Damon Gameau is an Australian television and film actor who has appeared in the Australian series Love My Way, the 2002 Australian film The Tracker, and in a small role in the US series How I Met Your Mother.He graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1999.He appeared in the 2009 feature film Balibo, in which he plays the part of Seven Network reporter Greg Shackleton.He starred as Scotsman Andy Maher in the Australian TV miniseries Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.Damon starred as Sonny in the Australian movie Thunderstruck, a tale of a group of friends and their devotion to AC/DC and in particular Bon Scott.He appeared in RTÉ's latest Irish drama, Raw, based in an exclusive Dublin restaurant. playing the head chef Geoff Mitchell from Season 1 - Season 5. Gameau portrayed a homosexual character and received great praise for his performance throughout his time on the series.He also starred in Spirited as Adrian Brixton alongside Claudia Karvan and Matt King. Damon is in a relationship with Winners and Losers actress, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith. Together they have one child, daughter, Velvet Gameau.
[on playing a gay couple with Krystof Hádek in Raw (2008)] I think we were lucky in that right from the first day we were very comfortable with each other. It would have been harder if one of us had an ego, but both of us came to it with the same attitude. We didn't really talk about it to be honest. Our chemistry on screen just developed from our own connection. We had to physically express it now and again, but so be it. It's our job to do that.
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[on his role in Raw (2008)] Geoff is great fun for me to play. I rarely shout and I'm not an angry person. I'd never do what he does. Australians are quite relaxed by nature, so this allows me to blow off a lot of steam.
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As a director, he won the Tropfest short film festival in 2011 for his film 'Animal Beatbox'.
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Won the Best Australian Actor Award at the 2007 Sydney Underground Film Festival for the feature Vermin.
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He graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1999.
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