Damon was born in Bloomington Indiana and raised in Boulder Colorado He discovered his passion for acting at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts when he landed his first professional job in a production of A Christmas Carol When Damon is not acting he spends his time on other artistic endeavors including writing drawing sculpting photography and music Grey Damon stars on the hit ABC series Station 19 an immediately successful spinoff of Greys Anatomy that focuses on the lives of the men and women at Seattle Fire Station 19 Damon stars as the passionate and fearless Lieutenant Jack Gibson who when the stations captain must step down becomes Acting Captain of the station Damons breakout television role came in 2010 when he joined the cast of the criticallyacclaimed series Friday Night Lights playing Hastings Ruckle in the final season of the show He has since had starring roles on NBCs Charles Manson drama Aquarius opposite David Duchovny The CWs sciencefiction drama StarCrossed with Matt Lanter and his Friday Night Lights costar Aimee Teegarden and ABC Familys The Nine Lives of Chloe King Damons other television credits include recurring roles on HBOs True Blood ABC Familys Twisted and The CWs The Secret Circle His guest starring roles include American Horror Story Coven 10 Things I Hate About You Greek and Lincoln Heights On the big screen Damon can next be seen starring in the Screen Gems thriller Cadaver opposite Shay Mitchell The film set to premiere this summer follows a woman who takes the graveyard shift a hospital morgue and experiences a series of bizarre and violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses Damon recently starred in the independent dramedy Sex Guaranteed alongside Bella Dayne and Stephen Dorff directed by Brad and Todd Barnes His additional film credits include roles in Spike Lees Oldboy playing the younger version of James Brolins character and Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters opposite Logan Lerman