Damian Muziani

Damian Muziani is an award-winning American actor, writer, filmmaker, and broadcaster known for his comedic wit and journalistic sensibilities. He has performed for several hit-TV shows, including Saturday Night Live (2007-2013), Billions (2018), Blue Bloods (2019), Girls5eva (2022), A League of Their Own (2022), and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2023), The Food That Built America (2024), and The Studio (2025). His notable film work includes The Upside (2017), Out of Breath (2022), and the upcoming Netflix biopic Rustin (2023), Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), and Kinda Pregnant (2025). the first narrative film from Michelle and Barack Obama's Higher Ground series.
In 2020, Muziani launched an award-winning weekly news comedy program, Hindsight Tonight (2020-present). The series is produced, written, and hosted by Muziani, and covers covering politics, celebrities, and current events. New episodes are released sporadically every Sunday evening on HindsightTonight.com, YouTube, Vimeo, on the Red Coral and DBTV streaming networks.
== Early Life and Education ==
Damian Muziani was born in Woodbury, New Jersey. He attended William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ, where he co-created and executive produced a student-run production company called Test Pattern.
== Career ==
=== Stage ===
After graduating college, Muziani formed an interest in stage acting, landing leading roles in The Odd Couple, Doubt, Mr. Hart & Mr. Brown, Over the River and Through the Woods, Here on the Flight Path, and The House of Blue Leaves. He gained notice as a tour de force for his portrayal of Lenny Ganz in Rumors, earning a Perry Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play by the New Jersey Association of Community Theatres. Muziani continued performing on stage and received rave reviews as Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, winning the Best Leading Actor award at Burlington County Footlighters.
=== Radio ===
In 2014, Muziani became an on-air Update Anchor for 97.5 The Fanatic FM radio station in Philadelphia. He later served as the SportsCenter Update Anchor for 97.3 ESPN in Atlantic City, NJ, and co-anchored the popular daily segment "3 From the Guys".
=== Film and Television Work ===
Muziani has had an extensive career in scripted and unscripted television and has recently forayed into Hollywood-produced feature films. He first appeared in the groundbreaking game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002), followed by several hit-TV shows, news segments, and movies.
In 2018, Muziani co-starred in the critically acclaimed Showtime series Billions alongside noted acting veterans David Costabile and Asia Kate Dillon. He then went on to co-star opposite Donnie Wahlberg in a 2019 episode of the American police procedural drama television series Blue Bloods on CBS.
With the 2017 feature film, The Upside, Muziani gained notice as a cinema actor working one-on-one in a scene with actor-comedian Kevin Hart. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and grossed $125 million at the global box office.
In 2022, Muziani appeared in the documentary film Dio: Dreamers Never Die as the last person to conduct an authorized post-show interview with Black Sabbath's former lead singer Ronnie James Dio after his final performance in 2009. The film premiered at the SXSW (South by Southwest) Film Festival in Austin, Texas, and has a 100% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes. Muziani was also recognized for his journalistic coverage of the film’s premiere, for which he received two Bronze Telly Awards in the categories of Low Budget Production and Live Events.
Muziani recently co-starred in the Season Two finale of the Peacock TV musical comedy series Girls5Eva (2022), as a neighbor of Sara Bareilles’ lead character Dawn. Also interacting with him in the scene were series regulars Busy Philips, Paula Pell, and Renee Elise Goldsberry. Muziani spoke about the experience in an interview on NJ101.5 FM in New Jersey.
In 2023, Muziani appeared in a national television commercial for Paycom, as an office cube worker. He then appeared in played a key role in on the series finale of the Amazon Prime hit series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Muziani played the part of a Central Park police officer in Manhattan in a scene with series star Alex Borstein. In 2024 he was cast as Sam Temperato, a real-life entrepreneur credited with creating the Blizzard, a wildly popular treat sold at Dairy Queen, in the History Channel’s series The Food that Build America. Also in that year, Damian once again took on the role of taxi driver in a key scene of the movie Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. He also worked for six days on the Brooklyn-filmed feature Kinda Pregnant for Netflix. He played an angry New Yorker opposite stars Amy Schumer and Will Forte. Between films, he shot a national TV commercial for ESPNBet with Sports personality Stephen A. Smith. His character is an NYC deli owner who gets into an argument with Smith over professional football.
=== Hindsight Tonight ===
Muziani became a marketable news media personality in the mid-2000s. He worked as a web reporter for the Philadelphia Flyers during the 2007-2008 NHL Hockey Season and was the host of Better Philly, a daytime Talk Show on PHL17 Television in Philadelphia. He has since garnered acclaim for his appearances on Inside Edition, Anderson Cooper 360, ABC News Topline, and Hardball with Chris Matthews. During the 2010 election season, he was awarded three Telly Awards for his appearances on live national television, followed by an additional Telly Award win in 2012 for his interview with guitarist Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath. 
Muziani's prolific background in broadcast journalism ultimately paved the way for the weekly comedy-news capsule, Hindsight Tonight. The show, written, produced, and hosted by Muziani, covers trending U.S. headlines, including politics, pop culture, and current events. It premiered in 2020 to strong reviews, with the critical consensus praising Muziani for his quickfire and witty comedic reflections.
In 2021, Muziani's writing on the show was nominated for an Emmy Award by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and received multiple w3 and Davey awards for the show's second season. 
Hindsight Tonight has continued to attract a global audience and garner critical acclaim, sweeping the 2022 awards season in multiple categories. The show’s notable 2022 accolades include a Gold "People's Telly" Award for Best Online Series, a Silver Telly Award in the category of Best News Feature, two Gold Viddy Awards in the categories of Video Podcast and Short-Form Web Video, and three Communicator Awards, all silver "distinction" awards, in the categories of Excellence in Copywriting, Individual Comedy Series, and Individual News Series. Hindsight Tonight won another Gold “People’s Telly” in 2023 for Best Online Series.
The highly coveted "People's Telly" is awarded to the program that receives the most public votes in each category. The Gold Telly won by Hindsight Tonight were in the category of Best Online Series, beating out entries from Major TV networks, including FOX, ESPN, MTV, CBS, BET, and others.
Hindsight Tonight is in its fifth year of production.
== Personal Life ==
Muziani has been vocal about his dedication to the craft of acting, having taken various "survival jobs," as he puts it, to support the lifestyle necessary to prepare for and attend auditions in a competitive industry.
During an interview with the online magazine, , Muziani revealed that his previous employer was the target of the former New York Attorney General, resulting in an FTC complaint. According to Muziani, he agreed to help an estranged college friend with his charitable fundraising organization in exchange for a survival-job salary so he could continue to attend auditions and focus on his acting career. As a result of the complaint, Muziani became collateral damage, ultimately agreeing to pay a fine to clear his name. In the interview, Muziani describes the entire experience as traumatizing but is thankful to the reporters and investigators who exposed his former employer's misdeeds.
Outside of his various side jobs and entertainment work, Muziani enjoys spending time with his wife and cat, watching football, and taking day trips to exciting places.
== Filmography ==
S.No	Year 	Movie/TV Show/Short Film 	Role 	Credit
1 	2002 	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 	Self 	Self
2 	2005 	Average Joe 	Self 	Self
3 	2006 	Most Evil 	John Wayne Gacy 	Actor
4 	2006 	America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back	Fugitive Jose Perez 	Actor
5 	2006 	Utter Disaster 	Damian Muziani 	Actor
6 	2008 	Placebo 	Vic 	Actor
7 	2007-2013	Saturday Night Live 	Narc / Bada Bing Patron	Actor
8 	2008 	Forensic Files 	Eddie Makdessi 	Actor
9 	2009 	It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 	Vendor 	Actor
10 	2010 	The Best and the Brightest 	Photographer 	Actor
11 	2010 	Hardball with Chris Matthews 	Self 	Self
12 	2013 	Killer Profile 	Bill Currier 	Actor
13 	2015 	Patric 	Officer Brady 	Actor
14 	2015 	Let’s Ask America 	Self 	Self
15 	2016 	Bennie’s 	Skip 	Actor
16 	2016 	Grave Secrets 	Thomas Harrison 	Actor
17 	2017 	The Upside 	Foreman 	Actor
18 	2018 	Billions 	Russian Asshole 	Actor
19 	2019 	Extra Toppings 	Tony P 	Actor
20 	2019 	Blue Bloods 	Super 	Actor
21 	2019 	Squid Ink 	Elliot Mitchel 	Actor
22 	2019 	Such A Deal 	Pierre 	Actor
23 	2019 	The NFL Today 	Mouthy Chauffeur 	Self
24 	2020 	The Saint of the Impossible 	Customer with Cap 	Actor
25 	2020 	Jesus V. Satan: Rise of the Zombies 	Satan 	Actor
26 	2020 	Revenge Prank with DJ Pauly D & Vinny 	Bobby Britt / Marco 	Self
27 	2022 	Girls5eva 	Man on Street 	Actor
28 	2022 	Out of Breath 	Franchini 	Actor
29 	2022 	Rustin 	Cab Driver 	Actor
30 	2022 	DIO: Dreamers Never Die 	Interviewer 	Self
31 	2022 	A League of Their Own 	Italian Waiter 	Actor
32 	2023 	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 	Central Park Cop 	Actor
33 	2024 	The Food That Built America 	Sam Temperato 	Actor
34 	2024 	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 	Taxi Driver 	Actor
35 	2025 	Kinda Pregnant 	Angry New Yorker 	Actor
36 	2025 	The Studio 	VIP Lot Security Guard 	Actor
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