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David Aron Damane

David Aron Damane is an American actor and writer. He made his television debut on Cosby,[1] followed by roles on Law & Order,[2][3] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,[4][5] Chicago P.D.,[6][7] Jett,[8][9] and Dynasty.[10] In 2020, he was nominated for the Drama Desk Award[11][12] for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of J.J. Brown in Transport Group's Off-Broadway production of The Unsinkable Molly Brown.[13][14]

David Aron Damane
Occupation(s)Actor, writer
Years active1994–present
Known forEddie McKay in Jett
Maurice Owens in Chicago P.D.
Leo Abbott in Dynasty
AwardsDrama Desk Award nomination, Outstanding Actor in a Musical
AUDELCO Award nomination, Featured Actor in a Musical
Ovation Award winner, Best Supporting Actor in a Touring Musical
WebsiteDavidAronDamane.com

Career

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Damane made his television debut in 1996 as Skip on Cosby. In 1997, he made his Broadway debut in The Life.[15] He portrayed Chingachgook in the Goodspeed Opera House musical Glimmerglass in 1999.[16] In 2000, he joined the cast of Broadway's Riverdance as Principal Soloist,[17] and in 2001 played Isaiah in the Off-Broadway play Living in the Wind.[18][19] Later that year, Damane played James Wilson on Law & Order.

In 2002, Mr. Damane portrayed Jake in New York City Opera's Porgy and Bess,[20] which was also televised on PBS's Live from Lincoln Center.[21] In 2003, he returned to Broadway in the revival of the musical Big River,[22][23] produced by Roundabout Theatre Company and Deaf West Theatre. The following year, he played DuShawn McGovern on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2005, he joined the national tour of Big River, playing Jim for the remainder of its run,[24] and won the 2005 Ovation Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Touring Musical.[25] He joined the first national tour of the musical The Color Purple in 2009.[26][27] in 2011 he played Joe in Goodspeed Opera House's Show Boat.[28][29] He returned to Broadway in 2012 as George in the play Don't Dress for Dinner,[30][31] and as the General in The Book of Mormon.[32] Later that year, he originated the role of the General in the Chicago company of the show,[33][34] until leaving the company in 2016. In 2013, He began playing Maurice Owens on Chicago P.D.

He returned to the New York stage in 2018 as Husky Miller in Classic Stage Company's Carmen Jones,[35][36] and received an AUDELCO Award nomination for Featured Actor in a Musical.[37][38] In 2019 he was seen as Eddie McKay on the Cinemax series Jett. He earned a 2020 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of J.J. Brown in Transport Group's The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

In 2021, David played Leo Abbott on The CW's Dynasty. He returned to the New York stage in the fall of 2021 with the new musical, A Turtle on a Fence Post.[39][40][41]

Film and television

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Cosby Skip Episode: "Tempus Lucas"
2001 Law and Order James Wilson Episode: "3 Dawg Night"
2002 Live From Lincoln Center Jake Porgy and Bess
2004 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit DuShawn McGovern Episode: "Lowdown"
2009 America[42] Bobby Crisp
2014 Chicago P.D. Maurice Owens Recurring
2018 Instinct[43] Conductor Johnson Episode: "I Heart New York"
2019 Jett Eddie McKay Recurring
2021 Dynasty Leo Abbott Recurring

Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
1997 Tommy[44] Specialist North Shore Music Theatre
1997 Big River Jim u/s Paper Mill Playhouse[45]
1997 - 1998 The Life Memphis, Memphis u/s, Silky u/s Broadway, The Ethel Barrymore Theatre
1998 Where's Charley?[46] Simon Kennedy Center
1999 Glimmerglass Chingachgook Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre
2000 Riverdance Principal Soloist National Tour, Lagan company
2000 - 2001 Riverdance Principal Soloist Broadway, Gershwin Theatre
2001 Living in the Wind Isaiah Off-Broadway, American Place Theatre
2001 To Kill A Mockingbird Tom Robinson Ford's Theatre[47][48]
2002 Porgy and Bess Jake New York City Opera
2003 Big River Jim u's Broadway, American Airlines Theatre
2005 Big River Jim National Tour
Ovation Award winner, Best Supporting Actor in a Touring Musical.
2009-2010 The Color Purple Pa, Mister u/s, Ol' Mister u/s National Tour
2011 Reunion[49] Hannibal Drumwright Meadow Brook Theatre
2011 Big River[50] Jim PlayMakers Repertory Company
2011 Show Boat[51] Joe Goodspeed Opera House
2011 The Parchman Hour[52] Pee Wee PlayMakers Repertory Company
2012 Don't Dress for Dinner George Broadway, American Airlines Theatre
2012 The Book of Mormon The General Broadway, Eugene O'Neill Theatre
2012 - 2016 The Book of Mormon The General Chicago company - 2nd National Tour
2018 Carmen Jones Husky Miller Off-Broadway, Classic Stage Company
AUDELCO Award nomination, Featured Actor in a Musical.
2019 Big River[53] Jim Rubicon Theatre Company
2020 The Unsinkable Molly Brown J.J. Brown Off-Broadway, Transport Group
Drama Desk Award nomination, Outstanding Actor in a Musical.
2021 A Turtle on a Fence Post Z Off-Broadway
2022 Kinky Boots[54][55] Don Pittsburgh CLO

Voice

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Year Title Role Notes
2014 Watch Dogs[42] Citizens Video Game
2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth[56] Zandalari Exile Video Game

References

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  2. ^ "LAW & ORDER {LAW AND ORDER}: 3 DAWG NIGHT (TV)". www.paleycenter.org.
  3. ^ "Law & Order : 3 Dawg Night (2001) - Stephen Wertimer | Cast and Crew | AllMovie".
  4. ^ "LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT {LAW AND ORDER: SVU}: LOWDOWN (TV)". www.paleycenter.org.
  5. ^ "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 5, Episode 20". Rotten Tomatoes.
  6. ^ "One Chicago crossovers: Guest stars for the week of March 13". March 12, 2018.
  7. ^ "Maurice Owens - Chicago P.D. | TVmaze".
  8. ^ Kindlick, Paige (June 15, 2019). "'Jett' Premiere Party — Photos".
  9. ^ "Cinemax Drama Series JETT Debuts June 14 | by WarnerMedia Entertainment | WarnerMedia Entertainment | Medium". 30 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Dynasty: A Public Forum for Her Lies | TVmaze".
  11. ^ McPhee, Ryan (April 21, 2020). "2020 Drama Desk Nominations: Soft Power, The Wrong Man Lead the Pack in Condensed Season". Playbill.
  12. ^ "2020 Drama Desk Awards: Complete List of Nominees". Forbes.
  13. ^ Wild, Stephi. "Transport Group Announces Casting For THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, Starring Beth Malone". BroadwayWorld.com.
  14. ^ Oren, Hannah (February 20, 2020). "The Unsinkable Molly Brown".
  15. ^ "The Life – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  16. ^ "Sun Sets on Musical Tryout of Glimmerglass Dec. 5 in CT". Playbill. December 3, 1999.
  17. ^ "Riverdance - On Broadway – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  18. ^ "David Damane and Sally Stewart-Coleman Now Living in the Wind in Open-Ended Run". Playbill. January 9, 2001.
  19. ^ "Living in the Wind Dies Feb. 25 at OB's American Place".
  20. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (March 5, 2002). "OPERA REVIEW; Soaring Passions for Beleaguered Denizens of Catfish Row". The New York Times.
  21. ^ ""Live from Lincoln Center" New York City Opera - the Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess" (TV Episode 2002)". IMDb.
  22. ^ "Person List". Playbill.
  23. ^ "Talkin' Broadway on Broadway Review: "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" 7/24/03".
  24. ^ "Welcome". www.tribliveoffers.com.
  25. ^ "Ovation Award winners, 2001-11". 30 December 2007.
  26. ^ Nargi, Jan. "'The Color Purple:' Tears When I'm Happy". BroadwayWorld.com.
  27. ^ "'Color Purple' offers joyous noise and heartfelt emotion | Theater reviews | stltoday.com".
  28. ^ Jones, Kenneth (June 7, 2011). "David Aron Damane Will Ponder 'Old Man River' in Goodspeed's Show Boat". Playbill.
  29. ^ Gold, Sylviane (20 August 2011). "Staging a Classic, Retooled and Slimmed Down". The New York Times.
  30. ^ Isherwood, Charles (April 27, 2012). "If You Can't Tell Your Cook From Your Mistress, What Do You Nibble?". The New York Times.
  31. ^ "Don't Dress for Dinner".
  32. ^ "The Book of Mormon – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  33. ^ Hetrick, Adam (December 11, 2012). "Chicago Production of Book of Mormon, With Nic Rouleau, Ben Platt and Stephanie Umoh, Begins Dec. 11". Playbill.
  34. ^ "'Book of Mormon' announces Chicago cast, including James Vincent Meredith - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune.
  35. ^ "Carmen Jones review: a sultry, seductive Anika Noni Rose". dctheatrescene.com.
  36. ^ "Photos: First Look at Classic Stage Company's CARMEN JONES Starring Anika Noni Rose".
  37. ^ "2018 Nominees | Audience Development Committee, Inc". 24 October 2018.
  38. ^ "Carmen Jones".
  39. ^ "A TURTLE ON A FENCE POST Announces Complete Cast & Creative Team".
  40. ^ "In the News: Showstoppers! Costume Exhibit Extends in Times Square, A Turtle on a Fence Post Casting, More".
  41. ^ "Cuomo, the Musical!". The New Yorker. 2 October 2021.
  42. ^ a b Locker, D. V. D. "DVD Locker". www.dvdlocker.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  43. ^ Saclao, Christian (April 8, 2018). "'Instinct': 'The Wire' Alum John Doman To Guest Star On CBS Series". International Business Times.
  44. ^ "The Who's Tommy at North Shore Music Theatre 1997". www.abouttheartists.com.
  45. ^ "Last Chance: Paper Mill's Big River Stops Rolling Along, Oct. 26".
  46. ^ "Where's Charley? (Kennedy Center Concert Production, 1998)". Ovrtur.
  47. ^ "'To Kill a Mockingbird' opens Ford's season".
  48. ^ "Cast & Artistic Team".
  49. ^ Calamia, Don (February 17, 2011). "A musical of epic proportions at Meadow Brook".
  50. ^ "CVNC - PlayMakers Repertory's Big River - Now That's a Musical!". cvnc.org.
  51. ^ Leisure, Tom Holehan
    Special to (August 24, 2011). "'Show Boat' sets sail at Goodspeed". New Haven Register.
  52. ^ ""The Parchman Hour" Is an Episodic But Eloquent 50th-Anniversary Tribute to the 1961 Freedom Riders | Triangle Arts and Entertainment". November 5, 2011.
  53. ^ "Review: The Huck Finn musical 'Big River' still has something to say and sing". Los Angeles Times. November 1, 2019.
  54. ^ "OnStage PittsburghConnecting Theater Goers and Theater Makers in the Greater Pittsburgh Area'Kinky Boots' cast set to kick up their heels for Pittsburgh CLO". 29 June 2022.
  55. ^ "Review: Pittsburgh CLO's KINKY BOOTS Makes Everybody Say 'Yeah!' at Benedum Center".
  56. ^ "Battle for Azeroth - Credits Text Added to the Beta Client". Wowhead.
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