| Hunt Block joined the CBS daytime drama AS THE WORLD TURNS in July 2000 as Craig Montgomery, a role for which Block received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations, including one for Outstanding Lead Actor in 2002. Having recently suffered the tragic loss of his son, Craig is spending quality time bonding with his teenaged daughter, Lucy, but spends most of his day trying to win back the woman he loves, Carly Tenney.
Block, who holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Harvard University, was the recipient of the Vivian Beaumont Fellowship and the American National Theatre Association Fellowship.
A veteran of both movies and television, Block appeared in the feature films The Lonely Guy and The Next Best Thing. On the small screen, he is best known to soap opera fans for his portrayal of Ben Warren on Guiding Light, which earned him a Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Best Villain. In addition, he played the dastardly Peter Hollister on the CBS prime-time drama Knots Landing and appeared as Guy Donohue on All My Children. He has also guest-starred on such shows as Murder, She Wrote and Hill Street Blues and in several made-for-television movies, including Bloodline: Beverly Hills Ninja Murders, The Dirty Dozen IV and She Was Marked for Murder.
Block's theater credits include As You Like It, Forever After, A Loss of Memory and the Lincoln Center Festival of New American One Acts.
Block, who was raised in a Maryland suburb, lives in Connecticut with his family. In his spare time, he enjoys writing and photography. His birthdate is Feb. 16. |
