🔥Casting buzz is building on GH 👀✨ Familiar faces pop up, old alliances stir, and legal drama keeps rolling as Port Charles welcomes back key players. From power brokers to wildcard returns, the canvas is anything but quie💬👇
Here’s the soap’s latest comings and goings casting news at General Hospital. Find out if any popular performers from yesteryear are returning, if any newcomers are joining the show in contract, recurring or day-player roles, and if any of your favorite actors or actresses are leaving the ABC drama.
The Week of January 5, 2026
Chris McKenna is back as WSB honcho Jack Brennan. The duplicitous character corners Kelly Thiebaud’s Britt on Monday, January 5, and interacts with Laura Wright’s Carly.
Jon Lindstrom gets more screen time as Dr. Kevin Collins. He shares powerful scenes opposite Genie Francis’s Laura on Monday, January 5. Lindstrom, who also plays Joey Armstrong on Beyond the Gates, weighed in on the logistics of appearing on two soaps.

James Patrick Stuart continues his run as Valentin Cassadine. Look for the character to collaborate on a new plan with Wright’s Carly on Tuesday, January 6.
Paige Herschell returns as Jacinda. The former sex worker interacts with Kate Mansi’s Kristina on Monday, January 5. Herschell opened up about her run on the soap and what it’s meant to her.