Damien Garvey

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

Early life and education Damien Garvey graduated from Padua College, a Catholic boys' school in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1982.

Career Garvey had guest roles in several drama series in the 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 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 three 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 the 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.

In 1999, Garvey appeared in the music video of Powderfinger's "The Day You Come".

Filmography Film

Television