Ryan Chamberlain

**Ryan Chamberlain** was a fictional character and main antagonist on the ABC soap opera *General Hospital*. He was the identical twin brother of Dr. Kevin Collins, father of Esme Prince, and the grandfather of Ace Prince-Cassadine.

## Casting

Ryan Chamberlain was portrayed by Jon Lindstrom from June 20, 1992 until the character's "death" on March 24, 1995.

Lindstrom also played Chamberlain's identical twin brother, Kevin Collins since December 3, 1993.

On August 10, 2018; while portraying Kevin, Lindstrom reprised the role of Ryan when he was revealed to be alive replacing Anders Hove as Cesar Faison and Sebastian Roché as Jerry Jacks respectively. He pulled double duty by playing both Kevin and Ryan until Ryan was presumed dead on March 8, 2019.

On April 4, 2019; Lindstrom appeared as Ryan in Ava Jerome's nightmare.

Although Ryan was revealed to be alive on May 14, 2019; Lindstrom began pulling double duty again by returning to the role from May 22 to June 13, 2019. He also appeared as Ryan on July 19, July 29, July 30, October 8, October 17, October 18, December 11 and December 12, 2019.

Lindstrom returned as Ryan from October 5 to November 4, 2020. He returned again from December 11, 2020 to January 7, 2021.

Lindstrom reprised the role for one episode on February 25, 2021. He returned again as Ryan on and off from July 23 to November 4, 2021.

Lindstrom returned as Ryan for his final run from March 8, 2022 until February 22, 2023 when the character was killed off.

On February 23, 2023; Lindstrom confirmed that he's done portraying Ryan, although he’s still portraying Kevin on *GH* to this day.

## Storylines

* 1992-95
* 2018-19
* 2020-23

Ryan Chamberlain was a pediatrician who began working at General Hospital in 1992, but it is revealed that he has been hiding his mentally unstable behavior for some time.

Felicia Jones, while living in Texas, knew him as "Todd Wilson" and saw him murder his wife Gloria. She fled town back to Port Charles with Maxie in May of 1992, and on the day she arrived was attacked outside the Brownstone. A few days later she would wake up with amnesia. When she was introduced to Ryan aka Todd she didn't remember him.

Ryan becomes obsessed with Felicia, who gets her memory back and is arrested for attempted murder after he traps her in a cabin and she attacks him in self-defense.

Ryan crashes Felicia and Mac Scorpio's wedding with a bomb, but is sent to an asylum. After escaping with the help of his counselor Connie Cooper, he kills her, kidnaps Georgie Jones and dies in a funhouse explosion after a face-to-face with his brother Kevin.

Ryan continued to appear to Kevin and taunt him over the years. It was revealed that as children, Ryan was sexually abused by their mother.
One night, she abuses Kevin, thinking it was Ryan. When Kevin tells their father, he takes Kevin and leaves Ryan behind. Ryan would eventually kill his mother.

12 years later, former Port Charles resident Jerry Jacks takes the Metro Court Hotel hostage in revenge for Ryan Chamberlain in February 2007 before Ryan was found out to be alive. It was him who was communicating via morse code to Carly when she was a patient there.

23 years later, Ryan was revealed to be alive in Port Charles and is being locked up in Ferncliff by his brother Kevin 11 years after the Metro Court Hotel hostage crisis by former Port Charles resident Jerry Jacks who could've been Ryan's accomplice and after the deaths of Nathan West and Cesar Faison respectively which triggered the earthquake one month later. On August 28, 2018, Ryan escaped from his restraints and attacked his brother. He took Kevin's clothes and placed his restraints on him. He fooled the Ferncliff staff and made his way to General Hospital where everyone was fooled into believing he was Dr. Kevin Collins. After meeting Jerry's former accomplice Franco Baldwin and learning of his history, he has begun to like him as he reminds him a lot of himself as Ryan attempts to pick up where the late Cesar Faison left off.

On Halloween, Ryan murdered Ferncliff nurse Mary Pat Ingles by stabbing her to death and placed her decapitated head into an apple bobbing barrel for Carly to find. The rest of the corpse was placed in Ava's art gallery with a jack o lantern as its head. Ryan (as Kevin) also separated from Laura, the woman the real Kevin is married to. On November 21, 2018; Ryan finds Ava and Nina fighting in Ava's art gallery and breaks it up. He then tells Ava that he has feelings for her and they kiss and Laura walks in and sees them kissing.

On November 26; Ryan murdered Ava's daughter Kiki Jerome by stabbing her to death in her apartment and then placed her corpse inside the Haunted Star, where it was found by newlyweds Curtis and Jordan Ashford. Ryan also hid the murder weapon in the apartment of Kiki's boyfriend, Dr. Griffin Munro, who is subsequently arrested after the knife is uncovered. However, Griffin is soon released as the PCPD suspects that the same person killed both Kiki and Mary Pat. Meanwhile, Ryan had began sleeping with Ava since the day he murdered Kiki and even stopped Ava from killing Griffin at the PCPD.

On New Year's Eve, Ryan murdered film producer Peyton Mills who was producing a documentary about him and stashed his body in the balcony of the Metro Court before celebrating the new year with Ava.

On January 21, 2019; Ryan stabs Lulu Spencer-Falconeri in her office after she gets too close to figuring out that he is actually not Kevin. He does not kill her and she gets away due to him suddenly going blind. Lulu is rushed to GH and Ava takes Ryan there too where he is revealed to have been infected with the same virus which had rendered Anna Devane temporarily blind. After his sight is restored, Ryan tries to finish off Lulu in her hospital room, but had to leave when Laura came in. After Lulu says she wants to remember what happened, Ryan convinces Lulu to let him Hypnotize her so she can regain her memory of who tried to kill her. He manipulates her memory to believe that it was Franco stabbed her. Franco is subsequently arrested and charged by the PCPD for Lulu's stabbing and the triple murder.

On February 18, Laura discovers Kevin in his cell at Ferncliff, prompting Ryan to drug her from behind and trap her in the basement alongside Kevin, who is still blinded by the virus Ryan had been cured for. On February 20, after asserting his innocence for while, Franco surprisingly pleads guilty to all charges as part of Jordan's secret plan to flush out the real killer. An enraged Ryan then became engaged to Ava despite her doubts and confronted Franco at Ferncliff about why he pled guilty. Franco unwillingly reveals Jordan's plan to him, but Ryan tells him that Jordan is in critical condition after a car accident and then stabs him in the stomach. After revealing his true identity as Ryan the serial killer, Ryan prepared to finish Franco off and stage his death as a self-defensive act, but a nurse arrived and Ryan asked her to get help. As she left, Franco attacked Ryan and escaped the cell before shutting the door on Ryan. However, the nurse returned to free Ryan, who soon put Ferncliff under lock-down. Franco had already escaped the facility and told everyone that Ryan was alive and the killer before being treated for his wound.

On March 1, Ryan and Ava planned to get married and flee to Canada, a plan which was denounced by Mac, Felicia, and Carly. As Ryan went to the basement parking lot of GH to check on his box of drivers' licences in the trunk of his car, Carly appeared behind him, wanting to confront him about Ryan's alias, Todd Wilson, used to identify the patient she talked morse code with long ago (actually Ryan). Ryan knocked Carly unconscious and locked her in the trunk before Felicia confronted him about his engagement to Ava. Ryan shut down Felicia and then drove Ava to a cabin en route to Canada. Unbeknownst to him, Kevin and Laura had escaped from Ferncliff and the latter told everyone that Franco is right about Ryan being alive the killer.

On March 6, once they reached the motel, Ryan and Ava slept together again and showered, but while Ryan was showering, Ava went to look for her shoes in the car and accidentally discovered Carly in the trunk. After a brief encounter with Cameron Spencer, Ryan appeared behind Ava and told her that the gagged up Carly was her wedding present, confusing her to the point that 'Kevin' is having another mental breakdown. Ryan later dumps Carly off at the bottom of a bridge and leaves her to die before returning to the motel and declaring to Ava that he's desperate to marry her.

Ryan and Ava leave the motel and rush over to a nearby crossing bridge leading to Canada, but Ava stops and demands Ryan to call 9-1-1 to ensure Carly's safety. However; Ryan forcefully persuades her into believing that they can run away into a world of paradise and as they leave, Jason Morgan arrives and shoots Ryan in the back of the shoulder before telling Ava to move out of the way because Ryan reminds Jason of Faison and Jerry combined. Laura arrives moments later and tries to tell Ava that her fiancee is not Kevin but Ryan and that the real Kevin is back at GH. Jason fires a warning shot and threatens to finish Ryan, who tells him that he will never know what happened to Carly if he kills him now. Meanwhile, Ava continues to believe that 'Kevin' is having another nervous breakdown and is told by Ryan to not believe Laura since she wants them to be separated. As police approach their location, Ryan grabs Ava, profoundly declares his love for her, and throws her and himself off the bridge. Jason is able to catch Ava while Ryan falls into the river below to his presumed death. Laura eventually tells Ava the whole truth, leaving her emotionally destroyed, and Jason rescues Carly.

On October 1, 2020; Ava received a collect call from Ryan, who wanted her to visit him at Pentonville to find out what he wanted. Ryan warned her that there would be dire consequences if she doesn't, so she eventually went to see him despite Julian and Nikolas Cassadine pleading with her not to.

On July 23 nearly five months later, it is revealed that the care facility he's in Spring Ridge where Alexis Davis comes face-to-face with him.

On December 9, 2022; it was revealed that years ago, Ryan had a relationship with Heather Webber under their aliases "Richard" and "Hazel", when they conceived their only daughter Esme Prince, whom Heather gave up for adoption. Years later Ryan found out about their daughter's existence through his keepsakes that Heather stole from him and Ryan later confronted Heather in his room at Spring Ridge about her leaving him and giving their daughter up for adoption. Ryan is aware, but Heather is unaware that they are about to become grandparents to their daughter Esme's unborn child from Esme's one-night stand with her former boyfriend Spencer Cassadine's father Nikolas Cassadine. Nikolas plans to send Esme to Cassadine Island after she gives birth. Unfortunately, on New Years Eve 2022, his daughter Esme set fire to the storage room in order to escape Nikolas, then she intentionally falls off the parapet into the ocean. Esme and her unborn baby were found by Spencer and Trina Robinson on the Haunted Star and she was taken to the hospital, where she was found to have hypothermia. Upon waking up, she claims she does not remember who she was and about her pregnancy. Later, Ryan informed Heather about their daughter's pregnancy and Heather became excited as this is her first grandchild for her, because both her sons Steven Lars and Franco didn't have children of their own. Also, she wanted to be there for Esme as she gave birth to her child. Ryan told her that it would not be impossible for her. Ryan and Heather were unaware that Esme suffered memory loss after falling into the ocean. They started to begin plans for themselves, Esme, the baby and possibly Ava, in Ryan's case. Ryan is now aware that Esme is currently being held in Spring Ridge until her upcoming trial for the revenge porn against Cameron Webber and Josslyn Jacks.

On February 17, 2023; Dante Falconeri and Sam McCall track down Maggie Fitzgerald in England. As the former nanny of Esme Prince and the couple wanted to learn more about Esme's background, especially since she has amnesia and has committed multiple felonies. They are shocked when Maggie reveals that Ryan is Esme's father, as Ryan's victim Connie Cooper's brooch was pinned to the blanket that swaddled the newborn Esme when she was given to the nuns for adoption. Maggie and Esme were able to trace it back to Connie, and then to Ryan.

On a chaotic Valentine's Day; Ryan reveals to Esme that he's her father and with Heather, they drag Esme along on their escape. The police mobilize to find them as they head to Wyndemere, where Ryan is pleased to find his two obsessions - Ava and Felicia. Heather hooks Austin, Esme escapes to the Island grounds, and Ryan follows. When he catches up to her, she admits that her water broke and she's in labor. Mac goes after them and in defense of Ava, kills Ryan on the grounds of Spoon Island. Esme gives birth to a boy in the castle, with the help of her uncle Kevin, and the baby's grandmother Laura.

On March 13, Ryan was mentioned in a conservation between Kevin, Mac, and Felicia as Kevin is still grieving for the loss of his brother. Felicia leaves Mac and Kevin to talk. Mac admits he’s been avoiding him, and he fears Kevin blames him for killing Ryan. Kevin says he doesn’t, he knows the burden Ryan has been on all of them. However, he still mourns the loss of his brother, but Mac has been his true brother. They embrace, and Felicia returns and is glad to see they’ve worked through things.
## Crimes Committed

* 1990s
* 2018-19
* 2020-23

* Killed his abusive mother Melanie Chamberlain [prior to 1992; revealed 1995]
* Killed Marsha Cooper [prior to 1992; revealed 1998; on Port Charles]
* Killed Suzanne Smith [prior to 1992]
* Killed Deborah Jones by stabbing her to death [prior to 1992]
* Killed Helen Parks by stabbing her to death [prior to 1992]
* Killed Magi Anthony by stabbing her to death [prior to 1992]
* Killed his fiancée, Linda Walker, by running her over [prior to 1992]
* Killed his wife, Gloria Wilson, by stabbing her to death [May 1992]
* Stalked Felicia Scorpio [May 1992-Mar 24, 1995]
* Spiked Felicia's drink [Aug 17, 1992]
* Tampered with Mac Scorpio's airplane [Aug 21, 1992]
* Spiked Felicia's drink again [Sep 29, 1992]
* Drugged Felicia [Nov 4, 1992]
* Kidnapped Felicia and attempted to murder her [Nov 9-13, 1992]
* Had Felicia committed to an asylum [Jan 25, 1993; she later escaped with Mac]
* Killed Michelle Blake by stabbing her to death [Mar 24, 1993]
* Attacked Audrey Hardy after mistaking her for his abusive mother [May 28, 1993]
* Attacked Steve Hardy and attempted to kill him [May 28, 1993]
* Kidnapped Maxie Jones [Jun 2, 1993]
* Held Felicia hostage [Jun 9, 1993]
* Killed Jessica Holmes by hitting her in the head with a candlestick [Sep 3, 1993]
* Held Felicia hostage again [Oct 20, 1993]
* Knocked his identical twin brother, Kevin Collins out and escaped the mental hospital by impersonating him [Jan 31, 1994]
* Got into a physical fight with Kevin in the aisle of the church at Mac and Felicia's wedding [Feb 8, 1994]
* Attempted to murder Felicia again [Feb 9, 1994]
* Held Felicia hostage at gunpoint during her wedding to Mac [Feb 9, 1994]
* Bombed the wedding ceremony after fighting with Mac [Feb 9, 1994]
* Killed his counselor Connie Cooper after she helped him escape an asylum [Mar 3, 1995]
* Broke into Kevin's house and stole money, clothes, and his keys [Mar 7, 1995]
* Kidnapped Georgie Jones [Mar 10, 1995]
* Stole a car [Mar 22, 1995]
* Tied up Lucy Coe and Felicia [Mar 23, 1995]
* Fought with his brother, Kevin [Mar 24, 1995]
* Assaulted Kevin [Mar 24, 1995]
* Faked his death [Mar 24, 1995; replaced by Cesar Faison and Jerry Jacks before Ryan was revealed to be alive on Aug 10, 2018]
* Worked for the DVX with his counterpart Cesar Faison before the deaths of Nathan West and Faison where it triggered the earthquake one month later [Mar 24, 1995-May 2018; revealed on Mar 13, 2019]

* Attacked his twin brother, Kevin Collins after escaping from his restraints and held him captive at Ferncliff while impersonating him [Aug 28, 2018-Mar 4, 2019]
* Murdered Mary Pat Ingles by stabbing her to death and then decapitated her postmortem after the deaths of Nathan West and Cesar Faison [Oct 30, 2018; revealed Nov 1, 2018]
* Tricked Lulu into believing that Franco Baldwin stabbed her and framed Franco for the stabbing and as well as his murders [Feb 5-Mar 5, 2019]
* Fugitive; hunted by the F.B.I., the Canadian authorities, and the P.C.P.D. [Mar 5-8, 2019]
* Knocked Scott Baldwin unconscious [May 22, 2019]
* Attempted to attack Det. Harrison Chase [Oct 18, 2019; failed]

* Threw a wild tantrum in the visitation room, threatened Ava in the process acting like Cesar Faison, and had to be dragged out by a corrections officer [Oct 30, 2020]
* Faked his locked-in syndrome [Jan 7, 2021-Feb 16, 2023; revealed on Mar 8, 2022]
* Ordered his daughter Esme Prince to break up Nikolas and Ava [Feb 19, 2021-Jan 4, 2023; revealed on Mar 9, 2022]
* Complicity of armed robbery at Charlie's Pub; hired Eric Watson and Harry DeFranco in revenge for Peter August nearly two months after his death [Apr 13-14, 2022; Esme's involvement revealed Apr 20, 2022; then Ryan's involvement revealed on May 12, 2022; then Linc's involvement revealed on May 17, 2022; then Victor's involvement revealed on May 26, 2022; then Johann's involvement revealed on September 22, 2022; Eric and Harry released on bail on Apr 20, 2022]
* Held a knife to Heather Webber's throat [Feb 15, 2023]
* Killed a corrections officer by stabbing him in the back [Feb 15, 2023]
* Impersonated a corrections officer [Feb 16, 2023]
* Escaped Spring Ridge with Esme and Heather [Feb 16, 2023]
* Fugitive; being hunted by the P.C.P.D. [Feb 16-22, 2023; as Jerry Jacks]
* Knocked out Mac Scorpio [Feb 16, 2023; as Jerry Jacks]
* Held Ava Jerome and Felicia Scorpio hostage at gunpoint in revenge for Cesar Faison and Jerry Jacks; not even Sonny Corinthos nor Jason Morgan could stop him because Jason is deceased [Feb 16-20, 2023; as Jerry Jacks]
* Planning to leave either Ava or Felicia to be killed by The Hook AKA Heather in revenge for the late Cesar Faison and Jerry Jacks who is currently missing and nowhere to be found after escaping from prison; not even Sonny Corinthos nor Jason Morgan could stop him because Jason is deceased on Cassadine Island following the shootout before Jason was revealed to be alive a year later in 2024 [Feb 17-20, 2023; as Jerry Jacks; failed]

## Health and Vitals

* Faked having locked-in syndrome [revealed Jan 7, 2021-Feb 17, 2023]
* Assaulted; sprayed with perfume by Ava who knew it contained ingredients to which he is allergic [Feb 25, 2021]
* Slapped by Heather Webber [Dec 9, 2022]
* Shot and killed by Mac Scorpio in defense of Ava [Feb 22, 2023; as Jerry Jacks]

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Nikolas Cassadine - Ryan's nephew via marriage of Kevin and Laura
* Melanie Chamberlain - Ryan's mother (deceased)
* Stephen Clay - Ryan's nephew-in-law (deceased)
* Kevin Collins - Ryan's identical twin brother
* Laura Collins - Ryan's sister-in-law
* Victor Collins - Ryan's father
* Livvie Locke - Ryan's niece (deceased)
* Esme Prince - Ryan's daughter with Heather
* Ace Prince-Cassadine - Ryan's grandson
* Lucky Spencer - Ryan's nephew via marriage of Kevin and Laura
* Lulu Spencer - Ryan's niece via marriage of Kevin and Laura (hospitalized)

* Frank Anderson - Faison's former henchman (imprisoned)
* Greg Barnes - Faison's former henchman (imprisoned)
* Nelle Benson - (deceased)
* Steve Book - (imprisoned)
* Arthur Cabot
* Harry DeFranco - Armed robber
* Alex Devane - Anna Devane's twin sister and Ryan's new friend
* Hilda Dorsey
* Cesar Faison - Ryan's Danish counterpart (deceased)
* Sonny Faison - Faison's son with unknown woman
* Chris Gentry - (imprisoned)
* Paul Gentry - (imprisoned)
* Oz Haggerty - Ryan and his daughter Esme's friend/accomplice (deceased)
* The Hook - Ryan's co-conspirator who is revealed to be Heather Webber (captured)
* Paul Hornsby - Former district attorney and Margaux's predecessor (imprisoned)
* Maggie Johns - Alexis' former cellmate
* Cassandra Pierce - Ryan's new friend (deceased)
* Cyrus Renault - Ryan's friend who bores an uncanny resemblance to Faison and former Chairman of the Board at General Hospital before changing his appearance to Johnny Zacchara 25-30 years later (imprisoned)
* Suzanne Stanwyck
* Eric Watson - Armed robber
* Heather Webber - Ryan's former lover and inmate, also the mother of his daughter Esme and the Hook killer (imprisoned)
* Johnny Zacchara - (imprisoned)

* Elisha Adams - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
* Haley Adams
* Leah Adams
* Randy Ashcroft - Sheriff of the Eerie County Sheriff's Department
* Curtis Ashford
* Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
* Marshall Ashford - Curtis' father
* T.J. Ashford
* Peter August - Faison's son with Anna and Nelle's female counterpart (deceased)
* Franco Baldwin - His daughter Esme's maternal half-brother (deceased)
* Scott Baldwin - Former District Attorney
* Hayden Barnes - Franco's female counterpart/sister-in-law
* Shawn Butler - Moved to San Francisco
* Neil Byrne - (deceased)
* Drew Cain - Former Navy SEAL and his daughter Esme's maternal first cousin once removed
* Joseph Campbell - Former District Attorney now living in Atlanta
* Naomi Carson
* Spencer Cassadine - Nikolas son, Laura's grandson, Ava's ex-stepson, and Ryan's grandson Ace's paternal half-brother
* Harrison Chase - Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Brad Cooper - Former lab manager at General Hospital and currently gambling manager for Selina Wu at The Savoy
* Carly Corinthos
* Michael Corinthos
* Sonny Corinthos
* Jessica Cruz - aka Green Lantern
* Alexis Davis - Former District Attorney
* Margaux Dawson - Former District Attorney, Paul's successor, and Robert's predecessor now living in Seattle
* Anna Devane - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department
* Sean Donely - (deceased)
* Felix DuBois
* Carol Ferris - aka Star Sapphire
* Hamilton Finn
* Max Giambetti
* Milo Giambetti
* Barbara Gordon - aka Batgirl
* Dick Grayson - aka Nightwing
* Martin Grey - Cyrus' brother and Laura's paternal half-brother
* Audrey Hardy - Former General Hospital Head Nurse
* Steve Hardy - Former General Hospital Chief of Staff (deceased)
* Stella Henry - Curtis's maternal aunt
* Tiffany Hill
* Ava Jerome - Kiki's mother
* Epiphany Johnson - Former General Hospital head nurse (deceased)
* Maxie Jones
* Tony Jones - (deceased)
* Hal Jordan - aka Green Lantern
* Koriand'r - aka Starfire
* Ric Lansing - Former District Attorney
* Sam McCall
* Jason Morgan - his daughter Esme's maternal second cousin once removed
* Griffin Munro
* Liesl Obrecht
* Diana Prince - aka Wonder Woman
* A.J. Quartermaine - (deceased)
* Alan Quartermaine - (deceased)
* Monica Quartermaine
* Ned Quartermaine - Former Mayor of Port Charles
* Olivia Quartermaine
* Tracy Quartermaine
* Zoe Raleigh
* Portia Robinson - Trina's mother
* Trina Robinson - Marcus's and Portia's daughter and his daughter Esme's enemy
* Felicia Scorpio
* James Scorpio - Anna and Robert's son, Mac's nephew, Robin's brother, and Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Mac Scorpio - Former Commissioner and current Chief of Detectives of the Port Charles Police Department
* Robert Scorpio - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department, former WSB agent, current District Attorney, and Margaux's successor
* Robin Scorpio-Drake - Anna and Robert's daughter, Mac's niece, and James' sister who moved to Berkeley
* Aiden Spencer - Lucky's and Elizebeth's biological son
* Bobbie Spencer - (deceased)
* Jake Spencer
* Luke Spencer - Lucky, Lulu, and Ethan's biological father (deceased)
* Valerie Spencer
* Damian Spinelli
* Henry Sullivan
* Marcus Taggert - Trina's father
* Clyde Thompson
* Cameron Webber
* Elizabeth Webber
* Mary Wells - Current General Hospital Head Nurse
* Zatanna Zatara
* Kara Zor-El - aka Supergirl