Blake Carrington (Dynasty)

Blake is the head of both the Carrington family and Denver-Carrington, the company he built up alone with his bare hands. He's handsome, healthy, has a large family and a big fortune. He's got all the things a man would want. He's self-educated and self-made, smart, caring and a tough business man. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He's the son of Tom and Ellen Carrington, and has a younger brother called Ben. Both his parents are dead, Ellen in a fire caused by Ben, and Tom from a heart attack in 1985.

Blake learned the oil business from below the ground up, working as a rigger by day and attending college by night. In 1955, he married the very beautiful and very young Alexis Morrell. Alexis gave birth to altogether four children; Adam, Fallon, Steven and Amanda. But their marriage broke (see below in the page for further details), and in 1964 they got divorced, and Blake drove Alexis out of Denver. This effected Blake, and made him a less emotional, more ruthless man, and he had a difficult time being a single parent. Luckily, this changed, when he in 1980 got involved with his secretary, Krystle Jennings.

In 1981 (the Dynasty pilot episode) they got married, and Krystle's love and kindness changed Blake's life totally. They had a daughter, Krystina, in 1984. Through Dynasty Blake bravely fought for the good of his company and his family, refusing to ever give up. His main interest was oil, but in 1987, he also tried to run for the governor election, which he lost.

This is Krystle's description of Blake: