Jake Martin (All My Children)
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Dr. Joseph Henry "Jake" Martin, Jr. is a fictional character
on the long-running American
daytime drama All My Children
. Since the character's on-screen birth in 1979, he has been portrayed by several actors, most recently by Ricky Paull Goldin
, who took over the role on April 30, 2008 until the series finale on September 23, 2011.
and his second wife, Ruth, a nurse. He grew up a good kid and as a young adult, fell in love with Emily Ann Sago, the daughter of reformed prostitute Estelle LaTour. Although the two married against Joe's and Ruth's wishes, their love wasn't meant to last. Emily Ann became pregnant shortly after they married but later miscarried the child. When Emily Ann discovered that sadistic pimp Billy Clyde Tuggle was actually her birth father, she became mentally unhinged. After trying to help her the best he could, Joey divorced her after she was institutionalized. Soon after, Joey left for medical school in 1991.
Joey returned to Pine Valley in 1996, now known as Jake. Having dropped out of medical school, he became a handyman. He married Gillian Andrassy in 2000 and the two were divorced in 2001. Gillian miscarried their baby in February 2001. For a time, Jake was believed to be the father of Liza Colby Chandler
's daughter, Colby Chandler
, though this was proven untrue. Jake became involved with Greenlee Smythe
and fell in love with her. Jake continued to be in love with Greenlee at the time when she and Leo had broken up. Greenlee fell in love with Jake, and at the same time still loved Leo. After his relationship with Greenlee ended he became involved with Mia Saunders
, but he eventually became engaged and got married to fellow doctor Carolyn Finn. He had started up his medical career again before leaving Pine Valley in 2003. In August 2007, he called his nephew, Jamie Martin, for help in Africa
with AIDS
patients.
Months later, Jake Martin was being held hostage in Darfur and Zach Slater
sent Aidan Devane
to bring Jake back. Once out of harm's way, they returned safely to Pine Valley. Although Jake expressed plans to return to Sudan, big brother Tad
convinced him to stay. Jake began working at the hospital with Joe, and reconnected with Angie Hubbard. He also renewed a bond with Dr. Frankie Hubbard
, who considers him his mentor, and in whom he sees the little brother he never had. Jake performed a miracle by saving Ian Slater's life after both of Ian's parents thought he was dead.
Jake started a relationship with Amanda Dillon
, even though they both kept it mostly physical. When Jake met Taylor Thompson, an Iraq war veteran, his relationship with Amanda became more distant, and as a result, Amanda broke up with him. Later, Jake broke up with Taylor when her fiancé, Brot Monroe, was discovered to be alive.
Meanwhile, Jake found out that Amanda was pregnant with either JR Chandler of David Hayward
's baby. Jake gives her the prenatal care needed, as well as a place to stay when she is kicked out of her own place. When Amanda figures out that David is the father of the baby from a sonogram, Jake helps keep David away in order to protect Amanda's baby from David's influence. In doing so, Jake truly falls in love with Amanda, and they marry on June 11, 2009 by Tad. On their honeymoon, Amanda gives birth to a baby boy.
Jake and Amanda fake the baby's death so that David will not try and find it, while Jake gives the baby to Liza Colby, his ex-girlfriend who he made a side deal with. Later, it is revealed Jake gave Liza another baby put up for adoption, and hid Amanda's baby in the countryside because he knew she could not live without her son. Amanda was reunited with her son, who she named Trevor after her father.
Amanda had a plan to find her son abandoned and then "adopt" him. The plan went awry, however, when Trevor was kidnapped, and David found him before Jake and Amanda could. He told Amanda that she and Jake would be arrested unless she agreed to move into his place with Trevor. Amanda agreed, and Jake was upset about this. Jake nearly left her and Pine Valley as a result, but later changed his mind and stayed.
Trevor and Amanda moved back in with Jake in December 2009, when David claimed he was dying of a rare blood disease and performed it as a goodwill gesture to Amanda. In January, Amanda found out that the blood disease David had was hereditary, and had Trevor tested. When the results came back negative, she and Jake were suspicious, and had a paternity test done, which confirmed what Jake & Amanda had hoped: Jake is Trevor's father. Amanda kicked David out of her life and started rebuilding a life with Jake and Trevor.
When Amanda went back to work at Fusion as a model, she gained a stalker named "Amandafan," whose behavior became increasingly obsessive. Jake, initially supportive of her career, became worried about Amanda's safety and told her to stay home with Officer Natalia Fowler guarding her. It turned out "Amandafan" was Amanda's insane mother, Janet Dillon
, and Jake saved Natalia and Amanda from Janet when she broke into the apartment while they were at home.
Amanda began questioning her ability as a mother after Janet convinced her she is just like her mother, even though Jake constantly reassured her. Realizing he and Amanda never had a proper wedding ceremony, he gave Amanda the chance to have the wedding of her dreams in a vow renewal ceremony. Amanda accepted, and was able to gain back her happiness and confidence.
In November 2010, Dr. Griffin Castillo
showed up in Pine Valley, and was revealed to be the man who ran away with Jake's ex-wife, Cara. Jake started to remember his ex-wife often, and kept from Amanda the fact that Griffin broke his and Cara's marriage. In December, Cara showed up in Pine Valley, claiming to want Jake to return to Doctors without Borders. Later, she was forced to stay in the country when her paperwork was not filed correctly. Jake eventually found out that Griffin was Cara's brother, and Cara said she left because she felt like she married too young and was stuck in a relationship.
Jake later found out Cara still wore their wedding ring, and she revealed that some men in Africa threatened his life, and she left to protect him and she still loves him. She realizes he's moved on, but she came back because she missed him and needed to see him.
Cara later discovered she was still a target, and could be killed if she returned to Africa. In February 2011, Cara was detained by Immigration officials who found out she was traveling on a fraudulent passport. In order to save her, Tad claimed they were engaged, which put Jake in an awkward position, though he accepted the marriage. When he found out Amanda was the one who called Immigration on Cara, he became upset and even more distant from her.
Cara and Tad married on March 8, 2011, and Jake, with some help from his father, later helped Cara get hired full-time at the hospital. Meanwhile, Amanda got hired by JR as a PR consultant for Chandler Enterprises, which Jake is not happy about. Amanda and Jake become the godparents of Lucy Hubbard, Angie and Jesse's daughter.
Amanda suggests to Jake that they have another baby, but Jake is not too sure about this. Despite his uncertainty, Amanda throws away her contraceptive pills, desperate to get pregnant. When Griffin is accused of murder, Cara stands up for him, and Jake supports her, much to Tad and Amanda's chagrin. Griffin is later hospitalized after being attacked in his jail cell, and Jake lies for him by saying his condition is critical. Griffin later escapes, and Cara and Tad are held accountable. Cara quits at the hospital when the board complains to Jake. Jake calls Cara when a young cancer patient asks for her. However, the patient's father catches Cara, and complains to Jake. When Jake tries to defend Cara, he gets punched by the father and is knocked unconscious. Amanda comes to the hospital and tends to him, but is not happy when she finds out Cara is the reason he got knocked out.
While Cara is working at the free clinic, Jake comes by and they reminisce about their time in DWB. When Cara finds out that doctors in Afghanistan, where her brother is supposed to be, were hurt and possibly killed, she has a meltdown in front of Jake. They end up kissing, but they pull away before going any further. Tad later comes by and reveals Griffin is still in town, helping Kendall Slater find out the murderer of her husband, Zach. Jake starts to pull away from Amanda, guilt-ridden about what happened with Cara. When Amanda thinks she's pregnant and comes in for a test, the nurse later lets it slip to Jake that she wasn't pregnant, and when Amanda tries to confess about keeping this, he forgives her, thinking about what happened with Cara. Still, Jake becomes distant from her.
One evening, Jake ends up in isolation at the hospital with Cara, and decides to tell Amanda the truth when he can't get ahold of her. Jake goes home that night, and tells her, and Amanda slaps him in anger. Jake later tries to make it up to Amanda by setting up a picnic and a romantic dinner at their apartment. Later, when Amanda starts to get cramps, Jake thinks she might be pregnant, and decides it would be a good time to expand their family. However, Amanda's test comes back negative.
Amanda later admits to Jake that she has an STD. Jake thinks it might have come before they were married, but Amanda confesses that the night Jake told her about him and Cara, she had slept with JR. When Jake realizes that he drove her to have a one-night-stand, he decides to forgive her, but Amanda's not sure about that and leaves. He later admits to Tad he thinks his marriage is falling apart. Tad tells him to make a decision about whether or not he wants to stay married to Amanda. Jake chooses to stay with his wife.
Jake finds out Amanda has HPV, which means she could possibly have cancer. While they are running tests, Amanda apologizes to Cara, who forgives her and also gives her some advice about how to deal with a cancer diagnosis. While waiting for the results, Amanda tells Jake that she wants him to move on in case something happens to her. Jake, though, refuses to let her give up and tells her they will fight against the cancer, if she has it. Jake is there when Amanda finds out that she has cancer.
Jake starts staying overnight at the hospital, trying to find a solution to help Amanda. She later tells him she's worried about how her diagnosis is affecting him. Jake and Amanda find out that her cancer is not that advanced, but the doctor does recommend Amanda has a hysterectomy, which means she won't be able to have any more children. Amanda decides to go through with it, and Jake realizes just how much Amanda and Trevor mean to him. Cara later tells him to not keep Amanda out, as she is hurting just as much as he is. Jake later talks to Amanda and promises that no matter what happens, he's always going to stay by her side from now on.
Before Amanda goes in for the surgery, Janet is admitted to the hospital after Oak Haven is burned down. Amanda tells her mother about her cancer diagnosis, and how much Jake has been helping her since then. Janet, surprisingly, gives Amanda some advice that makes her feel better. Afterwards, she tells Jake that she did need her mother in that moment, and he's glad she's feeling better about what happens next.
Fictional character
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on the long-running American
United States
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daytime drama All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
. Since the character's on-screen birth in 1979, he has been portrayed by several actors, most recently by Ricky Paull Goldin
Ricky Paull Goldin
Richard "Ricky" Paull Goldin is an American actor. He is currently in the cast of All My Children as Jake Martin since April 2008...
, who took over the role on April 30, 2008 until the series finale on September 23, 2011.
Storyline
Jake, originally known as Joey, was the late-in-life son born to Dr. Joe MartinJoe Martin (All My Children)
Dr. Joseph Henry "Joe" Martin Sr. is a fictional character on the American soap opera All My Children. Ray MacDonnell played the character from the show's inception on January 5, 1970 until his retirement on January 5, 2010. He reprised his role for three episodes in March 2011, and again for two...
and his second wife, Ruth, a nurse. He grew up a good kid and as a young adult, fell in love with Emily Ann Sago, the daughter of reformed prostitute Estelle LaTour. Although the two married against Joe's and Ruth's wishes, their love wasn't meant to last. Emily Ann became pregnant shortly after they married but later miscarried the child. When Emily Ann discovered that sadistic pimp Billy Clyde Tuggle was actually her birth father, she became mentally unhinged. After trying to help her the best he could, Joey divorced her after she was institutionalized. Soon after, Joey left for medical school in 1991.
Joey returned to Pine Valley in 1996, now known as Jake. Having dropped out of medical school, he became a handyman. He married Gillian Andrassy in 2000 and the two were divorced in 2001. Gillian miscarried their baby in February 2001. For a time, Jake was believed to be the father of Liza Colby Chandler
Liza Colby
Liza Colby is a fictional character on the American soap opera All My Children who has been played by actress Jamie Luner from April 2009 until September 2011. She was previously played by actress Marcy Walker from 1981-1984 and then again from 1995-2005, although the role was also briefly...
's daughter, Colby Chandler
Colby Chandler (All My Children)
Colby Marian Chandler is a fictional character on the American soap opera All My Children. She was portrayed by various child actresses during her childhood, and as a teenager notably portrayed actresses Ambyr Childers from July 3, 2006 to May 6, 2008, Brianne Moncrief from May 7, 2008 to November...
, though this was proven untrue. Jake became involved with Greenlee Smythe
Greenlee Smythe
Greenlee Smythe is a fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. She was originally portrayed by actress Rebecca Budig from August 11, 1999 to November 30, 2005, and was portrayed by actress Sabine Singh from April 20, 2007 to January 15, 2008...
and fell in love with her. Jake continued to be in love with Greenlee at the time when she and Leo had broken up. Greenlee fell in love with Jake, and at the same time still loved Leo. After his relationship with Greenlee ended he became involved with Mia Saunders
Mia Saunders
Mia Saunders is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children. The role of Mia was played and originated by Amelia Heinle, who started the role on July 19, 2001 and left June 15, 2004. of She left to assume the role Victoria Newman on the CBS soap opera The Young and the...
, but he eventually became engaged and got married to fellow doctor Carolyn Finn. He had started up his medical career again before leaving Pine Valley in 2003. In August 2007, he called his nephew, Jamie Martin, for help in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
with AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
patients.
Months later, Jake Martin was being held hostage in Darfur and Zach Slater
Zach Slater
Zachary "Zach" Slater is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. He was portrayed by actor Thorsten Kaye from May 20, 2004 to November 19, 2010; Thorsten returned to the role on August 5, 2011 to September 23, 2011...
sent Aidan Devane
Aidan Devane
Aidan Devane is a resident of the fictional town of Pine Valley from the ABC soap opera All My Children. He has been portrayed by Aiden Turner, from June 6, 2002 to December 21, 2009...
to bring Jake back. Once out of harm's way, they returned safely to Pine Valley. Although Jake expressed plans to return to Sudan, big brother Tad
Tad Martin
Thaddeus James "Tad" Martin is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Tad is portrayed by actor Michael E. Knight. Knight has portrayed the role on and off from 1982 until the series finale in 2011. Tad represents the good on the show All My Children, often butting...
convinced him to stay. Jake began working at the hospital with Joe, and reconnected with Angie Hubbard. He also renewed a bond with Dr. Frankie Hubbard
Frankie Hubbard
Dr. Franklin "Frankie" Quentin Hubbard is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, All My Children. He is the son of soap opera supercouple Jesse Hubbard and Angie Baxter.Frankie has also appeared on Loving and The City...
, who considers him his mentor, and in whom he sees the little brother he never had. Jake performed a miracle by saving Ian Slater's life after both of Ian's parents thought he was dead.
Jake started a relationship with Amanda Dillon
Amanda Dillon
Amanda Maureen Martin is a fictional character from the American daytime All My Children. She is the daughter of police officer/detective Trevor Dillon and longtime series villain Janet Marlowe aka "Janet from another planet"; however, Amanda was thought to be the child of her aunt Natalie...
, even though they both kept it mostly physical. When Jake met Taylor Thompson, an Iraq war veteran, his relationship with Amanda became more distant, and as a result, Amanda broke up with him. Later, Jake broke up with Taylor when her fiancé, Brot Monroe, was discovered to be alive.
Meanwhile, Jake found out that Amanda was pregnant with either JR Chandler of David Hayward
David Hayward
Dr. David Hayward is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama All My Children, as portrayed by Vincent Irizarry from: November 27, 1997 - March 2, 1998, July 8, 1998 - November 28, 2006, October 23, 2008 - September 13, 2010, and returned on November 22, 2010.The character has been a top...
's baby. Jake gives her the prenatal care needed, as well as a place to stay when she is kicked out of her own place. When Amanda figures out that David is the father of the baby from a sonogram, Jake helps keep David away in order to protect Amanda's baby from David's influence. In doing so, Jake truly falls in love with Amanda, and they marry on June 11, 2009 by Tad. On their honeymoon, Amanda gives birth to a baby boy.
Jake and Amanda fake the baby's death so that David will not try and find it, while Jake gives the baby to Liza Colby, his ex-girlfriend who he made a side deal with. Later, it is revealed Jake gave Liza another baby put up for adoption, and hid Amanda's baby in the countryside because he knew she could not live without her son. Amanda was reunited with her son, who she named Trevor after her father.
Amanda had a plan to find her son abandoned and then "adopt" him. The plan went awry, however, when Trevor was kidnapped, and David found him before Jake and Amanda could. He told Amanda that she and Jake would be arrested unless she agreed to move into his place with Trevor. Amanda agreed, and Jake was upset about this. Jake nearly left her and Pine Valley as a result, but later changed his mind and stayed.
Trevor and Amanda moved back in with Jake in December 2009, when David claimed he was dying of a rare blood disease and performed it as a goodwill gesture to Amanda. In January, Amanda found out that the blood disease David had was hereditary, and had Trevor tested. When the results came back negative, she and Jake were suspicious, and had a paternity test done, which confirmed what Jake & Amanda had hoped: Jake is Trevor's father. Amanda kicked David out of her life and started rebuilding a life with Jake and Trevor.
When Amanda went back to work at Fusion as a model, she gained a stalker named "Amandafan," whose behavior became increasingly obsessive. Jake, initially supportive of her career, became worried about Amanda's safety and told her to stay home with Officer Natalia Fowler guarding her. It turned out "Amandafan" was Amanda's insane mother, Janet Dillon
Janet Dillon
Janet Dillon is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera All My Children...
, and Jake saved Natalia and Amanda from Janet when she broke into the apartment while they were at home.
Amanda began questioning her ability as a mother after Janet convinced her she is just like her mother, even though Jake constantly reassured her. Realizing he and Amanda never had a proper wedding ceremony, he gave Amanda the chance to have the wedding of her dreams in a vow renewal ceremony. Amanda accepted, and was able to gain back her happiness and confidence.
In November 2010, Dr. Griffin Castillo
Griffin Castillo
Dr. Griffin Castillo is a fictional character from the original ABC soap opera, All My Children. The character debuted on November 16, 2010 portrayed by Emmy winner Jordi Vilasuso.-Character History:...
showed up in Pine Valley, and was revealed to be the man who ran away with Jake's ex-wife, Cara. Jake started to remember his ex-wife often, and kept from Amanda the fact that Griffin broke his and Cara's marriage. In December, Cara showed up in Pine Valley, claiming to want Jake to return to Doctors without Borders. Later, she was forced to stay in the country when her paperwork was not filed correctly. Jake eventually found out that Griffin was Cara's brother, and Cara said she left because she felt like she married too young and was stuck in a relationship.
Jake later found out Cara still wore their wedding ring, and she revealed that some men in Africa threatened his life, and she left to protect him and she still loves him. She realizes he's moved on, but she came back because she missed him and needed to see him.
Cara later discovered she was still a target, and could be killed if she returned to Africa. In February 2011, Cara was detained by Immigration officials who found out she was traveling on a fraudulent passport. In order to save her, Tad claimed they were engaged, which put Jake in an awkward position, though he accepted the marriage. When he found out Amanda was the one who called Immigration on Cara, he became upset and even more distant from her.
Cara and Tad married on March 8, 2011, and Jake, with some help from his father, later helped Cara get hired full-time at the hospital. Meanwhile, Amanda got hired by JR as a PR consultant for Chandler Enterprises, which Jake is not happy about. Amanda and Jake become the godparents of Lucy Hubbard, Angie and Jesse's daughter.
Amanda suggests to Jake that they have another baby, but Jake is not too sure about this. Despite his uncertainty, Amanda throws away her contraceptive pills, desperate to get pregnant. When Griffin is accused of murder, Cara stands up for him, and Jake supports her, much to Tad and Amanda's chagrin. Griffin is later hospitalized after being attacked in his jail cell, and Jake lies for him by saying his condition is critical. Griffin later escapes, and Cara and Tad are held accountable. Cara quits at the hospital when the board complains to Jake. Jake calls Cara when a young cancer patient asks for her. However, the patient's father catches Cara, and complains to Jake. When Jake tries to defend Cara, he gets punched by the father and is knocked unconscious. Amanda comes to the hospital and tends to him, but is not happy when she finds out Cara is the reason he got knocked out.
While Cara is working at the free clinic, Jake comes by and they reminisce about their time in DWB. When Cara finds out that doctors in Afghanistan, where her brother is supposed to be, were hurt and possibly killed, she has a meltdown in front of Jake. They end up kissing, but they pull away before going any further. Tad later comes by and reveals Griffin is still in town, helping Kendall Slater find out the murderer of her husband, Zach. Jake starts to pull away from Amanda, guilt-ridden about what happened with Cara. When Amanda thinks she's pregnant and comes in for a test, the nurse later lets it slip to Jake that she wasn't pregnant, and when Amanda tries to confess about keeping this, he forgives her, thinking about what happened with Cara. Still, Jake becomes distant from her.
One evening, Jake ends up in isolation at the hospital with Cara, and decides to tell Amanda the truth when he can't get ahold of her. Jake goes home that night, and tells her, and Amanda slaps him in anger. Jake later tries to make it up to Amanda by setting up a picnic and a romantic dinner at their apartment. Later, when Amanda starts to get cramps, Jake thinks she might be pregnant, and decides it would be a good time to expand their family. However, Amanda's test comes back negative.
Amanda later admits to Jake that she has an STD. Jake thinks it might have come before they were married, but Amanda confesses that the night Jake told her about him and Cara, she had slept with JR. When Jake realizes that he drove her to have a one-night-stand, he decides to forgive her, but Amanda's not sure about that and leaves. He later admits to Tad he thinks his marriage is falling apart. Tad tells him to make a decision about whether or not he wants to stay married to Amanda. Jake chooses to stay with his wife.
Jake finds out Amanda has HPV, which means she could possibly have cancer. While they are running tests, Amanda apologizes to Cara, who forgives her and also gives her some advice about how to deal with a cancer diagnosis. While waiting for the results, Amanda tells Jake that she wants him to move on in case something happens to her. Jake, though, refuses to let her give up and tells her they will fight against the cancer, if she has it. Jake is there when Amanda finds out that she has cancer.
Jake starts staying overnight at the hospital, trying to find a solution to help Amanda. She later tells him she's worried about how her diagnosis is affecting him. Jake and Amanda find out that her cancer is not that advanced, but the doctor does recommend Amanda has a hysterectomy, which means she won't be able to have any more children. Amanda decides to go through with it, and Jake realizes just how much Amanda and Trevor mean to him. Cara later tells him to not keep Amanda out, as she is hurting just as much as he is. Jake later talks to Amanda and promises that no matter what happens, he's always going to stay by her side from now on.
Before Amanda goes in for the surgery, Janet is admitted to the hospital after Oak Haven is burned down. Amanda tells her mother about her cancer diagnosis, and how much Jake has been helping her since then. Janet, surprisingly, gives Amanda some advice that makes her feel better. Afterwards, she tells Jake that she did need her mother in that moment, and he's glad she's feeling better about what happens next.