Stefano DiMera is a fictional character featured in the American
soap operaDays of Our Lives. Created by head writer
Pat Falken Smith, he is portrayed by
Joseph Mascolo.
[2]Stefano is the patriarch of the
DiMera family and the father of
Renée DuMonde,
Megan Hathaway,
Benjy Hawk,
Lexie Carver (née Brooks),
EJ DiMera and
Chad DiMera and the stepfather of
Antony DiMera; He is also the adoptive father of
Peter and
Kristen Blake. For a brief period, he believed he was the half-brother of longtime nemesis
John Black. He had a nephew,
André DiMera, who through plastic surgery became identical to Antony. In 2015, André was revealed to be Stefano's son. Stefano is the ex-husband of
Kate Roberts and
Vivian Alamain. Stefano first entered the show as a wealthy European businessman who relocated to Salem, and gradually revealed substantial ties to organized crime, both at home and abroad. Over the years Stefano's character has fluctuated between that of a crime lord (both on local and international scales), political terrorist, ruthless business tycoon, and loving (albeit heavy-handed) family man.
Soap Opera Digest named him the all-time best villain.
[3] Stefano DiMera is a fictional character featured in the American
soap operaDays of Our Lives. Created by head writer
Pat Falken Smith, he is portrayed by
Joseph Mascolo.
[2]Stefano is the patriarch of the
DiMera family and the father of
Renée DuMonde,
Megan Hathaway,
Benjy Hawk,
Lexie Carver (née Brooks),
EJ DiMera and
Chad DiMera and the stepfather of
Antony DiMera; He is also the adoptive father of
Peter and
Kristen Blake. For a brief period, he believed he was the half-brother of longtime nemesis
John Black. He had a nephew,
André DiMera, who through plastic surgery became identical to Antony. In 2015, André was revealed to be Stefano's son. Stefano is the ex-husband of
Kate Roberts and
Vivian Alamain. Stefano first entered the show as a wealthy European businessman who relocated to Salem, and gradually revealed substantial ties to organized crime, both at home and abroad. Over the years Stefano's character has fluctuated between that of a crime lord (both on local and international scales), political terrorist, ruthless business tycoon, and loving (albeit heavy-handed) family man.
Soap Opera Digest named him the all-time best villain.
[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_DiMera