A Martinez and Thaao Penghlis join DAYS OF OUR LIVES

A Martinez and Thaao Penghlis

According to Soap Opera Digest, A Martinez (ex-Cruz Castillo, SANTA BARBARA) has been cast in DAYS OF OUR LIVES in a new role (Eduardo) “that will have many connections in Salem”. Martinez received eight total Daytime Emmy Awards nominations for his work on Santa Barbara. His numerous other credits include General Hospital, One Life to Live, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Bay, Longmire and California Solo.  In other news, Thaao Penghlis (ex-Micah De Angelis, SANTA BARBARA) who has played Tony and Andre DiMera on and off since 1981, and was last seen in 2009, is back filming at the set. “It is an excited situation and Josh [Griffith] has imagined a wonderful character”, Martinez said. Josh Griffith was hired in February 2015 as co-head writer of Days of Our Lives, alongside re-hired former head, Dena Higley. Griffith began his writing career on Santa Barbara in 1988 and continued writing for the show until 1991 when he moved over to One Life to Live.