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Damien Richardson

Damien Richardson

5 movies on Netflix

Biography

Damien Richardson is an Australian actor who studied Australian cinema and theater along with political science at Flinders University in Adelaide, the city of his birth, and graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1991. With Luke Elliot he co-wrote The Belly of the Whale, staged at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 1996, where it won the festival's Best New Comedy-Drama award, and he starred in the crime film The Hard Word (2002) as one of three bank-robbing brothers. He is known for playing Detective Matt Ryan in City Homicide from 2007 to 2011 and Gary Canning in Neighbours from 2014 to 2020, and he appeared as Drew Greer, a lawyer, in the Jack Irish television films (2012). His other credits include the films Rogue (2007) and Noise (2007), guest roles in Blue Heelers and McLeod's Daughters, and an Australian Film Institute nomination in 2003 for The Secret Life of Us. He retired from acting in 2021.

57years old

Turns 58 on August 2in 295 days

Born August 2, 1969Adelaide
Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 14 years2002 to 2016

Every film, newest first

2016Nowhere Boys: The Book of ShadowsIMDb rating 5.1
2012Jack Irish: Bad DebtsIMDb rating 6.8
2007NoiseIMDb rating 6.6
2007RogueIMDb rating 6.2
2002The Hard WordIMDb rating 5.9

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Behind the camera
Richardson and Luke Elliot wrote The Belly Of The Whale together, and it was staged at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 1996.

Damien Richardson movies on Netflix

Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows2016IMDb rating 5.1as Gary
Jack Irish: Bad Debts2012IMDb rating 6.8as Drew Greer
Noise2007IMDb rating 6.6as Matty Rhodes
Rogue2007IMDb rating 6.2as Collin
The Hard Word2002IMDb rating 5.9as Mal Twentyman

Worked with

Damien Richardson shares two films with Guy Pearce, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

Robert Taylor

Radha Mitchell

Sam Worthington

Joel Edgerton

Rachel Griffiths

Greg McLeanDirector, 1 film John BlushDirector, 1 film Scott RobertsDirector, 1 film

Films together

Guy Pearce2 films together, 2002 to 2012
Guy Pearce's page
- Jack Irish: Bad Debts2012IMDb rating 6.8Richardson as Drew GreerPearce as Jack Irish
- The Hard Word2002IMDb rating 5.9Richardson as Mal TwentymanPearce as Dale Twentyman
Robert Taylor2 films together, 2002 to 2007
Robert Taylor's page
- Rogue2007IMDb rating 6.2Richardson as CollinTaylor as Everett
- The Hard Word2002IMDb rating 5.9Richardson as Mal TwentymanTaylor as Frank Malone
Radha Mitchell1 film together, 2007
Radha Mitchell's page
- Rogue2007IMDb rating 6.2Richardson as CollinMitchell as Kate Ryan
Sam Worthington1 film together, 2007
Sam Worthington's page
- Rogue2007IMDb rating 6.2Richardson as CollinWorthington as Neil Kelly
Joel Edgerton1 film together, 2002
Joel Edgerton's page
- The Hard Word2002IMDb rating 5.9Richardson as Mal TwentymanEdgerton as Shane Twentyman
Rachel Griffiths1 film together, 2002
Rachel Griffiths's page
- The Hard Word2002IMDb rating 5.9Richardson as Mal TwentymanGriffiths as Carol Twentyman
Greg McLeanDirector, 1 film, 2007
All films by Greg McLean
- Rogue2007IMDb rating 6.2Richardson as Collin
John BlushDirector, 1 film, 2007
All films by John Blush
- Rogue2007IMDb rating 6.2Richardson as Collin
Scott RobertsDirector, 1 film, 2002
All films by Scott Roberts
- The Hard Word2002IMDb rating 5.9Richardson as Mal Twentyman

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.