| Max Brady | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Days of our Lives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Michael Rhoton (1986–87) Adrian Arnold (1987) Ryan Brennan (1987–88, 1990–92) Darin Brooks (2005–10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current status | Former; Regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1986–88, 1990–92, 2005–10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | July 25, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | March 16, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cause/reason | Left Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Sheri Anderson, Thom Racina and Leah Laiman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Betty Corday, Ken Corday and Al Rabin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alias(es) | Maxwell Becker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Former Bartender Former Pub manager Former Bar manager Former Airline Investor Former Garage owner Former Racecar Driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Los Angeles, California Formerly Salem, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maxwell "Max" Brady (formerly Becker) is a character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by Darin Brooks from June 21, 2005 to July 7, 2009 and briefly on March 15 and 16th 2010.
Background
Max was given away by his father Trent Becker at an early age. He was taken under the protective wing of then Frankie Donner, now Frankie Brady. Frankie and Max made their way to Salem, Illinois. They were taken in by kindhearted Steve Johnson and his wife Kayla Brady Johnson. Frankie and Max were legally adopted by Kayla's parents Shawn Brady and Caroline Brady. The boys gained brothers Roman Brady and Bo Brady and sisters Kimberly Brady Donovan and Kayla Brady Johnson. Shortly thereafter, both boys left town.
Storylines
In mid-2005, more than a decade later, Jennifer Horton Deveraux ran into Max at the racetrack and renewed ties with both him and Frankie. Once back in Salem, Max was immediately drawn to Chelsea Brady, his adoptive niece. When Chelsea was blamed for the accidental death of Zack Brady, Max stood by her side and kept her dark secret for as long as possible. Max eventually broke up with Chelsea, feeling she was too immature for him. He briefly dated fellow racer car driver Stephanie Johnson, who also happened to be his adoptive niece.
Max then briefly dated his nephew Shawn Douglas Bradys soon-to-be-ex-wife Mimi Lockhart. During that same time, Max employed Abigail Deveraux at his garage. Since his brother Frankie was engaged to Abigail's mother Jennifer at the time, she was expected to be his future step-niece. When Mimi experienced a variety of personal and family difficulties, he tried to stand by her, but ultimately confided in Abigail that he was finding it difficult and that he didn't know what to do with his life. Abigail admitted that she was jealous of his relationship with Mimi, and that she had had a crush on him for a long time. When Mimi left town soon thereafter, Max and Abigail dated until Abigail left Salem as well.
Jeremy Horton convinced Max to become his financial banker for Touch the Sky Airlines and also for his side business of smuggling of what he believes to be designer clothes. It was eventually revealed that the airline and clothes smuggling were both fronts for a human trafficking ring, and Max lost his garage in the subsequent investigation.
Max then renewed his relationship with Stephanie, and supported her as she dealt with her rape at the hands of Ford Decker. Later, Max's actions cause confusion and he is alienated by his friends. It seemed he was trying to interfere with Nick Fallon's proposal for a grant to develop green energy, but in actuality he had corrected errors in a way that demonstrated a significant competence in mathematics and science. Max's biological father reemerged as Trent Robbins, the dean of the physics department at Salem University, as well as his half sister, Melanie Jonas. The change of his last name from Becker has not been explained, so may be either a recon or an indication of an alias used by the character. Max was a suspect in the death of Trent, but it was found out that Nick killed him so he could be with Robbins's daughter, Melanie.
Due to the confusion of Trent's impact on Max, Stephanie began to have trust issues with Max. Though she stood by his side the whole time, she didn't like Max's newly found sister, Melanie. Melanie is a troublemaker and Stephanie thought that Melanie was just trying to break her and Max up. Stephanie and Max eventually ended their relationship thanks to Melanie and trust issues.
After the breakup, Max started talking to Chelsea a lot about what he felt since she is Stephanie's best friend. They started spending a lot of time together and talking a lot more than normal. Both made it very clear to everyone they were just friends, although there were signs of attraction everywhere. On New Year's Eve, Max was Chelsea's date to the big party at Chez Rouge. At midnight, they shared a kiss and Chelsea ran away embarrassed. They got back together shortly after.
Chelsea left for London to help her mom recover after she was in an accident. She was gone for a while and on June 7, 2009, Chelsea returned to Salem to inform everybody that Billie Reed was doing better. She asks Max to move to London with her and he accepts. The Bradys later hear that Chelsea and Max are planning to tie the knot. The two lovebirds soon flee to London together to assist Billie in her job.
On March 15, 2010, Max returned home to Salem for a few hours on his way to a Medical Convention in San Diego, where he first surprised Caroline Brady. She told him what had been going on with Melanie, his once biological half-sister. He then went to visit Melanie at the hospital, where he tried to convince her to give Carly Manning a chance. Melanie then said although Trent isn't really her father, and that Daniel Jonas is, the two will always be brother and sister no matter what biology says.
In September 2023, Chelsea briefly returns to Salem after 14 years, to attend the funeral of her grandfather Victor Kiriakis. Chelsea then reveals that her and Max have a son together named Isaac Brady, after the late Zack Brady. She also mentions that her and Max are still together.
