Mark Coles Smith (born 1989) is an

Indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...

actor originally from Broome in

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. 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 ''Hard Rock Medical'' is a Canadian medical drama television series which aired on TVOntario (TVO) from 2013 to 2018. It was the first original drama series for TVO, the public television network for Ontario. The series also aired nationally in Can ...

'' (2013-18).

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. 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 The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University (ECU) was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition. WAAPA (commonly pronounced "whopp-a") operates as a part of ECU, located at the ECU campus in ...

in Aboriginal Theatre.

Filmography

Personal life

Since 2015, Coles Smith lives in Melbourne.

References

External links

* Living people 1989 births 21st-century Australian male actors Australian male child actors Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Helpmann Award winners Indigenous Australian male actors {{Australia-actor-stub