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Most
widely known for his eighteen year run on the #1 rated
daytime drama, "The Young and the Restless",
Damian has reached a worldwide audience of over 100
million. He made his feature film debut in the Gary
Marshal directed comedy "Young Doctors in Love"
and enjoyed a recurring role for two seasons on NBC's
"The Facts of Life." Among other recent work
he starred in the CBS television movie of the week "The
Cold Heart of a Killer" with Corbin Bemsen and
Kate Jackson. In the feature film arena Damian has co-starred
in the films "Backlash" with Jim Belushi,
"No Witness" with Jeff Fahey, "House
of Forever" with James Best and the independent
art house film "A Boy and His Gun."
Enjoying
the advantage of crossover success in the worlds of
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music and theater Damian landed the starring
role in the Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim
Rice musical, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
The production became the highest grossing revival in Los
Angeles history, before hitting Broadway where it continued
to break box office records as well as earning Damian a Grammy
nomination.
In addition, to his Broadway career, Damian
has released 5 albums and has had 8 top 40 hits including
his #1 single "Rock On" which earned him his first
gold record. He also won the BMI song-writing award for his
hit single "Was It Nothing At All."
Utilizing his years of experience as a performer
with a # 1 MTV video, #1 Broadway box office hit and #1 series,
Damian made the natural progression into Producer and Director.
He partnered with his wife; Writer/Producer, Janeen, and they
formed the Film/Television production company, Riviera Films.
Together they produced the film, "Finders Keepers",
which was written and directed by Michael, and the film debuted
at the Temecula Valley International Film Festival, continuing
to gamer critical acclaim at the Geneva Festival Tous Ecran,
the Benodet Film Festival and the Festival de Science Fiction
de Nantes.
On the international front, Damian went on
to co-produce the telefilm "Death's Handwriting"
with Turkish production company Medyapim A.S., and co-wrote,
produced and directed the Action/Spy TV series "Red Eye"
for TF1 in Paris. He has just completed the action/comedy
“Hot Tamale” which he directed, co-wrote and produced.
“Hot Tamale” is being distributed by Motion Picture
Corporation of America. Damian is currently in pre-production
on the family/drama “Moondance Alexander” where
he is serving as Director/Writer/Producer. Riviera Films is
also developing the romantic comedy, "The Nude",
which Damian co-wrote with Janeen. It is contemplated that
"The Art of Love" begins filming in Canada, France
and Italy in May 2007 with Damian slated to produce and direct.
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