Conrad Grayson

Conrad Grayson is the second main antagonist in the first three seasons of the tv show Revenge.

He is played by Henry Czerny.

Season 1
Conrad grew up as the son of a powerful father, Edward. He took over as CEO of his father’s company, Grayson Global. Conrad married twice: He married Stevie, and later Victoria Harper. He and Victoria had two children: Daniel and Charlotte. Before Charlotte’s birth, Conrad laundered money for a organization called the Americon Initiative. They were a terrorist organization that downed Flight 197, and Conrad knew the investigation would lead back to him, and send him to prison for good. Conrad framed David Clarke, an employee of his that was also having an affair with Victoria. With his power and influence, Conrad got David convicted and sent to prison where he later had him killed.

Three years prior to the start of the series, Conrad started an affair with Victoria’s best friend, Lydia Davis. The affair was exposed and Victoria filed for divorce. Conrad faced blackmail from Lydia, whose social status had taken a hit, and she wanted Conrad to fix it. Lydia ended up in a coma during a confrontation with Conrad’s year of security, Frank Stevens. Conrad realized Frank was showing more loyalty to Vitoria than him, and fired Frank.

Conrad hides Daniel and his friend Tyler Barrol to work as interns at Grayson Global, but Tyler was a conman, who was exposed to Conrad and he was later arrested after holding everyone captive on Daniel’s birthday. Conrad and Victoria’s divorce got messy when he learned Charlotte wasn’t his daughter, and Victoria countered by bringing Edward into the divorce. Edward we fond of Victoria and still held power as Chairman of the board, so Conrad was forced to play nice until Daniel, the childhood friend of David’s daughter Amanda, furiously confronted Victoria about not helping Amanda when David went to prison. When Victoria attempted to dodge responsibility, Conrad promised Charlotte he would always be there for her and confessed he wasn’t her biological father. Edward was furious with Conrad and threatened to remove him as CEO.

When Tyler was murdered during Daniel’s engagement to Emily Thorne, Daniel was sent to prison for the crime. Conrad and Victoria arranged for one of their men to take the fall, and then Conrad had him murdered. Conrad felt the net closing on him and had Daniel pledge his loyalty to the family before confessing everything. Daniel stood by Conrad and Conrad let his son work directly under him, so he could take over for him one day. Lydia and Victoria went to testify against Conrad, so he had a bomb planted in the plane they were on. As a consequence, Conrad would later find Charlotte passed out after overdosing on pills.