Overview

• Al Calderon is leaving Days of Our Lives to join NBC’s Brilliant Minds season two as Nurse Scotty Silva.
• Days representatives confirmed that Javi Hernandez remains alive in Salem and that the role will be recast.
• Because production films eight months in advance, the new actor portraying Javi will first appear in May 2026.
• Calderon’s exit follows the show’s recent on-screen farewell to John Black after Drake Hogestyn’s passing.
• Executive producer Ken Corday has maintained a longstanding practice of recasting legacy characters to preserve narrative continuity.