Played brilliantly by Joseph Moscolo

Stefano is the most evil baddie you will ever see.

Stefano first came on the scene in 1982. He came to Salem with a grudge against the Brady family (viewers still don't really know why). He has tried to get at the Brady's in every way possible. Apart from the Brady's he also has connections to John Black, Marlena Evans, Hope Brady, Princess Gina, Bo Brady, and many other Salem characters. 

CONNECTION WITH JOHN BLACK  
&  MARLENA EVANS

 When John first came on the scene no-one knew who he was, but after many years we find out. So here goes.... John was born as Forrest Alamain, as a young boy Stefano kidnapped John and implanted him with a microchip. This gave Stefano the ability to implant and erase John's "memories". He used John as a pawn to steal priceless art work from across Europe and produce forgeries.  Today Stefano is still after John and there war continues. Stefano is in love with Marlena and her closeness to John is another reason for his hatred towards John. He has tried many ways to get close to Marlena, including drugging her, brainwashing her and kidnapping her many, many times.However Marlena knows Stefano for what he is.

  CONNECTION WITH HOPE AND 
PRINCESS GINA                                                                     

Here goes, this info may be a bit sketchy but this is the basic gist.  Princess Gina was also implanted with a microchip and assisted John in the thefts and forgeries, but then after a while Gina grew tired and couldn't go on. So Stefano kidnapped Hope (identical to Gina) and placed Gina's memories in Hope. Today Stefano swaps the memories between the two women, this is to his advantage. The story is something like this.

Stefano's partner in crime is Celeste Perrault. They have a child together in Salem, Lexie Carver who is married to a Salem cop Abe Carver, this makes matters difficult for Stefano. Lexie hates her father and her relationship with Celeste is weird. Celeste is in love with Stefano and is also scared of him. She is always helping him with his crimes and plans, which to her disgust, involves helping him to try and make Marlena love him.

STEFANO HAS A HABIT FOR COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD, HERE IS A LIST OF THE TIMES HE HAS DIED....

1: He died from a stroke.

2: Marlena shot him.

3: He was burned in a fire.

4: His car went over some docks.

5: Died in another fire in the Mayan Pyramid.

6: Wait for it......... He was blown up.

7: He drowned at sea.

8: In a plane explosion.

9: And another explosion.

Stefano also has a pretty big family. And again here we go. (Also see Stefano Family Tree)

1: Tony Dimera- His dead son

2: Liz Chandler DiMera- Tony's ex wife.

3: Renee DuMonde- Stefano's daughter.

4: Daphne DiMera- Stefano's dead wife.

5: Anna DiMera- Tony's second wife.

6: Andre DiMera- Stefano's dead nephew.

7: Megan Hathaway- Stefano's dead daughter.

8: Benji- Stefano's son.

9: Kristen DiMera- Adopted by Stefano and Tony's third wife.

10: Peter Blake- Also adopted by Stefano.

11: Celeste Perrault- Stefano's ex-mistress and mother with Stefano to Lexie.

12: Lexie Carver- Stefano's daughter

13: Little Elvis??????- Stefano's son.