# Damien Garvey

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

## Early life

Garvey graduated from Padua College in 1982.

## 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.
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.
In 2023, Garvey appeared in the Disney Plus series The Artful Dodger. On 3 February 2025, in a cast announcement for series two it was announced that Garvey would reprise his role from series one.

### Film

Although appearing mainly on television, Garvey has had several 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.

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

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Nugget is Dead: A Christmas Story | John Stool |

### 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 | Television film |
| 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 | Television film |
| 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 | H$_2$O: 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 | Television film |
| 2012 | Jack Irish: Black Tide | Stan | Television film |
| 2012 | Jack Irish: Bad Debts | Stan | Television film |
| 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 | Television film |
| 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, season 1 |
| 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 | 1 episode |
| 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" |
| 2022 | Darby and Joan | Tom | TV series: guest (episode 5) |
| 2023-present | The Artful Dodger | Governor Fox | 8 episodes |
| 2024 | Nautilus | Director Crawley | 9 episodes |
| 2025 | The Survivors | Brian Elliott | TV series |
| 2025 | Deadloch | | TV series |