Y&R’s Joshua Morrow Celebrates 30 Years as Nick Newman

Time flies when you’re having fun! On June 21, Joshua Morrow is celebrating 30 years as Nicholas Newman on The Young and the Restless. The actor joined the show in the pivotal year 1994, which also brought on other cast members Sharon Case (Sharon), Shemar Moore (ex-Malcolm), and Phyllis (Michelle Stafford).

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“I feel like I just had my 20th. I just blinked, and a decade went by,” Morrow said in an interview in the newest edition of TV Guide magazine. “I remember my dad saying to me, maybe five years into my career, ‘If you can wake up every day and love going to work, you got life licked.’ I feel like that right now.

“If you would have told me when I was a sophomore in high school in Oklahoma just playing football, ‘You will have had a 30-year career on a television show’, I would have thought you were joking,” the actor continues. “It’s an incredible accomplishment and one I never take for granted. Beyond blessed doesn’t even cover it. I owe my life to this show. I really do feel like I was made to play Nick Newman. It’s been the role of a lifetime.”

Over the years, viewers have seen Nick go from a young leading man to a devoted family man. Morrow excels in scenes involving Nick’s love for his children, a standout being his performance in 2005 when his and Sharon’s daughter Cassie (Camryn Grimes) died from injuries she sustained in an auto accident.

Watch for Soap Hub‘s interview with Morrow about his three decades as Nick Newman and a preview of the special episode devoted to his character to post next month, closer to his anniversary.

Soap Hub congratulates Joshua Morrow on his many years of playing Nick! Here’s to 30 more!