Cody Paul
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Cody Paul is a fictional character
on the SOAPnet
drama series, General Hospital: Night Shift
. He is an Iraq war veteran
with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
. He's being treated by Dr. Lainey Winters. The character has also crossed over to General Hospital
, where it was revealed that he's a former army buddy of Cooper Barrett, with a vendetta against Logan Hayes. Cody is portrayed by Graham Shiels. Cody went to Prison for the murder
of Dr. Lainey Winters' father, Roger, who suffered from Alzheimer's Disease
. This was at the request of Lainey, as he was terminally ill. On July 21, 2008, he returned to Port Charles
after being acquitted of the charges after hiring Diane Miller.
He has recently taken a job working for Jason Morgan as a bodyguard for his accountant Bernie and a spy to watch Russian mobster Andre Karpov.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
on the SOAPnet
SOAPnet
SOAPnet is an American cable television channel that broadcasts current and past soap operas and primetime dramas, along with some original programming. The channel launched on January 20, 2000, and is owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
drama series, General Hospital: Night Shift
General Hospital: Night Shift
General Hospital: Night Shift is an American prime time serial that first aired on SOAPnet for a 13-episode run from July 12, 2007 to October 4, 2007. A spin-off of the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, the show is SOAPnet's first original scripted drama series and follows the nighttime...
. He is an Iraq war veteran
Veteran
A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...
with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumaticstress disorder is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma. This event may involve the threat of death to oneself or to someone else, or to one's own or someone else's physical, sexual, or psychological integrity,...
. He's being treated by Dr. Lainey Winters. The character has also crossed over to General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
, where it was revealed that he's a former army buddy of Cooper Barrett, with a vendetta against Logan Hayes. Cody is portrayed by Graham Shiels. Cody went to Prison for the murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
of Dr. Lainey Winters' father, Roger, who suffered from Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
. This was at the request of Lainey, as he was terminally ill. On July 21, 2008, he returned to Port Charles
Port Charles
Port Charles was a daytime soap opera which aired on ABC from June 2, 1997 to October 3, 2003. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital, which has been running since 1963 and takes place in the fictional city of Port Charles, New York...
after being acquitted of the charges after hiring Diane Miller.
He has recently taken a job working for Jason Morgan as a bodyguard for his accountant Bernie and a spy to watch Russian mobster Andre Karpov.