Kevin Spirtas

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Kevin Spirtas
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Kevin Blair Spirtas

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Kevin Blair Spirtas is an American actor.

Career

Spirtas is perhaps best known for his roles as Dr. Craig Wesley on the soap opera Days of Our Lives , Jonas Chamberlain on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live , and as Nick in the slasher film Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988). Spirtas has worked on Broadway, with roles including Hugh Jackman's understudy in The Boy from Oz . He began using the name "Kevin Spirtas" professionally in 1995, having been previously credited as "Kevin Blair".

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In 2015, Spirtas portrayed Dominic Delacort on the soap opera web series Winterthorne . [1] [2] [3] In 2016, he was nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Guest Actor in a Drama, [4] and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for the role. [5] [6]

Personal life

Spirtas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Sandra, who is active in community politics, and Arnold Spirtas, who runs an environmental demolition company. [7] Spirtas graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 1980. [8]

He was raised Jewish [9] and is openly gay. [10]

Filmography

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