Damien Bodie

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]

Bodie first appeared on television aged seven,^[2] before securing a regular role in 1997, in children's series Ocean Girl, playing Louis Danton, a young member of ORCA's crew.^[3]

In 1999, Bodie began appearing as Ram Foley in the children's series Crash Zone and held the role for three years.^[4] In 2002, he played Oscar Coxon in the children's series Short Cuts, which aired on the Seven Network.^[5] That same year, he had a role as Josh in the 2002 Canadian-Australian television series Guinevere Jones and the following year he made a guest appearance in The Saddle Club. He also had a guest role in Blue Heelers in 2003.^[2]

In 2005, Bodie secured the regular role of Dylan Timmins in long-running soap opera Neighbours.^[6] He had previously made two appearances in the series, as Charlie Moyes in 1996 and Liam Rigby in 1999. That same year, he had a role in the 2005 Australian film Hating Alison Ashley, alongside Delta Goodrem and Saskia Burmeister.

In 2008, Bodie portrayed Vashan in the Australian children's television series The Elephant Princess.^[7] In 2010, he had a guest role in City Homicide^[2] and in the same year, he joined the cast of Seven Network’s Australian drama series, Winners & Losers, playing the ongoing role of Jonathan Kurtiss until 2014.^[8][9] Bodie had previously worked with Winners and Losers producer Maryanne Carroll on the show Short Cuts. She remembered his performance and helped him secure the role.^[5]

On 24 November 2019, Neighbours confirmed that Bodie had reprised the role of Dylan for the show's 35th anniversary in March 2020.^[10]