# Damien Bodie

Damien Bodie (born 2 January 1985) is an Australian television actor from Melbourne. Bodie began his career securing roles in children's television roles such as Ram Foley in Crash Zone. He later secured the regular role of Dylan Timmins in the soap opera Neighbours. In 2011, he took the role of Jonathan Kurtiss in the drama series Winners & Losers and remained until 2014.

## Early life and education

Bodie was educated at Sandringham Secondary College in Melbourne, where he completed his VCE while performing in school stage productions. He has also studied and performed Improvisation Live at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles.

## Career

Bodie first appeared on television aged seven. He appeared in the 2005 Australian film Hating Alison Ashley and as Josh in the 2002 Canadian-Australian television series Guinevere Jones and also made a guest appearance in The Saddle Club in 2003.
In 1999, he began appearing as Ram Foley in the children's series Crash Zone and held the role for three years. In 2002, he played Oscar Coxon in the children's series Short Cuts, which aired on the Seven Network. He has also secured guest roles in Ocean Girl, Blue Heelers and City Homicide.
Damien Bodie had previously made two appearances in the soap opera Neighbours as Charlie Moyes in 1996 and Liam Rigby in 1999, before securing the regular role of Dylan Timmins in 2005.
In 2008, Bodie portrayed Vashan in the Australian children's television series The Elephant Princess. In July 2010, Bodie joined the cast of Seven Network’s Australian drama series, Winners & Losers, playing Jonathan Kurtiss and remained until 2014. Bodie had previously worked with Winners and Losers producer Maryanne Carroll on the show Short Cuts. Carroll remembered his performance and helped him secure the role.
On 24 November 2019, Neighbours confirmed that Bodie had reprised the role of Dylan for the show's 35th anniversary in March 2020.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Hating Alison Ashley | Damo | Film |
| 2009 | Welcome to the Cosmos | Dave | Film |
| 2014 | Dinner for Three | Archie | Short film |
| 2015 | A Kind of Magic | Alex | Film |
| 2017 | Born Guilty | Lee | Film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | Dennis Andrews | Guest role |
| 1996 | Neighbours | Charlie Moyes | Guest role |
| 1997 | Ocean Girl | Louis Danton | Main role |
| 1997 | The Balanced Particle Freeway | Bede | TV movie |
| 1999 | Neighbours | Liam Rigby | Guest role |
| 1999–2001 | Crash Zone | Abraham 'Ram' Foley | Main role |
| 2002 | Marshall Law | Paul | Guest role |
| 2002 | Short Cuts | Oscar Coxon | Main role |
| 2002 | Guinevere Jones | Josh Meyers | Main role |
| 2002 | Bootleg | Frankie Crawley | Miniseries, guest role |
| 2003 | Blue Heelers | Lucas Moore | Guest role |
| 2003 | The Saddle Club | Raffael | Guest role |
| 2004 | Fergus McPhail | Leon | Guest role |
| 2004 | Salem's Lot | Goth Kid | Miniseries, guest role |
| 2005–2007, 2020 | Neighbours | Dylan Timmins | Main role |
| 2008–2009 | The Elephant Princess | Vashan | Season 1, main role |
| 2010 | City Homicide | Ben Corrigan | Guest role |
| 2011–2014 | Winners & Losers | Jonathan Kurtiss | Main role |
| 2016 | Scary Endings | Gregory | YouTube anthology series, guest role |