Damon Herriman
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Damon Herriman | |
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Born | Adelaide, South Australia | 31 March 1970
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1976-present |
Damon Herriman (born 31 March 1970) is an Australian actor known for his film and television work in Australia and the United States.
Life and career
Damon Herriman was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He began acting in local television commercials at the age of eight, but it was not until he was cast as Frank Errol in The Sullivans two years later that his career began to take off. He continued to work solidly as a child actor, with a return to The Sullivans a year later, as well as the Australian series The Patchwork Hero, Sara Dane, For the Term of His Natural Life and Taurus Rising. He received three Logie Award nominations for his performance in The Sullivans.
After appearing in The Flying Doctors, for which he won the Penguin Award for Excellence in a Performance by a Juvenile, and the children's mini-series Elly & Jools, Herriman was cast as Mark Jorgensen, the bespectacled best friend of Ben Mendelsohn's Danny Clark in the Australian cult comedy classic, The Big Steal.
As well as continuing to work solidly in film, television and theatre, Herriman has also written and/or directed many successful short films, including the Tropfest finalsts They and The Date. In 2004, he won the Best Screenplay award at Flickerfest for the short film Soar, in which he also performed. He was a performer and contributing writer on the ABC sketch comedy series, The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting.
Herriman is known to Australian audiences for playing Claudia Karvan's workmate and friend George Wagstaffe in the critically acclaimed Foxtel series Love My Way; as Marcus Dwyer in the ABC comedy, Laid; as simpleton Reg in the Australian feature, 100 Bloody Acres; as well as the title role in the ABC telemovie, The Outlaw Michael Howe. In 2014, he was seen as manager Chris Murphy in the miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, as well as appearing in Josh Lawson's debut feature, The Little Death and the Australian film starring Ewan McGregor, Son of a Gun. In Australia he was last seen in Abe Forsythe's feature, Down Under and the Foxtel mini-series, Secret City (for which he received the AACTA award for supporting actor in a drama).
In 2004, he played the creepy roadkill truck driver in the US horror film House of Wax, and since 2005 has worked regularly in the United States, appearing in such productions as The Unit; Redbelt (both written and directed by David Mamet); Breaking Bad; Wilfred; CSI; The Loop; Cold Case; as well as the pilot for the unaired Dick Wolf series, Lost and Found; and mysterious hitman Mr. Jones on the CBS crime series, Vegas.
He played the convicted kidnapper of the Lindbergh baby, Bruno Hauptmann, in the Clint Eastwood-helmed J. Edgar (2011), and one of the Cavendish gang in Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger (2013).
In 2014, he recurred as Niblet on the Vince Gilligan/David Shore series for CBS, Battle Creek, and played the homeless Romeo in the Starz limited series, Flesh and Bone. He was recently seen as the violent hitman Buddy in the first season of the HBO/Cinemax series, Quarry. In August 2018, he is set to portray Charles Manson in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the television series Mindhunter.[1]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1980-81 | The Sullivans | Frank Errol | |
1981 | The Patchwork Hero | Hardy Jamieson | |
1982 | Taurus Rising | Phil Drysdale | |
1982 | Sara Dane | David | |
1983 | For the Term of His Natural Life | Blinker | |
1988 | The Flying Doctors | Donnie White (2 Episodes) | |
1990 | Elly & Jools | Liam O'Farrell | |
1990 | Call Me Mr. Brown | Bowser Boy | |
1990 | The Big Steal | Mark Jorgensen | |
1991 | The Miraculous Mellops | Felix (3 episodes) | |
1991 | Brides of Christ | Grant | |
1998 | Meteorites! | Nick | |
1998 | Praise | Skinhead | |
1998 | Murder Call | Lindsay Cramer (2 episodes) | |
1998-1999 | All Saints | Danny Bucknell (8 episodes) | |
2001 | The Hitch | Hitchhicker | |
2001 | South Pacific | Professor | |
2001 | Flat Chat (1 episode) | ||
2001 | Water Rats | Todd Grierson/Gerry Bourke (4 episodes) | |
2003 | Ned | Steve Hart / Orderly | |
2004 | The Cooks | Nigel | |
2005 | Son of the Mask | Animagine Employee | |
2005 | A Family Legacy | Australian Commentator | |
2005 | House of Wax | Lester Sinclair | |
2006 | Fainting Your Way to the Top | The Presenter | |
2006 | Love My Way | George Wagstaffe (18 episodes) | |
2006 | Can I Call You | John | |
2006 | The Unit | Sgt. Parker | |
2006 | Stupid, Stupid Man | Pippy | |
2006 | Lens Love Story | Len | |
2008 | The Square | Eddie | |
2009 | Lost & Found | Anthony Ackel | |
2009 | Chandon Pictures | Scotty Cornish | |
2009 | Satisfaction | Dominic | |
2010 | Call Centre | Hugo | |
2010 | Rake | Detective Maraco | |
2010–2015 | Justified | Dewey Crowe | |
2011 | Breaking Bad | Scary Skell | |
2011 | The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg | Curtis | |
2011 | Wilfred | Jesse | |
2011 | J. Edgar | Bruno Hauptmann | |
2012 | Laid | Marcus Dwyer | |
2012 | 100 Bloody Acres | Reg Morgan | |
2012 | The Strange Calls | Adrian | |
2012 | Wishart | Andy Wishart | |
2013 | Vegas | Mr. Jones | |
2013 | Almost Human | Lucas Vincent impersonator | |
2013 | The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting | Various | |
2013 | The Outlaw Michael Howe | Michael Howe | |
2013 | The Lone Ranger | Ray | |
2014 | INXS: Never Tear Us Apart | Chris Murphy | |
2014 | The Water Diviner | Father McIntyre | |
2014 | The Little Death | Dan | |
2015 | Battle Creek | Detective Niblet | |
2015 | Flesh and Bone | Romeo | |
2015 | Scorpion | Gleason | |
2016 | No Activity | Bernie | |
2016 | Down Under | Jason | |
2016 | Quarry | Buddy | |
2016 | Incorporated | Hendrick | |
2016 | Secret City | Kim Gordon | |
2017 | Top of the Lake: China Girl | Toni Bolloti | |
2018 | Squinters | Miles | |
2019 | Mindhunter | Charles Manson | |
2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Charles Manson | Filming |
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Film/TV series | Result |
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2014 | AFCA Award | Best Actor | 100 Bloody Acres | Nominated |
AACTA Awards | Best Comedy Performance | Laid | Nominated | |
Best Actor | The Little Death | Nominated | ||
2016 | Best Supporting Actor (film) | Down Under | Nominated | |
Best Guest/Supporting Actor (TV drama) | Secret City | Won |
References
- ^ "Sequel to A Quiet Place Officially in the Works, and More Movie News". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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