Bodie was educated at Sandringham Secondary College in Melbourne, where he completed his VCE while performing in school stage productions.
In 1999, he began appearing as Ram Foley in the children's series Crash Zone and held the role for three years.
[2] Damien Bodie had previously made two appearances in the soap opera Neighbours as Charlie Moyes in 1996 and Liam Rigby in 1999, before securing the regular role of Dylan Timmins in 2005.
[6] In July 2010, Bodie joined the cast of Seven Network’s Australian drama series, Winners & Losers, playing Jonathan Kurtiss and remained until 2014.
[7][8] Bodie had previously worked with Winners and Losers producer Maryanne Carroll on the show Short Cuts.