fictional) city of Oakfield, Tennessee. This is the first mention in the show of Spinelli having any family. The part of Spinelli's grandmother, Miriam Spinelli, is played by Emmy Award-winning actress Bonnie Bartlett, of St. Elsewhere fame.


Spinelli fantasizes about Lulu (Julie Marie Berman), 2007.Spinelli is convinced to return to Port Charles, and provides Mac Scorpio with the evidence to exonerate Sam. He also helps Jason and Sonny Corinthos keep tabs on Alcazar; is helping Lulu to prove that her mother, Laura Spencer did not kill Rick Webber; and provides an ailing Alexis Davis with marijuana to ease the pain caused by her chemotherapy treatments for lung cancer.

In the 24-inspired storyline during the February 2007 sweeps, Spinelli helps as Jason Morgan's sidekick in an attempt to rescue the hostages who are being held at the MetroCourt Hotel. It is also revealed that he has a major crush on Lulu Spencer, and that he has a very vivid Walter Mitty-like imagination. His fantasies usually revolve around his desire for Lulu, portraying himself as a swashbuckling hero figure who rescues her from danger. In an August 2007 episode, Spinelli's fantasy involved him being attended by three beautiful blonde women, all of whom he rejected so that he can attend to Lulu. The parts of the women were played as a cameo by Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson, the three girlfriends of Hugh Hefner who appear on the reality show The Girls Next Door.

Lulu now lives with Spinelli and Jason after having her heart broken by Logan. Spinelli also hit Logan Hayes once he found out that Logan hurt lulu.

Answer 7

Not that I can remember. He ran away from Alcazar to his granny. There will be stuff coming about his family though very soon.

Answer 8

We really dont know....but there have been rumors that we will know in the near future. One rumor is that hes Sonny and Kates love child

Answer 9

Hi Jo thats my sis name too..any how I am just sneaking in here to find ourwhat your answers are i really didnt know boy havent I learned alot..so he could be Sonny's child...hmmmm

Answer 10

we don't know anything yet. in a spoiler it said he is supposed to find out who his father is.