Cast Bios:

Character Bios:

RAFAEL HERNANDEZ
(Galen Gering)

Rafael "Rafe" Hernandez is the handsome FBI agent who was assigned to guard Sami Brady when she was sent into the witness protection program. Sami and Rafe immediately butted heads, but a sweet friendship followed, and they began to fall in love. Rafe learned Sami was pregnant with EJ's child, but kept the paternity a secret out of respect for her.

When Sami and her newborn daughter Grace got out of witness protection, Rafe decided to maintain his relationship with them. After an unsuccessful attempt at joining the Salem PD, he reconnected with his estranged sister Arianna, who objected to his relationship with Sami. Rafe disregarded Arianna's protests and decided to begin the process of adopting Grace. Before the adoption proceedings could conclude however, baby Grace died of bacterial meningitis.

Rafe's world was about to get a whole lot more complicated. when he found out that Nicole's baby Sydney was in fact Sami's baby, he helped Sami reunite with her biological child. But their happiness was short-lived, as Sydney was later kidnapped. After Sydney was recovered with the help of EJ, Rafe was determined to prove it was in fact EJ who orchestrated the entire kidnapping to begin with. By this time, Sami was already falling back in love with EJ, and agreed to marry him and raise their family together. Finally, Rafe got the proof he needed to win Sami back and stop her from marrying EJ. He interrupted Sami and EJ's wedding to tell her the truth. A hurt Sami was devastated to hear she had been duped by EJ, yet again. Rafe welcomed Sami back with open arms - but how long will their happily ever after last?