I have liked Damian since He played Benedick in the BBC Shakespeare re-told version on Much ado about Nothing. Since then I have seen him in a lot of stuff.
He played Charlie Crews in Life. Unfortunately that got cancelled after the 2nd season. He played Soames Forsyte in the Forsyte Saga. And Major Winters in Band of Brothers.
I guess he is more recently known for playing Sgt. Nick Brody in the Award winning show Homelend.
He has also played football for England in many Celebrity Charity games.
Unfortunately I do not know when I wrote to Damian. I lost a lot of data on my hard drive. So I can't say how long it took. I don't have the address I wrote to him with either :(