Damon Porter

Damon Porter
Keith Hamilton Cobb as Damon Porter
The Young and the Restless
Portrayed by	Keith Hamilton Cobb
First appearance	May 23, 2003
Last appearance	May 23, 2005
Cause/reason	Relocated to Atlanta, GA
Profile
Gender	Male
Occupation	Chemist at Jabot Cosmetics
Relationships Spouse(s) Adrienne Markham (divorced) Romances Vanessa Lerner (dated) Victoria Newman (dated) Phyllis Summers (dated) Children Elias Porter (son, with Adrienne; deceased)

Damon Porter is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He was portrayed by actor Keith Hamilton Cobb from May 2003 to May 2005.

Character background

Intending to live a life of solitude, chemist Damon Porter found himself going back on his word when he received a phone call from Drucilla Winters (Victoria Rowell). Dru found out that Damon used to work for Satine Cosmetics and managed to bring him to work at Jabot, much to the displeasure of Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John) who tried to get Damon to work at Newman Enterprises. Damon replaced Ashley Abbott (Eileen Davidson) who had to go on maternity leave. She reluctantly allowed Damon to take her place. Damon was a calm man who refused to get involved in the war between Newman and Jabot, especially after Brad Carlton (Don Diamont) had asked him to put the moves on Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford), the wife of Jabot employee Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman). Phyllis and Damon were attracted to each other and shared a kiss, even though Phyllis was married.

Dru was also attracted to Damon, but he did not seem to care for her. One night he shared a private conversation with Victoria Newman (Heather Tom), who poured her heart out to him only to realize later that Damon was the new chemist at Jabot (rival of Newman Enterprises). Victoria's family was against it, but Victoria and Damon began getting closer. Damon was also getting close to Vanessa Lerner (Dawn Stern), his old girlfriend, with whom he traveled to Japan to find a rare orchid that could help out the company, and found himself sharing the trip with Dru and Neil, who were going to get married, and Sharon and Jack who went along with the couple. Phyllis broke up with Jack after a fight over the orchid and started a relationship with Damon. Vanessa was upset over it and decided to give her project to Newman. Damon was fired by Jack after learning about his relationship with Phyllis, but his sister Ashley rehired Damon.

Damon helped Phyllis cope with her problems, but even he wasn't perfect. Phyllis' son Daniel (Michael Graziadei), who had just arrived in town, didn't tolerate Damon one bit and preferred to spend time with Jack. The fights Damon had with Daniel helped him open up to Phyllis about his past. Years earlier, Damon's young son Elias was murdered by Dominic Hughes (Kevin Alejandro) with a bullet that was intended for Damon. Damon had since been meditating to find inner peace. The animosity between Damon and Daniel wore off after Damon had saved Daniel and his friend Kevin Fisher (Greg Rikaart) from a thug named Alex (Nick Chastain) that was blackmailing them.

Phyllis visited Dominic in prison in hopes of keeping him away from Damon, who was keen on getting revenge one day. Dominic, however, showed up in Genoa City claiming to be a changed man, which even Damon believed, but Phyllis discovered that Dominic was setting up Damon and she went to confront him. Dominic tried to rape Phyllis, but she was saved by Damon who was then shot by Dominic. Damon injured Dominic with a sword and they both ended up in the hospital. Damon's spirit left his body at the hospital and reunited with his son, but then had to go back. Phyllis and Damon were under investigation for a possible murder and they had to find a way to free themselves. Phyllis even contacted her sworn enemy Christine Blair (Lauralee Bell) to help her out, but Christine accepted only after Daniel had asked her to. Dominic managed to get the upper hand on Christine, so Phyllis hired Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc) to defend her, and both Phyllis and Damon were cleared of all charges. Damon reunited with his ex-wife Adrienne and they left to Atlanta together.