Michael Damian - Career

Career

At a performance at The Troubador, with the Weir family band (The Weirz), Damian was recognized from an 1981 appearance on American Bandstand, Michael Damian Weir was approached and agreed to play the part of a struggling singer (Danny Romalotti) on the daytime television series, The Young and the Restless.

Damian made his feature film debut as an actor in the Garry Marshall-directed comedy Young Doctors in Love. Later followed a recurring role for two seasons on NBC's The Facts of Life as a rock singer named Flyman, who romanced Nancy McKeon's character, Jo.

"We were writing letters to a bunch of people in the business and figured that, if it was signed by a member of my family, they wouldn't take me seriously," he said. "So I took my middle name, Damian, and Larry signed the letters. That brought a bunch of interested people to the Troubadour to see us, and one of them became my first real manager."

Micheal Damian, The Los Angeles Times, February 25, 1993, by TODD EVERETT.

After twelve years with The Young and the Restless, 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. Damian revisited the role of Danny Romalotti on The Young and the Restless in March 2008, as part of the show's 35th anniversary celebration and revisited again in 2012.

In addition to his television and theatre career, Damian has released five albums and has had eight top 40 hits, including his number-one cover of the David Essex song "Rock On" from the soundtrack to Dream a Little Dream, which earned him his first gold record. He also won a BMI Song-writing Award for his hit single, "Was It Nothing at All". Damian later remade "Rock On" along with some of his past hits on his album released March 3, 2009, on Caption Records.

Micheal Damian's first release, "She Did It," was a remake of a number 23 hit from 1977 by singer/songwriter Eric Carmen. Damian also recorded an alternate version of the theme song to NBC TV series Saved by the Bell which was used during the first season.

Damian made his feature film directorial debut with the award-winning indie comedy Hot Tamale, which he co-wrote with his wife Janeen, who is the daughter of actor James Best. Following in the family film genre, Damian has directed and some cases co-wrote the films, Moondance Alexander in 2007, "Flicka 2" in 2010, Marley & Me: The Puppy Years summer 2011, Flicka: Country Pride and the well received Christmas tale A Princess for Christmas also released in 2011.