Nathan West is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network, portrayed by Ryan Paevey. Created by head writer Ron Carlivati, Nathan was introduced in late 2013 by Frank Valentini as a love interest for Maxie Jones (Kirsten Storms). Detective Nathan comes to town to avenge his "sister" Nina (Michelle Stafford) and investigate her husband Silas Clay's (Michael Easton) involvement in her attempted murder. Instead, Nathan discovers that his "mom" Madeline Reeves (Donna Mills) is responsible for Nina's 20 year long coma. Later, Nathan is revealed to be the biological son of Madeline's estranged sister, Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) and half-brother to the scheming Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud).