Damian Walshe-Howling
Australian actor
Damian Walshe-Howling is an Australian actor, well known for his role as Andrew 'Benji' Veniamin in the Australian underworld drama Underbelly, for which he won the Best Supporting or Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the 2008 AFI Awards.
Early life and education
Walshe-Howling was born in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. His Italian mother, Iris (née. Romanella) was an actress, involved in the theatre at La Mama and the Pram Factory, a director and drama teacher. His father was a professor of third generation Irish background. Aspiring to be an actor too, Walshe-Howling performed in small theatre shows as a child. He attended a high school that specialised in the arts, before he spent a year studying drama, dance and music at Rusden College. He started professionally in the industry around the age of 19.
In 1999, he studied at New York's Atlantic Theater Company, specifically their technique 'Practical Aesthetics', both internationally and in Australia.
Career
Television
Walshe-Howling appeared in an episode of the 1990 anthology series More Winners.
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