Michael Graziadei (born September 22, 1979) is an American actor, known for his role as
Daniel Romalotti
Daniel Romalotti is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. The role had most notably been portrayed by Michael Graziadei from 2004 to 2013.
Daniel is the son of Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford, Gina Togn ...
on the
CBS
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daytime soap opera ''
The Young and the Restless
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''.
Life and career
Graziadei was born in Germany. He returned to the United States at 11 years old. He began acting in Germany, on stage, at the age of 5 in a production of ''
The King and I
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''.
While at The University of New Hampshire he also appeared in ''
The Servant of Two Masters
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'' and ''History of the Devil''.
[ In 2004, he was cast as ]Daniel Romalotti
Daniel Romalotti is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. The role had most notably been portrayed by Michael Graziadei from 2004 to 2013.
Daniel is the son of Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford, Gina Togn ...
, Phyllis Summers
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' son, in the CBS daytime soap opera ''The Young and the Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...
''. In 2013 he left from soap for career in primetime television. In 2005 and in 2006, he was nominated for a . In film, Graziadei starred in the films ''Boogeyman 2
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'' (2007), '' Into the Blue 2: The Reef'' (2009), and ''The Outside'' (2009).
Graziadei guest-starred in a number of television series, including '' NCIS'', ''Criminal Minds
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'', '' 90210'', ''Castle
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'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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'', and ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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''. He had a recurring roles on FX's ''American Horror Story
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'' as Travis Wanderley
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, a young boyfriend of Jessica Lange
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's character, and on The CW's ''The Secret Circle
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''. In 2013, after leaving daytime television, Graziadei was cast as a series regular in the ABC
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drama pilot '' Westside''. The pilot was not picked up for the continuing series. Later, he was cast as the male lead in the Lifetime drama series ''The Lottery
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'', opposite Marley Shelton
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. The show was cancelled after one season.
In August 2016, Graziadei reprised his portrayal of Daniel Romalotti on ''The Young and the Restless'' for a limited run, in celebration of the soap's 11,000th episode. He also landed recurring roles on the Audience
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mixed martial arts
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drama series ''Kingdom
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Arts and media Television
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'' and the Amazon Video
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historical drama
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series ''Good Girls Revolt
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O ...
''.
In 2018, Graziadei appeared in episode 3 of the remake of ''Magnum P.I.
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''; he played Tara's ex-boyfriend and kidnapper in the episode entitled "The Woman Who Never Died", originally airing on October 8, 2018.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1979 births
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American people of Italian descent
American people of Lithuanian descent
American male soap opera actors
American male television actors
Living people
Male actors from New Hampshire
People from Nashua, New Hampshire