# Grey Damon
**Grey Damon** (born 1987) is an American actor known for television roles in teen and genre drama, most recently as firefighter Lieutenant Jack Gibson on the ABC series *Station 19* and earlier as Hastings Ruckle on *Friday Night Lights* and Brian Shafe on *Aquarius*.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987, Bloomington, Indiana, USA; raised in Boulder, Colorado[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012064/) |
| Breakout role | Hastings Ruckle, a wide receiver, in the fifth and final season of *Friday Night Lights* (NBC), 13 episodes[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/9633/grey-damon) |
| Longest role | Lt. Jack Gibson on *Station 19* (ABC, 2018-2024), about 100 episodes[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012064/) |
| Other series leads | Brian Shafe in *Aquarius* (NBC, 2015-2016, 26 episodes); Grayson Montrose in *Star-Crossed* (The CW, 2014, 13 episodes)[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/9633/grey-damon) |
| Notable films | *Oldboy* (2013) as Young Joe, *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters* (2013) as Chris Rodriguez, *The Possession of Hannah Grace* (2018) as Andrew Kurtz[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon) |
| Critical scores | Metacritic average for his TV work is 63, ranging from 83 (*Friday Night Lights*) to 47 (*90210*)[4](https://www.metacritic.com/person/grey-damon/) |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012064/) |
## Early life and training
Damon was born in [Bloomington, Indiana](https://www.edgepedia.org/bloomington-indiana), and raised in [Boulder, Colorado](https://www.edgepedia.org/boulder-colorado)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012064/). His first professional job came in a stage production of *A Christmas Carol* at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, where he found his interest in acting[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012064/). According to AlloCiné, he appeared on stage at age twelve in a theatrical adaptation of the Dickens novel at the Denver Theatre Center, and after finishing school moved to Los Angeles intending to become a designer before acting took over in 2009[5](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-434398/biographie/).
## Television career
**Early guest roles.** Damon's screen debut was a one-line part as a waiter on *90210* ([The CW](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-cw), 2008-2013), followed by single appearances on *Lincoln Heights*, *Greek*, and *10 Things I Hate About You* (all ABC Family)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon).
**2010 football roles.** In 2010 he twice played football players: Kitch Maynard, a doping high school quarterback, in a three-episode arc on HBO's *True Blood*, and Hastings Ruckle, a hippie wide receiver recruited to the East Dillon team, in the final season of NBC's *Friday Night Lights*[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon) • [3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/9633/grey-damon). The *[Friday Night Lights](https://www.edgepedia.org/friday-night-lights-tv-series)* role, his first as a series regular, is his highest-rated television credit on Metacritic at 83[4](https://www.metacritic.com/person/grey-damon/).
**ABC Family and CW leads.** He then played Brian Rezza, the title character's love interest, in *The Nine Lives of Chloe King* (ABC Family, 2011, 9 episodes), Lee LaBeque, a voodoo practitioner, in *The Secret Circle* (The CW, 2011-2012, 6 episodes), and Archie Yates in *Twisted* (ABC Family, 2013-2014, 8 episodes)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon) • [3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/9633/grey-damon). A single-episode appearance as the frat boy Archie Brener opened *American Horror Story: Coven* (FX, 2013-2014)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon). In 2014 he was Grayson Montrose in the CW science-fiction romance *Star-Crossed*, which was canceled after one season of 13 episodes[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon) • [3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/9633/grey-damon).
**Aquarius and The Flash.** Damon co-starred for two seasons as undercover narcotics officer Brian Shafe in the NBC period crime drama *Aquarius* (2015-2016, 26 episodes), alongside [David Duchovny](https://www.edgepedia.org/david-duchovny) in a story centered on the hunt for [Charles Manson](https://www.edgepedia.org/charles-manson)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon) • [3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/9633/grey-damon). He then played the villain Sam Scudder, the [Mirror Master](https://www.edgepedia.org/mirror-master), in two episodes of The CW's *The Flash* (2016-2017), a role he described as a childhood ambition[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon) • [3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/9633/grey-damon).
**Station 19.** In 2018 Damon joined *Station 19*, ABC's spinoff of *Grey's Anatomy*, as Lt. Jack Gibson, appearing in about 100 episodes through the series' end in 2024[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012064/) • [3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/9633/grey-damon). He crossed back to the parent show as the same character in three *Grey's Anatomy* episodes between 2019 and 2021[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012064/) • [3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/9633/grey-damon). In a 2019 Backstage interview he said the real-world first responders depicted on the show inspired his work there[6](https://issues.backstage.com/backstage-1999-01-01.pdf).
## Film work
Damon's feature debut was the high school horror film *The Devil Within* (2010)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon). In 2013 he appeared in [Spike Lee](https://www.edgepedia.org/spike-lee)'s remake of *Oldboy* as the younger version of [Josh Brolin](https://www.edgepedia.org/josh-brolin)'s captive protagonist, a part that required auditioning for Brolin to play Brolin, and as the demigod Chris Rodriguez in *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters*[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon) • [7](https://anthemmagazine.com/spotlight-grey-damon/). He led the comedy *Sex Guaranteed* (2017) and played Andrew, the estranged boyfriend of [Shay Mitchell](https://www.edgepedia.org/shay-mitchell)'s character, in the Screen Gems morgue horror thriller *The Possession of Hannah Grace* (2018)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012064/). On Rotten Tomatoes, *The Possession of Hannah Grace* is both his highest- and lowest-rated film at 23 percent, with *Sex, Guaranteed* at 46 percent and *The Devil Within* at 14 percent[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon).
## Reception and other work
Metacritic records 18 television credits for Damon with an average career score of 63, ten of them rated positive, with no negative scores[4](https://www.metacritic.com/person/grey-damon/). Outside acting, he has described pursuing writing, drawing, sculpting, photography, and music, and he has said he auditioned for the role of [Stefan Salvatore](https://www.edgepedia.org/stefan-salvatore) on *The Vampire Diaries*[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012064/).
## References
1. [Grey Damon Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/grey_damon)
2. [Grey Damon, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012064/)
3. [Grey Damon, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/9633/grey-damon)
4. [Grey Damon, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/grey-damon/)
5. [Grey Damon : Sa biographie, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-434398/biographie/)
6. [Backstage 5 With... Grey Damon, Backstage](https://issues.backstage.com/backstage-1999-01-01.pdf)
7. [Spotlight: Grey Damon, Anthem Magazine](https://anthemmagazine.com/spotlight-grey-damon/)
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