Brad Cooper

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**Bradley "Brad" Cooper** was a fictional character on the daytime soap opera *General Hospital*.

Brad is a former employee at General Hospital and currently gambling manager for his aunt Selina Wu at The Savoy.

The late Dr. Britt Westbourne was his best friend before her death by The Hook who was revealed to be Heather Webber returning the favor to Britt's late father Cesar Faison five years later.

## Casting

The role of Brad Cooper was originated by Marcus Toji on February 13, 2013. However, Parry Shen took over the role on May 6, 2013.

"I was kind of getting bored and looking for something new. Something to challenge me and get me scared," Shen said of his reason for taking the role. When he auditioned, Shen was told that the role was recurring and didn't expect it to last long.

On January 29, 2018; it was announced that Shen, who hasn't been seen since May of 2017, will return to General Hospital sometime this year.

On December 1, 2019; Shen put up a Facebook post that seemingly confirmed he was leaving *GH*. On December 4, however, it was revealed that Shen was joking around with the speculation of his exit and that he will not be leaving after all.

On March 12, 2020; Shen exited the series when his character was sent to prison and was later replaced by James Patrick Stuart (Valentin Cassadine).

On August 12, 2020; Shen confirmed he is back on set and filming with Time Winters (Dr. Arthur Cabot). Shen returned from November 18 to November 24, 2020.

On January 27, 2021; it was revealed that Shen will return to *GH* again as Brad. He returned from February 19 to February 22, 2021.

On May 25, 2021; it was reported that Shen will once again return to *GH*. He returned for only one episode on July 2, 2021.

On October 30, 2021; in a leaked script, it was rumored that Shen will soon be back as Brad.

On November 15, 2021; Soaps.com confirmed that Shen will return to *GH* as Brad. He returned on December 10, 2021 after Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) left *GH* when the character was dead on Cassadine Island.

Shen made his final appearance as Brad on March 29, 2023 after Sonya Eddy (Epiphany Johnson) died coincidental with the character's death and memorial service where Brad attended memorial service before dropping off the canvas and later since replaced by James Patrick Stuart (Valentin Cassadine).

## Storylines

* 2013-14
* 2017-20
* 2021-23

Brad is a lab technician at the GH lab replacing Robin Scorpio-Drake who is being held against her will with the help of Brad's accomplices Cesar Faison, Jerry Jacks, and Liesl Obrecht after the death of Jason Morgan. Dr. Britt Westbourne helps get him the promotion to lab manager in exchange for doctoring some fake lab tests to show that she is being affected by Hyperemesis Gravidarum. The medical condition is used as a possible excuse to get Britt to live with her ex-boyfriend Dr. Patrick Drake, the supposed father of her unborn child. Brad is promoted to lab manager soon before Britt's sick leave, which gives Ellie Trout, another lab tech, some suspicions of a possible secretive alliance between Brad and Britt.

Brad has eyes for fellow GH employee and nurse Felix DuBois, who is disgusted by the thought, but attempts to use this to get information for Patrick and Patrick's girlfriend nurse Sabrina Santiago. He continues his warped sense of justice and attempts to make Michael Corinthos agree to have sex with him (even though Michael is clearly straight and was raped by a man named Carter in prison in 2009) in exchange for his "silence" about witnessing Michael kissing his cousin Kiki Jerome. On September 4, Brad tells Felix that he really likes him. They almost kiss but Patrick interrupts and punches Brad for helping Britt lie about the baby. Brad is the father of Britt's son (via sperm donation). Brad stop Dante at the hospital to tell him something about Britt's baby. After the baby is born Brad goes to look at the baby but doesn't approach Britt or the baby.

After Cyrus Renault had been released from prison with a full exoneration, Brad becomes Paul Hornsby's new cellmate.

On November 18, Brad came back after he was attacked under the orders of Cyrus Renault who bores an uncanny resemblance to Britt's late father Cesar Faison after he became the Chairman of the Board at General Hospital after eight months and a week in prison three months prior to Jason and Sam being separated by Cyrus for seven months.

On May 3-4, Brad became traumatized when Trent Beech and Carl Pine were tried to kill his best friend Britt Westbourne with a fatal injection and the shooting at the parking garage at General Hospital under Cyrus Renault's orders. Then Britt's mother Liesl Obrecht secretly threatened Cyrus behind his back who reminded her of the late Cesar Faison after the death of Franco Baldwin.

On June 4, Cyrus was arrested for holding Portia Robinson and her daughter Trina hostage in their home as Brad can have peace.

On June 16, Brad was happy that Cyrus was sent to an out-of-state federal prison in the Midwest meaning that Brad will be safe before having a parole officer since he has his parole is coming up. Britt makes plans for Brad to be out by the Nurses' Ball in the fall because his former co-worker and head nurse Mary Wells isn't sure what she would do after Brad gets parole, but the Nurses' Ball didn't happen.

On December 10, a mysterious inmate in Pentonville gave Peter August some breakfast through a slide but Peter initially didn't want it. The mystery inmate then put it back on the breakfast cart, but Peter changed his mind and wanted him to bring it back, so he did. After Peter ate his breakfast, he went to leave but started coughing, choking and wheezing. It was revealed that the mysterious inmate was Brad after Jason Morgan's presumed death on Cassadine Island via tunnel collapse during shootout with Nelle Benson's male counterpart Peter August and a day after Raquelle Fraser's arrest, Brad will try to later assume the name Jason Morgan.

On December 15, Brad was released on parole and is with his aunt Selina Wu and later his parole officer Steven Scott.

On April 18, Brad was questioned by the PCPD and his parole officer about the armed robbery at the Charlie's Pub to think that Brad was violating his parole. He denied any involvement of complicity of armed robbery and was eliminated as a suspect after Jason was replaced by Victor's henchman Johann Bauer and armed robbers Eric Watson and Harry DeFranco wanting revenge for the late Peter August.

On March 29, Brad heard the news that his former co-worker Epiphany Johnson has died and was devastated. He later attends Epiphany's memorial service before being replaced back by Valentin Cassadine.
## Crimes Committed

* Replaced Robin Scorpio-Drake under the orders of Cesar Faison, Jerry Jacks, Liesl Obrecht, Victor Cassadine, Helena Cassadine, and Paul Hornsby [Feb 13, 2013-Dec 22, 2015]
* Aided and abetted Britt Westbourne (let her hide in his apartment) [Apr-May 2015]
* Poisoned Peter August through the actions of his aunt Selina Wu, who made a deal with Sonny Corinthos to have Peter killed in exchange for Sonny promoting Brad's parole for her nearly a month after Jason Morgan's death on Cassadine Island [Dec 10, 2021; as Jason Morgan]
* Suspected of complicity of armed robbery at Charlie's Pub by hiring Eric Watson and Harry DeFranco that would violate his parole [Apr 18, 2022; Brad denied any involvement and was eliminated as a suspect and Esme, Ryan, Linc, Victor, and Johann's involvement revealed on Apr 20, 2022 as they and the armed robbers were in revenge for Peter August nearly two months after Peter's death]

## Health and Vitals

* Cursed under the spirit of Helena Cassadine [Feb 19, 2016; shown from Feb 23-24, 2016]
* Attacked in prison under the orders of Cyrus Renault after being in prison for eight months and a week three months prior to Jason Morgan and Sam McCall being separated by Cyrus for seven months with the help of Dolores Maloney; almost died [revealed on Nov 18, 2020; offscreen; hospitalized from Nov 18-24, 2020]
* Traumatized when Trent Beech and Carl Pine tried to kill his best friend Britt Westbourne with a fatal injection and the shooting at the parking garage at General Hospital under Cyrus Renault's orders in revenge for Cesar Faison, Hank Archer aka Shiloh, Cassandra Pierce, Nelle Benson, and Dolores Maloney [May 3-4, 2021; offscreen and then Liesl Obrecht secretly threatened Cyrus behind his back afterwards]
* In the line of fire when Cody Bell jumped from a plane and knocked Britt Westbourne into the Metro Court pool during a Society Setups charity mixer [Jun 1, 2022]

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Kim Wu - Brad's biological father (deceased)
* Selina Wu - Brad's aunt

* Bill Abbott - Court judge and frequent attendee in his aunt Selina Wu's backroom poker games at The Savoy
* Michael Carson - (imprisoned)
* Victor Cassadine - Valentin's father and Charlotte and Donald's paternal grandfather (deceased)
* Hilda Dorsey - (imprisoned)
* Cesar Faison - Britt's biological father (deceased)
* Violet Finn
* Mallory Gentry
* Milo Giambetti - Lucas' counterpart and Epiphany's ex-boyfriend
* Mary Pat Ingles - Brad's female counterpart formerly at Ferncliff (deceased)
* Jerry Jacks - Brad's former boss/accomplice
* Maggie Johns
* Epiphany Johnson - Brad's late friend, former General Hospital Head Nurse, and former co-worker (deceased)
* Kurt Lazarus
* Dean Murdock
* Jeffrey Nash
* Liesl Obrecht - Britt's biological mother
* Shawn Phillips - Brad's counterpart (imprisoned)
* Sabrina Santiago - (deceased)
* Steven Scott - Brad's parole officer
* Hank Smith
* Rupert Watson - Epiphany's male counterpart
* Britt Westbourne - Brad's late best friend (deceased)

* Mark Ambrose - Victor's henchman
* Frank Anderson - Faison's former henchman (imprisoned)
* Hank Archer - aka Shiloh (deceased)
* Peter August - Nelle's male counterpart, his late best friend Britt's paternal half-brother, and Cesar Faison's son with Alex Marick who is following in his late father's footsteps and was replaced by two armed robbers Eric Watson and Harry DeFranco as Charlie's Pub who were wanting revenge for Peter August after Peter's death (deceased)
* Greg Barnes - Faison's former henchman (imprisoned)
* Trent Beech - Cyrus' henchman (deceased)
* David Boyd - Victor's African-American henchman
* John Brennan - (captured)
* Helena Cassadine - Stavros and Valentin's mother; Nikolas, Donald, and Charlotte's paternal grandmother; and Spencer's great-grandmother (deceased)
* Stavros Cassadine - Nikolas' father and Spencer's paternal grandfather (deceased)
* Valentin Cassadine - Helena's son with Victor, his late best friend Britt's ex-cousin-in-law, and Donald and Charlotte's father
* Harry DeFranco - Armed robber wanting revenge for the late Peter August
* Russ Delvin - Faison's former henchman - (imprisoned)
* Jane Edwards - Victor's henchwoman - (deceased)
* Jerome Grisham
* Mark Hay - Victor's henchman
* The Hook - Serial killer whose face and identity concealed and is later revealed to be Heather Webber who killed his best friend Britt returning the favor to the late Cesar Faison nearly five years later (captured)
* Olivia Jerome - Faison's female counterpart, Nelle's former sister-in-law, Nikolas' former sister-in-law, and Spencer's former aunt by marriage (imprisoned)
* Richard Klein - Faison's former henchman
* Elmer Lewis - Victor's henchman
* Carl Pine - Cyrus' African-American henchman (deceased)
* Cyrus Renault - Brad's new enemy and Nelle's friend who bores an uncanny resemblance to Britt's late father Cesar Faison and former Chairman of the Board at General Hospital (imprisoned)
* Tobias Richard - Victor's henchman
* Robin Scorpio-Drake
* Unnamed sniper and arsonist
* Bill Watkins - Victor's henchman
* Eric Watson - Armed robber wanting revenge for the late Peter August