Damon Herriman
Herriman at the Los Angeles premiere ofOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2019
Born	(1970-03-31)31 March 1970 (age 55) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–present

Damon Herriman (born 31 March 1970) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles asDewey Crowe on theFX neo-western crime seriesJustified (2010–15), and Romeo on theStarz drama miniseriesFlesh and Bone (2015). He is also known for having playedCharles Manson twice, first on the second season of theNetflix psychological crime thriller seriesMindhunter, and later in the comedy drama filmOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood (both 2019).

Herriman won theAACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as Punch in the black comedy filmJudy and Punch (2019), and was nominated for theAACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as Ruse in the historical psychological thriller filmThe Nightingale (2018).

Damon Herriman was born inAdelaide,South Australia and grew up inVale Park. He began acting in local television commercials at the age of eight, but it was not until he was cast as Frank Errol inThe Sullivans two years later that his career began to take off. He continued to work regularly as a child actor, with a return toThe Sullivans a year later, as well as the Australian seriesThe Patchwork Hero,Sara Dane,For the Term of His Natural Life andTaurus Rising. He received threeLogie Award nominations for his performance inThe Sullivans.^[1]

After appearing inThe Flying Doctors, for which he won thePenguin Award for Excellence in a Performance by a Juvenile, and the children's mini-seriesElly & Jools, Herriman was cast as Mark Jorgensen, the bespectacled best friend ofBen Mendelsohn's Danny Clark in the Australian cult comedy classicThe Big Steal.^[2]

As well as continuing to work regularly in film, television and theatre, Herriman has also written and/or directed many successful short films, including theTropfest finalistsThey andThe Date. In 2004, he won the Best Screenplay award at Flickerfest for the short filmSoar, in which he also performed. He was a performer and contributing writer on the ABC sketch comedy series,The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting.^[3]

Herriman's other Australian work includes playingClaudia Karvan's workmate and friend George Wagstaffe in the critically acclaimedFoxtel seriesLove My Way; Marcus Dwyer in the comedy series,Laid; simpleton Reg in the Australian feature,100 Bloody Acres; as well as the title role in theABC telemovie,The Outlaw Michael Howe. In 2014, he was seen as managerChris Murphy in the miniseriesINXS: Never Tear Us Apart, as well as appearing inJosh Lawson's debut feature,The Little Death. Other recent Australian credits includeAbe Forsythe's feature,Down Under; theFoxtel series,Secret City andMr Inbetween; theOscar nominated short,The Eleven O'Clock; theABC telemovie,Riot;Jennifer Kent's second feature,The Nightingale; and the Foxtel mini-series,Lambs of God. In 2019 he won theAACTA award for Best Lead Actor in a film for his performance inJudy and Punch.

His American career began in 2004, playing the creepy roadkill truck driver in the US horror filmHouse of Wax. Since 2005 he has worked regularly in the United States, starting with such productions asThe Unit;Redbelt (both written and directed byDavid Mamet);Breaking Bad;Wilfred;Cold Case; and mysterious hitman Mr. Jones on the CBS crime series,Vegas.

He played the convicted kidnapper of theLindbergh baby,Bruno Hauptmann, in theClint Eastwood-directedJ. Edgar (2011),^[4] and one of the Cavendish gang inGore Verbinski'sThe Lone Ranger (2013). Next he appeared in theVince Gilligan/David Shore series forCBS,Battle Creek;^[5] the homeless Romeo in theStarz limited series,Flesh and Bone; and the violent hitman Buddy in the first season of theHBO/Cinemax series,Quarry. In 2019, he playedCharles Manson in bothQuentin Tarantino's filmOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood^[6] and the television seriesMindhunter.^[7]

In 2019, he appeared as Paul Allen Brown inSteven Conrad'sEpix seriesPerpetual Grace, LTD.^[8] In 2021, he was the voice ofKabal inMortal Kombat, with stuntman Daniel Nelson portraying the character in the suit.^[9]

He stars inThe Fox, the debut feature film directed by Australian filmmakerDario Russo, which premieres at the 2025Adelaide Film Festival in October. It also starsJai Courtney,Emily Browning, and the voices ofSam Neill andOlivia Colman.^[10]

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In 2018 he was awarded theOrry-Kelly Award, recognising a body of work that contributes to Australia's national identity.^[25]

• 2015: "Raining Gold" – ARO (Aimee Osbourne)

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