Deacon Sharpe
| Deacon Sharpe | |||||||||||
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| The Bold and the Beautiful The Young and the Restless character | |||||||||||
| File:SeanKanan.jpg Sean Kanan as Deacon Sharpe | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Sean Kanan | ||||||||||
| Duration | (on The Bold and the Beautiful: 2000-2005) (on The Young and the Restless: 2009-present) | ||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 3419 November 1, 2000 (on The Bold and the Beautiful) Episode 9185 July 9, 2009 (on The Young and the Restless) | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 4496 February 22, 2005 (on The Bold and the Beautiful) | ||||||||||
| Created by | Bradley Bell | ||||||||||
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Deacon Sharpe is a fictional character from the CBS soap operas The Bold and the Beautiful and its "sister soap" The Young and the Restless. Sean Kanan played the role from November 1, 2000 until February 22, 2005 on The Bold and the Beautiful and will be playing the character on The Young and the Restless starting July 9, 2009.
The Bold and the Beautiful (2000-2005)
In last minute move to stop Amber (Adrienne Frantz) and C.J.'s (Mick Cain) wedding in November 2000, Rick Forrester (then played by Justin Torkildsen) tracked down Deacon Sharpe, the biological father of Little Eric in order for him to sign over parental rights to he and Amber.
A visit from Deacon's abusive stepfather, Darryl, left him unconscious and battered. Deacon vowed to be a better father then Daryl ever was as he began to develop a bond with Little Eric. A legal arrangement outside of the Forrester family influence saw Amber agree to a four month live-in arrangement with Deacon and Little Eric upon which time he would relinquish all parental rights and let her go if she still wants to. Brooke's (Katherine Kelly Lang) interference and convincing photographs of Rick and Amanda kissing at their interstate tennis match drove Amber into the comforting arms of Deacon. A friendly kiss between the two was interpreted by Rick as a reason to end the engagement. Deacon then organized a surprise getaway for the devastated Amber by taking her to Las Vegas. There the two bonded as they learned more about each other. An encounter with Daryl lead to a breakthrough for Deacon overcoming past demons there since childhood. Stephanie (Susan Flannery) then informed Rick of Brooke's manipulation and he went to search for Amber. Rick and Amber soon reunited and planned to marry as soon as possible and Amber asked Deacon to sign papers releasing her from the four month agreement but instead allowing visitation to Little Eric.
Eric (John McCook), Stephanie, Brooke and Thorne (Winsor Harmon) visited Deacon at his nightclub The Lair. Deacon was furious when Eric boasted about not having to pay the agreed million set in the original documents. Deacon ordered them out of his apartment and promised them that they would all pay for this abuse. Previous chance meetings at Deacon's club, at Mannequins and Café Russe saw a friendship develop between Deacon and Eric's daughter, Bridget (then played by Jennifer Finnigan). Both were unaware of who the other was until Bridget left Deacon her number, revealing to him that she was a Forrester. Deacon came clean and told her his name. Bridget was stunned when she realized who he was, but Deacon manipulated Bridget into thinking he now cared for her. Before reluctantly moving ahead with his plan to use Bridget, Deacon tried to get Rick, Brooke and Amber to stop the wedding. Amber and Rick's wedding day arrived and as the ceremony began and the two were about to exchange vows, Eric stood up and asked the minister to stop as he approached Deacon and demanded he leave immediately. Eric and Brooke were mortified when Bridget announced that Deacon was her date!
The guests were asked to leave and Deacon and Amber went to the den to talk while the rest of the Forresters tried to make Bridget see Deacon's true intentions. When Rick, Eric and Brooke entered the den, Deacon forced them to choose between Amber and Bridget stating that he would be leaving with one of them. Eric, Ridge and Thorne beat Deacon to a pulp before throwing him out of Stephanie's mansion, and Bridget went running after him. In the car, Deacon proposed and the two of them drove to Las Vegas and got married.
The Forresters were shocked and appalled when they learned of Bridget's marriage and resolved the situation temporarily by letting the newlyweds stay at Taylor's (Hunter Tylo) Beach house without any family interference. When Eric, Brooke and Rick called Deacon on the speaker phone demanding Bridget be sent home, Deacon retaliated by leaving the phone off the hook as they listened in horror to Deacon making love to Bridget, Eric's teenage daughter. The following day, as Deacon left Insomnia, he was caught off guard by a hit and run assailant knocking him down. At the hospital, Deacon revealed that the driver who hit him was Eric and decided not to press charges, strengthening Bridget's faith in Deacon.
In a move that shocked viewers, Deacon and Brooke were still at odds with each other over Bridget and were in constant verbal altercations over wanting him to leave her daughter. In the midst of these talks Deacon tried to get over to her what his feelings for Amber were like and he asks her if there's anyone else she has that much passion for. And Brooke, looks away and inadvertently mentions Ridge's name. Even though she was still married to Thorne. They didn't realize that Thorne was at the door listening as Deacon states, "You mean to tell me you still love Ridge." To which she says "Yes, and you must not reveal this to anyone." When Brooke arrives to the cabin to meet and greet Thorne he goes into a fit yelling at her and tells her what he heard her tell Deacon. Brooke becomes depressed as Thorne leaves her screaming in the mud with a multitude of tears. She later within the week becomes drunk and cries a lot when Deacon comes over after he discovers from Bridget that Thorne left her mother because of her need to be with Ridge. He feels responsible and he brings over more liquor. Pours it into a glass for her and compliments her and then commences to kiss her a lot as she cries. And this is when the affair begins. Although they both tried to keep their feelings in check, they eventually gave in to their passion and shared one adulterous night after another.
The two were given a wake-up call when a test revealed that Brooke was pregnant. Though Deacon wanted to be a part of his child's life, Brooke tried to push him away for Bridget's sake, but the temptation became too strong and they gave in to their desires again. A furious Stephanie found out and forced Brooke to marry Whip Jones (Rick Hearst) in order to hide the truth from Bridget. Bridget's world came crashing down around her when she overheard Brooke and Deacon talking and realized that Deacon, not Whip, was the baby's father. During a stint where Brook asserted her authority at Forrester, she made Deacon Head of Marketing. The lead to an altercation where Deacon showed his martial arts skills in beating Ridge and causing near career-ending damage to his drawing hand. She took comfort in Stephanie, who vowed that she would be her mother from now on. After Bridget found out about her mother and Deacon, she and Stephanie went to Big Bear. There, Bridget confronted Brooke who then went into labor, forcing Stephanie and Bridget to deliver the child. Deacon was in for a shock when Bridget got home. She told him that she knew about the affair and kicked him out of the house. Eventually, Bridget patched things up with Brooke, and even named her baby: Hope Logan was born July 4, 2002.
Deacon married Macy Alexander (Bobbie Eakes) in 2003, and the two began raising Little Eric, who Deacon had sued for custody of when the Forresters denied him access to either of his children. Macy died in a tragic accident not long thereafter, leaving Deacon to raise his son alone. He tried to persuade his ex-wife, Bridget, back, but she was committed to Oscar Marone (Brian Gaskill). Not long after, Deacon began a torrid affair with Jacqueline Marone (Lesley-Anne Down), and when her husband Massimo (Joseph Mascolo) had a stroke, Deacon delighted in tormenting a paralyzed Massimo by telling him about the affair with Jackie, even drugging Jackie with Massimo fully aware. Massimo recovered but Jackie stayed with Deacon. Shortly after Heather Engle (Shari Headley) came to work for Deacon, he started having the same old craving for liquor, not realizing that Heather, who was in cahoots with Massimo to get revenge on Deacon, had been spiking his drinks. After realizing he couldn't stop the thirst, he decided to go to rehab. Bridget (now played by Ashley Jones) found out the truth, but was unable to stop him in time. A brokenhearted Deacon left Los Angeles to get his life back together.
When Brooke Logan temporary lost custody of her children Ridge Forrester's lawyers contacted Deacon, who was living in Las Vegas, and convinced him to sign his paternal rights to his daughter Hope Logan over to Ridge.
The Young and the Restless (2009-present)
He first appeared in Genoa City on July 9, 2009. It is rumored that he is involved with framing Daniel Romalotti for murder. Amber confronted him about framing Daniel and he made an indecent offer to free Daniel.