Tom Eplin (born October 25, 1960, in
Hayward, California
Hayward () is a city located in Alameda County, California in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of 162,954 as of 2020, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the Bay Area and the third largest in Alameda Coun ...
) is an American
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
known for his run as the character of
Jake McKinnon
Jake McKinnon is a fictional character, portrayed by Tom Eplin throughout its entirety. Debuting on NBC's daytime drama, '' Another World'', after its cancellation, the character crossed over to the CBS daytime drama, ''As the World Turns''.
Ch ...
on two
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
s for a combined total of nearly two decades: on ''
Another World'' (1985–1986, 1988–1999) and on ''
As the World Turns
''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other soa ...
'' (1999–2002).
Eplin was married to his ''Another World'' costar
Ellen Wheeler
Ellen Jayne Wheeler (born October 9, 1961 in Glendale, California) is an American actress, director and producer. Her work, on camera and behind it, has been primarily in American daytime drama.
Early life and career
Wheeler's parents both h ...
from 1985 to 1988. His second marriage was to
Courtney Gibbs
Courtney Ann Gibbs-Mokarow (née Gibbs; born August 20, 1966) is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1988 and Top 10 semifinalist at Miss Universe 1988.
Miss USA
Born to Charles Gaylord Gibbs and Susan Eckar ...
from 1991 to 1995. Both marriages ended in divorce. In 2011, he welcomed a daughter with his third wife Abilene Crabtree who he married on June 20, 2015, in Danville, California. They welcomed a second daughter September, 2016 and divorced February, 2020.
Filmography
References
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1960 births
Living people
American male soap opera actors
People from Hayward, California
Male actors from California
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