Damon Herriman

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Damon was born in Adelaide and has been acting since the age of eight. His extensive credits are a testament to his versatility and reflect his standing. In 2018, Damon was honoured with the Australians in Film: Orry-Kelly International Award for Extraordinary Contribution to the Australian and USA Screen Industry.

Damon's Australian television credits include 'Lambs of God' for Lingo Pictures, 'Mr. Inbetween' for FX directed by Nash Edgerton, 'Riot' (2018 Logie Award Nomination - Most Outstanding Actor), 'No Activity S2' for STAN, 'Top of the Lake: China Girl' directed by Jane Campion, 'Secret City' for Matchbox Pictures and Foxtel (2017 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor and the 2016 AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Drama), 'Never Tear Us Apart' as INXS manager; Chris Murphy for the Seven Network, 'The Broken Shore', 'The Outlaw Michael Howe' in the titular role of Michael Howe, 'The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting', 'Rake' (ABC), 'Love My Way' (Foxtel), 'Offspring' (Network 10), 'Satisfaction' (Showtime), 'Chandon Pictures' (Movie Network), 'Brides of Christ' (ABC) and the series 2 co-lead in 'Laid' (ABC), for which he received an AACTA Awards 2013 Nomination for Best Performance in a Television Comedy.

As well as JUDY AND PUNCH, Damon's film credits include THE NIGHTINGALE; world premiere Venice Film Festival 2018, DOWN UNDER, THE LITTLE DEATH (AACTA Nomination for Best Lead Actor), SON OF A GUN, starring Ewan McGregor, Russell Crowe's THE WATER DIVINER, 100 BLOODY ACRES, THE SQUARE, CANDY, NED, PRAISE and THE BIG STEAL. In 2008 Damon won the Best Actor award at the St Kilda Film Festival for his performance in the short film LEN'S LOVE STORY.

Damon also works extensively in the US. Damon has just wrapped on ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD for Quentin Tarantino, playing infamous cult leader; Charles Manson. Other US film credits there include Gore Verbinksi's THE LONE RANGER (Walt Disney Pictures), J. EDGAR opposite Leonardo DiCaprio (dir Clint Eastwood for Imagine Entertainment/Warner Bros); REDBELT directed by David Mamet (Sony) and HOUSE OF WAX (Warner Bros).

On US television, Damon is best known for his recurring role as Dewey Crowe in the critically acclaimed FX series, 'Justified' opposite Timothy Olyphant. His other US television credits include the recurring role of Mr. Jones in CBS' 'Vegas' opposite Dennis Quaid, 'Breaking Bad', 'Almost Human', 'Wilfred', 'CSI', 'The Unit', 'Cold Case', the Vince Gilligan police drama for CBS; 'Battle Creek', 'Incorporated' and 'Scorpion' for CBS. His series regular roles include the Starz cable drama, 'Flesh and Bone' (2016 Golden Globe Nomination: Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television) and 'Quarry' for Cinemax.

Damon has also written and/or directed many successful short films, including the Tropfest finalists THEY and THE DATE and was awarded Best Screenplay and Audience Award for his short film SOAR (writer/performer). Damon was also a contributing sketch writer on ABC / Jungleboys production; 'The Elegant Gentlemen's Guide to Knife Fighting'.

As a child actor, Damon received three Logie award nominations for his work on 'The Sullivans'.