# Who Played "Damien"?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 11, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-played-damien/399566 "2007-04-11T00:13:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-played-damien/399566/1 "2007-04-11T00:13:50Z")

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For some reason, my cable has been playing that stupid movie “THE OMEN” continuously-who played Damien? And did he succeed as an adult actor? Where was that wacky military school that they sent him to?

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-played-damien/399566/2 "2007-04-11T00:23:00Z")

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In the first movie, it was [Harvey Stephens](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827032/). In the remake from last year, it was [Samus Davey-Fitzpatrick.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2089090/)

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-played-damien/399566/3 "2007-04-11T05:27:30Z")

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There’s a website called the [Internet Movie Database](http://us.imdb.com) that can answer the kinds of questions.

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**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-played-damien/399566/4 "2007-04-11T05:48:38Z")

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I can’t find confirmation on imdb, but I believe the school where the original was filmed was Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. My cousin attended a few years after the movie came out, and this was a Big Deal to him.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-played-damien/399566/5 "2007-04-11T05:55:23Z")

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_The Omen_ was filmed in England. The first sequel, [_Damien: Omen II_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0077394/), was filmed at Northwestern Military Academy.

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**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-played-damien/399566/6 "2007-04-11T06:42:14Z")

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I knew it was one of 'em…