Mark Coles Smith

Acting

Mark Coles Smith

Born 1987-02-22 · Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia

Mark Coles Smith (both February 22, 1987) is an Aboriginal Australian actor, as well as sound designer, field recordist, writer, and composer.

Acting credits

The Pout-Pout Fish poster
5.2

Living on a rundown shipwreck, Mr. Fish one day discovers a hyperactive young sea dragon Pip – who had mistaken his home for a junkyard – pilfering his belongings. The heated argument that ensues leaves both their houses in ruin. But there is hope! Embarking on a seemingly impossible quest in search of the mythical 'Shimmer' to grant them a wish, there’s only one problem: someone else is on the hunt...

The Pout-Pout Fish

2026

We Bury the Dead poster
6.1

After a catastrophic military disaster reanimates the dead, Ava searches for her missing husband amidst an increasingly hostile world.

We Bury the Dead

2026

Beast of War poster
6.2

When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.

Beast of War

2025

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back poster
6.3

When the promise of living in a perfect digital world traps the citizens of Sanctuary City online, Combat Wombat and Sweetie must return to save the day and kick some wom-butt!

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back

2024

Scarygirl poster
6.9

As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet.

Scarygirl

2023

Occupation: Rainfall poster
6.2

Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. With the Alien invaders hell-bent on making earth their new home, the race is on to save mankind.

Occupation: Rainfall

2020

Beneath Hill 60 poster
6.8

The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, technology and science. Few on the surface knew of the brave, claustrophobic and sometimes barbaric work of these tunnellers.

Beneath Hill 60

2010

Kid Snow poster
6.1

A washed-up Irish boxer named Kid Snow is finally faced with a chance to redeem himself when he is offered a rematch against the man he fought a decade prior, on a night that changed his life forever. When he meets single mother Sunny, he is forced to contemplate a future beyond boxing.

Kid Snow

2024

Last Cab to Darwin poster
6.8

Rex is a loner, and when he's told he doesn't have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive through the Australian outback from Broken Hill to Darwin to die on his own terms; but his journey reveals to him that before you can end your life, you have to live it, and to live it, you've got to share it.

Last Cab to Darwin

2015

No artwork available
NR

When Eden, an enigmatic spy on a covert and dangerous mission, pulls single father Ben Dawson into her world of high-stakes espionage, his life is turned upside down. Mistaken for the world's deadliest assassin, Ben becomes the perfect decoy for Eden.

The Mark

Sweet As poster
5.8

With problems on the home front, 15-year-old Murra is on the verge of lashing out. That is, until her policeman uncle thwarts her self-destructive behaviour with a lifeline: a “photo-safari for at-risk kids”. Murra isn’t entirely convinced, but she soon joins cantankerous Kylie, uptight Sean, happy-go-lucky Elvis, and camp counsellors Fernando and Michelle on a transformative bus trip to the Pilbara. On the trail, the teens learn about fun, friendship and first crushes, as well as the forces of ‘reality’ that puncture the bubble of youth.

Sweet As

2023

Keeping Hope poster
NR

Coles Smith, an actor and Nyikina man, grew up surrounded by the astounding beauty of the Kimberley. But there is deep heartache ingrained below the surface of this postcard-perfect landscape: the rate of suicide among the region’s young First Nations men is alarmingly high. For Coles Smith, these terrible statistics – some of the most troubling in the world – are more than just numbers; his best friend tragically took his own life when they were in their 20s. Keeping Hope follows his intensely personal search for answers and, hopefully, solutions.

Keeping Hope

2023

The Story of Lee Ping poster
NR

In the 1920s, the unlikely bond between Chinese erotic dancer Lee Ping and an Aboriginal farmhand enables her to escape the clutches of her white employer.

The Story of Lee Ping

2021

Pawno poster
6.2

Pawno is a character driven ensemble film set in the diverse and multicultural suburb of Footscray in Melbourne, Australia.

Pawno

2015

MESSiAH poster
NR

In a playful collision of cultures, a hapless Irishman and his Parisian girlfriend get more than they bargained for when they encounter a particularly mischievous stranger in the spectacular Australian wilderness.

MESSiAH

2016

Akoni poster
NR

A Nigerian refugee struggles to integrate into Australian society after escaping the clutches of Boko Haram, until he meets a woman who opens her home, and ultimately her heart, to him.

Akoni

2021

On the Fence poster
NR

Stretching more than 5,600 kilometres across the country, the Dingo Fence stands as a symbol of one of Australia’s longest-running and most complex debates. On one side, livelihoods depend on protecting livestock. On the other, a native apex predator plays a vital role in the health of our ecosystems. On The Fence is a feature documentary that brings together graziers, scientists, First Nations voices and conservationists to explore the people, landscapes and ideas at the heart of this conversation. Rather than asking who is right or wrong, On The Fence asks a different question: are we willing to coexist with apex predators and learn from the mistakes of our past?

On the Fence

2026

Will Australia Ever Have a Black Prime Minister? poster
NR

What chance does an Indigenous Australian born today have of one day becoming the leader of our nation? Actor and musician Mark Coles Smith investigates the likelihood of Australia ever having a Black Prime Minister.

Will Australia Ever Have a Black Prime Minister?

2019

Miro poster
7.0

When Miro returns home at the end of World War II he finds his land taken, his people gone, his daughter stolen and his service record treated with contempt. But the battlefield has taught him how to fight and he sets out to reunite his family waging his own form of justice.

Miro

2017

Behind the camera