Shawn-Douglas Brady
Actor History
Noel Bennett Castle (April 1987)
Paul Zachary (1990)
Scott Groff (1990 to 1995)
Collin O'Donnell (1995 to 1999)
Jason Cook (1999 to September 22nd, 2006)
Brandon Beemer (September 28th, 2006 to March 21st, 2008)
Dyllan Christopher (2000; flashback)
Occupation
Works at Max Brady's garage
Former legal assistant for Mickey Horton
Resides At
Apartment in Salem (4B)
Fancy Face III
Formerly at the loft (with Mimi)
Formerly at Hartley House
Marital Status
Married (Belle Black, 23 November 2007 to present)
Past Marriages
Mimi Lockhart (24 March 2006 to 2007; divorced)
Relatives
Bo Brady (father)
Hope Williams (mother)
Zack Brady (brother)
Ciara Brady (sister)
Chelsea Brady (paternal half-sister)
Victor Kiriakis (paternal grandfather)
Caroline Brady (paternal grandmother)
Doug Williams (maternal grandfather)
Addie Horton (maternal grandmother; deceased)
Yurgos Kiriakis (paternal great-grandfather; deceased)
Sophie Kiriakis (paternal great-grandmother; deceased)
Tom Horton Sr. (maternal great-grandfather; deceased)
Alice Grayson (maternal great-grandmother)
Sid Grayson (great-great-grandfather; deceased)
Abigail Grayson (great-great-grandfather; deceased)
Frankie Brady (paternal half-uncle; via adoption)
Max Brady (paternal half-uncle; via adoption)
Isabella Toscano (paternal half-aunt; deceased)
Philip Kiriakis (paternal half-uncle)
Roman Brady (paternal half-uncle)
Kimberly Brady (paternal half-aunt)
Kayla Brady (paternal half-aunt)
Douglas LeCleir (maternal half-uncle)
Steven Olson (maternal half-uncle)
Julie Olson (maternal half-aunt)
Brady Black (paternal half-cousin)
Tyler Kiriakis (paternal half-cousin)
Carrie Brady (paternal half-cousin)
Samantha Brady (paternal half-cousin)
Eric Brady (paternal half-cousin)
Rex Brady (paternal half-cousin)
Cassie Brady (paternal half-cousin)
Andrew Donovan IV (paternal half-cousin)
Jeannie Donovan (paternal half-cousin)
Stephanie Johnson (paternal half-cousin)
Spencer Olson (maternal half-cousin)
David Banning (maternal half-cousin)
Alexander Kiriakis (paternal great-uncle; deceased)
Tommy Horton Jr. (maternal great-uncle)
Mickey Horton (maternal great-uncle)
Bill Horton (maternal great-uncle)
Marie Horton (maternal great-aunt)
Justin Kiriakis (paternal first cousin once removed)
Sandy Horton (maternal first cousin once removed)
Melissa Horton (maternal first cousin once removed; via adoption)
Sarah Horton (maternal first cousin once removed; via adoption)
Mike Horton (maternal first cousin once removed)
Jennifer Horton (maternal first cousin once removed)
Lucas Roberts (maternal first cousin once removed)
Jessica Blake (maternal first cousin once removed)
Scott Banning (maternal first half-cousin once removed)
Alexander Kiriakis (paternal second cousin)
Joey Kiriakis (paternal second cousin; via adoption)
Victor Kiriakis II (paternal second cousin; via adoption)
Jackson Steven Kiriakis (paternal second cousin)
Jeremy Horton (maternal second cousin)
Abigail Deveraux (maternal second cousin)
Jack Deveraux Jr. (maternal second cousin)
Nick Fallon (maternal second cousin)
Will Roberts (paternal first half-cousin once removed / maternal second cousin)
John Roman Roberts (paternal first half-cousin once removed)
Alice Caroline Horton (paternal first half-cousin once removed / maternal second cousin)
Children
Claire Kiriakis (daughter; with Belle)
Unnamed Child (miscarriage; via in vitro; with Mimi)
Unnamed Child (miscarriage; via in vitro; with Belle)
Flings & Affairs
Belle Black
Jan Spears
Mimi Lockhart (engaged)
Willow Stark (lovers; deceased)
Crimes Committed
Kidnapped J.T. to try to keep him with his family.
Drinking and driving.
Crashing into the church and injuring Belle on her wedding day.
Custodial interference. (Kidnapped Claire after temporary custody was awarded to Philip.)
Miscellaneous
Blood type is B-.
Brief Character History
Shawn-Douglas is the only living child of Bo and Hope Brady. In 1990, Shawn D. was playing with some friends at a Jencon Oil site and fell into a pipe, which resulted in him losing his hearing. Shawn D befriended his doctor, Carly Manning, who taught him and his dad sign language. Shawn-Douglas eventually regained his hearing. In 1992 Shawn-Douglas was thrilled that his father was going to marry Carly Manning. Shawn D. also became best friends with the new kid in town, Nikki Alamain. Nikki's mom, Carly, was going to marry Shawn D's dad, but the wedding never happened. In 1994, Shawn D's mom, Hope Brady, returned to Salem. Though she didn't know who she was at first, withing a year Hope had her memory back and was reunited with her son and husband.
In 1997, Shawn D. walked in on a drug deal at school, he was shot by the dealer. Shawn D. was rushed to the hospital and was okay and got by with a shoulder wound. In 1999, Shawn D. was been shipped off to boarding school by the evil Gina inhabiting his mother's body. Shawn returned home later that year, attending Salem High. Viewers were soon treated to flashbacks of his long-time friendship with Belle Black, which quickly turned into a relationship. Unfortunately, that relationship ended when Shawn talked Jan into keeping the child she conceived when Paul raped her, and told everyone that it was his baby.
After Jan lost the baby and the truth came out, Shawn and Belle remained broken up for a short time, but were eventually able to put their differences aside, and got back together. They both started at Salem University, where Shawn ended up with a roommate named Dozer, but their relationship is being threatened again. First Shawn kept from Belle the fact that he thought he'd killed his second cousin, Colin Murphy, then Belle's newly discovered half-sister Cassie DiMera was determined to break them up and steal Shawn for herself.
Luckily for Shawn and Belle, despite their problems, they were always able to find their way back to each other. When the citizens of Salem started dying, Shawn pushed Belle to get out of town to keep her safe, and to keep her from interfering in his plans to prove that their friend Rex was the killer. Belle finally returned and the two were close to marriage until Shawn's grandmother Alice died, and Belle's mother Marlena was deemed responsible for her murder. Shawn needed to get away for a few days, but unfortunately ended up being kidnapped by 'Mrs. B' (whom he thought was a friend of Alice's), and for months he was held hostage by Jan and forced to watch Belle and Philip get closer.
Shawn finally managed to escape from Jan but ended up seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. When he woke up, his memory of recent events was hazy -- he could remember Jan's set-up sex scense and Belle's moments with Philip, but not that he was kidnapped and held against his will. He went through a total personality change, becoming surly and angry, and moved in with Jan, whom he believed to be his girlfriend. Unfortunately, his personality change was so extreme that it wasn't long before he became verbally and emotionally abusive to her. And no matter what, he couldn't forget Belle, even though he pushed her away. On the day of Philip and Belle's wedding, Shawn crashed his motorcycle through the church to get to her, but he was too late. He wouldn't leave her alone, though, until she admitted that she was in love with him too.
Even though Belle admitted her love for Shawn, she couldn't forget that she was married to Philip. He had finally convinced her to leave Philip when she learned that she was pregnant. She was determined to stay with her husband, so Shawn finally decided he needed to move on. He and Mimi tentatively began a relationship, which grew into love very quickly, prompting Shawn to propose to her on New Year's Eve. Shawn's world fell apart when, only hours later, his little brother Zack was brought into the emergency room, the victim of a hit and run. Shawn was devastated when Zack died, and the only hope he had was that little Zack's liver would allow his god-daughter Claire to live.
Claire survived, and Shawn and Mimi went through with their wedding even though he couldn't stop thinking about Belle. He and Mimi were determined to have a child of their own and tried in-vitro, but Mimi lost the baby. They then decided, at the same time as Belle and Philip, that they would try again, only Belle would carry her child with Philip, and a surrogate would carry Shawn and Mimi's child. There was a mix-up in the lab, though, and Belle was implanted with her egg fertilised with Shawn's sperm, and Mimi and Shawn's surrogate was implanted with Mimi's egg fertilised by Philip's sperm. Shortly after they learned of the mix-up, Shawn ended up in the hospital with alcohol poisoing, where someone left a folder proving that he was Claire's father. Initially no one believed the reports, and Shawn was furious with his half-sister Chelsea after learning she was responsible, but a DNA test proved that Claire really was his little girl.
When Shawn overheard Mimi admitting that she had known about Claire for some time, he was furious, and immediately ended their relationship. Mimi and Philip decided to sign away the rights to the baby being carried by Lauren, the surrogate, and began to start rebuilding her life. She teamed up with Max Brady to find Philip, who had gone missing after re-enlisting in the army. Belle didn't want him near her initially, especially after learning of his relationship with Willow, a former prostitute. Belle and Shawn finally began to come to an agreement about Claire when she was kidnapped from a diner. This terrified both Belle and Shawn, who then came under scrutiny from social services. Unbeknownst to anyone, on the occasions when Belle would allow Victor to visit with Claire, she was also spending time with Philip, who had been injured in his duties as a marine and needed reconstructive surgery.
When the case finally went to court, Philip won temporary custody of Claire, who was legally his daughter because he was married to Belle at the time of her birth and was named as her father on the birth certificate. Shortly after, Shawn and Belle kidnapped the little girl and fled the country, with Philip desperate to find out what happened to the little girl he raised for the first year of her life. Shawn and Belle initially fled to Canada, and ended up on a boat after Philip tracked them down. They landed on a deserted island, and Claire became very ill. They finally found their way to a small (but populated) island, where they met Duck and his daughter Gabby, who agreed to help them hide.
