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09/20/2018 – Herriman – 10th Annual Australians In Film Heath Ledger Scholarship Dinner Presented by Australians in Film and Bird In Hand Winery – Arrivals – Chateau Marmont, 8221 Sunset Boulevard – West Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Photography by E / PRPhotos.com
Place of Birth: Adelaide, South Australia
Date of Birth: 31 March, 1970
Ethnicity: English, possibly other
Damon Herriman is an Australian actor, writer, and director. His roles include the films The Big Steal (1990), Ned (2003), House of Wax (2005), Candy (2006), The Water Diviner , Son of a Gun , The Square (2008), J. Edgar , 100 Bloody Acres , The Lone Ranger (2013), The Little Death (2014), Down Under (2016), The Nightingale (2018), Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood , Judy and Punch , Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway , Mortal Kombat (2021), and its sequel; Nude Tuesday , Monolith (2022), Run Rabbit Run , The Portable Door , The Bikeriders , Better Man (2024), How to Make Gravy , Together , and The Fox (2025); the made-for-tv movies The Broken Shore , The Outlaw Michael Howe , and Riot (2018); and the series The Patchwork Hero , The Miraculous Mellops , Water Rats , Love My Way , Offspring , Justified , Laid , Vegas , The Elegant Gentleman’s Guide to Knife Fighting , which he also wrote for; INXS: Never Tear Us Apart , Battle Creek , Flesh and Bone , No Activity , Quarry , Secret City , Incorporated , Squinters , Mr Inbetween , Perpetual Grace, LTD ; Lambs of God , Mindhunter , The Commons , The Serpent , The Underground Railroad , Ultra City Smiths , The Tourist , Thai Cave Rescue , The Artful Dodger , and The Bondsman .
He is the son of actor Noel Herriman. He was raised in Vale Park.
Damon likely is descended from Hezekiah Edgar “Jack” Herriman, an American immigrant, who was born 1865 in Stockton Springs, Maine, and immigrated to Adelaide, Australia. Hezekiah married Phoebe Ann Holtham, who was Australian.