Why Lawrence Cole From Neagley Looks So Familiar

If you've gotten started on "Neagley," Prime Video's first "Reacher" spin-off, a suspicious new character may have caught your eye: Lawrence Cole, the enigmatic figurehead of the mysterious Echo Canyon Farm community, who's played by Australian actor Damon Herriman. Cole's links to the deceased friend of Frances Neagley (Maria Sten) play a key role in the show's first season, as does the cult-like group he leads.

"Neagley" is far from Herriman's first time playing the antagonist, and TV fans will undoubtedly remember him from several standout dramas. For example, he delivered a memorable performance as the dim-witted criminal Dewey Crowe across six seasons of FX's "Justified" — a role he once described as "life-changing." "It was one of the most enjoyable roles I've ever had," he told Aussie pop-culture site Switch, "getting to play someone who thought they were so tough and smart but was pretty much the opposite." He added that the gig "made a lot more doors open," particularly in America.

Some of the doors that opened led to a role in Starz's "Flesh and Bone," a gritty drama about the cutthroat world of professional ballet. For eight episodes, Herriman played Romeo, a mentally ill homeless man who lives under Claire Robbins' (Sarah Hay) apartment building.

One key name on Damon Herriman's resume no doubt prepped him for his part in "Neagley" — a part he actually played twice. Herriman achieved a rare Hollywood feat when he was cast as cult leader Charles Manson in two high-profile projects that filmed around the same time: Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood" and Netflix's tragically short-lived series "Mindhunter."

"Initially, 'Mindhunter' came along. That had about a six-month lead-up because they had this incredible makeup they were going to do," Herriman told Switch. When the Tarantino audition landed, he assumed he wouldn't get it: "My initial reaction was, 'There's no way they're going to cast the same guy.' ... But I heard that Tarantino didn't mind that I was already doing it and had no plans to recast, so I ended up doing both, and they were amazing experiences."

Since "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood," Herriman has continued to shine on the big screen. He most recently starred in Robbie Williams' biographical musical "Better Man," playing Take That band manager Nigel Martin-Smith. He also appeared in 2026's "Mortal Kombat 2," although he might be a little harder to spot in that movie: Herriman played Quan Chi, the pale, bald necromancer who resurrects Kano (Josh Lawson) — a role that buried him under heavy makeup and prosthetics.