Josh Quong Tart Explained

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.

Early life

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.

Career

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]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Syntax ErrorDesmondShort film
2010ShockShitstickShort film; also associate producer, co-producer
2012PrickShort film; producer only
2013Around the BlockBarry GriffenFeature film
2014NotesGerrardShort film
2015BronzerLucien Joplin-StuttShort film
2016Scare CampaignRohanFeature film
2016Down UnderVideo Porn Star 2 / Police OfficerFeature film
2018Love and Other PlacesJosh / JacintaShort film
2019Little MonstersEchidna ManFeature film
2019Dark PlaceDoctorFeature film; segment: "Foe"
2023Late Night with the DevilLeo FiskeFeature film
202?Ugly CarterIan
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Home and AwayKevinSeason 5 (guest; 1 episode)
1992The Leaving of LiverpoolThugMiniseries
1993Home and AwayPool SharkSeason 6 (guest; 1 episode)
1998WildsideTomSeason 1 (guest; #1.18)
1999All SaintsVincent SterlingSeason 2 (guest; #2.27)
1999ConnorTV movie
2001Water RatsYoSeason 6 (guest; #6.18)
2001 - 04All SaintsMatt HornerSeasons 4 - 5 (recurring; 45 episodes),
Season 6 (main; 23 episodes), Season 7 (guest; 1 episode)
2001Young LionsDr. MartinSeason 1 (guest; #1.1)
2004Mcleod's DaughtersGrant MeldrumSeason 4 (guest; #4.27)
2005Flipper & LopakaVoiceSeason 1 (guest; #1.20)
2005 - 06headLandWill MonkSeasons 1 - 2 (main; 58 episodes)
2007 - 11Home and AwayMiles CopelandSeasons 20 - 24 (main; 741 episodes)
2008 - 09Master RaindropFlamo(main; 26 episodes)
2012The Great Mint SwindleBrian MickelbergTV movie
2012UnderbellyAndrew "Undies" PerishSeason 5  - "Underbelly: Badness" (main; 8 episodes)
2014RakeDet SandoSeason 3 (guest; #3.8)
2016Hyde & SeekDaleSeason 1 (guest; #1.3)
2016Fancy BoyPresident RyanSeason 1 (guest; #1.2)
2018RiotRon AustinTV movie
2018Mr InbetweenLuke HensonSeason 1 (guest; #1.2)
2020ReckoningDr. HartmanSeason 1 (guest; #1.8 & #1.10)
2020 - 21RosehavenDonovanSeasons 4 - 5 (recurring; current role)
2021Born to SpyTradie1 episode
2022Wolf Like MeHomeless Man1 episode
2022The TwelveHarmon1 episode

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Josh Quong Tart. Yahoo!7. 27 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720152757/http://seven.com.au/homeandaway/meetthecast-josh-quong-tart. 20 July 2008.
  2. Web site: Student Prospectus . McDonald College . 13 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090930064551/http://www.mcdonald.nsw.edu.au/prospective-students/online-prospectus . 30 September 2009 .
  3. News: Idato. Michael. Kate departs the bay for new horizons. 14 December 2007. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 4 April 2011.
  4. Web site: 'Home and Away's Josh Quong Tart confirms departure from show. Davies. Rebecca. 17 October 2011. Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. 17 October 2011.
  5. 11–17 August 2012. Who's who in Badness. TV Week. ACP Magazines. 32. 21.
  6. http://disney.com.au/lionkingthemusical/?group=cast Lion King The Musical
  7. Web site: Simply extraordinary: Josh Quong Tart dazzles in reimagining of 70s blockbuster. Cunningham. Harriet. 2020-01-12. The Sydney Morning Herald. en. 2020-02-05.