| Josh Quong Tart | |
| Birth Date: | 18 September 1975[1] |
| Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1992–present |
Josh Quong Tart (born 18 September 1975) is an Australian actor.
Tart attended the McDonald College[2] before he was accepted into National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1994, graduating in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in Performing Arts. He is a descendant of prominent Chinese Australian Mei Quong Tart, who ran a popular tea house in the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney, and was also an early Chinese ambassador to Australia. He is the youngest of four boys in his family.
Tart's list of television credits includes the role of Will Monk on headLand, a drama series airing on the Seven Network and Matt Horner on the Australian award-winning series All Saints. Josh was also an original co-host on the kids TV show Sarvo with Jamie Croft on Foxtel's Nickelodeon.
Quong Tart featured alongside actress Genevieve Lemon and brother Byron Tart in the stage show, Lemon Tart in 2006 and 2007. Tart joined the cast of Home and Away in 2007 as Miles "Milco" Copeland.[3] In October 2011, Tart announced he was departing Home and Away after nearly four years.[4]
In 2012, Tart joined the cast of as Andrew Perish.[5]
In August 2013, it was announced that Tart would play Scar in the 2013–16 Australian production of Disney's The Lion King (nicknamed the Antelope Tour), premiering in Sydney at The Capitol Theatre in December 2013.[6] The show also played in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth and closed in January 2016.
Tart starred in Betty Blokk-Buster Reimagined during the 2020 Sydney Festival. Sydney Morning Herald critic, Harriet Cunningham, called his performance "simply extraordinary" and "a revelation".[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Syntax Error | Desmond | Short film | |
| 2010 | Shock | Shitstick | Short film; also associate producer, co-producer | |
| 2012 | Prick | Short film; producer only | ||
| 2013 | Around the Block | Barry Griffen | Feature film | |
| 2014 | Notes | Gerrard | Short film | |
| 2015 | Bronzer | Lucien Joplin-Stutt | Short film | |
| 2016 | Scare Campaign | Rohan | Feature film | |
| 2016 | Down Under | Video Porn Star 2 / Police Officer | Feature film | |
| 2018 | Love and Other Places | Josh / Jacinta | Short film | |
| 2019 | Little Monsters | Echidna Man | Feature film | |
| 2019 | Dark Place | Doctor | Feature film; segment: "Foe" | |
| 2023 | Late Night with the Devil | Leo Fiske | Feature film | |
| 202? | Ugly Carter | Ian |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Home and Away | Kevin | Season 5 (guest; 1 episode) | |
| 1992 | The Leaving of Liverpool | Thug | Miniseries | |
| 1993 | Home and Away | Pool Shark | Season 6 (guest; 1 episode) | |
| 1998 | Wildside | Tom | Season 1 (guest; #1.18) | |
| 1999 | All Saints | Vincent Sterling | Season 2 (guest; #2.27) | |
| 1999 | Connor | TV movie | ||
| 2001 | Water Rats | Yo | Season 6 (guest; #6.18) | |
| 2001 - 04 | All Saints | Matt Horner | Seasons 4 - 5 (recurring; 45 episodes), Season 6 (main; 23 episodes), Season 7 (guest; 1 episode) | |
| 2001 | Young Lions | Dr. Martin | Season 1 (guest; #1.1) | |
| 2004 | Mcleod's Daughters | Grant Meldrum | Season 4 (guest; #4.27) | |
| 2005 | Flipper & Lopaka | Voice | Season 1 (guest; #1.20) | |
| 2005 - 06 | headLand | Will Monk | Seasons 1 - 2 (main; 58 episodes) | |
| 2007 - 11 | Home and Away | Miles Copeland | Seasons 20 - 24 (main; 741 episodes) | |
| 2008 - 09 | Master Raindrop | Flamo | (main; 26 episodes) | |
| 2012 | The Great Mint Swindle | Brian Mickelberg | TV movie | |
| 2012 | Underbelly | Andrew "Undies" Perish | Season 5 - "Underbelly: Badness" (main; 8 episodes) | |
| 2014 | Rake | Det Sando | Season 3 (guest; #3.8) | |
| 2016 | Hyde & Seek | Dale | Season 1 (guest; #1.3) | |
| 2016 | Fancy Boy | President Ryan | Season 1 (guest; #1.2) | |
| 2018 | Riot | Ron Austin | TV movie | |
| 2018 | Mr Inbetween | Luke Henson | Season 1 (guest; #1.2) | |
| 2020 | Reckoning | Dr. Hartman | Season 1 (guest; #1.8 & #1.10) | |
| 2020 - 21 | Rosehaven | Donovan | Seasons 4 - 5 (recurring; current role) | |
| 2021 | Born to Spy | Tradie | 1 episode | |
| 2022 | Wolf Like Me | Homeless Man | 1 episode | |
| 2022 | The Twelve | Harmon | 1 episode |