Damon Andrews

Damon Andrews
Born	October 28, 1971 (1971-10-28) (age 39) New Zealand
Years active	1992 - present

Damon Andrews (born 28 October 1971) is a director and actor from New Zealand.

Career

Andrews graduated from New Zealand Drama School in 1992.

Andrews directed episodes of the TV show The Tribe produced by Raymond Thompson of Cloud 9, and currently works as a storyliner on the New Zealand soap-opera Shortland Street.

He is mostly known for his role in The Tribe as Jaffa - more commonly known as The Guardian. He was a core character that first appeared as the leader of the Zoot crazed cult called The Chosen. He remained a cast member in series 2 and 3, before departing from the cast, but made special returning scenes along with past cast member Vanessa Stacey and Ari Boyland.

Andrews also appeared in Urban Gothic and Traffic Island, and in a production of Revelations – The Initial Journey.

In the theatre, he has played leading roles in Long Day's Journey into Night, Niu Sila, A Man's World, Split, Twelfth Night, The Unsung Boy, Arcadia and The Wind in the Willows. He co-wrote the stage plays Split, Wheeler's Luck, Elvis Was a Coconut and If Pain Persists.

A known anglophile, Damon has a collection of English automobiles, including a 1933 Aston Martin Le Mans

External links

• Damon Andrews at the Internet Movie Database
• Damon at Tv.com
• Guardian at Tribeworld

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Name	Andrews, Damon
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Date of birth	28 October 1971
Place of birth	New Zealand
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