---
name: "Mark Coles Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-coles-smith"
fi1m_id: "mark-coles-smith"
imdb_id: "nm1322528"
tmdb_id: 1323881
wikidata_id: "Q16663136"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 February 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:18:24.786072+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mark Coles Smith

## Identity

Mark Coles Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-coles-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-coles-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm1322528
- **TMDB ID:** 1323881
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16663136
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Coles_Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16663136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1322528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1323881

Actor. Born 22 February 1987 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 February 1987, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
- **Also known as:** Марк Коулз Смітт
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Coles_Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16663136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1322528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1323881

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Apple Cider Vinegar*](https://film.one/tv/apple-cider-vinegar.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mark Coles Smith is an Aboriginal Australian actor of stage and screen. Born in 1987 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, he grew up in the Kimberley region and trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, where he received a certificate in Aboriginal Theatre.

He is known for roles including Tilly in the film *Last Cab to Darwin* (2015), Pauly in *Pawno* (2015), Jay Swan in the series *Mystery Road: Origin* (2022–2025), and Justin in the mini-series *Apple Cider Vinegar* (2025). Smith has also worked as a sound designer, field recordist, writer and composer under the name Kalaji.

His stage and screen performances have earned awards including the Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Play and AACTA Awards for Best Actor in a Series. In 2023 he became the first Indigenous Australian actor nominated for a Gold Logie.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Apple Cider Vinegar* (2025), Fi1m 73, as Justin — [page](https://film.one/tv/apple-cider-vinegar.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *On the Fence* (2026), as Narrator
- *We Bury the Dead* (2026), as Riley
- *The Pout-Pout Fish* (2026), as Hector (voice)
- *Beast of War* (2025), as Leo
- *The Kimberley* (2025), series, Producer, Writer
- *Apple Cider Vinegar* (2025), series, as Justin — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/apple-cider-vinegar.md)
- *Aerial Australia* (2024), series, as Narrator
- *Kid Snow* (2024), as Lovely
- *Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back* (2024), as Reginald (voice)
- *Erotic Stories* (2023), series, as Manny
- *Scarygirl* (2023), as River Bandit / Swamp Dog (voice)
- *Keeping Hope* (2023), Writer
- *Sweet As* (2023), as Ian
- *The Clearing* (2023), series, as Wayne Dhurrkay
- *Savage River* (2022), series, as Joel Thorpe
- *Mystery Road: Origin* (2022), series, as Jay Swan
- *Akoni* (2021), as Sammy
- *The Story of Lee Ping* (2021), Actor
- *Occupation: Rainfall* (2020), as Captain Wessex
- *Halifax: Retribution* (2020), series, as Kip Lee
- *KGB* (2019), series, as William
- *Outback* (2018), series, as Narrator
- *Picnic at Hanging Rock* (2018), series, as Tom
- *Miro* (2017), as Miro
- *Little J & Big Cuz* (2017), series, as Uncle Mick (voice)
- *Doctor Doctor* (2016), series, as Dan
- *MESSiAH* (2016), Actor
- *Hunters* (2016), series, as Dylan Briggs
- *Last Cab to Darwin* (2015), as Tilly
- *Pawno* (2015), as Pauly
- *Airlock* (2015), series, as Jonah Ashbrook
- *Old School* (2014), series, as Jason Dhurkay
- *The Gods of Wheat Street* (2014), series, as Tristan Freeburn
- *Hard Rock Medical* (2013), series, as Gary Frazier
- *Please Like Me* (2013), series, as Ricky
- *Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries* (2012), series, as Tom Derrimut
- *Beneath Hill 60* (2010), as Billy Bacon
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, as Guide — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Dirt Game* (2009), series, as Willie
- *The Mark*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Mark Coles Smith](https://film.one/media/person/48071/gallery-164b0f72b149.jpg) Mark Coles Smith — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Photo by James Henry., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Blak-lab-at-asia-topa-2020_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mark Coles Smith](https://film.one/media/person/48071/gallery-0c2ae56ffcb7.jpg) Mark Coles Smith — Image via TMDB
- ![Mark Coles Smith](https://film.one/media/person/48071/gallery-3439513f49fd.jpg) Mark Coles Smith — Image via TMDB

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