Damian Walshe-Howling

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Damian Walshe-Howling is an Australian actor, well known for his role as Andrew "Benji" Veniamin in the Australian underworld drama Underbelly, for which he won the Best Supporting or Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the 2008 AFI Awards.

Early life and education

Damien Walshe-Howling was born in Melbourne.[1]

Career

He starred on Blue Heelers as Constable Adam Cooper from 1994 to 1998, and returned for the series finale in 2006. He has also had guest starring roles on Neighbours in 1993, The Secret Life of Us (2001) as Mac, Marshall Law (2002), Stingers (2003), Wilfred (2007), All Saints (2007) and Terra Nova (2011).[2]

His film work includes Halifax f.p. (2000), He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001), Ned Kelly (2003) and Macbeth (2006).[2]

In 2008, he hosted the Seven Network's factual series Crash Investigation Unit[3] and appeared in the Bell Shakespeare production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre. He also went back to his theater roots with a B Sharp production of A View of Concrete.[2]

He was set to star in Point Break 2; however, due to the 2008 financial crisis, the movie did not go ahead.[4]

He starred in The Reef with ex-Underbelly co-star Gyton Grantley. The movie was released in Australian cinemas in March 2011.[5]

In 2010, Walshe-Howling hosted the Nine Network's reality show Customs;[2] and in 2012, he appeared in Australian TV drama series Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms as Bandidos vice president Mario "Chopper" Cianter, and also appeared in Play School. In 2013, he had a supporting role in Mystery Road and in 2014, he appeared in a supporting role in the ABC TV comedy drama series, Old School. He also had a supporting role as Owen Mitchell in all 24 episodes of the ABC's Janet King.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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Recognition and awards

In 2008 Walshe-Howling won Best Supporting or Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the AFI Awards.[6]

In 2009, Walshe-Howling was nominated for Cleo Bachelor of the Year. He said in 2010 that he had been single for many years.[1]

Other activities

Walshe-Howling hosted Flickerfest 2009.[7]

Filmography

Film

As actor

Year Title Role Notes
1999 A Wreck A Tangle Benjamin
2001 Saturn's Return Dimi Short film
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand Milo
2003 Ned Kelly Template:Sort
2004 Josh Jarman Template:Sort
2005 The Umbrella Men John Short film
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2006 Three Months at Sea Julian Short film
Teenage Lust Tom Short film
Kenny Template:Sort
Macbeth Ross
Insignia Template:Sort Short film
2008 Crushed
2010 The Clearing Adam Short film
The Reef [8] Luke
2011 Monkeys Friend 2 Short film
Post Apocalyptic Man Shade Short film
2012 Summer Suit Dad Short film
2013 Mystery Road Template:Sort
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2017 Goodnight Sweetheart Tyson Short film
2018 House Party Knives Short film
Desert Dash Ivan Short film
2020 2067 Template:Sort
2022 Darklands John Kolt

As director / producer / writer

Title Year Credited as Notes
Director Producer Writer
The Bloody Sweet Hit 2007 Yes No Yes Short film
Dog Meat 2009 No No No Short film
Editor
Suspended 2012 Yes co-producer Yes Short film
Messiah 2016 Yes No Yes Short film

Television

As actor

Year Title Role Notes Ref
1990 More Winners Template:Sort 1 episode
1993–94 Neighbours Template:Sort 3 episodes
1994–98, 2006 Blue Heelers Template:Sort Main role (seasons 1–5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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178 episodes
1995 Sky Trackers Hoon 1 episode
2000 Halifax f.p. Template:Sort 1 episode
2001 Love Is a Four Letter Word Template:Sort 4 episodes
The Secret Life of Us Mac Recurring role
7 episodes
2002 Marshall Law Template:Sort 1 episode
2003 Stingers Template:Sort 1 episode
2005 Heartbreak Tour Danny Short television film
Life Template:Sort Television film
2007 Wilfred Keith 1 episode
All Saints Template:Sort 1 episode
2007–08 Satisfaction Gino 2 episodes
2008 Underbelly Template:Sort Recurring role
6 episodes
2009 Whatever Happened to That Guy? Jarred 1 episode
Rescue: Special Ops Nick 1 episode
East West 101 Template:Sort 1 episode
2011 Panic at Rock Island [9] Template:Sort Television film
Terra Nova Carter Recurring role
8 episodes
2012 Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms Template:Sort Miniseries
Main role
2013 The Time of Our Lives Ewan 4 episodes
2014–17 Janet King Template:Sort Main role [10]
2014 Old School Template:Sort 7 episodes [11]
2016 Blue Water Empire Template:Sort Docudrama [12]
2017 Blue Murder: Killer Cop Template:Sort Miniseries
1 episode
2018 Wrong Kind of Black Kevin Web series
Main role
Bite Club Template:Sort Main role [13]
Titans Template:Sort 1 episode
2019 Welfare Template:Sort Web series
1 episode
Blue Water Empire TV docu-drama miniseries
2021 Jack Irish Template:Sort 1 episode
2023 Last King of the Cross Joey Romano 7 episodes [14]
2024 Thou Shalt Not Steal Spider TV series [15]
Til You Make It Finn TV series

As self

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Buying Blind Narrator 6 episodes [16]
2018 Show Me the Movie! Himself 1 episode
2012 Planet unEarth Himself 1 episode
2012 Agony Uncles Himself
2008–11 Crash Investigation Unit Himself – Narrator
2009–10 Flickerfest on EXTRA Himself – Narrator
2008 Getaway Himself 1 episode

References

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External links

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