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Damien Bodie
Born (1985-01-02) 2 January 1985 (age 39)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1996-present

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 his three-year stint 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.

Career

Bodie was educated at Sandringham Secondary College. Bodie first appeared on television aged seven.[1] He also appeared in the 2005 Australian film Hating Alison Ashley and as Josh in the 2002 Canadian-Australian television series Guinevere Jones. Bodie also appeared in The Saddle Club.

In 1999, he began appearing as Ram Foley in the children's series Crash Zone.[2] In 2002, he played Oscar Coxon in the children's series Short Cuts, which aired on the Seven Network.[3] He has also secured guest roles in Ocean Girl, Blue Heelers and City Homicide.[1]

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.[4]

In 2008, Bodie portrayed Vashan in the Australian children's television series The Elephant Princess.[5] In July 2010, Bodie joined the cast of Seven Network's new drama series in the Australian drama series, Winners & Losers, playing Jonathan Kurtiss.[6][7] 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.[3]

On 24 November 2019, Neighbours confirmed that Bodie had reprised the role of Dylan for the show's 35th anniversary in March 2020.[8]

Bodie is currently living in Los Angeles.

Filmography

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 Regular role
1997 The Balanced Particle Freeway Bede Film
1999 Neighbours Liam Rigby Guest role
1999-2001 Crash Zone Abraham 'Ram' Foley Regular role
2002 Marshall Law Paul Guest role
2002 Short Cuts Oscar Coxon Regular role
2002 Guinevere Jones Josh Meyers Regular role
2002 Bootleg Frankie Crawley 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 Guest role
2005 Hating Alison Ashley Damo Film
2005–2007, 2020 Neighbours Dylan Timmins Regular role
2008-2009 The Elephant Princess Vashan Regular role
2009 Welcome to the Cosmos Dave Film
2010 City Homicide Ben Corrigan Guest role
2011-2014 Winners & Losers Jonathan Kurtiss Regular role
2014 Dinner for Three Archie Short film
2015 A Kind of Magic Alex Film
2016 Scary Endings Gregory Guest role
2017 Born Guilty Lee Film

References

  1. ^ a b "Twisted Broadway returns to Sydney today". BroadwayWorld. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ Tabakoff, Jenny (22 February 1999). "A tough act". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  3. ^ a b McWhirter, Erin (25–31 August 2012). "At your service". TV Week (34). Bauer Media Group: 20–21.
  4. ^ "Erinsborough's Doppelgangers..." Tenplay. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ Knox, David (6 November 2008). "Airdate: Elephant Princess". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. ^ Knox, David (6 July 2010). "Winners & Losers drama testing for feedback". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ Schembri, Jim (16 May 2011). "Winners & Losers, Tuesday, 17 May". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ Anderton, Joe (24 November 2019). "Neighbours confirms nine returnees for 35th anniversary celebrations". Digital Spy. (Hearst Magazines UK). Retrieved 7 February 2020.