David Aron Damane is an American actor, and writer. He made his television debut on Cosby, followed by roles on

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, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago P.D., Jett, and

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. In 2020, he was nominated for the

Drama Desk Award The Drama Desk Award is an annual prize recognizing excellence in New York theatre. First bestowed in 1955 as the Vernon Rice Award, the prize initially honored Off-Broadway productions, as well as Off-off-Broadway, and those in the vicinity. Fo ...

for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of "J.J. Brown" in

Transport Group Transport Group Theatre Company is a non-profit, off-Broadway theatre company in New York City that stages new works and revivals of plays and musicals, with a focus on American stories told in visually progressive way. History Transport Group was ...

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production of The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

Career

Damane made his television debut in 1996 as "Skip" on Cosby. In 1997, he made his

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debut in The Life. He portrayed "Chingachgook" in the

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musical Glimmerglass in 1999. In 2000, he joined the cast of Broadway's

Riverdance ''Riverdance'' is a theatrical show that consists mainly of traditional Irish music and dance. With a score composed by Bill Whelan, it originated as an interval act during the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, featuring Irish dancing champions ...

as Principal Soloist, and in 2001 played "Isaiah" in the Off-Broadway play Living in the Wind. Later that year, Mr. Damane played "James Wilson" on

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. In 2002, Mr. Damane portrayed "Jake" in

New York City Opera The New York City Opera (NYCO) is an American opera company located in Manhattan in New York City. The company has been active from 1943 through 2013 (when it filed for bankruptcy), and again since 2016 when it was revived. The opera company, du ...

's Porgy and Bess, which was also televised on

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Live From Lincoln Center ''Live from Lincoln Center'' is a seventeen-time Emmy Award-winning series that has broadcast notable performances from the Lincoln Center in New York City on PBS since 1976. The program airs between six and nine times per season. Episodes of '' ...

. In 2003, he returned to Broadway in the revival of the musical Big River, produced by

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and

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. The following year, he played "DuShawn McGovern" on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2005, he joined the national tour of Big River, playing "Jim' for the remainder of its run, and won the 2005 Ovation Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Touring Musical. He joined the 1st national tour of the musical The Color Purple in 2009. in 2011 he played "Joe" in

Show Boat ''Show Boat'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 Show Boat (novel), novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the pe ...

. He returned to Broadway in 2012 as "George" in the play

Don't Dress for Dinner ''Don't Dress for Dinner'' is an adaptation of a two-act play titled ''Pyjama Pour Six'' by French playwright Marc Camoletti, who wrote '' Boeing-Boeing.'' It ran in London for six years and opened on Broadway in 2012. Productions After a succes ...

, and as "The General" in

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. Later that year, he originated the role of "The General" in the Chicago company of the show, 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 ''Carmen Jones'' is a 1943 Broadway musical with music by Georges Bizet (orchestrated for Broadway by Robert Russell Bennett) and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II which was performed at The Broadway Theatre. Conceptually, it is Bizet's o ...

, and received an

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nomination for Featured Actor in a Musical. In 2019 he was seen as "Eddie McKay" on the

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series Jett. He earned a 2020

nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of "J.J. Brown" in

's The Unsinkable Molly Brown. In 2021, David played Leo Abbott on

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. He returned to the New York stage in the fall of 2021 with the new musical
A Turtle on a Fence Post

Film and Television

Theatre

Voice

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Damane, David Aron Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Year of birth missing (living people)