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Roman Augustus Brady
Appearances 1981 to 1984, 1991 to 1994, July 21st, 1997 to Present
Date of birth (1950-08-26) August 26, 1950 (age 74)
Gender Male
Parents Shawn & Caroline Brady
Siblings Kimberly, Kayla, Bo
Married Anna Fredericks (divorced)Marlena Evans 1983 to 1994 (divorced) Kate Roberts, 2003 to 2005 (divorced)
Children Sami Brady
Eric Brady, Carrie Brady, Rex and Cassie
Romantic entanglements Nicole Walker (lovers)
Billie Reed
Occupation Cop, exISA agent
Portrayer Wayne Northrop, Drake Hogestyn (false not real), Josh Taylor

Roman Augustus Brady (born August 26, 1950) is a fictional character on the television drama Days of our Lives. Roman was played by Wayne Northrop from 1981-1984 and 1991-1994, and has been played by Josh Taylor since 1997, with a brief hiatus in early 2004, when he was a victim of the show's now-infamous serial killer storyline. Drake Hogestyn played Roman Brady from 1986-1991, until Northrop returned to the show and it was revealed in a hamhanded storyline that Hogestyn's character was not the true Roman Brady.

Hogestyn's portrayal of Roman was retconned into a new separate character, that of John Black (born Forrest Alamain), an amnesiac mercenary employed by Roman's arch-nemesis, international crime boss Stefano DiMera, who had brainwashed John into believing he was Roman. This happened after Roman was believed to have been killed at Stefano's hand, and John was assigned to "replace" Roman, apparently to wreak all kinds of havoc among the Brady family as well as infiltrating the police, while holding the real Roman captive in a Mexican prison.

This is a true retcon as during Hogestyn's portrayal as Roman, it was well established via flashbacks and other plot devices that he was the true Roman Brady (interestingly enough, John's past was later retconned again into his being the son of Stefano's ex-wife Daphne and an as-yet unknown father; this revelation came at roughly the same time as the retelling of an ancient feud between the DiMera and Brady families, fueling fan speculation that his father is none other than Shawn Brady, thus making John and Roman half-brothers, although this has yet to be played out onscreen). Hogestyn himself has expressed dismay at how the character was handled by the show's writers. Some watchers and fans now refer in retrospect to Hogestyn's character from 1986-1991 as "Roman II", "RoJohn", or "faux Roman" (or "FauxMan").

Roman is a police captain and detective in the fictional midwestern town of Salem. He is also a former agent with the fictional International Security Alliance (ISA), a spy agency focused on the unusually high-level and global criminal conspiracies that tended to center around his otherwise-quiet home town. During his portrayal by Northrop, he was established as a top-notch cop but also a bit of a renegade, often accepting deep-cover assignments, and a master of disguise. Hogestyn's character was more by-the-book on the job, although still dangerous with a dark side somewhat characteristic of an ex-spy, and more of a ladies' man. Taylor's portrayal is more that of a "regular guy", with a bit less intrigue and more straightforward professionally.

The character as portrayed by Northrop and Hogestyn was one of the main characters on the show and a leading man in Roman's various romances. However, the character as portrayed by Taylor has for the most part (with the exception of his return and his part in the Salem Serial Killer storyline) been reduced to more of a minor character.

Family, Marriages, Romantic Entanglements & Children

Parents

Sibling(s)

Marital Status

  • Single

Past Marriage(s)

Children

Grandchildren

  • Will Roberts (Grandson, via Sami)
  • Unnamed Child (Grandchild, via Sami) [due 09/2007]

Other Relative(s)

Enemies & Rivals

Given the action-adventure tone of the show during Roman's tenure, especially during the 1980s and early 1990s, as well as the character's job as a police detective, he has had numerous adversaries, rivals, and enemies. They have included:

  • Stefano DiMera (crime boss; Roman's worst enemy; when he couldn't manage to kill Roman after several attempts, he held Roman prisoner in Mexico for several years while "replacing" him with John Black, whom he'd brainwashed into believing he was Roman)
  • Victor Kiriakis (publisher, shipping tycoon, and former crime boss; former paramour of Roman's mother Caroline; although more of a foil to John Black than to Roman, Victor and Roman have been sometime-rivals for the attentions of Kate Roberts)
  • Orpheus (former ISA partner and double agent; although he held Roman responsible for the accidental shooting death of his wife, he unwittingly sought his revenge against John Black during the time the world thought that John was Roman)
  • Miguel Torres (drug lord and father of Bianca and Rafi)
  • Rafi Torres (son of Miguel and successor as leader of his drug cartel)
  • Ernesto Toscano ("poor man's Stefano"; vintner, magician, and crime boss, rival of Victor, and supposed father of Isabella; another foil to John Black during his "Roman" years)
  • Forrest Alamain aka John Black (unwitting "Roman imposter" and rival for the affections of Roman's wife Marlena Evans)
  • Lawrence Alamain (minor European nobility and oil tycoon and wannabe crime boss; responsible for the staged death and disappearance of Roman's brother-in-law Steve Johnson; John Black's adopted brother and biological first cousin; his quest for a Mexican treasure began the unraveling of the plot that resulted in the "two Romans" and reestablished John Black as a separate character)
  • Tony DiMera (faux European nobility; semi-legitimate businessman-turned-crime boss; son of Stefano and heir to his criminal organization; half-brother of John Black; mastermind of the Salem Serial Killer hoax and other outlandish plots)
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