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Mark Coles Smith (born c.1989) is an Indigenous Australian actor originally from Broome in Western Australia. He is known for his roles in Last Cab to Darwin (2015), Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018) and Occupation: Rainfall (2020), as well as the Canadian series Hard Rock Medical (2013-18).

Mark Coles Smith
Born	1989 (age 32–33) Broome, Western Australia, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Other names	Mark Coles-Smith
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Early life

Coles Smith was born in Broome around 1989, and made his debut in the Network Ten children's TV show Ocean Star at the age of 14 after being taken to an open audition by his aunt.[1]

In 2007, Coles Smith received the VCA Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts' Yvonne Cohen Award, and graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Aboriginal Theatre.[2]

Career

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Ocean Star	Spider	12 episodes
2005	Blue Heelers	Luke Parnell	Episode: "One Good Turn"
2007–2010	The Circuit	Billy Wallan	8 episodes
2009	Dirt Game	Willie	Episode: "Boab Dreaming"
2010	Beneath Hill 60	Billy Bacon
2012	Ace of Spades	Christian	Short
2013	Around The Block	Steve Wood
2013	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Tom Derrimut	Episode: "Deadweight"
2013–2018	Hard Rock Medical	Gary Frazier
2014	Modern Family	Australian Guide	Episode: "Australia"
2014	The Gods of Wheat Street	Tristan Freeburn	6 episodes
2014	Old School	Jason Dhurkay	8 episodes
2014	Wurinyan	Henry	Short
2015	Last Cab to Darwin	Tilly	FCCA Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role[3] Nominated – AFCA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2015	Airlock	Jonah Ashbrook
2015	Pawno	Pauly	Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – FCCA Award for Best Supporting Actor
2016	Hunters	Dylan Briggs	13 episodes
2016	Please Like Me	Ricky	1 episode
2017	Doctor Doctor	Dan	2 episodes
2018	Picnic at Hanging Rock	Tom
2018–Present	Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell	Various (incl. Bumfrey Moo)
2019	Will Australia ever have a black Prime Minister?	Presenter
2019	Les Norton	Jack 'Palings' Murphy	1 episode
2020	Halifax: Retribution	Kip Lee
2020	Outback Ringer	Narrator
2021	Occupation: Rainfall	Captain Wessex
2022	Akoni	Sammy
2022	Mystery Road: Origin	Jay Swan	Series 3 main
2022	Sweet As	Ian
TBA	The Clearing		TV series; In production

Personal life

Since 2015, Coles Smith lives in Melbourne. [4]

References

External links

• Mark Coles Smith at IMDb

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