Damien Molony

## Biography

### Prior to Doctor Who

Molony was born in Johnstownbridge on 21 February 1984. He studied at Clongowes Wood College in Clane, followed by Trinity College in Dublin, where he completed a degree in business and politics and became involved in the acting society. He soon moved to London to attend Drama Centre London.

After graduating in 2011, Molony co-starred as Giovanni in a production of the John Ford play *'Tis Pity She's a Whore* at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, directed by Jonathan Munby. He won the second prize in the 2011 Ian Charleson Awards for his performance.

Molony's casting as vampire Hal in the BBC Three series *Being Human* brought him his first television credit. In an interview with SFX magazine, Molony revealed that when approaching the role of Hal he did research on drug addicts and alcoholics. He has previously starred in the short film *When the Hurlyburly's Done*, filmed in Germany.

After the filming of series 4 of *Being Human*, in January 2012 Damien played the lead role of Motl Mendl in the National Theatre production of *Travelling Light* alongside Sir Antony Sher. Following a long run at the Lyttelton Theatre, the play toured England and was broadcast in cinemas worldwide with National Theatre Live. He returned to the National Theatre in January 2015 to play Spike in Sir Tom Stoppard's *The Hard Problem*, which ran until 17 May 2015 and also had a worldwide broadcast via NT Live, on 16 April 2015. Both plays were directed by the then Artistic Director of the National Theatre, Sir Nicholas Hytner.

The fifth and final series of *Being Human* was screened in February–March 2013. At the same time Molony starred in the play "If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep" at the Royal Court Theatre.

Damien's television slate grew when in the same year he joined the cast of Victorian BBC show *Ripper Street*in series 2 as Detective Constable Albert Flight. He appeared in 7 of 8 episodes on BBC One in the UK and BBC America. The crime drama was set in London's Whitechapel in the period following the Jack the Ripper murders.

Molony returned to theatre, alongside William Gaminara in the play *The Body of an American* by Dan O'Brienin January–February 2014 at the Gate Theatre (London) about the conversation of a war photographer and a struggling playwright.

The actor then landed the role of Detective Sergeant Jack Weston in innovative crime procedural *Suspects*. The drama, shot in a documentary style using fly-on-the-wall filming techniques, premiered in the UK February 2014. The show ran for five series, the last airing August 2016, with a new cast line-up and a change in format and Molony taking centre stage in a six part story. All five series of the show have also reached American audiences via streaming service Acorn TV.

## Selected Credits

### Doctor Who

#### As The Doctor

* *The Fall of the Doctor*
* *The Uprising*
* *Space Mutiny*
* *The First Step for Mankind*
* *The Age of Machines*
* *Planet of the Silurians*
* *Mummy on the Orient Express*
* *Time Reaver*
* *The Witch Trial*
* *Death and the Queen*
* *War of the Sontarans*
* *The Gift*
* *Under the Lake*
* *Technophobia*
* *The Sword of the Chevalier*
* *Night of the Vashta Nerada*
* *No Place*
* *Flatline*
* *A Green Future*
* *The Eternity Planet*
* *Veritas*
* *The Rise of Cybus*
* *The Ghosts of Christmas Past*
* *The Raven*
* *The Great Fire*
* *Beneath the Ice*
* *Oxygen*
* *We Are the Daleks*
* *One Mile Down*
* *How The Monk Got His Habit*
* *The Silent Scream*
* *Fallen Angels*
* *The Battle of Earth*
* *The Last Life*