Michael Nader (February 19, 1945 – August 23, 2021) was an American actor, known for his roles as Dex Dexter on the ABC primetime soap opera Dynasty from 1983 to 1989 and Dimitri Marick on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children from 1991 to 2001 and in 2013. He also starred as Kevin Thompson on the soap opera As the World Turns from 1975 to 1978.
Early life
Nader was born on February 19, 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was of German, Yugoslavian and Lebanese descent. Nader was a nephew of actor George Nader. His parents split a few months after his birth. At the age of six, he was hit by a drunk driver, which left him with a visible facial scar. He graduated from Palisades Charter High School in 1963. He later appeared in the recurring role of Siddo in the 1965–66 TV series Gidget Nader appeared as Nazi officer Burchhardt in the 1988 television film The Great Escape II: The Untold Story. The same year, he co-starred as Nick Scalfone in the TV movie Lady Mobster. In 1990, he appeared as Enzio Bonnatti in the miniseries Lucky Chances.
Nader returned to soap operas in 1991, portraying Dimitri Marick, the husband of Erica Kane (Nader's Lady Mobster costar Susan Lucci), on the daytime drama All My Children. Nader returned for All My Children online revival in 2013. Nader also appeared in episodes of other television series, including The Flash (1991), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002) and Cold Case (2009).
Personal life
Marriages and family
Nader dated actress Ellen Barber for ten years, with the relationship ending around the same time as his role on As the World Turns.
Drug addiction and legal issues
In 1984, Nader admitted to previously having drug and drinking problems, which prompted him to become sober in 1980. He was charged with drunk driving in 1997, and in 2001 was arrested for attempting to sell cocaine to an undercover police officer.
Nader had long been rumored to have been HIV positive. Speculation about his health first abounded in 2001 following his arrest and subsequent firing from All My Children. Nader vehemently denied having HIV. However, following his death, his daughter Lindsay revealed in an Instagram post that her father had, in fact, lived with HIV for several decades; he had contracted the virus before she was born and was one of the longest known survivors.
Filmography
Film
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!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
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|1963
|Beach Party
|Beach Boy
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| rowspan="4" |1964
|Muscle Beach Party
|Surfer Boy
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|For Those Who Think Young
|College Boy
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|-
|Bikini Beach
|Surfer #8
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|-
|Pajama Party
|Pajama Boy
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|-
| rowspan="4" |1965
|Beach Blanket Bingo
|Butch
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|-
|Ski Party
|Bobby
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|-
|How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
|Mike
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|-
|Sergeant Deadhead
|Air Policeman
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|-
| rowspan="2" |1966
|Three on a Couch
|Young Man
|Uncredited
|-
|Fireball 500
|Joey
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|-
|1967
|Don't Make Waves
|Surfer
|Uncredited
|-
|1992
|The Finishing Touch
|Sam Stone
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|-
|1996
|Fled
|Frank Mantajano
|
|}
Television
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1965–1966
|Gidget
|Siddo / Peter Stone
|9 episodes
|-
|1975–1978
|As the World Turns
|Kevin Thompson
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|-
|1981
|Magnum, P.I.
|Mitch Caldwell
|Episode: "The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii"
|-
|1983
|Bare Essence
|Alexi Theophilus
|5 episodes
|-
|1983–1989
|Dynasty
|Farnsworth "Dex" Dexter
|Main role; 152 episodes
|-
|1984
|Finder of Lost Loves
|Kent Halliday
|Episode: "Portraits"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1988
|Lady Mobster
|Nick Scalfone
| rowspan="3" |Television film
|-
|The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
|Burchardt
|-
|1989
|Nick Knight
|Lacroix
|-
|1990
|Lucky Chances
|Enzio Bonnatti
|3 episodes
|-
|1990–1991
|The Flash
|Nicholas Pike
|2 episodes
|-
|1991
|Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
|Johnny Sorrento
|Television film
|-
|1991–2001
|All My Children
|Dimitri Marick
|Main role; 405 episodes
|-
|2002
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
|Robert Prescott
|Episode: "Surveillance"
|-
|2009
|Cold Case
|Tucker "Duke" Benton
|Episode: "The Crossing"
|-
|2013
|All My Children
|Dimitri Marick
|Main role; 42 episodes
|}