Thomas Rayner | |||||||
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Mark Pinter as Thomas Rayner | |||||||
General Hospital | |||||||
Portrayed by | Mark Pinter | ||||||
First appearance | December 11, 2008[1] | ||||||
Created by | Robert Guza, Jr. | ||||||
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Gender | Male | ||||||
Occupation | FBI Agent | ||||||
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Agent Thomas Rayner is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. He has been on recurring status since his debut. The character has been portrayed by Mark Pinter[3] since December 2008.
Fictional Character History[]
Thomas Rayner was introduced as the FBI agent investigating mobsters, Jason Morgan, Sonny Corinthos, and Anthony Zacchara. He blackmails Jason into wearing a wire at a mob gathering with Sonny to send him to prison. Jason sabotages the wire by spilling wine on it shortly after Rayner tells him he has what he needs on Sonny and to leave. After his evidence against Sonny is destroyed, Rayner vows his revenge. Rayner has Damian Spinelli arrested after it's revealed that Winifred Leeds, Spinelli's "geek" friend is actually an undercover F.B.I. agent working for Rayner. She got her hands on Spinelli's labtop and gave the information to Rayner. Rayner forces Morgan to choose between Sonny & Spinelli. He releases Spinelli but only if Jason gives him the goods on Sonny. He prevents the District Attorney Alexis Davis's daughter, Sam McCall from the getting a professional private investigator license. Rayner attempted to leave town to spend the holidays with his daughter until a deadly crisis emerges in Port Charles. His next assignment is to conduct a full investigation on the toxin that is released in the hospital in January 2009. He enlists Jason to find a truck carrying the bio-toxin. He figures out that the Equinox corporation was behind the lethal toxin and the hospital gowing up in flames. But, his evidence against Spinelli is erased by Sam shortly after she receives her P.I. licence. He has to fire Agent Leeds when he finds out she helped them get rid of the evidence. The only thing that satisfies him is finally sending Anthony Zacchara to prison.
Rayner is seen again in May 2009. He is hired by D.A. Davis to do a thorough background check on Rebecca Shaw. At first, Rayner flirts with Alexis, she quickly enlightens him on her history of bad relationships, but he doesn't seem too afraid of her. Rayner exchanges a date with Alexis for a F.B.I. profile on Rebecca which reveals that she is the long lost twin sister of the late Emily Quartermaine. When Alexis tells him "we" need to dig deeper. Rayner says that for him to work with her, he needs something in return.
Return[]
On January 26, 2010 it is revealed that Rayner is the man behind the undercover investigation of Sonny Corinthos by Dante Falconeri.
References[]
- โ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/5716/On_The_Same_Page
- โ Rayner mentions having a daughter before leaving town.
- โ "WDRC's Mary Jones Turns To The Law," Hartford Courant (Nov 26, 2008).
External References[]
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Current Contract Characters |
Nikolas Cassadine - Michael Corinthos III - Sonny Corinthos -Carly Corinthos Jacks - Kristina Corinthos-Davis - Alexis Davis - Patrick Drake - Olivia Falconeri - Dante Falconeri - Matt Hunter - Jasper Jacks - Epiphany Johnson - Maxie Jones - Ethan Lovett - Sam McCall - Jason Morgan - Edward Quartermaine - Monica Quartermaine - Tracy Quartermaine Spencer - Mac Scorpio - Robin Scorpio - Rebecca Shaw - Lucky Spencer - Luke Spencer - Lulu Spencer - Damian Spinelli - Elizabeth Webber - Claudia Corinthos - Johnny Zacchara |
Recurring Characters |
Alfred - Helena Cassadine - Spencer Cassadine - Mike Corbin - Morgan Corinthos - Garrett Floyd - Max Giambetti - Milo Giambetti - Alice Gunderson - Kate Howard - Jane Jacks - Molly Lansing - Kelly Lee - Winnifred Leeds - Diane Miller - Bobbie Spencer - Jake Spencer - Cameron Webber - Lesley Webber - Lainey Winters |
Notable Former Characters |
Lorenzo Alcazar - Ruby Anderson - Ned Ashton - Gail Baldwin - Lee Baldwin - Scott Baldwin - Brenda Barrett - Katherine Bell - Jessie Brewer ยท Stavros Cassadine ยท Stefan Cassadine ยท Jagger Cates ยท Stone Cates ยท Lois Cerullo ยท Skye Chandler-Quatermaine ยท Lucy Coe ยท Kevin Collins ยท Anna Devane ยท Sean Donely ยท Andrea Floyd ยท Steve Hardy ยท Audrey Hardy ยท Tiffany Hill ยท Felicia Jones ยท Frisco Jones ยท Georgie Jones ยท Tony Jones ยท Ric Lansing ยท Duke Lavery ยท Courtney Matthews ยท Chloe Morgan ยท AJ Quartermaine ยท Alan Quartermaine ยท Dillon Quartermaine ยท Emily Quartermaine ยท Lila Quartermaine ยท Robert Scorpio ยท Dominique Stanton ยท Holly Sutton ยท Zander Smith ยท Amy Vining ยท Mary Mae Ward ยท Justus Ward ยท Laura Webber ยท Rick Webber ยท Karen Wexler |
Important Crew |
Executive Producer: Jill Farren Phelps Head Writer: Robert Guza, Jr. Former Executive producers: Gloria Monty ยท H. Wesley Kenny ยท Wendy Riche Former headwriters: Bridget and Jerome Dobson ยท Douglas Marland ยท Pat Falken Smith ยท Norma Monty ยท Gene Palumbo ยท Claire Labine ยท Richard Culliton ยท Megan McTavish ยท Charles Pratt, Jr. ยท Garin Wolf |
Related Topics |
Port Charles (Spin off series) ยท Port Charles (City) ยท Luke and Laura ยท General Hospital: Night Shift ยท Frisco and Felicia ยท List of cast members ยท List of General Hospital miscellaneous characters |
History of General Hospital |