Thaao Penghlis  Thaao Penghlis (; born 15 December 1945) is an Australian actor. He is best known for roles in United States daytime soap operas such as "Days of Our Lives", "Santa Barbara", and "General Hospital", but has also guest-starred on a number of crime dramas, such as "Kojak", "Cannon", "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe", "Hart to Hart", "Nero Wolfe" and "Magnum, P.I.". He also starred in the late 1980s remake of "". Penghlis has studied under unknown Hollywood acting teacher Milton Katselas. Penghlis was born in Surry Hills, New South Wales of Greek parentage. Penghlis started his career in acting on stage, performing in "Jockeys" under Milton Katselas's direction. Penghlis first appeared to daytime audiences in 1981 on "General Hospital" during the Ice Princess saga when he played the role of Victor Cassadine, brother of Mikkos and Anthony Cassadine. After his character was written out of the show by being taken to prison, he was cast as the villainous Count Tony DiMera, the son of villain Stefano DiMera in the NBC daytime drama "Days of Our Lives". Penghlis returned to daytime in his one-time role of Victor Cassadine on "General Hospital" from 30 January 2014 to 4 March 2014, although he made subsequent returns in the same year. He returned for one episode on 1 May 2014, and then again from 7–12 August and once more from 3 September until 16 September 2014 when the character was killed. Penghlis starred in the of "", which was filmed in his native Australia. Penghlis' role as actor, makeup artist, and voice impersonator Nicholas Black in the revival was a counterpart to Martin Landau's Rollin Hand and Leonard Nimoy's The Great Paris. In 2003, Penghlis was nominated for the Soap Opera Digest Award for Favorite Return for his return to the cast of "Days of our Lives". He left the show in fall 2005. Penghlis returned to "Days" on 24 May 2007 to reprise the role of André DiMera. He also began reprising the role of nice guy Tony DiMera on 17 July 2007. Penghlis was nominated for Outstanding Leading Actor at the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2008. In 2009, Penghlis' character was once again written out by having him die.