Damien Blackshaw

Damien trained at the London Academy of Performing Arts for three years and since graduating has acted in numerous professional theatre productions. The highlights include a seven-month tour of The Picture of Dorian Gray (by Oscar Wilde) playing the role of Lord Henry Wotton and taking the title role in Cain (by Lord Byron) in Sydney - the first time the poet's ahead of its time play was produced in Australia. His most recent theatrical role was Hal, in Astaire Dances for ACB, in Los Angeles in 2018. On screen Damien has been a drug-addicted kidnapper dying of lung cancer in the neo-noir feature film Suite 101 (2017) (winner of the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Monarch Film Festival) and has taken leading roles in many other feature films, Television series and commercials. He has also written produced and directed his own projects. As of early 2020 he is working on Rich for a Day (2021), a Charlie Chaplin inspired slapstick comedy short about a homeless man who ends up helping a lady whose purse has been stolen. He's also the creator of Miscues, Miscuts & Misctakes (2018), a sketch comedy series, in which he also appears.