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Sonny Kiriakis is a fictional character the NBC daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives. The role was originated by Freddie Smith from 2011 to 2015, and again from 2016 to 2020. In 2021, Zach Tinker was cast as Sonny in the Peacock miniseries, Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem. Tinker also appeared as Sonny in the Holiday themed movie, Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas. In 2022, Tinker began appearing as Sonny on the original series.

Sonny is the only biological child of Supercouple Justin Kiriakis (Wally Kurth) and Adrienne Johnson (Judi Evans) and grand nephew to the villainous Victor Kiriakis (John Aniston). Introduced as an adult in 2011, the character's birth was announced onscreen in 1991.

Creation and casting
On March 22, 2011, Lynette Rice of Entertainment Weekly announced that the "traditionally conservative" soap opera was developing a "gay storyline." At the time, the show refused to comment on the report. Later in May 2011, reports of Smith's casting surfaced in the press. Both the network and Smith's representatives refused to confirm the reports. On June 17, 2011, Rice announced Smith's casting as Sonny. "I'm very excited to portray him" Smith said of his casting.

Personality
In 2011, Smith described Sonny as a "center of attention kind of guy but in a good way." In addition to being well traveled, Sonny is "very confident and mature, […] and is very open-minded."

Rice described the character as "a good-natured young man."