Damien Garvey

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Damien Garvey
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Garvey at the 2011 Logie Awards
Born
Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Known for McLeod's Daughters (2001–2007)
Underbelly: The Golden Mile (2010)
Terra Nova (2011)
Rake (2012–2018)
The Leftovers (2017)
Awards AFI (2010)

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

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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 such as 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 the first season 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). Garvey played Nichols in all 3 seasons of the series. [2]

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

In 2023, Garvey appeared in the Disney Plus series The Artful Dodger . [3]

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 .

In May 2024, Garvey was named as part of the cast for the Stan Australia feature film Nugget is Dead. [4]

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. [5] Garvey appeared in the music video of Powderfinger's "The Day You Come" (1999).

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001SpudmonkeyStan
2002 Blurred Pigman
2004 Under the Radar Gene
2006 The Marine River Boat Cop
2009 In Her Skin Box Hill Cop
Accidents Happen Officer Passman
Storage Leonard
Daybreakers Senator Westlake
2010Beauty and the BeastDr. Thorne
Lou Colin
2011 A Heartbeat Away Hotel Manager
2012 Mental First Detective
Bait 3D Colins
2014 Drive Hard Detective Chief Inspector Smith
2015 Manny Lewis Jimmy
The Fear of DarknessSenior Detective Von Holzen
2017 Bleeding Steel Rick Rogers
2019 Dora and the Lost City of Gold Security Guard
Ride Like a Girl Terry Bailey
2020 Love and Monsters Bill
2024Nugget is Dead: A Christmas StoryJohn StoolPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Adrenaline Junkies SluggerEpisode: "Protection"
1999–2001 Beastmaster Niqit / Terron 2 /
Terron Guard
3 episodes
2000 The Lost World UgoEpisode: "Camelot"
Water Rats Baracas2 episodes
Green SailsTrawler CaptainTelevision film
2001Finding HopeVicTelevision film
Cybergirl ParamedicEpisode #1.12
2001–2007 McLeod's Daughters Dr. Jim Cunningham9 episodes
2001–2008 All Saints Various roles4 episodes
2002 Seconds to Spare RolandTelevision film
Young Lions William SolomonsEpisode: "Nursing Home"
2003 Fat Cow Motel Wally RichardsEpisode #1.11
2004 The Alice JoeTelevision film
Big ReefDaisy
2006 Home and Away Ray MoranEpisode #1.4189
Answered by Fire Ron NestovicTelevision film
2007 Mortified Black ZacEpisode: "D.J. Taylor"
The Starter Wife Clarity Harbor Staffer #1Episode: "Hour 3"
Spy ShopTom10 episodes
2007–2011 Sea Patrol Carl Davies / Sgt. Wild5 episodes
2008–2009 East of Everything Owen11 episodes
2009 Heartbeat Jack Meredith2 episodes
2010 H2O: Just Add Water SteveEpisode: "Crime and Punishment"
Underbelly Graham 'Chook' Fowler13 episodes
2011 Terra Nova Tom Boylan8 episodes
PurgedDeathTelevision film
2012 Mabo ConroyTelevision film
Jack Irish: Black TideStanTelevision film
Jack Irish: Bad DebtsStanTelevision film
2012–2018 Rake Cal McGregor32 episodes
2013 Reef Doctors Ranger Laurie Saunders4 episodes
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Neville GibbsEpisode: "Marked for Murder"
2014 Secrets & Lies Stuart Haire3 episodes
Jack Irish: Dead PointStanTelevision film
The Killing Field Brett HollowayTelevision film
2015Texas Rising: The Lost SoldierBar Man2 episodes
Mako: Island of Secrets Coach NorrisEpisode: "Careful What You Wish For"
Ash vs Evil Dead Mr. Roper2 episodes, season 1
2016 The Kettering Incident Max Holloway8 episodes
2016–2021 Jack Irish Stan16 episodes
2017 Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story Jack HoganEpisode #1.1
The Leftovers Chief Kevin Yarborough3 episodes
True Story with Hamish & Andy PhilEpisode: "Phil"
2018 Safe Harbour AFP Officer Wade2 episodes
Space Chickens in Space GlarggEpisode: "Bliblisitting"
Tidelands Edwin Welch2 episodes
GezusDavidTelevision film
2018–2020 Harrow Bryan Nichols30 episodes
2019 Reef Break Governor Bruce Jackson4 episodes
NevernightFat DaniioTelevision film
2020 The End Gerry the Lawyer2 episodes
2021 Nine Perfect Strangers SamEpisode: "Random Acts of Mayhem"
2022 Joe vs. Carole Doc Antle Episode: "Pilot"
2023 The Artful Dodger Governor Fox8 episodes
2024 Nautilus Director Crawley10 episodes

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