Michael Graziadei

Michael Graziadei is an American actor best known for his role as Daniel Romalotti on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Life and career
Graziadei was born in Germany. He returned to the United States and began acting at the age of 5 in a production of The King and I. On stage, he also appeared in The Servant of Two Masters and History of the Devil. In 2004, he was cast as Daniel Romalotti, the Phyllis Summers' son, in the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. He is 14 years younger than the actress who plays his mother on the show, Michelle Stafford. In 2013 he left from soap for career in primetime television. In 2005 and in 2006, he was nominated an Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series. In film, Graziadei starred in Boogeyman 2 (2007), Into the Blue 2: The Reef (2009), and The Outside.

Graziadei guest-starred in number of television series, including NCIS, Criminal Minds, 90210, Castle, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. He had a recurring roles on FX's American Horror Story as Travis Wanderley, a young boyfriend of Jessica Lange's character, and on The CW's The Secret Circle. In 2013, after leaving daytime, Graziadei was cast as series regular in ABC pilot Westside. The pilot not was picked up to series. Later, he was cast as male lead in Lifetime drama series The Lottery, opposite Marley Shelton.