Antonio Torres
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Father Antonio Torres was a fictional character
in the American
soap opera
Sunset Beach
. The character was portrayed by American
actor
Nick Kiriazis
from February 6, 1998 to the show's end on December 31, 1999.
, came to Sunset Beach early in 1998 when he got transferred to work back home. His brother had just started a relationship with Gabi Martinez
, and their mother Carmen didn't approve of their relationship. Then Gabi met Antonio. Gabi and Antonio found themselves attracted to each other, but they kept denying the attraction. Ricardo and Gabi got engaged. Meanwhile, both Gabi, Antonio and Ricardo were involved in a Rosario jewels story. When Gabi and Antonio ended up trapped in an exploding building, they thought they would die, so they slept together, and a camera filmed them. The tape of their lovemaking was later used by Francesca Vargas to blackmail Antonio and Gabi.
When Francesca was murdered, Gabi and Antonio were possible suspects, but they actually didn't have anything to do with her murder. At Gabi and Ricardo's wedding, Carmen used the tape of their lovemaking to blackmail Gabi into leaving Ricardo at the altar, but they eventually got married and everything was going fine until Ricardo found the tape and decided to destroy Gabi and Antonio's life. Antonio and Gabi decided to forget about everything that happened between them, but Ricardo was there to ruin it. He spent months trying to ruin Antonio's life by calling an archbishop to take away Antonio, but eventually, the truth came out, Ricardo realized that he was wrong, and the brothers came to forgive each other for everything they've done, and Gabi left town.
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in the American
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soap opera
Soap opera
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Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach (TV series)
Sunset Beach was an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on January 6, 1997, and last airing on December 31, 1999. The show followed the loves and lives of the people living in a fictional coastal city named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California...
. The character was portrayed by American
United States
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actor
Actor
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Nick Kiriazis
Nick Kiriazis
Nick Kiriazis is American television actor.Kiriazis was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He is internationally known from his role as Father Antonio Torres in Sunset Beach from February 1998 to December 1999...
from February 6, 1998 to the show's end on December 31, 1999.
Character history
Antonio, brother of Ricardo TorresRicardo Torres (TV character)
Ricardo Torres was a fictional character in the American soap opera Sunset Beach portrayed by Hank Cheyne during the show's entire run.-Character history:...
, came to Sunset Beach early in 1998 when he got transferred to work back home. His brother had just started a relationship with Gabi Martinez
Gabi Martinez
Gabriela 'Gabi' Martinez Torres was a fictional character in the US soap opera Sunset Beach portrayed by American actress Priscilla Garita from February 17, 1997 to the show's end on December 31, 1999...
, and their mother Carmen didn't approve of their relationship. Then Gabi met Antonio. Gabi and Antonio found themselves attracted to each other, but they kept denying the attraction. Ricardo and Gabi got engaged. Meanwhile, both Gabi, Antonio and Ricardo were involved in a Rosario jewels story. When Gabi and Antonio ended up trapped in an exploding building, they thought they would die, so they slept together, and a camera filmed them. The tape of their lovemaking was later used by Francesca Vargas to blackmail Antonio and Gabi.
When Francesca was murdered, Gabi and Antonio were possible suspects, but they actually didn't have anything to do with her murder. At Gabi and Ricardo's wedding, Carmen used the tape of their lovemaking to blackmail Gabi into leaving Ricardo at the altar, but they eventually got married and everything was going fine until Ricardo found the tape and decided to destroy Gabi and Antonio's life. Antonio and Gabi decided to forget about everything that happened between them, but Ricardo was there to ruin it. He spent months trying to ruin Antonio's life by calling an archbishop to take away Antonio, but eventually, the truth came out, Ricardo realized that he was wrong, and the brothers came to forgive each other for everything they've done, and Gabi left town.