Damien Garvey

Damien Garvey is an Australian film and television actor.
Early life.
Garvey was in the class of 1982 at Padua College, Brisbane.
Career.
Garvey had guest roles in several drama series in his early part of his acting career. Some of his early roles include shows like "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 "", 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 solder 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 appearing in the two "Jack Irish" TV films.
In 2015 Garvey appeared in two episodes 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). 
Film.
Garvey, although appearing mainly on television, has had a few roles in film, including "Under the Radar", "In Her Skin", "Accidents Happen", "Daybreakers", "Beauty and the Beast", "Bait 3D", "Drive Hard" and "Bleeding Steel".
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". Aged about 35 he moved to acting.