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	{{Infobox character
			{{Infobox soap character
	\| name = Andre DiMera
			\| name = André DiMera
	\| image = ]
			\| series = Days of Our Lives
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			\| image1 = File:Andre_DiMera_2016.png
	\| first = 1983
			\| caption1 = Thaao Penghlis as André DiMera
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			* ]
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			* ] (1983, mask)
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			* ] (1983-1984, mask)
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	\| gender = Male
	\| age =
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	\| family = ] (paternal uncle) <br> ] (cousin) <br> ] (grandfather) <br> ] (cousin) <br>] (cousin) <br> ] (cousin) <br> ] (cousin) <br> ] (cousin) <br> ] (cousin, via Lexie)
	\| spouse = ]
	\| residence = DiMera Mansion <br> 430 Lakeview Drive <br> Salem, USA 06649
	\| portrayer = ]<br>]
	}}		}}
			\| years = {{Flat list \|
			* 1983–1984
			* 1993–1996
			* 2002–2005
			* 2007
			* 2015–2019
			* 2022
			}}
			\| first = September 1, 1983
			\| last = April 29, 2022
			\| creator = ] and ]
			\| introducer = {{Plainlist \|
			* ] and ] (1983)
			* ] and ] (1993)
			* Ken Corday and Stephen Wyman (2007)
			* Ken Corday, ] and Greg Meng (2015)
			}}
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			\| alias = {{unbulleted list\|]\|Eugene Bradford\|Roman Brady\|Salem Slasher}}
			\| occupation = {{unbulleted list\|Businessman\|]}}
			\| family = ]
			\| father = ]
			\| adoptiveparents = <!-- Or "adoptivefather" and "adoptivemother" -->
			\| stepparents = <!-- Or "stepfather" and "stepmother" -->
			\| halfbrothers = {{unbulleted list\|] (legal)\|] (adoptive)\|]\|Jake Lambert\|Benjy Hawk\|]\|]}}
			\| halfsisters = {{unbulleted list\|] (adoptive)\|]\|]\|]}}
			\| spouse = {{unbulleted list\|] (1994–95){{efn\|The marriage is considered to be invalid due to André pretending to be Tony.}}\|] (2017–18)}}
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			\| children = <!-- Or "sons" and "daughters" -->
			\| adoptivechildren = <!-- Or "adoptivesons" and "adoptivedaughters" -->
			\| stepsons = {{unbulleted list\|] (2017)\|] (2017)\|] (2017)\|] (2017)}}
			\| stepdaughters = {{unbulleted list\|] (2017)\|] (2017)}}
			\| grandchildren = <!-- Or "grandsons" and "granddaughters" -->
			\| grandfathers = ]
			\| uncles = Ryan Brady
			\| nephews = {{unbulleted list\|]\|Steven Hawk\|]\|]}}
			\| nieces = {{unbulleted list\|]\|]\|]\|Rachel Black (adoptive)}}
			\| cousins = <!-- First cousins only -->
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			}}
			'''André DiMera''' is a fictional character from the ] soap opera, '']''. The role was originated in 1983 by ] when André was introduced as the nephew of ] (]). Having undergone plastic surgery to look identical to Stefano's stepson, ] (also Penghlis), André—on Stefano's behalf—sets out to frame ] (]) for a series of murders. However, plans go awry as André claims several victims including Stefano's daughter ] (]). André's later plans to help Stefano heal his brain tumor and get revenge on their enemies culminates in André's presumed death in November 1984.

			While Penghlis would return to the series for several stints, between 1993 and 2007, it was in the role of Tony. However, in 2007, the character's history is retconned and it is revealed that André was very much alive and had been masquerading as Tony since 1993.{{efn\|Whenever the name Tony appears in quotations marks – "Tony" – it is referring to André masquerading as Tony.}} The character's return in 1993 saw him feud with ] (]) for the affections of Stefano's adopted daughter ] (]). Hoping to destroy John forever, André fakes his death and frames John landing him on death row—but André's schemes are exposed and John is cleared. André, still under the guise of Tony returned in 2002 having developed an obsession with John's wife ] (]) and between 2003 and 2004, he masterminds the Salem Stalker murders in which he fakes the deaths of several Salem citizens, himself included, and holds the "victims" captive on an island; the character is written out in 2005, when he was sent to prison. The character returns in 2007 and after several dangerous and sometimes lethal schemes, his true identity is revealed. With his cover blown, André's treachery continues and Stefano disowns him and the character seemingly commits suicide by unplugging his own life support in October 2007. Penghlis would reprise the role in 2015 when André is revealed to be Stefano's biological son. In January 2018, André is killed via blunt force trauma by an unknown person, which was later revealed to be ] in self-defence. He continued making appearances until October 31, 2019, and in April 2022.
	'''André DiMera''' is a ] character on the ] '']''. He was played by ] from ]-], ] to ], ]st, ] to ]th, ] and since ]th, ]. He was also portrayed by ] in ]. On ], ], it has been revealed that André has been impersonating his cousin, ], for over 20 years.

	==Fictional Character History==
	André DiMera was brought to Salem in 1983 by ]. André was given plastic surgery to look exactly like Tony DiMera, and with Stefano the two planned to frame ] for murder. In 1983 André, wearing a mask of Roman, murdered Daisy Hawkins on the pier in front of ] Brady and Sandy Horton. Roman was jailed as a result. André eventually chained Tony up in his penthouse apartment and took Tony's place. One day when Anna was snooping around for Alex Marshall she came upon Tony, and André imprisoned her with him. Later Roman managed to free Tony and Anna, and after a duel with Tony, André managed to slip out of Salem. André returned to Stefano's island compound were the two planned on acquiring three prisms designed by Larry Welch's father. Stefano wanted these prisms to heal an inoperable brain tumor he had. One prism was in the belly of an alligator, another in a necklace owned by ] which fell into Calliope Jones' hands, and the third in Russia.

	André and Stefano planned to get everyone to Stefano's secret compound for revenge. In 1984 Anna and Alex Marshall opened up a fashion company. Alex, Anna, and Tony picked Haiti for a photo shot. On board the plane flying to Haiti was Eugene Bradford, Calliope Jones, ], ], ], Liz Chandler, Carlo, Daphne DiMera, André DiMera, and Tony DiMera. On the way to Haiti André surprisingly popped up, and when he threatened the pilot to change his course the pilot died of a heart attack, and the plane crashed on a remote island. As a result of the plane crash Daphne died in André's arms. When Tony learned about this, the two fought, and André met his demise in a patch of quicksand. Tony gave the necklace with the prism to an island girl, but Stefano managed to get the prism back. Roman Brady showed up, and fought with Stefano atop a nearby cliff, as Bo watched from below. Roman eventually fell, and died on the beach in Bo's arms. When Bo left Roman to get help, Roman's body was gone when he returned. Eventually the Coast Guard arrived, and everyone was rescued.

	André posing as Tony DiMera returned to Salem in 1993 to marry his fiancee, ] (at the time, not even the audience knew it was really Andre.) André and Kristen had fallen in love before they arrived in Salem. Kristen however believe André to be Tony DiMera. Stefano told Kristen that before he died, he wanted to see them marry. Kristen agreed to marry André, even though she loved ]. However, Kristen left André at the altar to help John Black find Marlena and Roman's daughter, ].

	] decided to turn her life around and started her own cosmetics company called Countess Willamina. To fund her company, Billie convinced Alice and Maggie Horton to become investors. Unfortunately, Kate Roberts bought out Countess Willamina to spite Billie for posing as the author of Jack's manuscript. Later that year, Billie befriended André DiMera. André bought up 49% of Titan Industries and then brought Billie into Titan to run the Countess Wilhemina division.

	André and Kristen were about to marry when John Black showed up at the wedding, claiming that he had evidence linking Stefano to Curtis Reed's murder. When Stefano hopped in a car and drive off, John shot at the tires. Stefano had planned it so his car would go off the road and he would be "killed" in the crash. Kristen, blaming John for her father's death, married André on February 18, 1994. André learned later that Stefano was alive, but he kept it a secret because he feared Kristen would leave him.

	In late 1994, Kristen, André, Peter, Jen, Bo, and Billie all came to Maison Blanche for a charity event Kristen held. While there, Jen and Peter made love. Also, Billie saw a woman who looked like Bo's dead wife Hope, but nobody would believe her. Hope was at Maison Blanche, but she was called Gina by Stefano and Celeste. Roman also showed up, but to arrest Peter Blake for trafficking drugs in one of his clubs. A jealous Celeste leaked gas into the cell where John and Marlena were being held and started a fire. Roman managed to rescue them. John came out and shocked both Kristen and André, who were horrified to see John in shackles. Kristen looked up and screamed when she spotted her dead father, Stefano. André ran back into the house to try and retrieve his father's computer, which contained a file on John's past. Maison Blanche burst into flames. André got the computer, but went blind in the process.

	Kristen Blake began sleeping with John. Later Kristen learned that her husband, André, knew that Stefano was alive all along and he had switched Kristen's birth control pills with sugar pills. Kristen left him and began living with John Black in his loft. Kristen also managed to crack the notebook computer from Maison Blanche and was horrified to learn that John was a priest. Kristen told John the truth, but he refused to believe it. John and Kristen traveled to a parish where John served and his mentor, Father Francis, recognized him as Father Black. He was also recognized by a woman from the parish. John had put his handprints in a wall near the parish and he was shocked when they matched. John was forced to accept that he was a priest. Though he wanted to be released from his vows, a friend told John to live as a priest for awhile in order to see what he was giving up. Kristen returned to André, who had bought a gun and was planning on killing John. When Kristen told André that John was a priest, André backed off from killing him. Later that year André regained his site, but he continued to lie in hopes of catching Kristen and John together.

	When John Black was released from his vows as a priest, Kristen left André to be with John. André soon learned that he had a rare and fatal blood disease that would end his life very soon. André formulated a plan in which he would frame John for his own murder. André wrote his entire plan down in his diary and he also confessed it to Father Francis. When André learned that Father Francis was going to tell John Black the truth, André confronted Father Francis. André took Father Francis' blood pressure pills and agitated him into a heart attack. Later, André cut of Father Francis' oxygen at the hospital and caused him to lapse into a coma.

			==Storylines==
	André went to Aremid for Peter Blake and ]'s wedding and he set a trap at the Blake House for John. At the wedding reception, André worked John into a frenzy and got him to shout out that he would kill him. André then went up to his room and lured John up there by placing a phone call to John. André disguised his voice and told John that André was the one who attempted to kill Father Francis. Up in his room, André and John fought. John eventually left through another door, which André had sprinkled gunpowder on. André then began begging John not to shoot him as various Salemites listened in. André then activated a device which cause his gun to shoot at him and then fall to the floor. When the Salemites had finally gotten into the room, André was mortally wounded. André died, but one thing ruined his plan, the Woman in White got a hold of his diary.

			===1983–1984===
	It was seven years before the citizens of Salem learned that André was not dead, and had in fact been alive all this time...he made his grand re-entrance at John and Marlena's anniversary party. André said the man who died in Aremid was not Tony, but his presumed dead lookalike André. He still suffers from a rare blood disease, and now a new-found obsession with Marlena. He might have something new to keep his mind occupied though...he found out that twins Rex and Cassie are his children with Marlena. He had another shock coming shortly after that though...John Black was really his half-brother, from his mother Daphne's side. Since John still believes André capable of anything, they haven't been able to become friends. André as Tony was devastated to eventually learn that Rex and Cassie were not his children after all, and was furious with Stefano, knowing that his father did it on purpose.
			In 1983, André is summoned to Salem by his uncle ] (]) having recently undergone plastic surgery to look like Stefano's son ] (]). With Tony unwilling to cooperate with his demands, Stefano enlisted the ruthless André to help him run the DiMera Empire. Their first order of business: to rid Salem of Stefano's enemy ] (]) by framing him for the Salem Slasher murders. Wearing a Roman mask, André kills prostitute Daisy Hawkins (Winnie Gardner) in November 1983 in front of Roman's wife ] (]) and ] (Pamela Roylance) leading to the real Roman's arrest. In 1984, Tony's ex-wife ] (]) discovers Tony chained up in his own penthouse and André locks her away with him as he is revealed to be behind the murders.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lLkeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=umgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4684%2C6974993\|title=Tune in Tomorrow\|date=March 26, 1984\|work=]\|publisher=]\|access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last1=Hirsh\|first1=Linda\|title=Soap Operas\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vd8qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZtoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4096,5410998\|access-date=July 4, 2017\|work=Beaver County Times\|date=April 29, 1984}}</ref> Roman rescues them and Tony confronts his cousin André only for him to escape to Stefano's island. André's other victims include Stefano's daughter ], Nurse Kelly Harper (Robin Eisenman), Marlena's cousin ] (]), and Letitia Bradford (]). During his time posing as Tony, André also goes after ] (]), Police officer Joan Hopkins (Sheila deWindt), and ] (]) – all of whom managed to survive. With Stefano dying from a brain tumor, he and André set out to obtain the three prisms that hold the key to keeping Stefano alive and they plan to get revenge on their enemies in the process. In November 1984, André hijacks a plane on its way to ] and it crashes on a deserted island killing Tony's mother ] (]).<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FyAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q6UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1110%2C4477926\|title=Film leads to new developments on 'Edge of Night\|department=The Soaps\|date=November 26, 1984\|work=]\|publisher=]\|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Dorothy Claims She Killed Whit; Kirk Says Jay Did It\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CFBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wQIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6947,6505484\|access-date=July 4, 2017\|work=Toledo Blade\|date=November 12, 1984}}</ref> During a confrontation with Tony, André falls into a patch of quicksand and is presumed dead.

			===1993–1996===
	André was the number one suspect for the "Salem Stalker" murders of 2003/2004 until Mickey Horton agreed to defend him, and got him out on bail. The night of the Horton Circus, André took center stage, promising to reveal the killer. While dragging out the moment for dramatic purposes, André had a bucket of blood dumped on him, and was attacked by Horton the tiger. He was in the hospital, recovering from his wounds, when the Salem Stalker came in to administer a fatal dose of drugs. André's last words to his killer clarified his knowledge of who the Salem Stalker was, as André looked up into Marlena Evans' eyes. André died while trying desperately to communicate the truth to the others.
			In 1993, "Tony" is reintroduced as the fiancé of Stefano's adopted daughter ] (]). "Tony" and Kristen agree to grant their father his dying wish to see them marry before he dies despite her love for ] (]). However, on the wedding day, Kristen leaves "Tony" at the altar to help ] find their daughter ]. In the meantime, "Tony" befriends ] (]) and helps her regain control of her cosmetics company ''Countess Wilhelmina'' when he buys 49% of ''Titan Industries''. "Tony" and Kristen are about to marry again when John interrupts the ceremony claiming to have evidence linking Stefano to the murder of Billie's father ] (]). As Stefano tries to escape, John shoots at his car and it goes off the road. Blaming John for Stefano's death, Kristen marries "Tony" on February 18, 1994.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Cooper\|first1=Mary Ann\|title=Nick Offered A Deal On 'Guiding Light'\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a_IvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c_wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5463,4728223\|access-date=July 4, 2017\|work=Lakeland Ledger\|date=February 19, 1994}}</ref> "Tony" later discovers that Stefano is alive but keeps quiet fearing Kristen will leave him. In late 1994, during a charity event at Stefano's ] estate ''Maison Blanche'', a fire breaks out and "Tony" is shocked to discover John and Marlena have been imprisoned there; Stefano is also revealed to be alive. "Tony" rushes back into the mansion to retrieve Stefano's computer which contains information about John's mysterious past and is left blind as the mansion explodes. Having learned of her husband's deception and attempts to get her pregnant by switching her birth control pills, Kristen leaves "Tony" for John. A devastated "Tony" plots to kill John only for Kristen to return to him when she learns John is a priest. "Tony" abandons his plans and eventually regains his eyesight but hides that fact hoping to catch Kristen and John in bed together. When Kristen abandons him again for John who has been relieved of his priestly vows, "Tony" discovers he has a fatal blood disease and with only a short time to live, he plots to frame John for his murder. "Tony" details his entire plan in a diary and also confides in Father Francis (]) who plans to tell John. However, "Tony" steals his blood pressure medication which leads to Father Francis suffering a heart attack that renders him comatose. As "Tony" attends the wedding of his adopted brother ] (]) and ] (]), he manipulates John into threatening to kill him in public. "Tony" then shoots himself, and frames John.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PWNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0PEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4974%2C1342233\|title=''Days of Our Lives:''" Tony succumbs to his injuries\|work=]\|publisher=]\|date=December 13, 1995\|department=Soap Updates\|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref> John is nearly sentenced to death until Kristen and Peter's mother ] (Pat Delany) presents the diary clearing John's name.

			===2002–2007===
	Months later, it was discovered that André was one of the many Salem residents now living on the island of Melaswen. He had hidden himself for quite sometime, and when he made himself known, the other residents didn't trust him. After sabotaging every attempt the islanders made to get to freedom, André was finally revealed as the mastermind behind the whole shebang, a plot he cooked up to get back at everyone he felt had wronged him. It turns out he had never forgotten about his previous wife, Kristen, who left him for John Black years earlier. He again faked his death, making certain the island residents believed he was deceased, but when not all of the Salem residents made it home, André revealed himself as their captor.
			"Tony" makes a shocking return from the dead in the summer of 2002 when he crashes John and Marlena's anniversary celebration, having survived getting shot and still suffering his blood disease—which turns out to be a lie that Stefano convinced him. Having become obsessed with Marlena, "Tony" is ecstatic to discover that twins ] (]) and ] (]) are his children with Marlena and uses them to ingratiate himself to her.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Cooper\|first1=Mary Ann\|title=On 'As The World Turns' Ben Sees Bonnie Offering the Bribe\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kPEvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vP0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3167,6570628\|access-date=July 4, 2017\|work=Lakeland Ledger\|date=December 7, 2002}}</ref> "Tony" and John are later shocked when they are led to believe that they are half brothers, through Daphne. Despite the familial revelation, they can never trust each other. "Tony" is later devastated to learn that he is not the twins father after all, and is furious with Stefano for keeping the truth from him. In 2003, "Tony" becomes the prime suspect in the Salem Stalker murders but ] (]) agrees to defend him.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Cooper\|first1=Mary Ann\|title=Katie Tells Mike She Loves Him on 'World'\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1FFIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1P0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5868,4301049\|access-date=July 4, 2017\|work=Lakeland Ledger\|date=January 17, 2004}}</ref> As he plans to reveal the killer during the Horton Circus, "Tony" is attacked by a tiger and becomes the next victim of the killer—who turns out to be Marlena.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6VMqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C1MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2658%2C2651506\|title=Tony meets the Tiger, Tony dies on 'Days of Our Lives'\|date=January 31, 2004\|department=Soap Summaries\|work=]\|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref> "Tony" and the other victims are eventually revealed to be alive and being held captive on the island of Melaswen. "Tony" later reveals himself as the mastermind behind it all looking for revenge on everyone that has wronged him—specifically John for stealing Kristen from him.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xu4bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HlMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2107%2C5064886\|title=A 'dead' Tony comes back to life on 'Days of Our Lives'\|department=Soap Summaries\|first=Seli\|last=Groves\|work=]\|date=October 30, 2004\|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref> "Tony" fakes his death again after a confrontation with John only to continue to wreak havoc from the beyond the grave as he causes an explosion that nearly kills some of the captives as they try to escape the island. He even recaptures some of them and holds them prisoner in Europe at the DiMera Castle. "Tony" assists ] (]) in her schemes to punish her enemies and satisfy his own thirst for revenge. Sami gets John hooked on painkillers only to have a change of heart when "Tony" takes some of her loved ones hostage. He tries to blackmail her into breaking him out of jail, but she refuses.

			Using his wealth and power, "Tony" secures his release to take care of Stefano who is dying. To save his father, "Tony" kidnaps a comatose John and steals his kidney. However, when Stefano doesn't recover, "Tony" on Stefano's orders goes after Sami's unborn child fathered by Stefano's other son ] (]). EJ foils their plans and kidnaps Stefano in exchange for "Tony" agreeing to end the feud between the Brady and DiMera families. Stefano reluctantly agrees to end the feud but "Tony" has other plans. However, it isn't until "Tony" fakes his half sister ] (])'s death and tries to kill ] when they rescue her that Stefano realizes he has created a monster. Though he claims innocence in public, in private he places blame on the presumably deceased André. Anna soon returns and she quickly realizes something not right with her ex-husband. On Anna's hunch, Bo confronts him and André finally reveals himself. During a scuffle, Bo forces André to reveal Tony's whereabouts and just before he falls of a roof and ends up in the hospital where he escapes having faked his injuries. Despite his relationship with Stefano falling apart, André continues terrorizing the Bradys and Tony. Stefano disowns André when he takes the lives of Stefano's longtime henchman ] (Steve Blackwood), and Stefano's son, Benjy Hawk (Jim Lunsford). Hoping to get back into Stefano's good graces, André comes to rescue Stefano who is being held captive by ] (]) and takes Hope captive in the process. André refuses to release Hope forcing Bo to shoot him leading to André falling off the roof again—this time he is badly injured. ] saw a chance to end André's reign of terror by turning off his life support but couldn't bring himself to do it. However, André witnessed Shawn's struggle and turned off the machines himself hoping Shawn would be blamed for his death. While Shawn is cleared, prior to his death André had put a hit out on John. Just days after André's apparent death, John is struck and hit by a speeding car. However, Stefano revives John and tries to mold him into André's image, attempting to create the perfect soldier.
	All the captives eventually escaped, but André wasn't finished wreaking havoc on the citizens of Salem. Using an intermediary, he enlisted Sami Brady into a scheme to punish all of those who had done her wrong, while satisfying his own need for revenge. Sami eventually turned on him after he took Lucas, Brady, Philip, Shawn and Rex hostage, but because she was involved for months, he held it over her head, and used the information she got him to try to break out of jail. Unfortunately, he was ultimately unsuccessful.

			===2015–2018===
	Eventally André found a "compassionate judge" who got him out of jail after reviewing his case and he went back to Salem to help his ailing "father", Stefano. Stefano needs stem cells from Samantha Roberts' child to cure him. André attempted to get them but, thanks to his cousin Elvis, was unable to do so. André was furious and began ordering hits on Sami. Unfortunatly for him none have panned out, again thanks to Elvis. André told Elvis he was no longer Stefano's favorite son and was "the rotten limb on the family tree." During this time Elvis and Sami quasi-kidnapped Stefano and attempted to end the feud between the Bradys and DiMeras inside an ambulance. A groggy Stefano called Sami "Colleen." This has sparked an investigation about the feud's beginnings. While searching for clues Bo and Hope found the presumed dead Lexie Carver inside a tunnel leading to the DiMera Mansion from Doug's place. They also discovered a bomb in a musicbox which exploded but did not kill anyone. When questioned about this Stefano claimed neither he nor his family was involved. Privatly Stefano accused André of doing things behind his back and asked if he was "insane" for imprisoning his own "sister". André claimed his actions were for the good of the family. Stefano told André to get his act together but André argued with Stefano about the feud with the Bradys, claiming that because of Stefano and his vandetta André, as Tony, no longer had the friends and respect in Salem that he used to have. André then informed his father, "You created the Bradys as our enemies and if you don't finish them, I will." In response Stefano called a family meeting of the DiMera Family, where André continued to argue with his father and berate Elvis. Stefano told André if he didn't want to be a part of the family he could pack his bags and leave, and accused him of "trying on the crown before the king was dead". Celeste told Stefano that "Tony's" behavior was his own fault for spoiling him from birth, to which Stefano retorted "What I have made I can unmake!"
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			André resurfaces in September 2015 worried about Stefano's declining health after a heart attack and it is revealed that he is Stefano's biological son and not his nephew. André buys up ] (])'s debt in order to keep him in line with Stefano's schemes. Meanwhile, André clashes with Stefano's youngest son ] (]) who is being framed for murder. André publicly announces himself at the wake of ] (]) in October 2015 where his apology for his past misdeeds falls on deaf ears. He also publicly announces that a letter from his mother revealed that Stefano is his biological father. André orders Aiden to kill Hope Brady on their wedding night and collect the insurance money to repay his debt. André's scheme is also to help clear Chad's name despite Chad's disapproval. André later kidnaps Sami, who has discovered he is trying to supplant Stefano as head of the DiMera empire. Sami escapes and empties all of Stefano's accounts, so André brainwashes Chad to seduce Belle and find out where the money is hidden. Chad breaks free from André’s mind control and disowns him and Stefano.

			André becomes suspicious when Stefano disappears and eventually finds his body in a construction site. The site is set for demolition, and collapses on André, who survives with a lacerated cheek wound. André becomes convinced that Hope murdered Stefano. He befriends Aiden's son Chase, and uses him to plant a bomb in Hope's place. Hope and Rafe frame André for Stefano's murder, and he is sent to prison until he convinces Aiden to get him released from prison. State being released, André tries to kill Rafe and Hope by rigging an old farmhouse to explode with them in it. but they survive. André forms a tentative alliance with Aiden to get Justin fired as the district attorney, and Aiden replaces him as the district attorney until he leaves town. André also forms a mutual beneficial partnership with Kate that evolves into a friendship as Kate encourages André to become a better man. André helps Chad capture Clyde when he escapes from prison, and he and Chad slowly start to bond. Soon after, André publicly outs for Hope killing Stefano and she is sent to prison where she meets Hattie Adams, whom André had previously romanced and framed for embezzlement. Abby returns to town, having been presumed dead for a few months. It is revealed that André had helped Abby fake her death and hide out with her grandmother, Laura. Because of that, Abby care to rely on André and often came to his defense.
	The people of Salem recently discovered that the mentally unstable person everyone believed to be Tony was in fact André, and Bo Brady confronted him and demanded to know where the real Tony was being imprisoned. André told him the answer was on Bart's back, before sustaining severe injuries from falling off the roof of a building. He is currently in the hospital.

			André was briefly accused of stealing from DiMera Enterprises, but suspicion turned to Stefano when it was revealed that the body in Stefano's grave didn't match his DNA, and Stefano was ultimately confirmed to be alive, but it was just Shane posing as Stefano to get Hope out of prison. Shane and Steve later saw security footage of a man that looked exactly like Stefano. André feuded with Eduardo Hernandez, his son Dario, and Deimos Kiriakis for control of the Orwell, which resulted in Deimos poisoning André and kidnapping Chad and Gabby. André teamed up with Eduardo to kidnap Sonny, hoping for a hostage exchange, but Deimos refused and revealed that André had stolen the Orwell device from its true inventor, which turned out to be Drew Donovan, who erased the Orwell permanently.
	==Character Information==
	===Family===
	*] (paternal grandfather, deceased)
	*] (paternal uncle)
	*] (paternal cousin)
	*] (paternal cousin, deceased)
	*] (paternal cousin, deceased)
	*] (paternal cousin)
	*] (paternal cousin)
	*] (paternal cousin)

			Chad and Abby invited André and Kate to move back into the mansion, and André noticed Chad and Gabi getting close, though he stood by his belief that Chad and Abby were meant to together, but Kate wanted Chad and Gabi to get together. Abby broke up with Chad and he and Gabi got together. After Chad was lost in a plane crash, André married Kate, so she could be CEO of DiMera Enterprises, since the board deemed André as unstable. André and Theo helped Abby delete the photo of Chad standing over Deimos’ dead body, wiping the knife clean. Dario Hernandez was using the photo to blackmail Abby into staying married to him. Abby and Chad reconciled once the whole truth came out.
	===Marital Status===
	* Single

			André wanted an equal partnership with Kate, so he turned to Marlena for help in proving he was sane, so he could agree the CEO position for Kate. Hattie was posing as Marlena, and publicly declared André as insane and had him locked up in a mental institution. André was released after Hattie was exposed, but faced backlash from Chad and Kate for his actions. Kate and André agreed to trust and respect each other as long as they stay married. Chad and Abby planned to remarry in a double ceremony with Paul and Sonny, but Ben Weston interrupted the double wedding and announced that Will was alive.
	===Past Marriages===
	* ] (invalid, believed to be Tony)

			Desperate to prove himself, André agreed to help track down Dr. Rolf, who had revived Will after Ben had murdered him. André lured Rolf back to Salem, and on Kate's advice, agreed to let Hope handle it. André as suspected in being behind the event hacking going on at DiMera, leading to Theo being shot, and Chad accusing André of getting Theo shot, and kicking him out of the mansion. Kate confessed to André that she had sent Theo to the building where he had been shot. André initially planned to tell Chad the truth, but changed his mind when Abby convinced Chad not to kick André out. Kate would later be exposed by Steve, but André stood up for Kate, leading Abby to realize that André had fallen in love with Kate, which he confirmed. On Abby's advice, André kissed Kate on New Year's Eve, but the festivities were interrupted by the arrival of Vivian Alamain and her long lost son with Stefano, Stefan. André confessed his feelings to Kate, and she reciprocated them, but André was revealed to be working with Vivian and Stefan, so he could be the de facto head of DiMera. After firing Gabi, and stealing her company through a legal loophole in Gabi's contract, André is murdered by being hit in the head with the urn that had Tony's ashes in it, and his body is found by Abigail. It is later revealed that Abigail killed him partly in self-defence, but she later suffered from multiple-personality disorder and Dr Laura, one of her alters, had blocked it out of her memory for protection. André last appears as a hallucination to Kate, where he taunts her over shooting Vivian.
	===Flings & Affairs===
	* ] (Lovers)
	* ] (Crush)
	* ] (Dated)
	* ] (Lovers)

			==Development==
	===Crimes and malicious acts===
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	*As the Salem Slasher, killed five women including Stefano's daughter Renee DuMonde
			In May 2015, it was announced that Thaao Penghlis had started filming scenes and would return to the series on a contractual basis.<ref>{{cite web\|title=EXCLUSIVE! HUGE DAYS CASTING NEWS!\|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-huge-days-casting-news\|work=]\|publisher=]\|date=May 14, 2015\|access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/thaao-penghlis-heads-back-to-days-of-our-lives-will-be-play-tony-or-andre-dimera/2015/05/14/ \|title=Thaao Penghlis Heads Back To Days of our Lives! Will Be Play Tony Or André DiMera? \| Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps \| Daytime Soap Interviews, News, Updates and Previews, Video and Audio Interviews \|publisher=Michaelfairmansoaps.com \|date=May 14, 2015 \|access-date=29 November 2015 \|archive-date=November 26, 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126001154/http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/thaao-penghlis-heads-back-to-days-of-our-lives-will-be-play-tony-or-andre-dimera/2015/05/14 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Penghlis's return would coincide with the show's 50th anniversary and he'd reprise the role of André.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Mulcahy \|first=Kevin \|url=http://www.welovesoaps.net/2015/05/thaao-penghlis-returning-to-days-of-our.html \|title=Thaao Penghlis Returning to 'Days of our Lives' as André DiMera \|publisher=We Love Soaps \|date=May 14, 2015 \|access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last=Campbell \|first=Hope \|url=https://soapshows.com/days-of-our-lives/news-days/thaao \|title=Days of Our Lives: Thaao Penghlis Sees Bright DAYS Ahead \|publisher=] \|date=August 12, 2015 \|access-date=29 November 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210211151/https://soapshows.com/days-of-our-lives/news-days/thaao/ \|archive-date=December 10, 2015 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Of his return, Penghlis said, "I love being a disturber of the peace... . I didn't expect to be asked back for the 50th anniversary but it's been wonderful." Penghlis revealed, "This is the first time I've been hired because I'm older." He continued, "But to sit in Stefano's chair requires experience and wisdom that only comes from having lived a while."<ref name=TVIS091715>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tvinsider.com/article/40524/days-of-our-lives-shocker-thaao-penghlis-previews-the-return-of-andre-dimera/\|title=Days of Our Lives Shocker: Thaao Penghlis Previews the Return of André DiMera\|date=September 17, 2015\|work=]\|first=Michael\|last=Logan\|author-link=Michael Logan (journalist)\|access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref> For the first time, André is portrayed as a completely separate entity from Tony as opposed to just being Tony's evil doppelganger. On September 25, 2015, André's return reveals that he is actually Stefano's biological son. "I think they were looking to bring on a real villain, to not only create big conflict in Salem but to build up the dynasty," Penghlis said of the writers' decision to revive André instead of Tony (who historically is not a biological DiMera).<ref name=TVIS091715/> André is back to watch over his father who has recently suffered a heart attack and he isn't happy with how Stefano has been treated lately. With the reveal of his true paternity, André develops a "]" like dynamic with Stefano's youngest son, ] (]) due to Stefano favoring Chad.<ref name=TVIS091715/>
	*Faked being blind to hold onto Kristen, who was cheating on him with John
	*Tried to kill Father Francis twice
	*Accused of faking his death to get John the death penalty
	*Accused of being the Salem Stalker
	*Arranged to have the Salem Stalker 'victims' transported to Melaswen
	*Masterminded the entire Salem Stalker plan
	*Kept Caroline, Victor, Marlena, Roman, Jack and Cassie hostage in Europe
	*Suspected to have killed Colin Murphy
	*Masterminded the Stan/Sami plot
	*Kidnapped Philip Kiriakis
	*Attempted to take Sami's child's stem cells for Stefano
	*Attempted to have Sami killed three times
	*Had his cousin Lexie imprisoned in a tunnel for months
	*Planted a bomb inside the same tunnel which injured Bo, Hope, and John
	*Rigged several pieces of machinery to murder his cousin Elvis "E.J. Wells" DiMera
	*Held his cousin Tony captive on a deserted island for over 20 years while impersonating him and commited many crimes under his name.
	*Putting a bomb in E.J.'s briefcase.

	==~~External link~~==		==Reception==
			In 2020, Charlie Mason from '']'' placed Tony and André jointly at #28 on a list of the 35 most memorable characters from ''Days of Our Lives'', commenting that "Thaao Penghlis’ lookalike connivers have to share an entry, if only because during any given era, we could never be sure which of them we were really watching."<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Mason \|first1=Charlie \|title=Days of Our Lives' 35 Most Memorable Characters Ever \|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/gallery/days-of-our-lives-most-memorable-characters-pictures/ \|website=Soaps She Knows \|date=October 6, 2020 \|access-date=11 July 2023}}</ref>


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Soap opera character

André DiMera

Days of Our Lives character

Thaao Penghlis as André DiMera

Portrayed by

Thaao Penghlis
John de Lancie (1983, mask)
Wayne Northrop (1983-1984, mask)

Duration

1983–1984
1993–1996
2002–2005
2007
2015–2019
2022

First appearance

September 1, 1983

Last appearance

April 29, 2022

Classification

Past; guest

Created by

Margaret DePriest and Sheri Anderson

Introduced by

Betty Corday and Al Rabin (1983)
Ken Corday and Tom Langan (1993)
Ken Corday and Stephen Wyman (2007)
Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng (2015)

In-universe information
Other names	Tony DiMera Eugene Bradford Roman Brady Salem Slasher
Occupation	Businessman Mobster
Family	DiMera
Father	Stefano DiMera
Half-brothers	Tony DiMera (legal) Peter Blake (adoptive) Stefan DiMera Jake Lambert Benjy Hawk EJ DiMera Chad DiMera
Half-sisters	Kristen DiMera (adoptive) Renée DuMonde Megan DiMera Lexie Carver
Spouse	Kristen DiMera (1994–95) Kate Roberts (2017–18)
Stepsons	Austin Reed (2017) Lucas Horton (2017) Rex Brady (2017) Philip Kiriakis (2017)
Stepdaughters	Billie Reed (2017) Cassie Brady (2017)
Grandfathers	Santo DiMera
Uncles	Ryan Brady
Nephews	Theo Carver Steven Hawk Johnny DiMera Thomas DiMera
Nieces	Sydney DiMera Grace Brady Charlotte DiMera Rachel Black (adoptive)

André DiMera is a fictional character from the NBC Daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives. The role was originated in 1983 by Thaao Penghlis when André was introduced as the nephew of Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo). Having undergone plastic surgery to look identical to Stefano's stepson, Tony (also Penghlis), André—on Stefano's behalf—sets out to frame Roman Brady (Wayne Northrop) for a series of murders. However, plans go awry as André claims several victims including Stefano's daughter Renée DuMonde (Philece Sampler). André's later plans to help Stefano heal his brain tumor and get revenge on their enemies culminates in André's presumed death in November 1984.

While Penghlis would return to the series for several stints, between 1993 and 2007, it was in the role of Tony. However, in 2007, the character's history is retconned and it is revealed that André was very much alive and had been masquerading as Tony since 1993. The character's return in 1993 saw him feud with John Black (Drake Hogestyn) for the affections of Stefano's adopted daughter Kristen Blake (Eileen Davidson). Hoping to destroy John forever, André fakes his death and frames John landing him on death row—but André's schemes are exposed and John is cleared. André, still under the guise of Tony returned in 2002 having developed an obsession with John's wife Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) and between 2003 and 2004, he masterminds the Salem Stalker murders in which he fakes the deaths of several Salem citizens, himself included, and holds the "victims" captive on an island; the character is written out in 2005, when he was sent to prison. The character returns in 2007 and after several dangerous and sometimes lethal schemes, his true identity is revealed. With his cover blown, André's treachery continues and Stefano disowns him and the character seemingly commits suicide by unplugging his own life support in October 2007. Penghlis would reprise the role in 2015 when André is revealed to be Stefano's biological son. In January 2018, André is killed via blunt force trauma by an unknown person, which was later revealed to be Abigail Deveraux in self-defence. He continued making appearances until October 31, 2019, and in April 2022.

Storylines

1983–1984

In 1983, André is summoned to Salem by his uncle Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo) having recently undergone plastic surgery to look like Stefano's son Tony (Thaao Penghlis). With Tony unwilling to cooperate with his demands, Stefano enlisted the ruthless André to help him run the DiMera Empire. Their first order of business: to rid Salem of Stefano's enemy Roman Brady (Wayne Northrop) by framing him for the Salem Slasher murders. Wearing a Roman mask, André kills prostitute Daisy Hawkins (Winnie Gardner) in November 1983 in front of Roman's wife Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) and Sandy Horton (Pamela Roylance) leading to the real Roman's arrest. In 1984, Tony's ex-wife Anna (Leann Hunley) discovers Tony chained up in his own penthouse and André locks her away with him as he is revealed to be behind the murders. Roman rescues them and Tony confronts his cousin André only for him to escape to Stefano's island. André's other victims include Stefano's daughter Renée DuMonde, Nurse Kelly Harper (Robin Eisenman), Marlena's cousin Trista Evans (Barbara Crampton), and Letitia Bradford (Ruth Buzzi). During his time posing as Tony, André also goes after Gwen Davies (Anne-Marie Martin), Police officer Joan Hopkins (Sheila deWindt), and Hope Williams (Kristian Alfonso) – all of whom managed to survive. With Stefano dying from a brain tumor, he and André set out to obtain the three prisms that hold the key to keeping Stefano alive and they plan to get revenge on their enemies in the process. In November 1984, André hijacks a plane on its way to Haiti and it crashes on a deserted island killing Tony's mother Daphne (Madlyn Rhue). During a confrontation with Tony, André falls into a patch of quicksand and is presumed dead.

1993–1996

In 1993, "Tony" is reintroduced as the fiancé of Stefano's adopted daughter Kristen DiMera (Eileen Davidson). "Tony" and Kristen agree to grant their father his dying wish to see them marry before he dies despite her love for John Black (Drake Hogestyn). However, on the wedding day, Kristen leaves "Tony" at the altar to help John and Marlena find their daughter Belle. In the meantime, "Tony" befriends Billie Reed (Lisa Rinna) and helps her regain control of her cosmetics company Countess Wilhelmina when he buys 49% of Titan Industries. "Tony" and Kristen are about to marry again when John interrupts the ceremony claiming to have evidence linking Stefano to the murder of Billie's father Curtis (Nick Benedict). As Stefano tries to escape, John shoots at his car and it goes off the road. Blaming John for Stefano's death, Kristen marries "Tony" on February 18, 1994. "Tony" later discovers that Stefano is alive but keeps quiet fearing Kristen will leave him. In late 1994, during a charity event at Stefano's New Orleans estate Maison Blanche, a fire breaks out and "Tony" is shocked to discover John and Marlena have been imprisoned there; Stefano is also revealed to be alive. "Tony" rushes back into the mansion to retrieve Stefano's computer which contains information about John's mysterious past and is left blind as the mansion explodes. Having learned of her husband's deception and attempts to get her pregnant by switching her birth control pills, Kristen leaves "Tony" for John. A devastated "Tony" plots to kill John only for Kristen to return to him when she learns John is a priest. "Tony" abandons his plans and eventually regains his eyesight but hides that fact hoping to catch Kristen and John in bed together. When Kristen abandons him again for John who has been relieved of his priestly vows, "Tony" discovers he has a fatal blood disease and with only a short time to live, he plots to frame John for his murder. "Tony" details his entire plan in a diary and also confides in Father Francis (Eric Christmas) who plans to tell John. However, "Tony" steals his blood pressure medication which leads to Father Francis suffering a heart attack that renders him comatose. As "Tony" attends the wedding of his adopted brother Peter Blake (Jason Brooks) and Jennifer Horton (Melissa Reeves), he manipulates John into threatening to kill him in public. "Tony" then shoots himself, and frames John. John is nearly sentenced to death until Kristen and Peter's mother Rachel (Pat Delany) presents the diary clearing John's name.

2002–2007

"Tony" makes a shocking return from the dead in the summer of 2002 when he crashes John and Marlena's anniversary celebration, having survived getting shot and still suffering his blood disease—which turns out to be a lie that Stefano convinced him. Having become obsessed with Marlena, "Tony" is ecstatic to discover that twins Rex (Eric Winter) and Cassie (Alexis Thorpe) are his children with Marlena and uses them to ingratiate himself to her. "Tony" and John are later shocked when they are led to believe that they are half brothers, through Daphne. Despite the familial revelation, they can never trust each other. "Tony" is later devastated to learn that he is not the twins father after all, and is furious with Stefano for keeping the truth from him. In 2003, "Tony" becomes the prime suspect in the Salem Stalker murders but Mickey Horton (John Clarke) agrees to defend him. As he plans to reveal the killer during the Horton Circus, "Tony" is attacked by a tiger and becomes the next victim of the killer—who turns out to be Marlena. "Tony" and the other victims are eventually revealed to be alive and being held captive on the island of Melaswen. "Tony" later reveals himself as the mastermind behind it all looking for revenge on everyone that has wronged him—specifically John for stealing Kristen from him. "Tony" fakes his death again after a confrontation with John only to continue to wreak havoc from the beyond the grave as he causes an explosion that nearly kills some of the captives as they try to escape the island. He even recaptures some of them and holds them prisoner in Europe at the DiMera Castle. "Tony" assists Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) in her schemes to punish her enemies and satisfy his own thirst for revenge. Sami gets John hooked on painkillers only to have a change of heart when "Tony" takes some of her loved ones hostage. He tries to blackmail her into breaking him out of jail, but she refuses.

Using his wealth and power, "Tony" secures his release to take care of Stefano who is dying. To save his father, "Tony" kidnaps a comatose John and steals his kidney. However, when Stefano doesn't recover, "Tony" on Stefano's orders goes after Sami's unborn child fathered by Stefano's other son EJ Wells (James Scott). EJ foils their plans and kidnaps Stefano in exchange for "Tony" agreeing to end the feud between the Brady and DiMera families. Stefano reluctantly agrees to end the feud but "Tony" has other plans. However, it isn't until "Tony" fakes his half sister Lexie (Renée Jones)'s death and tries to kill Bo and Hope when they rescue her that Stefano realizes he has created a monster. Though he claims innocence in public, in private he places blame on the presumably deceased André. Anna soon returns and she quickly realizes something not right with her ex-husband. On Anna's hunch, Bo confronts him and André finally reveals himself. During a scuffle, Bo forces André to reveal Tony's whereabouts and just before he falls of a roof and ends up in the hospital where he escapes having faked his injuries. Despite his relationship with Stefano falling apart, André continues terrorizing the Bradys and Tony. Stefano disowns André when he takes the lives of Stefano's longtime henchman Bart (Steve Blackwood), and Stefano's son, Benjy Hawk (Jim Lunsford). Hoping to get back into Stefano's good graces, André comes to rescue Stefano who is being held captive by Steve Johnson (Stephen Nichols) and takes Hope captive in the process. André refuses to release Hope forcing Bo to shoot him leading to André falling off the roof again—this time he is badly injured. Shawn Brady saw a chance to end André's reign of terror by turning off his life support but couldn't bring himself to do it. However, André witnessed Shawn's struggle and turned off the machines himself hoping Shawn would be blamed for his death. While Shawn is cleared, prior to his death André had put a hit out on John. Just days after André's apparent death, John is struck and hit by a speeding car. However, Stefano revives John and tries to mold him into André's image, attempting to create the perfect soldier.

2015–2018

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André resurfaces in September 2015 worried about Stefano's declining health after a heart attack and it is revealed that he is Stefano's biological son and not his nephew. André buys up Aiden Jennings (Daniel Cosgrove)'s debt in order to keep him in line with Stefano's schemes. Meanwhile, André clashes with Stefano's youngest son Chad (Billy Flynn) who is being framed for murder. André publicly announces himself at the wake of Will Horton (Guy Wilson) in October 2015 where his apology for his past misdeeds falls on deaf ears. He also publicly announces that a letter from his mother revealed that Stefano is his biological father. André orders Aiden to kill Hope Brady on their wedding night and collect the insurance money to repay his debt. André's scheme is also to help clear Chad's name despite Chad's disapproval. André later kidnaps Sami, who has discovered he is trying to supplant Stefano as head of the DiMera empire. Sami escapes and empties all of Stefano's accounts, so André brainwashes Chad to seduce Belle and find out where the money is hidden. Chad breaks free from André’s mind control and disowns him and Stefano.

André becomes suspicious when Stefano disappears and eventually finds his body in a construction site. The site is set for demolition, and collapses on André, who survives with a lacerated cheek wound. André becomes convinced that Hope murdered Stefano. He befriends Aiden's son Chase, and uses him to plant a bomb in Hope's place. Hope and Rafe frame André for Stefano's murder, and he is sent to prison until he convinces Aiden to get him released from prison. State being released, André tries to kill Rafe and Hope by rigging an old farmhouse to explode with them in it. but they survive. André forms a tentative alliance with Aiden to get Justin fired as the district attorney, and Aiden replaces him as the district attorney until he leaves town. André also forms a mutual beneficial partnership with Kate that evolves into a friendship as Kate encourages André to become a better man. André helps Chad capture Clyde when he escapes from prison, and he and Chad slowly start to bond. Soon after, André publicly outs for Hope killing Stefano and she is sent to prison where she meets Hattie Adams, whom André had previously romanced and framed for embezzlement. Abby returns to town, having been presumed dead for a few months. It is revealed that André had helped Abby fake her death and hide out with her grandmother, Laura. Because of that, Abby care to rely on André and often came to his defense.

André was briefly accused of stealing from DiMera Enterprises, but suspicion turned to Stefano when it was revealed that the body in Stefano's grave didn't match his DNA, and Stefano was ultimately confirmed to be alive, but it was just Shane posing as Stefano to get Hope out of prison. Shane and Steve later saw security footage of a man that looked exactly like Stefano. André feuded with Eduardo Hernandez, his son Dario, and Deimos Kiriakis for control of the Orwell, which resulted in Deimos poisoning André and kidnapping Chad and Gabby. André teamed up with Eduardo to kidnap Sonny, hoping for a hostage exchange, but Deimos refused and revealed that André had stolen the Orwell device from its true inventor, which turned out to be Drew Donovan, who erased the Orwell permanently.

Chad and Abby invited André and Kate to move back into the mansion, and André noticed Chad and Gabi getting close, though he stood by his belief that Chad and Abby were meant to together, but Kate wanted Chad and Gabi to get together. Abby broke up with Chad and he and Gabi got together. After Chad was lost in a plane crash, André married Kate, so she could be CEO of DiMera Enterprises, since the board deemed André as unstable. André and Theo helped Abby delete the photo of Chad standing over Deimos’ dead body, wiping the knife clean. Dario Hernandez was using the photo to blackmail Abby into staying married to him. Abby and Chad reconciled once the whole truth came out.

André wanted an equal partnership with Kate, so he turned to Marlena for help in proving he was sane, so he could agree the CEO position for Kate. Hattie was posing as Marlena, and publicly declared André as insane and had him locked up in a mental institution. André was released after Hattie was exposed, but faced backlash from Chad and Kate for his actions. Kate and André agreed to trust and respect each other as long as they stay married. Chad and Abby planned to remarry in a double ceremony with Paul and Sonny, but Ben Weston interrupted the double wedding and announced that Will was alive.

Desperate to prove himself, André agreed to help track down Dr. Rolf, who had revived Will after Ben had murdered him. André lured Rolf back to Salem, and on Kate's advice, agreed to let Hope handle it. André as suspected in being behind the event hacking going on at DiMera, leading to Theo being shot, and Chad accusing André of getting Theo shot, and kicking him out of the mansion. Kate confessed to André that she had sent Theo to the building where he had been shot. André initially planned to tell Chad the truth, but changed his mind when Abby convinced Chad not to kick André out. Kate would later be exposed by Steve, but André stood up for Kate, leading Abby to realize that André had fallen in love with Kate, which he confirmed. On Abby's advice, André kissed Kate on New Year's Eve, but the festivities were interrupted by the arrival of Vivian Alamain and her long lost son with Stefano, Stefan. André confessed his feelings to Kate, and she reciprocated them, but André was revealed to be working with Vivian and Stefan, so he could be the de facto head of DiMera. After firing Gabi, and stealing her company through a legal loophole in Gabi's contract, André is murdered by being hit in the head with the urn that had Tony's ashes in it, and his body is found by Abigail. It is later revealed that Abigail killed him partly in self-defence, but she later suffered from multiple-personality disorder and Dr Laura, one of her alters, had blocked it out of her memory for protection. André last appears as a hallucination to Kate, where he taunts her over shooting Vivian.

Development

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In May 2015, it was announced that Thaao Penghlis had started filming scenes and would return to the series on a contractual basis. Penghlis's return would coincide with the show's 50th anniversary and he'd reprise the role of André. Of his return, Penghlis said, "I love being a disturber of the peace... . I didn't expect to be asked back for the 50th anniversary but it's been wonderful." Penghlis revealed, "This is the first time I've been hired because I'm older." He continued, "But to sit in Stefano's chair requires experience and wisdom that only comes from having lived a while." For the first time, André is portrayed as a completely separate entity from Tony as opposed to just being Tony's evil doppelganger. On September 25, 2015, André's return reveals that he is actually Stefano's biological son. "I think they were looking to bring on a real villain, to not only create big conflict in Salem but to build up the dynasty," Penghlis said of the writers' decision to revive André instead of Tony (who historically is not a biological DiMera). André is back to watch over his father who has recently suffered a heart attack and he isn't happy with how Stefano has been treated lately. With the reveal of his true paternity, André develops a "Cain and Abel" like dynamic with Stefano's youngest son, Chad (Billy Flynn) due to Stefano favoring Chad.

Reception

In 2020, Charlie Mason from Soaps She Knows placed Tony and André jointly at #28 on a list of the 35 most memorable characters from Days of Our Lives, commenting that "Thaao Penghlis’ lookalike connivers have to share an entry, if only because during any given era, we could never be sure which of them we were really watching."

Notes and references

The marriage is considered to be invalid due to André pretending to be Tony.
Whenever the name Tony appears in quotations marks – "Tony" – it is referring to André masquerading as Tony.

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Current characters	Vivian Alamain Brady Black Eric Brady Kayla Brady Roman Brady Abe Carver Chad DiMera EJ DiMera Kristen DiMera Marlena Evans Gabi Hernandez Rafe Hernandez Maggie Horton Sarah Horton Steve Johnson Justin Kiriakis Philip Kiriakis Xander Kiriakis Kate Roberts Ava Vitali Julie Olson Williams
Notable past characters	Alice Horton Tom Horton Susan Banks Belle Black John Black Bo Brady Caroline Brady Carrie Brady Cassie Brady Chelsea Brady Ciara Brady Frankie Brady Hope Brady Kimberly Brady Max Brady Sami Brady Shawn Brady Shawn-Douglas Brady Lexie Carver Theo Carver Liz Chandler Neil Curtis Abigail Deveraux Jack Deveraux JJ Deveraux Andre DiMera Anna DiMera Stefano DiMera Tony DiMera Theresa Donovan Eli Grant Valerie Grant Arianna Hernandez Addie Horton Bill Horton Jennifer Horton Laura Horton Lucas Horton Marie Horton Melissa Horton Mickey Horton Will Horton Adrienne Johnson Joey Johnson Melanie Jonas Chloe Lane Mimi Lockhart Patrick Lockhart Sonny Kiriakis Victor Kiriakis Carly Manning Paul Narita Celeste Perrault Lani Price Austin Reed Billie Reed Curtis Reed Jordan Ridgeway Isabella Toscano Gina Von Amberg Nicole Walker Taylor Walker Nancy Wesley Ben Weston Doug Williams
Related information	Cast members Producers and writers Awards and nominations 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Doug and Julie Bo and Hope John and Marlena Jack and Jennifer Steve and Kayla Shawn and Belle Will and Sonny Cruise of Deception Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas

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Present characters
Belle Black Brady Black Hope Brady Kayla Brady Roman Brady Shawn-Douglas Brady Abe Carver JJ Deveraux Chad DiMera EJ DiMera Kristen DiMera Marlena Evans Gabi Hernandez Rafe Hernandez Maggie Horton Sarah Horton Steve Johnson Justin Kiriakis Philip Kiriakis Xander Kiriakis Kate Roberts Ava Vitali Julie Olson Williams

Past characters

Character lists
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Cast members Previous cast members Producers and writers Doug and Julie Bo and Hope Sami and EJ John and Marlena Jack and Jennifer Steve and Kayla Shawn and Belle Lucas and Sami Will and Sonny Salem Cruise of Deception

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