Villains

Villains have been around in soap operas for decades. Some characters are considered former or "reformed" villains

Top 5 Supervillains

Helena Cassadine

Cesar Faison

Heather Grant

Ryan Chamberlain

Franco Baldwin

List of Villains

Current villains are in bold, and former villains are in italics.

• Heather Grant [1976-79, 1980-83, 2004, 2012-16] (incarcerated)

• Frank Smith [1980, 1993-94, 2015] (deceased)

• Helena Cassadine [1981, 1996–2006, 2009–2015] (deceased)

• Mikkos Cassadine [1981] (deceased)

• Victor Cassadine [1981, 2014, 2021-present]

• David Grey [1981-1982] (deceased)

• Stavros Cassadine [1983, 2001-03, 2013-14] (deceased)

• Gregory Malko [1983] (arrested)

• Grant Putnam [1983-84, 1988] (incarcerated)

• Peter Harrell, Sr. [1984-85, 2014] (deceased)

• Chaing Wu [1985] (deceased)

• Kim Wu [1985] (deceased)

• Pilgrim [1986] (incarcerated)

• Victor Jerome [1987-89] (deceased)

• Larry Ashton [1988-89, 1991-92, 2014, 2016-17] (left town)

• Julian Jerome [1988-90, 2013-20] (former; reformed; deceased)

• Olivia Jerome [1988-90, 2017] (incarcerated)

• Nicholas Van Buren [1989] (incarcerated)

• Cesar Faison [1990–92, 1999–2000, 2012–14, 2018] (deceased)

• Leopold Taub [1991] (incarcerated, then deceased)

• Paul Hornsby [1991-94, 2015-16] (incarcerated)

• Cal Atkins [1992] (deceased)

• Joe Atkins [1992] (incarcerated)

• Ryan Chamberlain [1992-95, 2018-present] (supposedly incapacitated)

• Ray Conway [1993] (deceased)

• Jack Boland [1993-94] (deceased)

• Phil Cusack [1994, 1995] (deceased)

• Pierce Dorman [1994-97] (deceased)

• Hernando Rivera [1994-96, 1997] (deceased)

• Joe Scully [1994-95] (deceased)

• Nikolas Cassadine [1996-2011, 2013-16, 2019-present] (pseudo villain; regressing)

• Tom Baker [1998, 2016-17] (deceased)

• Jerry Jacks [1998-99, 2007-10, 2012-15] (incarcerated then escaped)

• Anthony Moreno [1998-99] (deceased)

• Joseph Sorel [1999-2001] (deceased)

• Luís Alcazar [2002] (deceased)

• Faith Rosco [2002-05] (deceased)

• Lorenzo Alcazar [2003-07] (deceased)

• Diego Alcazar [2004-08] (deceased)

• Connor Bishop [2004-05] (deceased)

• Mary Bishop [2004] (deceased)

• Andrew Olsen [2005] (deceased)

• Allegra Montenegro [2005] (offscreen)

• Dr. Asher Thomas [2005] (deceased)

• Manny Ruiz [2005-06] (deceased)

• Spencer Cassadine [2006-11, 2013-20, 2021-present] (pseudo villain; reforming)

• Irina [2007] (deceased)

• Trevor Lansing [2007-09] (deceased)

• Anthony Zacchara [2007-12] (deceased)

• Andrei Karpov [2008] (deceased)

• Claudia Zacchara-Corinthos [2008-09] (deceased)

• Franco Baldwin [2009-2021] (former; tumor removed; tumor came back) (deceased)

• Ronnie Dimestico [2009-11] (deceased)

• Lisa Niles [2009-11] (deceased)

• Theo Hoffman [2010-11] (deceased)

• Suzanne Stanwyck [2010-11] (incarcerated)

• Javier Del Toro [2011] (arrested)

• Connie Falconeri [2012-13] (deceased)

• Liesl Obrecht [2012-present] (former; reformed)

• Joe Scully, Jr. [2012] (deceased)

• Britt Westbourne [2012-15, 2017-18, 2020] (former; reformed)

• Stephen Clay [2013] (deceased)

• Brad Cooper [2013-present] (reforming)

• Ava Jerome [2013-present] (former; reformed)

• Fluke [2014-15] (back to original personality; deceased)

• Peter Harrell, Jr. [2014] (deceased)

• Madeline Reeves [2014-15, 2018] (deceased)

• Jeffrey Scribner [2014] (deceased)

• Kyle Sloane [2014-15] (deceased)

• Serge [2015] (deceased)

• Vincent Novak [2015-21] (deceased)

• Charles Buscema [2015-21] (deceased)

• Selina Wu [2015-present] (reforming)

• Nelle Benson-Jerome [2016-20] (deceased)

• Valentin Cassadine [2016-present] (former; reformed)

• Landon Dixon [2016] (incarcerated)

• Huxley Lynch [2016-17] (in London)

• Garvey [2017] (deceased)

• Petrov [2017] (deceased)

• Peter August [2017-present]

• Dr. David Bensch [2017-18] (fired from GH)

• Dr. Alex Devane [2017, 2019-20] (deceased)

• Cassandra Pierce [2017-19] (deceased)

• True Believers [2017, 2021-present]

• Jim Harvey [2018] (deceased)

• Dawn of Day Cult [2018-19] (disbanded)

• Hank "Shiloh" Archer [2018-19] (deceased)

• Kendra Bauer [2019] (deceased)

• Judge Naomi Carson [2019, 2021] (probable)

• Cyrus Renault [2020-present] (incarcerated)

• Elijah Crowe [2021] (arrested)

• Joey Novak [2021] (offscreen)

• Esme Prince [2021-present]

List of Henchmen

• Sally Armitage [1980] (deceased) (worked for Frank Smith)

• Phil [1980] (worked for Frank Smith)

• Hutch Hutchins [1980-81] (left town) (worked for Frank Smith)

• Kimo [1981] (worked for the Cassadines)

• Mel Wilson [1981-82] (deceased) (worked for David Grey)

• Alfonse [1982] (worked for David Grey)

• Walt [1982] (worked for David Grey)

• Brad Simpson [1982] (worked for George Durnely)

• Yanni [1983] (worked for Stavros Cassadine)

• Grant Andrews [1983-85] (left town) (worked for Gregory Malko, later independent)

• Henrik Brenich [1983] (arrested and deported) (worked for Gregory Malko)

• Natalie Dearborn [1983] (deceased) (worked for Gregory Malko)

• Stan Radner [1984] (worked for Sean Donely)

• Mort [1984] (worked for Sean Donely)

• Herb [1984-85] (worked for Sean Donely)

• Sam Morgan [1984-85] (worked for Sean Donely)

• Saura aka Estevez [1985] (ran away) (worked for Sean Donely)

• Karl [1987] (worked for DVX)

• Philip [1987] (worked for DVX)

• Dino Antonelli [1988] (deceased) (worked for Olivia Jerome)

• Tim [1988] (worked for Olivia Jerome)

• Emil [1989] (worked for Olivia Jerome)

• Tyler [1989] (worked for Nicholas Van Buren)

• Ben [1990] (worked for Cesar Faison)

• Desiree [1990] (deceased) (worked for Cesar Faison)

• Jacques [1990] (left town) (worked for Cesar Faison)

• Trent [1990] (worked for Cesar Faison)

• Eddie [1991] (worked for Leopold Taub)

• The Tin Man [1997] (deceased) (worked for Hernando Rivera)

• Ari [1999] (worked for Helena Cassadine)

• Andreas Andropolus [2000] (deceased) (worked for Helena Cassadine)

• Ari Andropolus [2001] (worked for Helena Cassadine)

• John [2001] (worked for Helena Cassadine)

• Rosco [2002] (deceased) (worked for Joseph Sorel, unnamed third party)

• Christoff [2004] (worked for Faith Rosco)

• William Peavy [2004-05] (offscreen) (worked for Faith Rosco)

• Pedro [2006] (worked for Lorenzo Alcazar)

• Ian Devlin [2008] (deceased) (worked for Claudia Zacchara-Corinthos)

• Joey Limbo [2009] (deceased) (worked for Anthony Zacchara)

• Ronan O'Reilly [2008-10] (deceased) (worked for Theo Hoffman)

• Anton Banovic [2010] (deceased) (worked for Theo Hoffman)

• Babak [2010] (deceased) (worked for Theo Hoffman)

• Carlo [2010] (deceased) (worked for Theo Hoffman)

• Carter [2010] (deceased) (worked for Franco Baldwin)

• Marko [2010] (deceased) (worked for Theo Hoffman)

• Giovanni [2010] (deceased) (worked for Theo Hoffman)

• Horvat [2010] (deceased) (worked for Theo Hoffman)

• Swavek [2010] (offscreen) (worked for Theo Hoffman)

• Thor [2010] (offscreen) (worked for Helena Cassadine)

• Hugo [2010-11] (arrested) (worked for Theo Hoffman)

• Shawn Butler [2011-present] (worked for Theo Hoffman; reformed)

• Darryl Hayes [2011] (deceased) (worked for Anthony Zacchara)

• Joey Bruzetta [2011] (deceased) (worked for Anthony Zacchara)

• Rudy Trujillo [2011] (deceased) (worked for Anthony Zacchara)

• J.T. Dykstra [2011] (deceased) (worked for Anthony Zacchara)

• Asher Caldwell [2011] (offscreen) (worked for Anthony Zacchara)

• Unnamed Hit Woman [2011] (deceased) (worked for Anthony Zacchara)

• Dimitri [2011] (offscreen) (worked for Theo Hoffman)

• Jules [2011] (deceased) (worked for Theo Hoffman)

• Ewen Keenan [2011-12] (deceased) (worked for Jerry Jacks)

• Klaus [2012] (worked for Cesar Faison)

• Nurse Fletcher [2012] (offscreen) (worked for Ewen Keenan)

• Vince [2013] (deceased) (worked for Julian Jerome)

• Carlos Rivera [2013-16] (deceased) (worked for Julian Jerome, Ava Jerome, Johnny Zacchara, and Fluke, later independent)

• Mickey Diamond [2014] (deceased) (worked for Fluke)

• William Eichner [2014] (incarcerated) (worked for Victor Cassadine)

• Dr. Allison Young [2014] (incarcerated) (worked for Victor Cassadine)

• Kobe [2014] (deceased) (worked for Fluke)

• Fritz [2014] (deceased) (worked for Ava Jerome)

• Charlie Heineck [2015] (deceased) (worked for Julian Jerome, Paul Hornsby)

• Waltz [2015] (offscreen) (worked for Jerry Jacks)

• Tilda [2015] (ran away) (worked for Jerry Jacks)

• Manrico [2015] (worked for Jerry Jacks)

• Giles [2015] (deceased) (worked for Nikolas Cassadine)

• Guard Jenkins [2015] (knocked out) (worked for Fluke)

• Ted [2015-16] (worked for Landon Dixon)

• Raj Patel [2015-16, 2019] (deceased) (worked for Landon Dixon, later independent)

• Dr. Charles Bellamy [2016] (not seen again) (worked for Valentin Cassadine)

• Gary [2016] (ran away) (worked for Valentin Cassadine)

• Hammer [2016] (offscreen) (worked for Julian Jerome)

• Pete Inglis [2016] (deceased) (worked for Julian Jerome)

• Holt [2016] (worked for Julian Jerome)

• Margarethe [2016] (in London) (works for Huxley Lynch)

• Bobby Mezzo [2016] (hit called off) (worked for Sonny Corinthos, unnamed third party)

• Andreas [2016] (not seen again) (worked for Valentin Cassadine)

• Gregorio [2016] (not seen again) (worked for Valentin Cassadine)

• Kostas [2016] (not seen again) (worked for Valentin Cassadine)

• Spiros [2016] (not seen again) (worked for Valentin Cassadine)

• Fred Gray [2016-17] (lost board vote) (worked for Julian Jerome & Olivia Jerome)

• Winston Rudge [2016-17, 2020] (incarcerated) (worked for Olivia Jerome, later independent)

• Anderson [2017] (incarcerated) (worked for Richard Klein & Peter August)

• Piotr Boronsky [2017] (in Russia) (worked for Peter August)

• Phillipos Costa [2017] (incarcerated) (worked for Helena Cassadine)

• Delvin [2017] (hospitalized) (worked for Richard Klein & Peter August)

• Greg [2017] (incarcerated) (worked for Richard Klein & Peter August)

• Richard Klein [2017] (left town) (worked for Peter August)

• Erich Sydney [2017-18] (incarcerated) (worked for Cassandra Pierce)

• Michael Carson [2018] (incarcerated) (worked for Nikolas Cassadine)

• Shawn Phillips [2018] (incarcerated) (worked for Michael Carson, Nikolas Cassadine)

• Gabriel Burke [2019] (offscreen) (worked for Peter August)

• David Black [2019] (deceased) (worked for Peter August)

• Dr. Arthur Cabot [2019] (incarcerated) (worked for Hank Archer)

• Rick Evans [2019] (incarcerated) (worked for Hank Archer)

• Bryce Henderson [2019] (deceased) (worked for Peter August)

• Billy Pryce [2019] (incarcerated) (worked for Hank Archer)

• Judy [2019] (offscreen) (worked for Hank Archer)

• Shauna [2019] (offscreen) (worked for Hank Archer)

• Unnamed Attacker [2019] (ran off) (worked for Nikolas Cassadine)

• Harmony [2019-2020] (worked for Hank Archer, Cyrus Renault; reforming)

• Gladys Corbin [2019-21] (worked for Cyrus Renault; reforming)

• Suzanne [2020] (offscreen) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Sienna [2020] (offscreen) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Walker [2020] (deceased) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Eli [2020] (offscreen) (threatened by Jason Morgan and Sonny Corinthos) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Jenkins [2020] (ran off) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Unnamed Saboteur [2020] (ran off) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Tommy Cordero [2020] (ran off) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Bart [2020-2021] (offscreen) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Unnamed Kidnapper [2021] (ran off) (worked for Valentin Cassadine)

• Unnamed Waiter [2021] (offscreen) (worked for Peter August)

• Guard Grisham [2021] (knocked out) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Trent Beech [2021] (deceased) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Carl Pine [2021] (deceased) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Marie Hopkins aka "Fake Chloe" [2021] (deceased) (worked for Peter August)

• Unnamed Robber #1 [2021] (offscreen) (worked for Elijah Crowe)

• Unnamed Robber #2 [2021] (incarcerated) (worked for Elijah Crowe)

• Joseph [2021] (deceased) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Brock [2021] (deceased) (worked for Cyrus Renault)

• Unnamed Bartender [2021] (not seen again) (worked for Spencer Cassadine)

• David Hopkins [2021] (arrested) (worked for Peter August)

• Russel [2021] (taken away by paramedics) (worked for Victor Cassadine, Peter August)

• Unnamed Killer [2021] (knocked out) (most likely worked for Victor Cassadine)

• Dr. Yuan (offscreen) [2021] (working for Victor Cassadine)

• Unnamed Greek Musician [2021] (arrested) (working for Victor Cassadine)

• Unnamed Greek Bartender [2021] (worked for Nikolas Cassadine)

• Nicky [2021] (offscreen) (working for Joey Novak)

• Fraser [2021] (hospitalized) (worked for Victor Cassadine, Peter August)

• Guard Wright [2021] (offscreen) (worked for Victor Cassadine)

• Hector [2021] (deceased) (worked for Victor Cassadine, Peter August)

• Unnamed Maid [2021] (arrested) (worked for Victor Cassadine)

• Deputy Mayor Eileen Ashby [2021-present] (working for Victor Cassadine)