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Maurice Benard Facts:
Maurice Benard height: 5 feet & 9 inches
Weight: Not disclosed
Age: 52 years (March 1, 1963)

Simply known as “Mo”, he is an established American actor primarily recognized for playing Michael “Sonny” Corinthos, Jr., a romantic mobster in the ABC television series “General Hospital”. Maurice Benard is now 52 by age; though possess a masculine physique in a standard height of 5 feet & 9 inches. Nonetheless, the actor has yet to divulge about his day to day schedule about meals & exercises, he seems to be a regular workaholic, looking at his toned build. His current body weight is not available on either of his official websites.

Born on 1st march, 1963, Maurice Benard’s full birth name is Mauricio Jose Morales. He grew up in his birth land of Martinez, a city & county seat of Contra Costa County, California, United States. He holds both Nicataguan & Salvadorian ethnicity.

Maurice Benard began his career in acting as Nico in “All My Children”, a popular soap opera from 1987 until 1990. Furtehrmore to guest appearances on different television sitcoms throughout the early of 90s, Maurice also made his landing on television films counting the CBS TV film “Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter”, at age 28, in which the actor played Desi Arnaz. A year later, he made his big screen debut as Diego in “Ruby”, followed by his starring as Creeper in Allison Anders drama movie “My Crazy Life” (also known as Mi Vida Loca). In the year 1996, the actor was seen as Jesse Molina in the TV film “To Face Her Past”, traced out by his roles in “Restraining Order” (1999), “Confession” (2009), “The Perry” (2010) & “The Ghost and the Whale” (2015), among others. Concurrently, Maurice made his appearances on television series such as “DEA” (1990), “Stat” (1991), “Dark Justice” (1992), “Port Charles” (2000) & “General Hospital: Night Shift” (2007). Since the year 1993, the actor is playing Sonny Corinthos in Frank & Doris Hursley medical drama sitcom “General Hospital (aka GH)”. The series has even carved its name in the Guinness World Records as the longest running US soap opera & the 3rd longest running drama, in production & television, respectively. For his wonderful starring in the series, Maurice has been decorated with a numbers of nominations as well as awards, including the Soap Opera Digest Award (1996, 2003 & 2005) & Daytime Emmy Award (2003).

Father of 4 adorable kids, Maurice Benard is married to Paula Smith since the 11th of August, 1990. Their children are namely, Joshua James (b. 5th December, 2004), Cassidy Rose (b. 18th April, 1999), Cailey Sofia (b. 18th September, 1994) & Heather Ann (adopter, 20th April, 2008). Heather was adopted by the couple after her mom’s death. Maurice & his family reside in the beautiful City of Temecula, in Riverside County, California together with their varieties of pets. At age 22, the actor was detected with bipolar disorder. Since then, he has been serving as the spokesperson of Mental Health America pro healing of the disorder.