After being SORASed, the role of A.J. was played by Gerald Hopkins from 1991 to 1992. Sean Kanan took over from 1993 to 1997, followed by Billy Warlock from 1997 to 2003, with a brief return in 2005.
Kanan reprised the role on October 26, 2012, but announced his exit on March 17, 2014. A.J. was killed off on March 31, 2014, with Kanan’s final appearance on April 23, 2014, as A.J.’s ghost haunting Sonny Corinthos.
As a newborn A.J. was portrayed by child actor Eric Kroh from 1979-83. Abraham Geary briefly stepped into the role in 1983. The role was also portrayed by Jason Marsden (1986-87), Justin Whalin (1987–88) and Christopher Nelson (September 26, 1988-89).
Christopher Nelson
On June 20, 1991, Gerald Hopkins[7] stepped in the role of A.J. on contract and last appeared on December 30, 1992.
The role was recast with Sean Kanan, who made his first appearance in the role on February 16, 1993. Kanan last appeared in the role on June 10, 1997. Kanan received a nomination for the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Newcomer for his portrayal of A.J. in 1994.
Following Kanan's departure, actor Billy Warlock was hired for the role of A.J., and he made his debut on June 13, 1997. Warlock departed from the series in December 2003, amongst rumors that he was fired after disputes with show executives; the network replied his exit was due to lack of storyline.[8]
In 2003, Warlock earned a pre-nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of A.J..
In early 2005, the network's announcement of Warlock's return as A.J. was briefly put on hold, speculated as contract disputes.[9] Warlock's return first aired on February 4, 2005, and shortly thereafter Warlock announced his return to the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives as Frankie Brady.[9]
Warlock's exit lead to rumors of Kanan's possible reprisal of the role, who had recently announced move to recurring status in his role as Deacon Sharpe in the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Warlock exited the series in April 2005 and the character was killed off.[9]
On September 17, 2012, Kanan revealed in an interview with TV Guide Michael Logan that he was put on contract with General Hospital, but his character was not being announced.[10][11]
Rumors arose that Kanan might replace Steve Burton in the role of A.J.'s brother, Jason Morgan; the resemblance between the two fed into the rumors.[12][13]
Kanan first reappeared on October 26, 2012,[10] when A.J. was revealed to be alive. On March 17, 2014, Kanan announced he would be exiting the role in April 2014. A.J. was killed off on-screen on March 31, 2014. Kanan's last appearance was on April 23, when he appeared as a ghost to haunt Sonny.
Background[]
A.J.'s parents, Alan and Monica
Paternal grandparents, Edward and Lila
A.J. is christened
A.J. & his son, Michael
Siblings Jason & Emily
Older grandchildren, Wiley & Amelia
Younger granddaughter, Daisy
Alan James "A.J." Quartermaine Jr. was born on December 13, 1979, to Monica Quartermaine, who was married to Alan Quartermaine but having an affair with Rick Webber at the time of A.J.’s conception.
Tracy Quartermaine, Alan’s sister, sows discord by suggesting to Alan that A.J. might be Rick’s son, fueling tension between Alan and Monica.
In early 1980, A.J. is diagnosed with a heart condition, prompting Rick’s return to Port Charles to perform the surgery. Rick confronts Alan, claiming A.J. as his son, as Alan already suspects the child may not be his. However, Monica discovers a birthmark on A.J. identical to Alan’s, and a subsequent DNA test confirms Alan as A.J.’s biological father.
In 1981, Alan’s affair with Susan Moore results in the birth of his illegitimate son, Jason Morgan, and Jason’s unknown twin brother, Drew Cain. This affair leads to Alan and Monica’s separation, with Alan moving in with Susan.
Monica files for sole custody of A.J. amid her marital turmoil with Alan. The couple eventually reconciles, and Susan sues the Quartermaines for Jason’s inheritance. After Susan is murdered, Monica legally adopts Susan’s son, Jason, as her own.
In 1982, A.J. and Jason are sent to a boarding school in Switzerland.
A.J. graduates in June 1983, with his birth year retroactively adjusted to 1974 due to Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome (SORAS). His birth year is later revised again to 1976, and in 1987, his birthday is celebrated in November.
In 1988, A.J. leaves school and lands in jail for drunk driving, blaming his troubled childhood. His grandmother, Lila Morgan Quartermaine, offers A.J. and his cousin Ned Quartermaine their inheritance if they can stay out of trouble for six months. During this time, Alan and Monica remarry, and Jason returns home from boarding school.
A.J. leaves school, and ends up in jail for drunk driving. A.J. of course blames his troubled childhood, while his grandmother, Lila, promises to give him and his cousin Ned their inheritance if they can stay out of trouble for six months. Meanwhile, A.J.'s parents remarry; and his little brother, Jason, returns home from boarding school. A.J. takes pleasure in reminding Jason that he is illegitimate. A.J. meanwhile starts a loan shark operation in college and has an affair with Nancy Eckert, the ex-wife of Spencer cousin Bill Eckert. He pays someone to have her beat up to keep quiet about his misdeeds. In 1992, Nikki Langton comes to town looking for revenge against Monica for her father David's death. When her malpractice suit against Monica fails, she begins dating A.J. Nikki soon tricks A.J. into proposing marriage so that she can get her hands on the Quartermaine fortune. In November 1992, A.J. is devastated when Nikki leaves him at the altar after Alan pays her to leave town. A.J. turns to alcohol to numb the pain. After learning about his father's schemes, A.J. tracks Nikki to Malibu and attempts to win her back, but she has already married another man. A.J. starts drinking even more, and develops a drinking problem that grows worse over the next years.
In 1993, A.J. has an affair with Ned's former lover, Julia Barrett, before she leaves town. In 1995, A.J. and Jason happily welcome their new adopted sister, Emily Bowen, to the Quartermaine family. In 1996, Jason is injured while trying to prevent A.J. from driving drunk. Jason falls into a coma; and when he recovers, no longer remembers anyone. He becomes estranged from every Quartermaine except younger adopted sister Emily, cousin Ned and grandmother Lila. Jason goes to work for mobster Sonny Corinthos as a hitman. Because of this, the Quartermaines have never fully forgiven A.J. for his role in the loss of Jason.
Jason, Michael, Carly and A.J.
A.J. has a drunken one-night stand with Carly Spencer, who is involved with Dr. Tony Jones. When Carly learns she is pregnant, she is unsure which man is the father, but goes to great lengths to keep A.J. from becoming suspicious. A.J. has stopped drinking and is attempting to straighten out his life, but Carly drugs him, fits him into a laundry cart, dumps him in a back alley behind a bar and pours alcohol all over him. She wants him to think he's been drinking so he will go to a rehabilitation facility out of state, as she does not want him around when the baby is born. Her efforts backfire, and A.J. becomes suspicious. He demands a DNA test and tells Carly he wants custody of the baby if it's his. Carly persuades Jason, another of her ex-lovers, to assume paternity of the baby. When Michael is born, A.J. misunderstands a doctor's explanation about the baby's blood type and mistakenly believes Michael could not be his.
A year later, Jason's girlfriend, Robin Scorpio, tells A.J. that he is in fact Michael's father. A custody battle between Jason and A.J. follows. A.J. decides to patch things up with Carly to please his grandfather, Edward, who is adamant about keeping the Quartermaines together under one roof. A.J. eventually wins Carly over, and they marry on May 26, 1999 at the Quartermaine Mansion, much to the dismay of both Alan and Monica. Carly and Michael come to live with the Quartermaines, but A.J. finds it difficult to connect with the toddler, who is closely bonded to Jason. Ultimately, Carly has an affair with Sonny Corinthos, becomes pregnant by him, and Jason leaves town.
A.J. Carly and Sonny
A.J. agrees to pass the child Carly is carrying off as his own in order to get revenge on Jason for hiding Michael's paternity, but is still furious that the child is fathered by Sonny. Sonny eventually comes to claim the unborn child and blackmails A.J. with his knowledge that A.J. hired an arsonist to burn down Sonny's warehouse, also in an attempt to regain custody of Michael. Sonny then takes Carly and Michael to live with him, away from the Quartermaine Mansion. A month later, Carly and A.J. get into an argument; and she ends up falling down a flight of stairs and miscarries. A.J. is later disinherited by his family and forced to move out of the mansion. Meanwhile, Sonny and Carly schemed to gain custody of young Michael. Sonny kidnaps A.J., and his henchmen hang him from a meat hook. Sonny then threatens to kill him unless A.J. signs away all parental rights; Sonny later adopts Michael. A.J. becomes even more self-destructive and destroys his relationship with Hannah Scott when he nearly died from alcohol poisoning. When Monica has a health scare, A.J. decides to move back into the mansion and reconciles with his family.
A.J. and Courtney
A few years later, A.J. bonds with his long-lost sister, Skye Chandler, who also battles with alcoholism. Together, they plan to bring Michael back into the Quartermaine fold. A.J. marries Sonny's half-sister, Courtney Matthews, thinking he can use her to gain revenge against Sonny and regain custody of Michael. A.J. falls in love with Courtney and is happy for a time. When faced with the choice of choosing Courtney or the Quartermaines, he chooses his wife, and is cut off financially from the family. Faced with endless ridicule at his new job, he gets drunk one night and drives into Coleman Ratcliffe's strip joint, with Courtney a passenger in the car. Courtney then starts working as a stripper to pay off A.J.'s debt and to keep A.J. out of trouble with the law. However, Sonny assigns Jason to be Courtney's bodyguard and Courtney slowly falls in love with Jason.
A.J. burns down the strip joint when he learns that Courtney is stripping there, but Jason pulls him out of the rubble. Hurt and angry that Courtney has fallen for his brother, "the golden boy," A.J. hires Ratcliffe, who is obsessed with Courtney, to stalk her. However, the plan backfires when Courtney learns the truth. Courtney wants to end the marriage, and A.J. swears revenge on Jason. He teams up with Skye to frame Jason and Brenda Barrett for the murder of Luís Alcázar. Later, A.J. finally gets his chance to run the family business, ELQ Enterprises, when he becomes CEO after Ned is falsely accused of rape. After various other financial and illegal misadventures, he becomes involved with Lydia Karenin. The couple leaves town together in 2003 after A.J. empties all of the family's bank accounts.
A.J. with son Michael
A.J. resurfaces in 2005 with another plot to get Michael back. He hires Faith Rosco to kidnap Michael but Faith takes it upon herself to kidnap Sonny's other children as well. The two younger children, Kristina and Morgan, are rescued by Jason and Sam McCall, but Michael is presumed dead. A.J. plans to take Michael out of the country. Alan, who is sympathetic toward A.J., initially helps him, but turns him in after seeing just how far A.J. was willing to go to get his own way. A.J. later shoots his own father, Alan; and when Jason tries to apprehend him, A.J.'s back is broken and he is hospitalized. While in the hospital, he is smothered by Dr. Asher Thomas, a man who A.J. was blackmailing, for years ago having attempted to kill Jason at A.J's request. After A.J's "murder," his son Michael is a suspect for awhile, but is eventually cleared.
As the years pass, Jason realizes that he had been wrong about his decision to help Sonny and Carly keep Michael away from A.J. because he had taken his brother's chance of being a father and getting to know his son away from him. In 2007, Jason visits A.J.'s grave to apologize, and to tell him that he himself would never get to be a part of his son Jake's life after the Metro Court Hotel hostage crisis occurred by Jerry Jacks under the alias James Craig. His regret over his decision increases even more after Michael is shot and falls into a coma because of Sonny, and Jason feels that Michael would have been safer with A.J. as his father. Michael later awakes from his coma in the summer of 2009, a bitter teenager. Carly fears that her son will be in danger, and places him under the custody of the Quartermaines for the summer, which greatly pleases Monica and Edward. Michael later moves out after he himself chooses to live with his stepfather, Jasper Jacks.
A.J. and Monica reunite
In October 2012, Jason is shot by Cesar Faison, who's disguised as Duke Lavery, and presumed dead after being kicked into the harbor. After hearing the news from Michael, Monica makes a phone call to an unknown person. On October 26, 2012, A.J. is revealed to be alive when he comes to see Monica in the living room at the Quartermaine Mansion. It is revealed that Monica and Dr. Steve Webber had faked A.J.'s death in 2005. After A.J. was smothered by Dr. Thomas, Steve worked on him to revive him, but A.J. flatlined and pronounced dead. Monica was then left alone with her "dead" son, to whom she talked and cried over. A.J. then miraculously gasped for air and awoke. Seeing as A.J. was going to be sent to prison for shooting Alan and kidnapping Michael, Morgan and Kristina, Monica agreed to fake his death, and asked Steve to help her do it. No one, not even Alan, knew that A.J. had survived, except Monica and Steve.
Monica is shocked, but overjoyed, to see A.J. She wants him to leave town because he is a wanted man if anyone knows he's alive, but A.J. refuses, saying he wants to get to know his son Michael. A.J. later goes to a Halloween costume party at The Haunted Star, dressed as the grim reaper. There, he reveals his identity to Michael. Michael eventually indirectly tells Carly that his father is alive. Carly calls Todd Manning to help deal with A.J. being alive. Tracy walks into the Quartermaine living room and eventually turns towards Monica and sees A.J. Tracy then is knocked out by Alice and is transported to the boat house. Then, A.J. is found by Carly and Dante Falconeri comes to arrest A.J.
A.J. and Michael
A.J. convinces a judge to set bail and Monica puts the Quartermaine Mansion up as collateral. Tracy overhears and gets Monica to check on Edward. Then Tracy pretends to get a phone call, saying there is something wrong with Michael. A.J. cuts off his ankle bracelet and runs to Michael, who is at Jason's house. A.J. realizes Tracy set him up, and Michael tries to stop Tracy. However, he's stopped by Sam, now Jason's wife, who refuses to let A.J. stay there. Michael convinces her to, though, but Sam lets A.J. know of her disdain towards him. A.J. tries to convince Sam he's changed, and he's sorry for everything he put Jason through. He's surprised when Sam reveals that she and Jason have a son named Danny, and A.J. asks to meet his nephew, insisting he has changed. Sam introduces him to Danny, and A.J. is glad Jason finally has a family of his own. Dante eventually comes and arrests him, but the judge gives A.J. another chance when the circumstances are revealed.
Edward, meanwhile, is bed-ridden, and Monica finds out he's not going to last much longer. A.J. wants to see him, but is prevented by Tracy. He calls Michael and Sam over, though, to have them say goodbye. A.J. later says that he wants to apologize to Edward for the wrongs he committed, and Tracy lets him go. By the time he gets there, though, it is too late, and A.J. is devastated over Edward's passing. A.J. is prevented from attending the funeral of his grandfather, but says few words at the burial. He attends the reading of the will, where he's given 12% of Edward's ELQ shares. He and Skye talk about his intentions of revitalizing ELQ. They discuss their shareholder's allegiance to him or the current CEO Tracy. Both sides state that they have 41% each of shareholder votes and need to reel in Sam, because she isn't too affirmed with either side. Sam has 18% due to Jason being treated as alive but missing and Danny being an infant.
A.J. goes to the PCPD and gives the district attorney valuable information about Cesar Faison and the 2005 charges are dropped. A.J. later goes to Volonino's Gym and spots Sonny. He sees Sonny's phone ringing with a text from Michael saying that he is coming over to the gym. A.J. uses this information to stage Sonny against Michael. A.J. insults Sonny and is beaten up afterwards when Michael comes in. Michael's girlfriend Starr finds out that this beat up was a setup and reveals it to Michael. A.J. convinces Michael that he was wrong to stage it, but he will stride to be "better person".
He starts following his aunt Tracy, who is taking Lucy shopping, to see what she is up to. The three discuss the predicament that Tracy and A.J. are in and the two try to persuade Lucy to cast the tiebreaker vote their way. Lucy says that she is late for a meeting at GH. Lucy goes to Sabrina and tells her that she is not underwriting The Nurses' Ball. However, she points to Tracy and A.J. who are racing out of the elevator to catch up to Lucy that one of them will be writing out the check for the Ball.
He goes to the hospital where Michael is (Michael is there to support Kristina with Kristina's boyfriend Trey brain dead) and tells him that the shareholders on his side have signed a corporate resolution to slip Tracy as a CEO. With Carly signing over rights to allow Michael to cast his shares where he wants to. AJ and Tracy are now split 50% to 50%. To break the tie, as anticipated, Lucy as the tiebreaker casts her vote for Tracy. Lucy and Tracy met at the Floating Rib in the January 10 episode, where Tracy made Lucy Co-CEO (or Lucy's term Coe-CEO) and she would underwrite the Nurses' Ball.
Desperate to gain control of ELQ, AJ goes to visit Lucy Coe and Heather Webber at Ferncliff. Heather claims to know of another way for AJ to gain control of ELQ. Michael tells AJ not to work with Heather Webber because she is the one that is responsible for keeping Jason from his son. AJ then works to get evidence that Tracy put Mob money into ELQ. Michael is able to get this evidence from Johnny. Michael and A.J. uses the information to force Tracy to sign over the ELQ company to AJ. Tracy mistakenly leaks the story before realizes that there might be another way to re-take ELQ, another living ELQ heir. A.J. and Michael go to Connie's office and Connie lies and says that Sonny leaked the information. This gets Michael angry. Back at the ELQ office, A.J. began having what he thought was a heart attack, which turned out to be a panic attack.
A.J. hires Duke Lavery as an assistant at ELQ and Duke steals the pickle ralish from Tracy. Ellie Trout examines the pickle ralish in the GH lab and writes the ingredients down on a piece of paper. Spinelli steals the recipe and then subsequently swallows it after Tracy and Alice threatened him. A.J. waiting for his date with Elizabeth Webber is used by Carly Spencer. Carly kisses and then makes out with him in front of her latest ex Todd Manning (4-12-13). Carly bribes him to go along with the scheme with the details of unknown Quartermaine heir as an incentive. Carly and A.J.'s scheme falls about due to a "nanny cam" and A.J. is able to reconcile with Elizabeth Webber, though in exchange agreeing to do a number with her at the Nurses' Ball, which is done off-screen. A.J. Quartermaine is in attendance and sits at the Quartermaine table with Monica, Tracy, Elizabeth, and Michael. He kisses Elizabeth after their off-screen performance. He talks to Monica about his relationship with Elizabeth and then heads to the hospital where Elizabeth is working.
A.J. and Liz spend the night together.
He and Michael Corinthos talks about Michael waking up in the bed of Brenda Barett. He notices Elizabeth hugging her ex-lover Nikolas, who was shot on orders of his father Stavros Cassadine. He has Damian Spinelli talk to Heather Webber about the missing ELQ heir while he is listening into Tracy Quartermaine's deal negotiations with Kelly's Diner manager Shawn Butler. He sees Nikolas and Elizabeth getting close and warns Nikolas off of Elizabeth. Elizabeth unknowningly plays in Nikolas hands and dumps A.J. She takes Nikolas to Wyndemere, because Nikolas wants to recover there. Nikolas answers Elizabeth's phone and A.J. thinks the worse. Nikolas makes out with Elizabeth afterwards and AJ starts to want to drink, but after few arguments with Carly. AJ makes out with Carly and subsequently sleeps with her. Monica comes and knocks on the door and AJ gets Monica to realize that A.J. has somebody over, though Monica thinks that it is Elizabeth. Monica heads to answer the door and its Elizabeth.
Sonny holding A.J. at gunpoint
AJ goes to New York City for The Chew to promote Pickle-Lila. Tracy also shows up to the show promoting Pickle-Eddie. Before the winner is announced as which relish is better the entire cast of The Chew gets sick. A.J. agrees to take responsibility for the poisoning in exchange for Tracy not telling Elizabeth that he slept with Carly. A.J. visits Jason's memorial and talks to Monica about how he killed Jason Quartermaine years before and how much he hated the name Jason Morgan. A.J. attends Franco's event at the Haunted Star where he finds out that Michael served time in Pentonville and was raped. A.J. attacks Franco for hurting his son. A.J. tells Monica about Michael's rape.
Eventually, Nikolas lets the phone recording of A.J.'s conversation with Carly about sleeping with her ends up being played to Elizabeth. Initially, Elizabeth is skeptical of A.J., but sticks with him. Later, A.J. and Elizabeth take their relationship to the next step and have sex. Tracy decides to call a shareholder's meeting, with the needed majority, during the surgery of Franco. She has support from her previous supporters and Ava Jerome, who has a proxy signed by Franco. When the votes are announced, Alice Gunderson is the one to flip to A.J.'s side to keep him in the CEO position.
A.J.'s trial
However, Tracy learns from Connie Falconeri that Kiki Jerome isn't a Quartermaine (due to her true biological father being Silas Clay, not Franco). Kiki's shares/votes don't count, which upsets Ava. Tracy realizing that without Kiki's shares in play, she now has to stray Lucy Coe to endorse her as CEO (due to the other main majority shareholders are split 50/50%). Tracy writes Lucy a check and makes A.J. leave the ELQ premises. A.J. goes to The Floating Rib and gets drunk. Ava Jerome and Elizabeth converse with him until A.J. takes a cab back to the Quartermaine Mansion. He grabs a gun and heads to the Metro Court Hotel. He makes Connie scared, who is later shot and killed by Ava.
Connie paints the letters A and J, with everybody (Sonny, Dante, Olivia, and other police officers) assuming that she meant A.J. Quartermaine. However, there are other suspects (Tracy wanting to pin it on A.J. and Connie not actually seeing her assailant or Ava for publishing the story which she didn't want). Suddenly, Sonny tries to kill A.J. at the Quartermaine Mansion, but he is stopped by Dante, who then arrests A.J. for the murder of Connie and takes him to jail. He was visited by Michael and is told to get Diane to put the target off Sonny.
The week of November 18, the A.J.'s first degree murder charges trial begins. Elizabeth and Sonny testifies for the prosecution. The new DA, Scott Baldwin, tries to use footage that shows A.J. stumbling into the Metro Court, however the judge doesn't admit into evidence or allow the jury to see it since it doesn't show A.J. going up to Connie's office. Then at the pier, they see Ava throwing other security CDs into a barrel and igniting it on fire. The trial wraps up and the verdict is not guilty with the jury forewoman stating to the press that they didn't have enough evidence to convict a guilty man.
Sonny holds A.J. at gunpoint before fatally shooting him in the chest
A.J. and his supporters arrive back to the Quartermaine Mansion and his drinking problems re-emerged, still determined that he killed Connie (not realizing that Connie had numerous enemies and Connie's relationship with Sonny was her downfall). Soon, he began to remember that Ava was the one who actually killed Connie. Furious, A.J. went to confront Ava and she eventually admitted the truth to him. Ava tried to shoot A.J., but her gun jammed. A.J. grabbed Ava and started choking her. Sonny walked in, picked up the gun, and told A.J. to let Ava go. A.J. tried to explain to Sonny that he wasn't the one who killed Connie, but Sonny was so wound up and flashed back to A.J. choking Connie that he wasn't listening. Sonny lost it and shot A.J. in the chest at a point blank range. Sonny - feeling guilty after realizing that he broke Michael's promise - left with Ava. Julian Jerome was arrested for shooting him, but A.J. later cleared him. A.J. was rushed to the hospital where he slipped into a coma. He woke up just long enough to tell Carly that Sonny had shot him before he flatlined in front of her, Michael, and Monica. Alan James Quartermaine, Jr. was dead.
A.J. crosses over with Emily's help
On the 51st anniversary of General Hospital (April 1, 2014), the ghost of A.J. appeared to his mother, Monica, alongside his sister Emily's ghost, to reassure Monica that they were both fine and A.J. was at peace. After a heartfelt conversation, Monica bid farewell as Emily led A.J. to join the spirits of Edward, Lila, and Alan, who ushered A.J. into heaven. On April 16, A.J.'s spirit returned to haunt Sonny, taunting him about his murder. He continued to haunt Sonny at his own funeral on April 23. Later, when Michael learned that Sonny had killed A.J., he nearly retaliated and disowned both Sonny and his mother, Carly. Subsequently, Michael took over as CEO of ELQ, adopted the name Michael Quartermaine, moved into the mansion, and established the A.J. Quartermaine Memorial Clinic in his father's memory.
On March 9, 2015, after Michael obtained custody of Sonny's daughter, Avery Jerome-Corinthos, he renamed her A.J. Quartermaine in tribute to his father, with A.J. representing Avery Jerome. However, Michael eventually forgave Sonny, reverted to the Corinthos surname, and returned Avery to her biological parents; she is now known as Avery again. Nonetheless, Michael continues to reside on the Quartermaine estate and has embraced the Quartermaine heritage.
On January 15, 2025, Sonny shows up at the Quartermaine Mansion's front door and tells Tracy that he wants his grandkids. She invites him in and refuses to let the kids go as they are Quartermaines. Sonny points out that their last name is Corinithos. Tracy argues that this is Drew’s doing, he is the enemy, so take care of him. Sonny asks what she wants him to do. Tracy can’t believe she has to tell the Don of the East Coast to handle Drew accordingly. Sonny says Willow has rights to those kids, and if he doesn’t get them to Willow, he won’t be able to see his son. Tracy reminds him that before he adopted Michael, he was AJ’s son. She snaps, “You know who else wants to see their son, Monica, but she can’t because you killed him!”
The next day, Carly shows up at the mansion and Tracy says she’s welcome to visit the children, but she won’t be absconding with them as Sonny tried. When Carly mentions Monica, Tracy laughs and tells Carly she’s never cared about Monica. She yells, “That woman’s life has never been the same since you came into town.” Carly asks why they are dredging the past up. Tracy points out that Monica lost Michael and AJ because of her. She put this family through hell for years, so as she told Sonny, find another solution to their current problems. Carly says she’ll go see Monica, but Tracy says Yuri guards that door with his life. Carly states that she’ll go see the kids then, but Tracy says that moment has past, now they have homework. Carly calls her something else and guarantees her this won’t end the way she thinks it will. Carly exits, and Tracy quips, “We’ll see.”
On April 11, A.J. was mentioned by his brother Drew Cain during an argument with Carly Spencer, when she found out that Willow Tait has moved herself and the children into their new home with Drew.
On April 29, At the Quartermaine mansion, Gio Palmieri asks what Sonny did to make Tracy want to hurt him. Tracy says Sonny has been a plague on this family for decades, and she presents ‘Exhibit A’ as Jason walks in. Tracy tells Jason that she was just about to fill Gio in on the pain that Sonny has brought upon this family. Jason asks what prompted this, and Gio explains that Tracy supports taking Sonny’s piers from him. Emma Scorpio-Drake asks Tracy not to do this, and to consider it a favor paid for her saving her family’s crypt from Drew. Drew’s name sparks an idea for Tracy.
Back at the mansion, Gio and Emma are confused about Tracy working with Drew, whom she hates. Tracy can’t take the risk of Sonny hurting anyone else in this family. As she walks out, she tells Jason she knows he’s going to tell heartwarming stories about Sonny, so don’t leave out what he did to his brother, A.J. Then, Jason takes leave, and Emma decides to head out as well. Jason soon returns to answer Gio’s questions. Jason thinks it’s best for Gio to forget what Tracy said about A.J. Gio argues that if he won’t tell him, he’ll find someone who will. Jason explains that Sonny killed his brother. Gio doesn’t believe him. Jason explains that Sonny walked in on A.J. attacking Ava Jerome, and shot him to protect Ava. He wasn’t there, and Sonny and the Quartermaines have different accounts of what happened. He chooses to believe Sonny.
On May 5, A.J. is mentioned, when Lulu opens up to Carly about her and Dante's argument over Brook Lynn and has decided to tell Dante the truth about Brook Lynn and their son, but Carly tells her, “Don’t you dare!” Carly reminds her how Robin blew up her, Michael and Jason’s lives about AJ being Michael’s father, and Jason and Robin were never the same. Lulu says AJ had a right to know the truth, but Carly argues it wasn’t Robin’s place to tell him, and it’s not Lulu’s place to say a thing to Dante. Lulu asks, “If you knew Jason had a kid out there, you wouldn’t tell him?” Dante is important to her like Jason is to Carly. Carly admits Lulu got her, but if she exposes this secret, she’ll regret it for the rest of her life. Carly says Brook Lynn’s son could have a wonderful life and not even know he’s adopted. She needs to make sure she is doing this because she feels Dante needs to know, or because she hates Brook Lynn that much.
On May 8, A.J. is mentioned again by his brother Jason, who tells his son Danny Morgan after Danny tells Jason about the incident with him and his surrogate brother Rocco Falconeri went to a College Party at King's Beach, which Rocco starting to drink so much that landed him in the hospital from alcohol poisoning, Jason later tells Danny that his brother, AJ, started drinking when he was Danny’s age. It cost him and this family so much, and he doesn’t want that for him. He tells his son to learn from this and not to do it again.
On May 16, A.J. is mentioned again by his brother Drew.
On June 24, A.J. is mentioned by Carly, when Michael explains to his mother that Willow is incapable of making decisions regarding their children and that Willow marrying Drew won't get custody of the kids. Carly tells Michael that she understands his position, and she’s been there. She reminds him that she kept him from AJ for what she thought was his own good, and he never thanked her for it. She tells him that when they are grown, his kids may not thank him for keeping them from their mother, and they may even resent him. Michael says he knows, and he’ll have to live with the consequences of his actions.
On September 25, A.J. was mentioned, along with his sisters Dawn Winthrop and Emily Quartermaine by their brother Jason at their mother Monica's funeral.
On January 12, 2026, A.J. was mentioned by his cousin Ned Quartermaine, when he mentions their family's cocktail hour, until A.J. had developed a drinking problem.
Blackmailed his parents to allow him access to his trust-fund in exchange for the Ray Conway murder evidence [May 31, 1994]
Broke into Katherine Bell’s apartment and planted drugs in her jewelry box to make it look like she poisoned herself [Dec 23, 1994]
Arrested for financing prostitution [Oct 12, 1995]
Responsible for the car accident that left his brother, Jason Morgan brain-damaged [Dec 28, 1995]
Hired Dr. Asher Thomas to kill Jason while Jason was in a coma [Jan 1996; revealed 2005]
Got into a physical fight with Jason [Mar 8, 1996]
Hired an arsonist to burn down Sonny and Jason’s warehouse [revealed Apr 5, 1999]
Tried to attack Sonny Corinthos with a bottle and in the process caused a pregnant Carly to be knocked into a table [Mar 31, 2000]
Grabbed Carly's hand; she pulled it away and lost her balance which caused her to fall down the stairs and miscarry her baby with Sonny at the Quartermaine Mansion after an argument [May 19, 2000]
Had Jason and Sonny's warehouse torched, nearly resulting in Sonny's death [Feb 13, 2001]
Along with Skye, arrested for blackmailing Edward [Jan 7, 2002]
Blackmailed Skye into helping him seduce Courtney [Jan 2002]
Impersonated a doctor over the phone in order to get medical information on Elizabeth Webber [Feb 7, 2002]
Used an emergency helicopter administered by Alan to escape Port Charles via the rooftop of GH [Mar 20, 2002]
Had someone alter DNA tests on a dead body to make it appear to be Carly's [May 2002]
Stole an antique dish from the Quartermaines [Jun 21, 2002]
Drove drunk with Courtney in the car and crashed into the Oasis, a strip club [Jul 5, 2002]
Shoved Coleman Ratcliffe up against the wall at Kelly’s and almost hit him [Aug 15, 2002]
Torched the Oasis after finding out that Courtney was stripping there in order to keep the owner quiet about A.J. being the one who plowed into the club with his car [Aug 28, 2002]
Kidnapped by Sonny’s men; bound, gagged, and hung on a meat hook in a warehouse where he was left until he revoked all parental rights to Michael [Sep 19, 2001]
Punched twice by Zander Smith and fell onto a table of glassware [Mar 14, 2002]
Held against a balcony and threatened to be thrown over by Sonny [Apr 12, 2002]
Assaulted by Carlos Rivera under the orders of Ava [Feb 2014]
Held at gunpoint and threatened by Ava [Mar 4, 2014]
Shot in the chest at point blank range by Sonny Corinthos and required surgery [Mar 4-5, 2014]
Suffered an aneurysm while recovering from surgery [Mar 11, 2014]
Almost got strangled by Ava [Mar 14, 2014]
Underwent surgery to repair an aneurysm and lapsed into a coma [Mar 19-28, 2014]
Died of complications after Sonny had shot him in the chest at point blank range [Mar 31, 2014]
Trivia[]
AJ‘s astrological sign is Scorpio.
Former executive producer Wendy Riche revealed she pitched an idea to the network involving AJ contracting HIV/AIDS after a drunken night in college. However the network rejected this idea. "They didn’t want A.J. to be in question of having AIDS, or maybe not being 100% heterosexual, they just didn’t want to go there because he was a Quartermaine, which of course, is exactly why I wanted to go there. I talked to Claire about this, and she came up with Robin and Stone." [15]
