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Damien Bodie

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Damien Bodie
Born (1985-01-02) 2 January 1985 (age 40)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
EducationSandringham Secondary College
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Known forCrash Zone
Neighbours
Winners & Losers

Damien Bodie (born 2 January 1985) is an Australian television actor from Melbourne. Bodie began his career securing roles in children's television roles such as Ram Foley in Crash Zone. He later secured the regular role of Dylan Timmins in the soap opera Neighbours. In 2011, he took the role of Jonathan Kurtiss in the drama series Winners & Losers and remained until 2014.

Early life and education

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Bodie was educated at Sandringham Secondary College in Melbourne, where he completed his VCE while performing in school stage productions. He has also studied and performed Improvisation Live at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles.[1]

Career

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Bodie first appeared on television aged seven.[2] He appeared in the 2005 Australian film Hating Alison Ashley and as Josh in the 2002 Canadian-Australian television series Guinevere Jones and also made a guest appearance in The Saddle Club in 2003.

In 1999, he began appearing as Ram Foley in the children's series Crash Zone and held the role for three years.[3] In 2002, he played Oscar Coxon in the children's series Short Cuts, which aired on the Seven Network.[4] He has also secured guest roles in Ocean Girl, Blue Heelers and City Homicide.[2]

Damien Bodie had previously made two appearances in the soap opera Neighbours as Charlie Moyes in 1996 and Liam Rigby in 1999, before securing the regular role of Dylan Timmins in 2005.[5]

In 2008, Bodie portrayed Vashan in the Australian children's television series The Elephant Princess.[6] In July 2010, Bodie joined the cast of Seven Network’s Australian drama series, Winners & Losers, playing Jonathan Kurtiss and remained until 2014.[7][8] Bodie had previously worked with Winners and Losers producer Maryanne Carroll on the show Short Cuts. Carroll remembered his performance and helped him secure the role.[4]

On 24 November 2019, Neighbours confirmed that Bodie had reprised the role of Dylan for the show's 35th anniversary in March 2020.[9]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Hating Alison Ashley Damo Film
2009 Welcome to the Cosmos Dave Film
2014 Dinner for Three Archie Short film
2015 A Kind of Magic Alex Film
2017 Born Guilty Lee Film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Dennis Andrews Guest role
1996 Neighbours Charlie Moyes Guest role
1997 Ocean Girl Louis Danton Main role
1997 The Balanced Particle Freeway Bede TV movie
1999 Neighbours Liam Rigby Guest role
1999–2001 Crash Zone Abraham 'Ram' Foley Main role
2002 Marshall Law Paul Guest role
2002 Short Cuts Oscar Coxon Main role
2002 Guinevere Jones Josh Meyers Main role
2002 Bootleg Frankie Crawley Miniseries, guest role
2003 Blue Heelers Lucas Moore Guest role
2003 The Saddle Club Raffael Guest role
2004 Fergus McPhail Leon Guest role
2004 Salem's Lot Goth Kid Miniseries, guest role
2005–2007, 2020 Neighbours Dylan Timmins Main role
2008–2009 The Elephant Princess Vashan Season 1, main role
2010 City Homicide Ben Corrigan Guest role
2011–2014 Winners & Losers Jonathan Kurtiss Main role
2016 Scary Endings Gregory YouTube anthology series, guest role

References

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  1. ^ "Damien Bodie". www.filmtv.com.au.
  2. ^ a b "Twisted Broadway returns to Sydney today". BroadwayWorld. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. ^ Tabakoff, Jenny (22 February 1999). "A tough act". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  4. ^ a b McWhirter, Erin (25–31 August 2012). "At your service". TV Week (34). Bauer Media Group: 20–21.
  5. ^ "Erinsborough's Doppelgangers..." Tenplay. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. ^ Knox, David (6 November 2008). "Airdate: Elephant Princess". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ Knox, David (6 July 2010). "Winners & Losers drama testing for feedback". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ Schembri, Jim (16 May 2011). "Winners & Losers, Tuesday, 17 May". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. ^ Anderton, Joe (24 November 2019). "Neighbours confirms nine returnees for 35th anniversary celebrations". Digital Spy. (Hearst Magazines UK). Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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