Casting Billy Abbott

billy born onscreen in july 1993 , grew naturally until 1999, when producers decided revise birth date 1983. birth date later revised again 1979, same birth date actor billy miller. 1999, character portrayed child actors, first set of twins named katrin , margret ingimarsdottir, brett sherman, shane silver, blake pontello, josh michael rose , scotty leavenworth. when character rapidly aged, character first portrayed david tom, brother of acclaimed heather tom, first aired on july 26, 1999. auditioned 5 times, said tom @ time. every time, heather call , ask, how it? did feel it? when tom received role, said, [heather] excited. won t have many scenes sister. s great on same show! tom went on receive daytime emmy award outstanding younger actor in 2000. in 2002, tom opted not renew contract agreed stay until august when billy written out, , last seen on august 15, 2002. character absent series august december 2002; though supposed return sooner, casting department allegedly had trouble finding suitable replacement tom.

the role recast ryan brown, debuted on december 26, 2002. during brown s portrayal, rumors started circulating dismissal, when brown fired, producers said storyline dictated. last aired on july 16, 2003. in 2006, announced newcomer scott seymour assume role, debuting on august 15, 2006. however, seymour let go after 3 months, , final airdate november 9, 2006. in 2008, billy miller assumed role fourth actor so. first aired on september 19, 2008. miller won daytime emmy award outstanding supporting actor portrayal in 2010. in 2011, miller announced leave series end of summer. however, after months of contract negotiations, miller agreed 1 more year on series. in november 2013, amidst contract negotiations, miller opted leave soap opera, , announced david tom, played billy, returning role. miller taped final scenes on december 19, , last aired on january 30, 2014. tom taped first scenes billy on january 7, , returned on february 3, 2014.

on may 23, 2014, daytime confidential broke news tom had been released series, writers taking billy in different direction. said replaced actor burgess jenkins. tom last aired on june 19, while jenkins took on over june 24, 2014. jenkins confirmed casting on official twitter account, tweeting, outpouring of warm welcome fans!

in october 2015, daytime confidential broke news jenkins had been fired show, , former general hospital actor jason thompson 1 of soap s top choices recast, following plastic surgery arc storyline. jenkins last appeared on january 5, 2016.

on december 3, 2015, entertainment weekly confirmed reports thompson had joined cast, , began appearing on january 13, 2016.