Harvey Stephens

Harvey Spencer Stephens is an English former actor who played the role of young Damien Thorn in The Omen . He was four years old when picked for the part, which required him to have his blond hair dyed dark brown. In an interview with AMC, director Richard Donner said Stephens got the part after attacking the filmmaker (at Donner's urging), punching Donner in the testicles for good measure. He would later play a small role in the 1980 TV film Gauguin the Savage . He also appears in the DVD special features section of the 2006 version of The Omen , and as a tabloid journalist in the film.

Interview footage of Stephens from 1996 was used in the 2005 documentary The Curse of the Omen , a programme detailing the supposed eerie coincidences surrounding the making of the film.

Stephens appeared on The Howard Stern Show on Sirius Radio on 23 April 2008 to promote a film he was working on.