S
ean Dominic was living in New York City when he land-
ed the role of Y&R’s hunky doc, Nate Hastings. “I was
out here hitting the pilot season and Y&R was one of
the last ones I had,” the actor recounts. “After I auditioned I
said, ‘I’ve got a flight back to New York in a couple of days,’
and my agent was like, ‘Hold up!’ ”
That was because Dominic’s new
shooting schedule was set to begin the
following week, which meant there
wasn’t time for him to officially relo-
cate his life from one coast to the other. “I’m still
moving,” he chuckles. “Most of my stuff is in New York!”
Pulling up stakes is nothing new to Dominic, who
moved frequently through his childhood along with his
two younger brothers, Andre and Julian, because their
single mother, Gayrene Martin, was in the Air Force and
shipped from one base to another. “We were moving
constantly, and it was the norm, so I was always looking
for the next adventure,” he shrugs. “Most of my closest
friends were military kids, but either they would move or I
would move. I didn’t know any different. That was the life.”
After six changes of address, the brood finally settled
down in Delaware. “I went through all of high school in
Delaware,” Dominic says. “My mom was actually sup-
posed to get transferred to another state after my freshman
or sophomore year but she fought to stay there.”
For the most part, Dominic was a model student. “I
would flip-flop,” he recalls. “I’d make honor roll one year,
but not make it the next year and then make it the next year.After years on the move,
Y&R’s Sean Dominic is
ready to stay in one place
SPIRIT
By Devin
Owens
(Dr. Nate
Hastings)SONJA FLEMMING/CBS