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Robert Romanus

Highest Rated: 78% Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Lowest Rated: 64% Pulse (1988)

Birthday: Jul 17, 1956

Birthplace: Not Available

"I woke up in a great mood; I don't know what the hell happened." So said Mike Damone, the ticket-hocking friend-turned-fink, and a main character in the 1982 classic high school comedy, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." Damone's line is also an apt description of the career of Robert Romanus, the real life man behind the character--starting strong with his role in "Fast Times," along with recurring parts on the television hits "Fame" and "The Facts of Life" later in the '80s he has achieved few substantial roles since. That said, Romanus did manage to keep landing parts, on-screen and off, into the 2010s, but these could be categorized alternately as cameos in modest movies or TV shows--the "Guitar Teacher' in the '10 rock band biopic "The Runaways"--or more substantial supporting parts in very obscure fare: "Richard" in the '06' drama "Mojave Phone Booth" with Annabeth Gish and Steve Guttenberg. But Romanus's movie legacy will remain Damone, the smooth-talking, budding entrepreneur, and friend and mentor to Mark 'Rat' Ratner, the shy ticket-taker at the local mall multiplex. Off-screen, Romanus intermittently gigs at L.A. clubs and regularly records with his band, Poppa's Kitchen, and he also teaches kids through the lens of a video camera in a program he developed called "Teaching Through Film."

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Highest rated movies

78% 80% Fast Times at Ridgemont High Watchlist
70% 56% Foxes
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64% 30% Pulse
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27% Bad Medicine
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28% The Midnight Game
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That Secret Sunday
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45% The Utopian Society
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Golpes de Justicia
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Straight Right
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7% Curfew
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Searching Rob Jenkins (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 93% Terror Eyes Horschel (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Remake Mark Curtis (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Shifting Juan (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 28% The Midnight Game Derrick (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 30, Too! Dick (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 50% Route 30 Stive (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 20% A Halfway House Christmas Daryl (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 32% The Last Run Steven's Boss (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 45% The Utopian Society Barry (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Socratic Method Meffastaffollo (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Golpes de Justicia Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Straight Right Ron (Character) - 2000
64% 30% Pulse Paul (Character) $23.6K 1988
No Score Yet 7% Curfew Jack (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Secret Sunday Mando Harris (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 27% Bad Medicine Carlos (Character) $2.5M 1985
78% 80% Fast Times at Ridgemont High Mike Damone (Character) - 1982
70% 56% Foxes Scott (Character) - 1980

TV

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No Score Yet 82% Code Black Henry Underwood (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
89% 83% Cougar Town Director (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 64% Family Guy Mike Damone (Guest Voice) 2013
68% 66% Touch Nelson (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 88% Will & Grace Lenny (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Providence Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
40% No Score Yet Maggie Winters Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1998-1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Weird Science Damien (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet 21 Jump Street Officer Gary Sharp (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Facts of Life Snake (Guest Star) 1987-1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fame Miltie Horowitz (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1984 1986-1987
No Score Yet 70% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet CHiPs Unknown (Guest Star) 1982