Damon Gameau


Damon Gameau is an Australian television and film actor who is the director of, and lead role in, That Sugar Film. Gameau also appeared in the Australian series Love My Way, the 2002 Australian film The Tracker, and in a small role in the US series How I Met Your Mother.

Career

Gameau graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art with a degree in Performing Arts in 1999.
In 2011, he won the short film competition, Tropfest with his animation 'Animal Beatbox'.
In 2014, he announced the production of the documentary That Sugar Film in which he relates the dire mood swings and weight gain he experienced after taking on the low-fat, high-sugar diet for 60 days. Gameau wrote a companion book for the film, That Sugar Book, which reached the top of the Health & Well-being best-seller lists in Australia.
That Sugar Film is the highest grossing Australian documentary released in cinemas across Australia and New Zealand.
His most recent film, 2040, is a documentary is a letter to his 4 year old daughter showing her what the world could look like in 2040 if we put into action the best solutions to many of our environmental challenges. It premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and has recently become one of the highest grossing Australian documentaries of all time in Australia. He also wrote an accompanying book, 2040: handbook for the regeneration'.
He appeared in the 2009 feature film Balibo, in which he plays the part of Seven Network reporter Greg Shackleton. He starred as Scotsman Andy Maher in the Australian TV miniseries .
Gameau starred as Sonny in the Australian movie Thunderstruck, a tale of a group of friends and their devotion to AC/DC and in particular Bon Scott.
He appeared in RTÉ's latest Irish drama, Raw, based in an exclusive Dublin restaurant. playing the head chef Geoff Mitchell from Seasons 1 to 5. Gameau portrayed a homosexual character and received great praise for his performance throughout his time on the series. He also starred in Spirited as Adrian Brixton alongside Claudia Karvan and Matt King.
In 2013, he appeared in an episode of Wentworth as Mark Pearson.
Gameau is in a relationship with Winners and Losers actress, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith. Together they have one child, daughter, Velvet Gameau.

Awards and honours

Gameau was nominated for NSW Australian of the Year in 2020 for his work in creating 'the Regeneration' movement which is associated with his film 2040.
His first documentary feature, That Sugar Film, was selected for Berlin Film Festival and IDFA and took out many awards around the world including Best Doc at the Australian Academy Awards. It is still the highest grossing Australian Documentary of all time across Australia and New Zealand.