Damien Fahey
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Damien Richard Fahey (born June 1, 1980) is an MTV VJ. Fahey grew up in Chicopee, Massachusetts, and moved to the town of Longmeadow, Massachusetts during the summer of 1992. It was there that he attended Williams Middle School and then Longmeadow High School before being admitted to Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts where he majored in communication studies.
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While he was a high school student in Longmeadow, Fahey became an intern and then a part-time radio DJ at adult-contemporary station 94.7 WMAS, based in Springfield, Massachusetts. Upon admission to Northeastern University in 1999, he acquired a position as a part-time overnight DJ with Boston, Massachusetts radio station KISS 108 FM. It was while he was working at KISS 108 that Fahey was hired by MTV after a nationwide search for a new VJ in 2002. He replaced the popular VJ Carson Daly as the host of MTV's Total Request Live after Daly left the network to pursue other endeavors. Upon being hired by MTV, Fahey left Northeastern University after completing three years of college.
In 2004 after Craig Kilborn left The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS held auditions for the host job in Los Angeles by allowing their nominees to host the show for one week each. Fahey auditioned along with Michael Ian Black, Drew Carey, Ana Gasteyer, Adam Carolla, Jim Gaffigan, D.L. Hughley, and Bob Saget. While hosting in October and November 2004, he interviewed celebrities including Eddie Izzard, Peter Falk, Marsha Thomason, and Pat O'Brien. Actor, writer, and comedian Craig Ferguson won and started hosting the new Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in January 2005.
Damien is a Board Member of Do Something, the not-for-profit internet company that inspires young people to change the world. He has been invovled with the organization since the 2004 BR!CK Awards and participates in that event annually.
Recently, Damien Fahey has co-hosted on the Live with Regis and Kelly talk show, filling in for Regis, during his recovery.
Recently, Fahey co-hosted the Miss Teen USA 2006 pageant held in Palm Springs, California.
Fahey had a role in the animated movie Robots as the announcer.
He has been romantically linked to Ashlee Simpson and Lindsay Lohan.
Damien will appear as the voice of Dr. Michael Milano on an upcoming episode of Family Guy.
He also lends his co-hosting skills to LIVE with Regis and Kelly frequently, filling in for Regis Philbin. He was nominated for a Relly Award for "Best Guest Host Moment".
You can see Damien's appearance in the upcoming film, "The Great Buck Howard", starring John Malkovich.
Damien Fahey plays drums in the band, "Here's Johnny!" with singer/guitarist Kenli Mattus and bassist Matt Amendola. He plays Yamaha drums, Vater drumsticks and Zildjian cymbals.
