Damian Bradford

Damian Bradford is an Australian actor, puppeteer, and stunt performer known for performing stunts on various films and television series. He was one of the puppeteers on the Creature Shop series Farscape where he worked alongside John Eccleston on Rygel. Damian was also one of the puppeteers on Series 1 of The Wiggles with Graeme Haddon, Larissa Deak, Melissa King, and Gavin Sainsbury. Bradford is more of a stunt person since he did stunts for productions since 1994. Some of the films he did stunts on include Street Fighter, Mission: Impossible II, Scooby-Doo, The Railway Man, and Gods of Egypt, to name a few. He also got to perform stunts on a few TV shows with his most notable ones being Search for Treasure Island, Murder Call, and All Saints. It's a shame Damian Bradford never got to puppeteer on any other projects by the Henson Company or some other production company. Still, he got to do at least one Creature Shop series in his career which featured many Australian Muppet performers. As for his acting career, most of the roles he did were either minor or guest characters as seen on Going Home, Home and Away, Faraway Downs, and more. Despite not enough puppetry, Damian got to work along with legends in his career, the Henson Company and The Wiggles. Hopefully Bradford will get another shot at puppetry in the future, you never know when there'll be another Australian show with puppetry in it. He's another puppeteer who is also a great stunt performer as others include Nick Powell, Ian Kay, Philip Tan, Jan Skene, and many others. He should be proud to manage to pull off all of those different stunts throughout his career, just like many others. Damian Bradford, you're a wonderful at stunts and you got to meet such iconic legends during your puppetry career. Keep on performing so that everyone interested in stunts will see you as their idol. Just be sure you get enough rest in between your projects because stunts can take a lot of energy out of you. Flippin' stunts Damian. Out of sight Bradford!

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