Damien Garvey

Damien Garvey is an Australian actor and former musician known for his film and television roles.

Damien Garvey
Garvey at the 2011 Logie Awards
Born
Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Known forMcLeod's Daughters (2001 - 2007); Underbelly: The Golden Mile (2010); Terra Nova (2011); Rake (2012); The Leftovers (2017)
AwardsAFI (2010)

Early life

Garvey graduated from Padua College in 1982.[1]

Career

Garvey had guest roles in several drama series in his early part of his acting career. Some of his early roles include shows like Medivac (his first role, in 1998), Water Rats (2000), Young Lions (2002), and in the children's drama Cybergirl (2001).

Garvey appeared on McLeod's Daughters, in a recurring role from 2001 until 2007. He then had a role in season one of Sea Patrol (2007).

In 2008 and 2009, he appeared on ABC1's drama East of Everything. In 2010, acting in Channel Nine's Underbelly: The Golden Mile, Garvey won an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (2010).

In 2011, he had a role as a bartender and former soldier Tom Boylan, in the American sci-fi series Terra Nova, filmed entirely on the Gold Coast in Queensland.

In 2012, he returned to Australia to take a recurring role in Rake and the Jack Irish TV films and TV series.

In 2015 Garvey appeared in two episodes of Ash vs Evil Dead. Since 2018, he has portrayed Detective Senior Sergeant Bryan Nichols in the TV series Harrow (filmed in his childhood city of Brisbane).

In 2021, Garvey appeared in the TV adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s ’Nine Perfect Strangers’.

Film

Garvey, although appearing mainly on television, has had a few roles in film, including Under the Radar, In Her Skin, Accidents Happen, Daybreakers, Beauty and the Beast, Bait 3D, Drive Hard and Bleeding Steel.

Music

In the late-1980s Garvey was the lead singer in Brisbane indie rock band Neighbourhood Unit, who released two singles on the Brisbane-based Bent Records label. He then became lead singer in the power-pop band 'The Tellers'. The Tellers released two albums, Flex and Limited Movement.[2] Garvey appeared in the music video of Powderfinger’s The Day You Come (1999).

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Spudmonkey Stan
2002 Blurred Pigman
2004 Under the Radar Gene
2006 The Marine River Boat Cop
2009 In Her Skin Box Hill Cop
2009 Accidents Happen Officer Passman
2009 Storage Leonard
2009 Daybreakers Senator Westlake
2010 Beauty and the Beast Dr. Thorne
2010 Lou Colin
2011 A Heartbeat Away Hotel Manager
2012 Mental First Detective
2012 Bait 3D Colins
2014 Drive Hard Detective Chief Inspector Smith
2015 Manny Lewis Jimmy
2015 The Fear of Darkness Senior Detective Von Holzen
2017 Bleeding Steel Rick Rogers
2019 Dora and the Lost City of Gold Security Guard
2019 Ride Like a Girl Terry Bailey
2020 Love and Monsters Bill
TBA Heroes and Villains Blackwatch Post-production
TBA Miss Underwater Emcee Post-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Adrenaline Junkies Slugger Episode: "Protection"
1999–2001 Beastmaster Niqit / Terron 2 /

Terron Guard

 3 episodes
2000 The Lost World Ugo Episode: "Camelot"
2000 Water Rats Baracas 2 episodes
2000 Green Sails Trawler Captain Television film
2001 Finding Hope Vic
2001 Cybergirl Paramedic Episode #1.12
2001–2007 McLeod's Daughters Dr. Jim Cunningham 9 episodes
2001–2008 All Saints Various roles 4 episodes
2002 Seconds to Spare Roland Television film
2002 Young Lions William Solomons Episode: "Nursing Home"
2003 Fat Cow Motel Wally Richards Episode #1.11
2004 The Alice Joe Television film
2004 Big Reef Daisy
2006 Home and Away Ray Moran Episode #1.4189
2006 Answered by Fire Ron Nestovic Television film
2007 Mortified Black Zac Episode: "D.J. Taylor"
2007 The Starter Wife Clarity Harbor Staffer #1 Episode: "Hour 3"
2007 Spy Shop Tom 10 episodes
2007–2011 Sea Patrol Carl Davies / Sgt. Wild 5 episodes
2008–2009 East of Everything Owen 11 episodes
2009 Heartbeat Jack Meredith 2 episodes
2010 H2O: Just Add Water Steve Episode: "Crime and Punishment"
2010 Underbelly Graham 'Chook' Fowler 13 episodes
2011 Terra Nova Tom Boylan 8 episodes
2011 Purged Death Television film
2012 Mabo Conroy
2012 Jack Irish: Black Tide Stan
2012 Jack Irish: Bad Debts
2012–2018 Rake Cal McGregor 32 episodes
2013 Reef Doctors Ranger Laurie Saunders 4 episodes
2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Neville Gibbs Episode: "Marked for Murder"
2014 Secrets & Lies Stuart Haire 3 episodes
2014 Jack Irish: Dead Point Stan Television film
2014 The Killing Field Brett Holloway
2015 Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier Bar Man 2 episodes
2015 Mako: Island of Secrets Coach Norris Episode: "Careful What You Wish For"
2015 Ash vs Evil Dead Mr. Roper 2 episodes
2016 The Kettering Incident Max Holloway 8 episodes
2016–2021 Jack Irish Stan 16 episodes
2017 Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story Jack Hogan Episode #1.1
2017 The Leftovers Chief Kevin Yarborough 3 episodes
2017 True Story with Hamish & Andy Phil Episode: "Phil"
2018 Safe Harbour AFP Officer Wade 2 episodes
2018 Space Chickens in Space Glargg Episode: "Bliblisitting"
2018 Tidelands Edwin Welch 2 episodes
2018 Gezus David Television film
2018–2020 Harrow Bryan Nichols 30 episodes
2019 Reef Break Governor Bruce Jackson 4 episodes
2019 Nevernight Fat Daniio Television film
2020 The End Gerry the Lawyer 2 episodes
2021 Nine Perfect Strangers Sam Episode: "Random Acts of Mayhem"
2022 Joe vs. Carole Doc Antle Episode: "Pilot"
TBA Nautilus Director Crawley 10 episodes
2023 The Artful Dodger

References
  1. "Paduan's Newsletter: Old Boys' News" (PDF). Padua College. Autumn 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. GROVES, Don (10 September 2018). "'Rake' star Damien Garvey reflects on the end of the franchise". if.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2021.


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