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 German ...Show More

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 Germany playing the role of Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray (by Oscar Wilde) and taking the title role in Cain (by Lord Byron) in Sydney - the first time the poet's scandalous play was produced in Australia. His most recent theatrical role was Argan in The Imaginary Invalid (by Molière) in Los Angeles in the Fall of 2013.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 International Monarch Film Festival in 2013) and has taken leading roles in several other features and Television and Web series.He has also written and produced his own projects. His most recent one was the multi award-winning comedy web series Louis Grant (2012), in which he played a lazy self-absorbed social misfit - with a nine-month old baby daughter. The performance won him the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series award at the LA Webfest 2013. Louis Grant also won the Best Director of a Web Series award for Todd L. Green at the Independent Film Quarterly Film Festival 2013 and was an Official Selection at both the HollyWeb Festival 2013 and the Urban Media Makers Film Festival 2012. Hide