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As the World Turns CAST - Damian Grimaldi
Full detailed profile on Damian Grimaldi Played by Paolo Seganti on As the World Turns Daytime Soap Opera.
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Damian Grimaldi
Actor: Paolo Seganti Who played Damian Grimaldi over the yearsPaolo Seganti (April 1993 - January 1996; May - September 1997; May - June, Aug.-S eptember 2001; May - Aug. 2006, March 2008 - present) Useful information on Damian Grimaldi* January 1996 - May 1997 - Damian was presumed dead after his jet crashed. |
CURRENT & PAST OCCUPATION
Current: Partner at Kingsley-Malta
Past: Owner of the Falcon Club
DAMIAN GRIMALDI'S HISTORY
Lily Walsh brought her new husband to Oakdale to introduce him. They had met and married while she was in Italy. However, as soon as they were in Oakdale, Holden showed up. Damian could sense that Lily still had feelings for Holden, especially after seeing him. Damian chose not to confront Lily on what he suspected. He took up boxing to relieve some stress. This new obsession with boxing upset Lily and soon drove a wedge between them. She was afraid that Damian would feel fearless and risk their lives. Lily found herself confiding in Holden over her frustration. She also suspected that Damian wasn't being honest in his business deals, and she was right. When Lily was kidnapped and held for ransom, Damian was determined to rescue her. During the struggle, Damian was shot. Fortunately, he survived the gunshot, and Lily stayed devoted to her husband during this frightening ordeal. This brought Lily and Damian closer together, and Lily decided not to give up on their marriage. Lily recommitted herself to be a better wife.
Lily became pregnant with their first son, Luciano (Luke). She soon noticed that Damian wasn't doing the usual business. After witnessing several business dealings, she started thinking that Damian was doing bad business again. She confronted him and told him that she wanted a separation. In desperation to keep his wife and son with him, he kidnapped them, drugged Lily, and then took them to his hometown in Malta. Damian's mother, Orlena conspired with him to keep Lily and Luke captive for Damian. Damian was unaware of Orlena's health problems as she suffered from mild Dementia at times. She managed to keep her family from finding her. During this time, Damian learned that Orlena wasn't really his biological mother. Orlena raised Damian after Orlena drugged his biological mother. Orlena kept his mother drugged so that she wouldn't realize the truth. Before Damian could find out that Orlena had drugged his biological mother for over thirty years, she committed suicide. To make matters worse, Orlena was drugging Lily with the same drugs that she used to drug his mother with. Damian vowed to change for Lily's sake, but before he could prove to Lily that he had changed, Damian was thought to have died in a plane crash.
Several years later, Damian showed up at Lily and Holden's house to take Luke back to Malta for a visit. He wanted to show Luke his heritage. Lily found out that he was still doing bad business and didn't want her son subjected to that. The truth came out when Damian told her that his latest business deal went bad, and now they were coming after Luke. He had to get Luke out of there so, without Lily's permission, he ran away with him. He took Luke to Malta. Lily and Holden went to Malta looking for Luke. Damian had left Luke in a church in Malta until Lily and Holden caught up with him. But before Damian left, he told Luke to never let anyone know that he was a Grimaldi. Damian realized that Luke would be safer with Holden and Lily than with him. He could not provide everything that Luke would need, including safety. Therefore, he let him go, completely.
When Luke was a teenager, Damian paid him a visit. He assured Lily that no one was after him and he just wanted to see his son. At this time, Luke had just announced to his family that he was gay. When Luke saw Damian there, he assumed he was there to try to talk him out of what he was feeling. Damian assured him he was just there to visit with him and to give him a family heirloom. Damian ended up causing more tension in the family when he pretended to side with Luke against Holden. He had Luke enrolled in a camp, and told he and Lily that they had special therapist to help those who were unsure of their sexuality, when actually it was a camp to make them straight. Lily didn't know everything about the camp, but reluctantly let him go. Damian let Luke think that he was helping him. He had the doctor tell Luke that it was Lily's idea that he go there. Luke had an argument with his mother over it and he pushed Lily down a flight of stairs. Lily was pregnant at the time. The fall put her in a coma for a long time. While she was in a coma, Holden and Luke argued. Damian played on Luke's feelings and had Luke move into Fairwinds with him for a while. When Luke started talking about making up with Holden, Damian got desperate. He dropped a bottle of pills at Luke's feet to make Luke believe that something was wrong with him. He told Luke that he was dying, and he wanted Luke to go to Malta with him and see him through to the end. Luke felt torn but obligated to go.
Luke learned the truth about Damian. He wasn't dying, and he also learned that Lily didn't send him to camp, but Damian did. Damian confessed that he wanted Luke's inheritance to pay off someone who was after him. Luke had enough of his father's betrayal. Luke disowned his father, but refused to press charges against him for kidnapping him. He wanted to put the past in the past and protect his real family, the family that loves him unconditionally.
PAST MARRIAGES
Lily Walsh Mason Snyder Grimaldi Snyder (divorced)
FLINGS & RELATIONSHIPS
Renada Minardi (lover)
RELATIVES
Lorenzo Grimaldi (father - deceased)
Orlena Grimaldi (mother - deceased)
Bettina Grimaldi (biological mother)
Dante Grimaldi (half brother)
Eduardo Grimaldi (cousin - deceased)
CHILDREN
Luciano 'Luke' Eduardo Snyder (Son with Lily)
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RELATED DAILY UPDATES
Thursday, November 19 2009: I Can't See Anything.
At the hospital, Damian calls Lily and tells her that Noah has been moved out of the ICU. He's proud of how strong their son is. She's having his things unpacked as they speak. As they chat, Meg arrives and walks over to him. He gets off the phone and she warns him not to start playing house with Lily before he tells her the truth. She says Officer Grady could come back any time. He can't come clean right now because Luke and Noah need him. Meg thinks Lily will never forgive him if he moves in before telling her the truth. She offers to break the news herself. He forbids it. "You need to tell Lily the truth before something awful happens," she says.
Back at the hospital, Damian and Lily go in to see Noah. They tell him they want to adopt him. Noah refuses. He doesn't want anything from Damian and orders them to get out. When Noah tries to chase them out, he falls into Luke's arms. He refuses to leave him.
In the hall, Damian tells Lily how horrible he feels. She tells him he meant well and that's what matters. Noah's social worker arrives and they fill her in before she goes to see Noah. Lily promises Damian everything will work out and leaves to talk to the doctors. Meg returns and threatens to tell Lily the truth today. She can see how tired he is and wishes she could take care of him. He leads her away.
Meg takes Damian back to his place and offers to give him a back rub. He'd rather have her call Officer Grady. She says that won't work and promises that she will never turn her back on him. She backs him against the wall, locks the door, and asks him to show her how much he appreciates her. They kiss and tear off their clothes.
Tuesday, November 17 2009: Emotional Bender.
In the hall, Damian tells Lily that they should adopt Noah so they can have power of attorney and call the shots. Meg and Holden come out to tell them how dire things are. Lily explains their plan to adopt Noah. He runs off to take care of this. Holden thinks that Luke deserves to be heard about this and they should wait. Luke comes out and tells Holden to back off.
Meg follows Damian down the hall and warns him how hard this adoption would be for everyone. She asks him what will happen if the truth comes out about how he married Lily under false pretenses and brings up Officer Grady. He accuses her of trying to stop him from moving in with Lily. He thinks she is being petty. He returns to Luke and tells him the paperwork will be there soon. Bob comes back and says that the window of opportunity is closing. Damian explains that they are adopting Noah and gives their consent. Bob agrees to give the go ahead on the surgery.
Meg corners Damian and apologizes. He tells her he's not offended. She wants proof and kisses him.
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