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Damien Garvey

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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 (2012–2018)
The Leftovers (2017)
AwardsAFI (2010)

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

Early life

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Garvey graduated from Padua College in 1982.[1]

Career

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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 2022, Garvey was announced as part of an extended cast for AMC series Nautilus. [3]

In 2023, Garvey appeared in the Disney Plus series The Artful Dodger.[4]

Film

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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.[5]

Music

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

Filmography

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Film

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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
Accidents Happen Officer Passman
Storage Leonard
Daybreakers Senator Westlake
2010 Beauty and the Beast Dr. 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 Darkness Senior 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
2024 Nugget is Dead: A Christmas Story John Stool Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
1998 Adrenaline Junkies Slugger Episode: "Protection"
1999–2001 Beastmaster Niqit / Terron 2 /
Terron Guard
3 episodes
2000 The Lost World Ugo Episode: "Camelot"
Water Rats Baracas 2 episodes
Green Sails Trawler Captain Television film
2001 Finding Hope Vic Television film
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
Young Lions William Solomons Episode: "Nursing Home"
2003 Fat Cow Motel Wally Richards Episode #1.11
2004 The Alice Joe Television film
Big Reef Daisy
2006 Home and Away Ray Moran Episode #1.4189
Answered by Fire Ron Nestovic Television film
2007 Mortified Black Zac Episode: "D.J. Taylor"
The Starter Wife Clarity Harbor Staffer #1 Episode: "Hour 3"
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"
Underbelly Graham 'Chook' Fowler 13 episodes
2011 Terra Nova Tom Boylan 8 episodes
Purged Death Television film
2012 Mabo Conroy Television film
Jack Irish: Black Tide Stan Television film
Jack Irish: Bad Debts Stan Television film
2012–2018 Rake Cal McGregor 32 episodes
2013 Reef Doctors Ranger Laurie Saunders 4 episodes
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Neville Gibbs Episode: "Marked for Murder"
2014 Secrets & Lies Stuart Haire 3 episodes
Jack Irish: Dead Point Stan Television film
The Killing Field Brett Holloway Television film
2015 Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier Bar Man 2 episodes
Mako: Island of Secrets Coach Norris Episode: "Careful What You Wish For"
Ash vs Evil Dead Mr. Roper 2 episodes, season 1
2016 The Kettering Incident Max Holloway 8 episodes
2016–2021 Jack Irish Stan 16 episodes [7]
2017 Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story Jack Hogan Episode #1.1
The Leftovers Chief Kevin Yarborough 3 episodes
True Story with Hamish & Andy Phil Episode: "Phil"
2018 Safe Harbour AFP Officer Wade 2 episodes
Space Chickens in Space Glargg Episode: "Bliblisitting"
Tidelands Edwin Welch 2 episodes
Gezus David Television film
2018–2020 Harrow Bryan Nichols 30 episodes [8]
2019 Reef Break Governor Bruce Jackson 4 episodes
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"
2023 The Artful Dodger Governor Fox 8 episodes
2024 Nautilus Director Crawley 10 episodes
2025 Deadloch TV series [9]

References

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  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 (5 August 2020). "Hoodlum Entertainment resumes shooting 'Harrow' 3". IF Magazine. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. ^ Knox, David (25 February 2022). "Georgia Flood joins Nautilus shoot in Qld | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ^ Keast, Jackie (30 November 2022). "Maia Mitchell, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and David Thewlis front Disney+'s 'The Artful Dodger'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ Knox, David (20 May 2024). "Production begins on Nugget Is Dead: A Christmas Story | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  6. ^ Groves, Don (10 September 2018). "'Rake' star Damien Garvey reflects on the end of the franchise". if.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  7. ^ Knox, David (30 November 2020). "Filming underway on final Jack Irish | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  8. ^ Knox, David (11 October 2019). "Renewed: Harrow | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  9. ^ Knox, David (13 September 2024). "Filming underway on Deadloch S2 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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