Celebrity Biographies
Michael Nader
He appeared in numerous series and feature films, but he is best known as Dex Dexter, one of the longest-lived characters on “Dynasty,” the huge 80s television hit. Michael Nader died on August 23, 2021, in northern California, cancer, as confirmed by his representative. He was 76 years old. “We spent 18 wonderful years together with our daughter and the many dogs we’ve raised and adopted,” said Jodi Lister, his wife. “Recently, Michael was very excited to reconnect with his friends from the ‘Dynasty’ cast during a virtual event to help raise money for COVID research. He was a beautiful and fascinating man with many talents and skills. “.
Born on February 19, 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri, Michael Nader was of Lebanese descent, the nephew of actor George Nader. At age six, he was struck by a drunk driver, which left him with a visible facial scar. At 16, he appeared in a Life photo to illustrate an article about surfers. He had such an impact that they began to offer him roles as a practitioner of this beach sport, in Scandal on the beach, Crazy about Mr. Universe, Fun on the beach or Bikini Beach .
Michael Nader began to become popular in the United States with a fixed character in the series Gidget . After El viaje , a drama by Roger Corman with a script by Jack Nicholson , the opportunity of his life arises when he is recruited for the soap opera Dynasty , where he gave life to the aforementioned character of Dex Dexter, a businessman who tries to make Alexis Colby fall in love with him. remembered role of Joan Collins , the great villain of fiction. With the course of the chapters, she yielded to his charms. He remained on the series until its cancellation in 1989.
Unfortunately, his career was not going well after Dynasty ., especially because of his problems with drugs and alcohol. In 1997, Michael Nader was arrested for driving under the influence with his then 13-year-old daughter in the car. Despite everything, he triumphed again in his country, leading the long-running soap opera All my children , intertwined stories of various families in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania. They fired him when they arrested him again in 2001, for selling cocaine, and the writers killed off his character, but due to the numerous complaints received from viewers who adored his character, they had to reinstate him and invent a plot to bring him back to life. .
Michael Nader was survived by Lister, his daughter Lindsay, and his granddaughter Juniper.