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Xander Kiriakis is a fictional character on the NBC Daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives portrayed by Paul Telfer since the character's introduction in 2015. Created by Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell.

Xander is the son of Titus Kiriakis and the nephew of Victor Kiriakis. Making him the member of the Kiriakis family.

Casting
In 2015, Paul Telfer (actor) joined the cast of Days of Our Lives as Xander Cook, the nephew of Victor Kiriakis. He made his first on screen appearance on March 24, 2015.

2015–
Xander first showed up in Salem in March 2015 as the head of an International Diamond blood smugglers ring. He compelled his friend, Serena Mason through threats, to steal the diamonds from the elephant statue that she and Eric Brady bought from Africa few years ago. Xander met with his uncle Victor Kiriakis where it was revealed that he has been doing criminal operations for him in Cyprus and Cuba in addition to money laundering for the Kiriakis family.

At Titan, Xander tracked down Nicole for betraying him, locking her up to die in the furnace room along with her lover Eric who came to save her. He and his female accomplice destroy all the evidence before leaving. As Xander was preparing to abscond, he was kidnapped by Victor's henchmen on Victor's order for not following the orders and putting their business in jeopardy by bringing their criminal activities in attention. Xander explained his devotion, and was let go, but only to be stripped off his privileges and wealthy lifestyle. He worked as a gardener at the Kiriakis mansion briefly as part of the punishment where he was seduced by Theresa Donovan who falsefully accused of rape when Brady walked in on them. Xander was arrested by the police on charges of attempted rape and assault.

In September 2016, Xander was seen serving his time in prison with Clyde Weston and Orpheus. Xander wanted revenge on Theresa and Nicole. As the trio are being transported with other prisoners, The three escape and Xander heads straight for Theresa's to confront her about her false accusations. Theresa apologizes, but blames Victor. He starts to strangle Theresa and escapes when Brady shows up. Xander, Clyde, and Orpheus regrouped at a shack on the pier. The trio go to the Johnson house and hold Kayla Brady and Joey Johnson hostage. Steve Johnson comes home, and gets shot. The three criminals part ways, Xander finds Nicole at Daniel's grave, and holds her at gunpoint for a few minutes before letting her go.

In April 2017, Xander followed Nicole and Brady to Canada, ultimately shooting Brady and abducting both Nicole and Holly on Deimos kiriakis's order. In 2018, Xander was in Mexico helping Theresa to escape so she could return to Salem under the condition that she help him return to the good graces of Victor. While in Mexico, Xander began to smuggle blood diamonds, while selling them to Mateo. Xander's return to Salem is short-lived, when he ultimately leaves town. Months later, in October, Xander blackmailed Nicole into marrying him using a recording of her confession to killing Deimos. He briefly worked with Kristen DiMera who hired him to look after the secret facility in Nashville where she was working with Dr. Rolf on experiments that bring the dead back to life. The fire broke out at the facility destroying everything, where he along with few people present there were presumed dead.

He returned to Salem in January 2019, working with Eve Donovan to bring Jack Horton back in Salem in return for the thumb drive. To impress his uncle Victor, he showed him the flash drive that could save the Titans and ruin the DiMera Enterprise, in return for him being the new CE0 of the company. Victor offered him money, which he turned down demanding power and respect instead. Xander finds Sarah Horton in the Kiriakis mansion conversing with Sonny Kiriakis and interrupts them by eating Sarah's muffin and flirts with her, she turns down his hard pass and goes to meet her friend. Eric attacks Xander after learning that he's alive. Eli Grant shows up and arrests Xander for shooting Marlena Evans but is released after the security footage is revealed to have been deleted by himself who had impersonated John Black. He returns home and finds Sarah Horton drinking heavily over a heartbreak and sleeps with her.