Australian Culture / Australian Actors and Comedians

A list of actors and comedians from (or associated with) Australia.

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A-C

• Deniz Akdeniz
• Milly Alcock
• Gillian Alexy

• Kerry Armstrong
• Aunty Donna
• Simon Baker
• Stella Baker
• Eric Bana
• Alicia Banit
• Jacinda Barrett ^note born in Australia, became a U.S. citizen in 2009
• Lucy Barrett
• Ray Barrett
• Murray Bartlett
• Tabrett Bethell
• Viva Bianca
• Nic Bishop^note born in England but raised in Australia
• Steve Bisley
• Claudia Black
• Elizabeth Blackmore
• Wayne Blair
• Cate Blanchett
• John Bluthal^note born in Poland, moved to Australia, and lived both there and in England
• Natasha Liu Bordizzo
• Grant Bowler
• Rebecca Breeds
• Bryan Brown
• Emily Browning
• Shalom Brune-Franklin^note born in England with Mauritian and Thai heritage, lived in Australia from the age of 14
• Saskia Burmeister
• Jess Bush
• Rose Byrne
• Peter James Bryant
• Nell Campbell
• Esma Cannon^note Born in Australia and later moved to England
• Gia Carides

• Jason Clarke
• Toni Collette
• Luke Cook

• Abbie Cornish
• Rick Cosnett^note Born in Zimbabwe
• Jai Courtney
• Andrew Creer
• Teagan Croft
• Russell Crowe^note Born in New Zealand but he moved to Australia and has mostly lived there
• Ashleigh Cummings^note Born in Saudi Arabia

C-G

• Cameron Daddo
• Eka Darville
• Essie Davis
• Judy Davis
• Elle Dawe
• Elizabeth Debicki
• Alycia Debnam-Carey
• Aisha Dee
• Rupert Degas
• Jessica De Gouw

• Adam Demos
• Emilie de Ravin
• Portia de Rossi
• Ed Devereaux^note Born in Australia and later moved to England
• Jason Donovan
• Matt Doran
• Claudia Doumit
• Marta Dusseldorp
• Harriet Dyer
• Courtney Eaton
• Joel Edgerton
• Jacob Elordi
• Evan Evagora
• Cody Fern

• Janet Fielding
• Travis Fimmel
• Peter Finch
• Isla Fisher^note Born in Oman to Scottish parents, as her father worked as a banker there. Her family moved to Australia when she was six.
• Errol Flynn
• Anna Galvin
• Adam Garcia
• Melissa George
• Dean Geyer^note Born in South Africa, raised in Australia
• Mel Gibson^note Born on Long Island, but began his career in Australia
• Giulietta
• Delta Goodrem
• Xenia Goodwin
• Jessica Green
• Rachel Griffiths

H-K

• Georgina Haig
• Liam Hall
• Nicholas Hamilton
• John Hargreaves
• Bella Heathcote
• Cariba Heine
• Josh Helman
• Chris Hemsworth
• Liam Hemsworth
• Luke Hemsworth
• Damon Herriman
• Liv Hewson
• Virginia Hey
• Missy Higgins
• Alexander Hodge
• David Hoflin^note Born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Australian parents
• Paul Hogan
• Diane Holland^note Born in Australia and later moved to England
• Claire Holt
• Craig Horner
• John Howard
• Lachy Hulme
• Barry Humphries
• Jonathan Hyde
• Natalie Imbruglia
• Steve Irwin
• Sammy J
• Hugh Jackman
• Stephanie Jacobsen
• Mallory Jansen
• John Jarratt
• Jim Jefferies
• Darlene Johnson^note Born in Australia and later moved to England
• Kimberly Joseph
• Hélène Joy^note Born in Australia and later moved to Canada
• Adelaide Kane
• Dena Kaplan
• Hugh Keays-Byrne^note Born in India to English parents and later moved to Australia
• Peter Kelamis (Australian-Canadian)
• Nathalie Kelley
• Shannon Kenny
• Nicole Kidman^note Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Australian parents
• John Kim^note He is of Korean descent
• Ryan Kwanten

L-O

• Anthony LaPaglia
• Jonathan LaPaglia
• Dichen Lachman^note Born in Kathmandu to a Nepalese mother and an Australian father
• Jay Laga'aia^note New Zealand born, dual citizen
• Katherine Langford
• Daniel Lapaine
• Todd Lasance
• Josh Lawson
• George Lazenby
• Heath Ledger
• Toby Levins
• Elen Levon
• Teressa Liane

• Keiynan Lonsdale
• Sophie Lowe^note Born in England and later moved to Australia
• David Lyons
• Danielle Macdonald
• James Mackay
• Madeleine Madden
• Felix Mallard
• Costas Mandylor
• Louis Mandylor
• Miriam Margolyes^note Born in England and became an Australian citizen in 2013
• Jessica Mauboy
• Callan McAuliffe
• Fabian McCallum
• Belinda McClory
• Liam McIntyre
• Jessie McKay
• Jacqueline McKenzie
• Leo McKern
• Julian McMahon
• Rove McManus
• Jessica McNamee

• Ben Mendelsohn
• Paul Mercurio
• Charles Mesure
• Shaun Micallef
• Tim Minchin
• Kylie Minogue
• Luke Mitchell
• Maia Mitchell
• Penelope Mitchell
• Radha Mitchell
• Warren Mitchell^note held dual British-Australian citizenship
• Yuko Miyamura^note Japanese expatriate
• Dacre Montgomery
• Poppy Montgomery
• Toby Leonard Moore
• Bob Morley
• Callan Mulvey^note New Zealand-born
• Leonardo Nam^note Argentina-born
• Olivia Newton-John
• John Noble
• Bojana Novakovic^note Born in Serbia, raised in Australia
• Frances O'Connor ^note Born in England, raised in Australia
• Keir O'Donnell
• Alex O'Loughlin
• Barry Otto
• Miranda Otto

P-S

• Teresa Palmer
• Nathan Parsons
• Alexandra Park
• Matt Passmore
• Guy Pearce
• Aaron Pedersen
• Anna Lise Phillips
• Tim Pocock

• T.J. Power
• Dominic Purcell
• John Pyper-Ferguson (born in Australia, raised in Canada)
• Kate Raison
• Sam Reid
• Angourie Rice
• Margot Robbie
• Jordan Rodrigues
• Richard Roxburgh
• Ruby Rose
• Geoffrey Rush
• Alex Russell
• Angus Sampson
• Benedict Samuel
• Xavier Samuel
• Eliza Scanlen
• Peta Sergeant
• Troye Sivan
• Kodi Smit-McPhee
• Sarah Snook

• Jesse Spencer
• Rick Springfield
• Sullivan Stapleton
• Caitlin Stasey
• Robin Stewart (moved from England)

• Yvonne Strahovski
• Tammin Sursok
• Alyssa Sutherland
• Catherine Sutherland
• Gary Sweet

T-Z

• Nick Tate
• Eliza Taylor
• Lucy Taylor (born in UK and raised in Australia)
• Noah Taylor
• Rachael Taylor
• Robert Taylor (1963)
• Rod Taylor
• Devon Terrell
• Jack Thompson
• Sigrid Thornton
• Brenton Thwaites
• Freya Tingley
• Edwyn Tiong (Malaysian-born Chinese who moved to Australia, then to New Zealand then back, currently resides in Adelaide, South Australia)
• Phoebe Tonkin
• Anna Torv
• Wil Traval
• The Umbilical Brothers
• Holly Valance
• Claire van der Boom
• Charlie Vickers
• Geraldine Viswanathan
• Rhys Wakefield
• Stan Walker
• Mia Wasikowska
• John Waters (1948)
• Naomi Watts
• Hugo Weaving
• Samara Weaving
• Nikki Webster
• David Wenham
• Nicky Whelan
• Andy Whitfield^note Born in Wales and became an Australian citizen in 1999
• Sophie Wilde
• Rebel Wilson
• Sam Worthington
• Sarah Wynter
• George H. Xanthis
• Breanna Yde^note Sydney-born American actress
• Lenore Zann
• Ashley Zukerman (Australian-American)

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