Damian Walshe-Howling

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.

Damian Walshe-Howling
Walshe-Howling in August 2011
Born	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)	Film and television actor
Years active	1989–present
Notable credit(s)	Underbelly (Best Supporting Actor, 2008)

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 global financial crisis^[when?] 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.^{[citation needed]}

He is in the 2020 Australian sci-fi thriller 2067.^{[citation needed]}

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	Glenrowan policeman
2004	Josh Jarman	Fringe theatre actor
2005	The Umbrella Men	John	Short film
	Rupture	The Man	Short film
2006	Three Months at Sea	Julian	Short film
	Teenage Lust	Tom	Short film
	Kenny	Crazy man in toilet
	Macbeth	Ross
	Insignia	Paul Andrews	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	Wayne Silverman
	Around the Block	Brent Graham
2017	Goodnight Sweetheart	Tyson	Short film
2018	House Party	Knives	Short film
	Desert Dash	Ivan	Short film
2020	2067	Billy Mitchell
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	Reg Sanders	1 episode
1993–94	Neighbours	Troy Duncan	3 episodes
1994–98, 2006	Blue Heelers	Constable Adam Cooper	Main role (seasons 1–5) Guest role (season 13) 178 episodes
1995	Sky Trackers	Hoon	1 episode
2000	Halifax f.p.	Scott Brennan	1 episode
2001	Love Is a Four Letter Word	Dean Masselos	4 episodes
	The Secret Life of Us	Mac	Recurring role 7 episodes
2002	Marshall Law	Jeffrey Mason	1 episode
2003	Stingers	Dave Williams	1 episode
2005	Heartbreak Tour	Danny	Short television film
	Life	Joey Cardamone	Television film
2007	Wilfred	Keith	1 episode
	All Saints	Jacob Shipper	1 episode
2007–08	Satisfaction	Gino	2 episodes
2008	Underbelly	Andrew "Benji" Veniamin	Recurring role 6 episodes
2009	Whatever Happened to That Guy?	Jarred	1 episode
	Rescue: Special Ops	Nick	1 episode
	East West 101	Tony Caruso	1 episode
2011	Panic at Rock Island [9]	Rufus Mitchell	Television film
	Terra Nova	Carter	Recurring role 8 episodes
2012	Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms	Mario "Chopper" Cianter	Miniseries Main role
2013	The Time of Our Lives	Ewan	4 episodes
2014–17	Janet King	Owen Mitchell	Main role	[10]
2014	Old School	Vince Pelagatti	7 episodes	[11]
2016	Blue Water Empire	Wing Commander Donald Thompson	Docudrama	[12]
2017	Blue Murder: Killer Cop	Alan Abrahams	Miniseries 1 episode
2018	Wrong Kind of Black	Kevin	Web series Main role
	Bite Club	Dr. Kristof Olsen	Main role	[13]
	Titans	Graham Norris	1 episode
2019	Welfare	Jackson Spencer	Web series 1 episode
	Blue Water Empire		TV docu-drama miniseries
2021	Jack Irish	Daryl Riley	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