General Hospital is an American television soap opera that was first broadcast on April 1, 1963. The following is a list of characters that first appear in the show during the 2020s, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Frank Valentini. (Johnny Wactor) was introduced in January 2020, as the distant relative of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard). (Jeff Kober) made his first appearance in February 2021, as an antagonist to Benard's Sonny. (Brook Kerr) debuted in March 2020 as the mother of Trina Robinson and is later employed at General Hospital. In May 2021, (Roger Howarth) was introduced as the long-lost son of Jimmy Lee Holt (Steve Bond) and grandson of former Quartermaine family patriarch, Edward Quartermaine. Additionally, multiple appear throughout the decade.