From Genoa City to Beyond the Gates: The Young and the Restless Alum Joins Season 2
Beyond the Gates is turbocharging season 2, adding Daytime Emmy winner Jordi Vilasuso — best known as Rey Rosales on The Young and the Restless — in a high-profile return to daytime that follows the recent casting of Greg Vaughan.
Beyond the Gates is loading up the bench for Season 2. After tapping Greg Vaughan, the show just locked in another familiar face: Daytime Emmy winner Jordi Vilasuso. If you watch soaps, you know the name. If you don’t, trust me — this is a legit get.
So yes, Jordi Vilasuso is in Beyond the Gates Season 2
The new Season 2 promo slips him in for a blink-and-you-miss-it moment, sharing a scene with Ashley (played by Jen Jacob). That’s the confirmation. What it isn’t: any info about who he’s playing. The show is clearly enjoying the mystery, which is a very soap move — let you see the face, keep the character under wraps.
Why this matters: the resume is stacked
Vilasuso has been a daytime regular for more than two decades, bouncing across the biggest titles and picking up hardware along the way.
- Guiding Light (2000–2003): Broke out as Tony Santos and won the 2003 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor, then exited later that year.
- All My Children (2010–2011, 2013): Played Griffin Castillo, and returned when the show briefly relaunched online in 2013.
- Days of Our Lives (2016–2017): Joined as Dario Hernandez.
- The Young and the Restless (2018–2022): Took on Miami detective Rey Rosales. His romance with Sharon Newman (played by Sharon Case) became a fan favorite, which made his sudden on-screen death hit even harder.
The Young and the Restless chapter, in his own words
After leaving Y&R, Vilasuso looked back on those four years and didn’t downplay how much it meant to him. He specifically shouted out head writer and executive producer Josh Griffith for giving him some of his best material in the genre.
It was an incredible experience that brought me immense joy as an actor. The stories Josh Griffith gave me were some of the highlights of my career in this genre.
The takeaway
Between Greg Vaughan and now Jordi Vilasuso, Beyond the Gates isn’t just adding names — it’s signaling that Season 2 is swinging bigger on the soap front. We’ve got proof he’s in the new season thanks to the promo, a tease with Ashley to boot, and absolutely zero character details for now. Classic. Expect more breadcrumbs as we get closer to the premiere.