Adrian Korbel
Encyclopedia
Professor Adrian Korbel is a fictional character
in the CBS
soap opera
The Young and the Restless
, portrayed by American
actor
Eyal Podell
from September 18, 2006 until August 5, 2008.
's (then played by Adrianne Leon
, now Tammin Sursok
) university
lecturer, and also Colleen's somewhat sparring partner, as they started off on the wrong foot. While stuck at school during an ice storm, he and Colleen had a one-night stand
. It was revealed that Brad Carlton
(Don Diamont
) distrusted him and that he grew up near the beach. After World War II
, his parents emigrated from Czechoslovakia
to Caracas
. On Brad's request, J.T. Hellstrom
(Thad Luckinbill
) began investigating him.
Adrian also began a flirtation with Amber Moore
(Adrienne Frantz
), who arrived in Genoa City and became a singer at the Indigo club. He soon broke up with Amber after finding out that Colleen and J.T.
broke up.
He and Colleen have since slept together several times. However they are torn between their feelings for each other and the need to do the "right" thing, as teacher/student. They have broken off the relationship several times, but appear unable to remain apart. After a romantic Valentine's evening together, Colleen discovers incriminating evidence in Adrian's apartment linking him to the disappearance of Jana Hawkes and the murder of Carmen Mesta
. She rushed out of his apartment and was kidnapped. Adrian then came under the scrutiny of the police.
It turns out Jana Hawkes
(Emily O'Brien
) was the one who kidnapped Colleen and had been trying to frame Korbel. She locked her in a freezer, along with Jana's boyfriend Kevin Fisher
(Greg Rikaart
), intending for Kevin to take the fall. They were both rescued by Adrian and J.T.
Adrian professed his love for Colleen while she was unconscious in the hospital.
In March 2007, Adrian got a call from the dean at the university that she found out about Colleen and Adrian's relationship. Colleen demanded for Adrian to lie to the dean about their relationship but Adrian refused because of what could happen. But he eventually agreed and went with Colleen. Afterwards, the dean told Adrian that the case of their relationship had been dropped. Adrian decided to continue his relationship with Colleen, telling Colleen that they had to become "secret lovers".
However, one morning, as Adrian and Colleen were passionately kissing in her uncle Jack's (Peter Bergman
) living room, Sharon (Sharon Case
) came downstairs and discovered them. She told a furious Brad shortly after. However, Adrian and Colleen continued dating. Adrian then asked Colleen to move with him to Paris because of a job offer he'd received at a museum. But Brad interfered and donated a painting to the museum in exchange for not hiring Adrian in an effort to keep Colleen from leaving.
A few months later, Colleen began helping new friend Kevin locate Jana. Adrian wanted Colleen to be no part of Kevin's scheme, which resulted in a heated debate between the two. After Jana fell for their plot, Colleen left town for a while to visit her mother. Once she returned, she and Adrian forgave each other. After learning that Jana's behavior could have been caused by a brain tumor, Kevin and Colleen rushed to her aid, bringing them closer together and making Adrian jealous.
Colleen and Adrian's relationship progressed when Adrian asked her to move in with him. Since, his book about Colleen's grandmother's heroic efforts in WW2 is on its way to be published. Additionally, he was asked by the Dean to return to GCU to teach a night class. Adrian, like many GC citizens was trapped in the parking lot collapse in Clear Springs. He was stuck with Victoria and helped make her comfortable. They were eventually rescued, but only after Adrian got a piece of rebar impaled in his leg.
They have since broken up, and Adrian and Amber slept together while Daniel was away with his father on tour. Korbel got a job at Restless Style and was in charge of writing the article about Sabrina Newman (Raya Meddine
), but unaware to him, Jack Abbot changed the content of the article in the benefit of enlarging the sales of the magazine. Korbel was disappointed by this, and then decided to move to Maine. In October 2009, Adrian sends flowers when he is unable to attend Colleen's funeral.
Fictional character
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in the CBS
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soap opera
Soap opera
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The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
, portrayed by American
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actor
Actor
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Eyal Podell
Eyal Podell
Eyal Podell is an Israeli-born American actor who is known for his portrayal of Professor Adrian Korbel on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Podell recently played the role of Dr...
from September 18, 2006 until August 5, 2008.
Character's background
Adrian was introduced as Colleen CarltonColleen Carlton
Colleen Cecile Carlton is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was last portrayed by Tammin Sursok, who joined the cast on July 30, 2007 and departed on October 5, 2009...
's (then played by Adrianne Leon
Adrianne Leon
Adrianna Therese León is an American singer-songwriter, chef, personal fitness trainer, model and actress. She is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Caught Crimson. León began writing songs for the Emmy award-winning soap opera General Hospital...
, now Tammin Sursok
Tammin Sursok
Tammin Pamela Sursok is an Australian actress and musician of South African origin. She is best known for the role of Dani Sutherland on Home and Away, as Colleen Carlton on The Young and the Restless and as Siena in Disney Channel's Hannah Montana...
) university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
lecturer, and also Colleen's somewhat sparring partner, as they started off on the wrong foot. While stuck at school during an ice storm, he and Colleen had a one-night stand
One-night stand
Originally, a one-night stand was a single theatre performance, usually by a guest performer on tour, as opposed to an ongoing engagement. Today, however, the term is more commonly defined as a single sexual encounter, in which neither participant has any intention or expectation of a relationship...
. It was revealed that Brad Carlton
Brad Carlton
Bradley "Brad" Carlton was a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Actor Don Diamont played the role since May 1985 until he departed the show in 1996 and returned on July 28, 1998. Diamont was temporarily replaced by Russell Todd in 1993. The character has also...
(Don Diamont
Don Diamont
Don Diamont is an American actor, best known for his long-running portrayal of Brad Carlton on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. In 1990, he was chosen as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People Magazine, becoming the first daytime drama actor to receive the honor...
) distrusted him and that he grew up near the beach. After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, his parents emigrated from Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
to Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
. On Brad's request, J.T. Hellstrom
J.T. Hellstrom
Jeffrey Todd "J.T." Hellstrom is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by actor Thad Luckinbill since August 27, 1999. Luckinbill originally appeared on a recurring basis until he was put on contract in November 2002.J.T. left the show on November 5, 2010,...
(Thad Luckinbill
Thad Luckinbill
Thaddeus Rowe "Thad" Luckinbill is an American actor best known for playing J.T. Hellstrom on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless for 11 years...
) began investigating him.
Adrian also began a flirtation with Amber Moore
Amber Moore
Ambrosia "Amber" Moore is a fictional character on the CBS soap operas The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless played by actress Adrienne Frantz who debuted on July 18, 1997 on The Bold and the Beautiful where she stayed until April 14, 2005...
(Adrienne Frantz
Adrienne Frantz
Adrienne Danielle Frantz is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is known for her role as Amber Moore in The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless .-Career:First breaking into the soap opera genre in 1997 as Tiffany Thorne on Sunset Beach, Frantz left the show...
), who arrived in Genoa City and became a singer at the Indigo club. He soon broke up with Amber after finding out that Colleen and J.T.
J.T. Hellstrom and Colleen Carlton
J.T. Hellstrom and Colleen Carlton are fictional characters and a supercouple on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. J.T. is portrayed by Thad Luckinbill. Colleen was portrayed by Lyndsy Fonseca from 2001 to 2004. She appeared briefly from 2004 to early 2005...
broke up.
Carmen Mesta
Carmen Mesta is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Marisa Ramirez played the role from May 8 to October 30, 2006, and returned several times as a sighting or in a part of a new flashback during the next few months...
. She rushed out of his apartment and was kidnapped. Adrian then came under the scrutiny of the police.
It turns out Jana Hawkes
Jana Hawkes
Jana Hawkes was a fictional character in an American soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actress Emily O'Brien first on recurring status from May 11 to September 5, 2006, and then on contract from October 10, 2006 to February 20, 2007. The actress returned on June 15, 2007...
(Emily O'Brien
Emily O'Brien
Emily O'Brien is an English-born American actress. She is known for her role as Jana Hawkes Fisher on The Young and the Restless off-and-on from May 11, 2006 until her character died on May 6, 2011.-Personal life:...
) was the one who kidnapped Colleen and had been trying to frame Korbel. She locked her in a freezer, along with Jana's boyfriend Kevin Fisher
Kevin Fisher
Kevin Fisher is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Emmy Award-winning actor Greg Rikaart since July 11, 2003. Rikaart won a Daytime Emmy Award for his portrayal of Kevin in 2005....
(Greg Rikaart
Greg Rikaart
Gregory Andrew Rikaart is an American actor, currently on the cast of the soap opera The Young and the Restless, playing Kevin Fisher since July 2003.-Biography:...
), intending for Kevin to take the fall. They were both rescued by Adrian and J.T.
Adrian professed his love for Colleen while she was unconscious in the hospital.
In March 2007, Adrian got a call from the dean at the university that she found out about Colleen and Adrian's relationship. Colleen demanded for Adrian to lie to the dean about their relationship but Adrian refused because of what could happen. But he eventually agreed and went with Colleen. Afterwards, the dean told Adrian that the case of their relationship had been dropped. Adrian decided to continue his relationship with Colleen, telling Colleen that they had to become "secret lovers".
However, one morning, as Adrian and Colleen were passionately kissing in her uncle Jack's (Peter Bergman
Peter Bergman
Peter Bergman is an American soap opera actor best known for his portrayals as Dr. Cliff Warner on All My Children, as well as Jack Abbott on The Young and the Restless.-Biography:...
) living room, Sharon (Sharon Case
Sharon Case
Sharon Case is an American actress. She is known for her roles on daytime television soap operas. Her most well-known role has been on CBS Daytime Television's The Young and the Restless. She has portrayed the role of Sharon Newman since August 1994...
) came downstairs and discovered them. She told a furious Brad shortly after. However, Adrian and Colleen continued dating. Adrian then asked Colleen to move with him to Paris because of a job offer he'd received at a museum. But Brad interfered and donated a painting to the museum in exchange for not hiring Adrian in an effort to keep Colleen from leaving.
A few months later, Colleen began helping new friend Kevin locate Jana. Adrian wanted Colleen to be no part of Kevin's scheme, which resulted in a heated debate between the two. After Jana fell for their plot, Colleen left town for a while to visit her mother. Once she returned, she and Adrian forgave each other. After learning that Jana's behavior could have been caused by a brain tumor, Kevin and Colleen rushed to her aid, bringing them closer together and making Adrian jealous.
Colleen and Adrian's relationship progressed when Adrian asked her to move in with him. Since, his book about Colleen's grandmother's heroic efforts in WW2 is on its way to be published. Additionally, he was asked by the Dean to return to GCU to teach a night class. Adrian, like many GC citizens was trapped in the parking lot collapse in Clear Springs. He was stuck with Victoria and helped make her comfortable. They were eventually rescued, but only after Adrian got a piece of rebar impaled in his leg.
They have since broken up, and Adrian and Amber slept together while Daniel was away with his father on tour. Korbel got a job at Restless Style and was in charge of writing the article about Sabrina Newman (Raya Meddine
Raya Meddine
Raya Meddine is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sabrina Costelana Newman on The Young and the Restless. Sometimes credited as Rana Alamuddin.-Personal life:...
), but unaware to him, Jack Abbot changed the content of the article in the benefit of enlarging the sales of the magazine. Korbel was disappointed by this, and then decided to move to Maine. In October 2009, Adrian sends flowers when he is unable to attend Colleen's funeral.