List of General Hospital characters introduced in the 2020s

Brando Corbin (Johnny Wactor) was introduced in January 2020, as the distant relative of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard).

In 2021, the characters of Austin Gatlin-Holt (Roger Howarth), Esme Prince (Avery Kristen Pohl) and Marshall Ashford (Robert Gossett) were introduced.

The characters of Rory Cabrera (Michael Blake Kruse) and Cody Bell (Josh Kelly) were introduced in March and June 2022, respectively.

While in Brooklyn, New York with his father, Mike and enforcer, Jason Morgan, the three are ambushed in a restaurant by armed gunmen.

Following the skirmish at the warehouse, two of Sonny's men were able to capture one of the attackers, who after being interrogated, attempting escape, and being shot by Jason, reveals the name of his employer - Cyrus Renault.

Renault is revealed to be drug runner, who typically operates out of the Pacific Northwest, but has recently been transferred to Pentonville Penitentiary outside of Port Charles.

Parallel to this, it is revealed that Police Commissioner Jordan Ashford once worked as part of a DEA task force alongside Marcus Taggert and two other agents to take down Renault.

Her casting was announced on February 26, 2020,[5] with Portia being introduced as a doctor, who is also the mother of Trina Robinson (Sydney Mikayla/Tabyana Ali).

Speaking to Soap Opera Digest, Kerr called the role a "blessing," and discussed the audition process, stating it "came out of the blue and when it did, I was like, 'Yes!

"[8] Speaking on his debut of Austin, he remarked: "I love what I do and I was glad to get back to it — but there's a certain amount of nervous energy that showed up.

[14] She is the daughter of Ryan Chamberlain (Jon Lindstrom) and Heather Webber (Alley Mills), the maternal half sister of Steven Webber (Scott Reeves) and Franco Baldwin (Howarth), the niece of Kevin Collins, the cousin of Livvie Locke (Kelly Monaco), and the granddaughter of Alice Grant and Victor Collins (Nicholas Pryor).

In storyline, Esme and Spencer Cassadine (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) go overboard during a confrontation aboard the yacht he rented into the waters, and are presumed dead.

Cody has been billed as a character that would "greatly affect the lives of Sam (Monaco), Dante (Dom Zamprogna) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud).

"[19] In an interview with Soap Opera Digest, Kelly detailed his joining the role, stating: "I was excited and nervous.

I came in for a Covid test on a Thursday, did a wardrobe fitting on a Friday and then on Monday, I was working – out of the frying pan and into the fire!

[24] The 21 year old Gio arrives from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn when he visits Port Charles to play the violin for his cousin Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) when she marries Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard).

Lois later invites Gio to stay at the Quartermaine family's estate and he starts his new job as an attendant at the Metro Court Hotel's pool.