Damien Richardson

Damien Richardson

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BiographyDamien Richardson (born 2 August 1969) is an Australian political activist and former actor. Richardson is known his roles as Detective Matt Ryan in the crime drama City Homicide, which he played from 2007 until 2011, and as Gary Canning in the soap opera Neighbours from 2014 to 2020. He has also appeared in a variety of Australian films and television shows, including Blue Heelers, McLeod's Daughters, Rogue, Conspiracy 365, and Wentworth. From 2012, Richardson starred as Drew Greer in the Jack Irish television films and subsequent 2016 series.

Richardson retired from acting in 2021 and unsuccessfully stood as a candidate in the 2022 Australian federal election and the 2022 Victorian state election, running on an anti-vaccination platform for the hard right Victorian Freedom Party. In December 2024, he was charged with allegedly publicly performing a Nazi salute at a meeting of far-right activists.

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