- Born
- Birth nameMichael Damian Weir
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- With a prolific career both in front and behind the camera as well as in the recording studio, Michael Damian has starred on an award winning daytime drama, earned a #1 hit record on Billboard and been nominated for a Grammy for his starring turn on Broadway. He has also written and directed 12 films. Damian has just completed the second installment of his High Strung dance film franchise with the feature film High Strung Free Dance starring Thomas Doherty and Jane Seymour, which Damian co-wrote, directed and produced. He also served as Co-writer//Director on the holiday romantic comedy A Princess For Christmas starring Sam Heughan and Roger Moore. Damian has directed 3 films for 20th Century Fox, Flicka 2, Flicka: CountryPride starring Clint Black and Marley & Me: The Puppy Years. He also served as Co- writer/director/producer of the feature film Moondance Alexander released by 20th Century Fox and he wrote and directed the two romantic comedies, The Sweeter Side Of Life and Love By Design. Damian also co-wrote, directed and produced the indie crime comedy Hot Tamale and the television pilot Red Eye for Europe's largest Television network TF1. Damian's on camera work includes his eighteen-year run as Danny Romalotti on The Young And The Restless and his recurring role on The Facts Of Life. On the theater front, Damian's starring turn in the title role of the Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, broke box office records in both Los Angeles and on Broadway and earned Damian a Grammy nomination. In addition to his Broadway career, Damian has released five albums and has had eight Top 40 hits including the #1 single "Rock On", which earned him gold records worldwide. He won the BMI Song-writing Award for his hit single Was It Nothing At All and also wrote and produced tracks on Flicka 2 & 3, Marley & Me:The Puppy Years and A Princess For Christmas soundtracks.
- IMDb mini biography by: Riviera Films
- SpouseJaneen Damian(June 18, 1998 - present)
- His father-in-law James Best was the boyfriend of Damian's acting mentor Jeanne Cooper.
- It was his performance on American Bandstand (1952) in 1981 that impressed the producers of The Young and the Restless (1973). They were looking to add the character of a young rock star to the cast and created Danny Romalotti after seeing him perform.
- Played "Joseph" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" on Broadway. It was also written into the Y&R script.
- His acting mentor was the late Jeanne Cooper.
- Landed Canadian Immigrant
- [About his wife]: Her smile, and her beauty and energy. She was shy when I first met her. She's staring at me right now. She's leaving the room now because I kicked her out. Actually, I met her at a telethon in Utah for the Children's Miracle Network. She was there with her dad, which I didn't know was her dad at the time, James Best, who is Rosco from The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). I thought it was her boyfriend! Later, I found out from my brother that it was her dad. Yeah, I was like 'God, she's so pretty and sweet' and I got this really good feeling when I met her. I was actually in shock when she said she was a Solid Gold dancer because I thought she'd be like 'hey I'm really cool, I'm on TV all the time,' but she was very shy and soft-spoken.
- [Of Jeanne Cooper]: In the 1980s, I went with Jeanne to a fundraiser in Natchez, MS, and we stayed at a plantation hotel. It was a big, black tie and I remember I was in my room, getting ready when my phone rang. It was Jeanne and she said, 'Michael, I need your help!, My hair is a disaster!, Can you help me?' There was 100% humidity, so she was having severe hair issues. I asked, 'You want me to come to your room and do your hair?,' She said, 'Yes, can you help me?,' and I said, 'Sure,' so I grabbed my mousse, hairspray, hair blower and flat iron and brought them all to her room. I sprayed and blow-dried so I could get her hair really tall. I gave her a total '80s do. She looked like Sheena Easton. After I was done, she looked in the mirror and said, 'I look good,' I'll never forget doing her hair. I wish I would've taken a picture. Judging what my hair looked like, back then, you can just imagine how hers looked. She always said, 'I had the tallest hair in Hollywood.'
- [on her on- and off-screen chemistry with Jeanne Cooper, who played Kay Chancellor]: She always gives me a hug, but I had to work with her since, I've been back. Everytime I see her, she gives me a big hug and I'm crazy about her and I think she's a wonderful woman. I love her charm, her character, her incredible talent and she's overall - a lot of fun to work with.
- [When Jeanne Cooper was the last of the Daytime divas to be around, when nobody else wasn't, until her own death in 2013]: First of all, she's an extraordinary woman, people loved working with her and she's a consummate professional and she delivers, everytime; and most importantly, the fans love her. I think that's really the key thing here is that it's because of all of you that Jeanne is still on the show and so popular, and because you know what it is, so, you can say, really thanks to you, to all of you, for supporting her and working her on the show and because you make the show, what it is.
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