Last King of the Cross · Season 2
Doctor #1
Television

Sydney, Australia · International outlook
Actor.
Film · Television · Commercial

The actor
Damien Sato is a Sydney-based screen actor working across film, television and commercial productions.
Warmth, wit and an edge beneath the surface. Damien is drawn to characters with an inner life: the things they want, the things they hide, and the moments that give them away.
In motion
Selected work
Doctor #1
Television
Yang · Lead
Feature film
Yang · Featured
Feature film
Justin Judd · Lead
Feature film
Selected commercial workAudi / CIMB / Royal Caribbean / Singapore Airlines / Sony Bravia / Google
Photography
The details
A different kind of role
Acting led Damien deeper into a fascination with why we become who we become — the identities we inhabit, the stories we inherit and the possibilities we imagine.
Speaking / Ideas in conversation
Damien brings an actor’s curiosity to the stories that influence identity, behaviour and connection. His interests span human performance, wellbeing and the possibilities that open up when we see ourselves differently.
Themes to explore
How the stories we inherit influence identity, behaviour and what we believe is possible.
What acting, observation and inhabiting another perspective can teach us about ourselves.
How we read one another, and what happens before a word is spoken.
The story behind the story
I was a shy, nervous kid. Acting gave me a way to come out of my shell — and a reason to look more closely at the people around me.
What drew me in was the chance to learn about the human experience. To step into another life. To understand why someone makes a choice I might never make.
That curiosity has stayed with me. On screen, in conversation and through Your Life Satori, I keep returning to the same question: how do the stories we live by shape who we become?

Beyond the screen
As co-founder of Your Life Satori, Damien explores the stories beneath our patterns, personalities and behaviour. It is an extension of a lifelong curiosity about people — and our ability to recognise a familiar story and choose differently.
Stories shape us. Awareness gives us the ability to choose differently.
That curiosity reaches across psychology, NLP and traditions of interpretation including palmistry, face reading, graphology, astrology and numerology. These are personal interests in how people seek meaning, rather than clinical assessment or treatment.
A new conversation
For acting, speaking, collaborations, media or something unexpected — get in touch.
Acting representation
Michelle Horner · Talent manager