List of Australian child actors explained

This is a list of child actors from Australia. Films and/or television series they appeared in are mentioned only if they were still a child at the time of filming.

Current child actors (under the age of eighteen) are indicated by boldface.

A

• Daniel Amalm (born 1979)
  • Home and Away (1994–1996, 2000)

B

• Morgan Baker (born 1997)
  • Neighbours (2008–2015, 2017)
• Jordana Beatty (born 1998)
  • Life Support (2002)
  • All Saints (2005)
  • Superman Returns (2006)
  • Home and Away (2007)
  • Legend of the Seeker (2009)
  • Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
• Charlotte Best (born 1994)

C

• Ryan Clark (born 1983)
  • Home and Away (1991-2001, 2002, 2005)
  • Our Lips Are Sealed (2002)
  • White Collar Blue (2003)
  • Bondi Rescue (2006)
  • The Black Balloon (2008)
• Sasha Close (born 1973)
  • Neighbours (1987–1989)
• Jamie Croft (born 1981)
  • (1995)
• Teagan Croft (born 2004)
  • Home and Away (2016)
  • Titans (2018)

D

• Morgan Davies (born 2001/02)
  • Green Fire Envy (2008)
  • The Tree (2010)
  • The Hunter (2011)
  • Julian (short film, 2012)
  • Growing Up (short film, 2013)
  • Kharisma (short film, 2014)
  • Breath (short film, 2014)
  • Devil's Playground (2014)
  • The Boyfriend Game (short film, 2015, also second assistant director)
  • Hench (short film, 2015)
  • The Girlfriend Experience (2017)
  • Calliope's Prelude (2019)
  • Storm Boy (2019)
• Olivia DeJonge (born 1998)
  • Hiding (2015)
  • The Visit (2015)
  • Scare Campaign (2016)
  • Better Watch Out (2017)
  • Will (2017)
  • Stray Dolls (2019)
  • Josie & Jack (2019)
  • The Society (2019)
  • Elvis (2021)
• Matt Doran (born 1976)
  • Home and Away (1991–1996)
  • The Thin Red Line (1998)
  • The Matrix (1999)
  • (2002)
  • Macbeth (2006)
  • Next Door to the Valinskys (2008)
  • Battle of the Damned (2012)

E

• Anthony Engelman (born 1974)
  • Pugwall (1989–1991)
• Indiana Evans (born 1990)
  • Snobs (2003–2004)
  • Home and Away (2004–2008)

F

• Rhiannon Fish (born 1991)
  • Neighbours (2003–2005)
  • As the Bell Rings (2007–2009)
• Amelia Frid (born 1975)
  • Neighbours (1989–1991)

G

• Nicholas Gledhill (born 1975)
  • Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
  • Bodyline (miniseries) (1984)
  • A Country Practice (1984)
• Melissa George (born 1976)
  • Home and Away (1993–1996)
• Ben Guerens (born 1979)
  • Neighbours (1990–1993)
  • Body Melt (1993)

H

• Anthony Hammer (born 1987)
  • Neighbours (2001–2002)
  • Bootleg (TV series) (2002)
• Liam Hemsworth (born 1990)
  • Home and Away (1 episode, 2007)
  • McLeod's Daughters (1 episode, 2007)
  • Neighbours (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
  • The Elephant Princess (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
• Lauren Hewett (born 1981)
  • Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (1991)
  • Home and Away (1996, 1999)
• Nicholas Hamilton (born 2000)
  • (2019)

J

• Kaiya Jones (born 1996)
  • The Saddle Club (2008–2009)
  • Neighbours (2009–2014)

K

• Angela Keep (born 1981)
  • Hey Dad..! (1993–1994)
  • Home and Away (1995)
• Marny Kennedy (born 1994)
  • Mortified (TV series) (2006–2007)
  • The Saddle Club (TV series) (2008–2009)

L

• Heath Ledger (1979–2008)
  • Clowning Around (1995)
  • Sweat (1996)
  • Paws (1997)
  • Home and Away (1997)
  • Roar (1997)
  • 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
  • Two Hands (1999)
  • The Patriot (2000)
  • A Knight's Tale (2001)
  • Monster's Ball (2001)
  • The Four Feathers (2002)
  • Ned Kelly (2003)
  • The Order (2003)
  • Lords of Dogtown (2005)
  • The Brothers Grimm (2005)
  • Brokeback Mountain (2005)
  • Casanova (2005)
  • Candy (2006)
  • I'm Not There (2007)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

M

• Indiana Massara (born 2002)
  • Chicken Girls (2017–present)
  • Attaway Appeal (2017)
• Callan McAuliffe (born 1995)
  • Flipped (2010)
  • Cloudstreet (2011)
  • I Am Number Four (2011)
• Cleo Massey (born 1993)
  • H₂O: Just Add Water (2006–2010)
• Levi Miller (born 2002)
  • Pan (2015)
  • Better Watch Out (2016)
  • (2016)
  • Jasper Jones (2017)
  • American Exit (2019)
• Maia Mitchell (born 1993)
  • Mortified (2006–2007)
  • Trapped (2008–2009)
  • K-9 (2009)
  • Castaway (2011)
• Ryan Moloney (born 1979)
  • Body Melt (1993)
  • Neighbours (1994, 1995–2022)
• Sarah Monahan (born 1977)
  • Sons and Daughters (1986)
  • Hey Dad..! (1986–1993)
  • Home and Away (1995)
• Dacre Montgomery (born 1994)
  • Betrand the Terrible (2011)

O

• Fletcher O'Leary (born 1997)
  • Neighbours (2007–2009)
• Ed Oxenbould (born 2001)
  • Julian (2012)
  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
  • Paper Planes (2015)
  • The Visit (2015)
  • Better Watch Out (2016)
  • The Butterfly Tree (2017)
  • Wildlife (2018)

P

• Mouche Phillips (born 1973)
  • Playing Beatie Bow (1986)
  • Princess Kate (1988)
  • Dadah Is Death (1988)
  • Home and Away (1989–1990)

R

• Angourie Rice (born 2000)
  • Black Mirror (2019)
  • (2019)
  • Every Day (2018)
  • Jasper Jones (2017)
  • The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2014)
• Kate Ritchie (born 1978)
  • Cyclone Tracy (1986)
  • Home and Away (1988–2008)
• Rebecca Ritters (born 1984)
  • Neighbours (1992–1999, 2005)
• Jordan Rodrigues (born 1992)
  • Home and Away (2008–2009)
  • Dance Academy (2008–2009)
• Justin Rosniak (born 1977)
  • Home and Away (1988, 1995)

S

• Everlyn Sampi (born 1988)
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
• Kristian Schmid (born 1974)
  • Neighbours (1988–1992)
  • The Tomorrow People (1992–1995)
• Jansen Spencer (born 1981)
  • Neighbours (1997–2001, 2005)
• Jesse Spencer (born 1979)
  • Neighbours (1994–2000, 2005)
• Caitlin Stasey (born 1990)
  • Neighbours (2005–2009)
  • The Sleepover Club (2003, 2007)

T

• Rod Taylor (1930-2015)
  • The Time Machine (1960)
  • One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
  • The Birds (1963)
• Eliza Taylor-Cotter (born 1989)
  • Neighbours (2003, 2005–2008)
• Jiordan Anna Tolli (born 1994)
  • Neighbours (1994–2001)
• Jason Torrens (born 1975)
  • Pugwall (1989)

W

• Jeffrey Walker (born 1982)
  • House Rules (1988)
  • The Flying Doctors (1989)
  • Pugwall (1991)
  • Round the Twist (1993)
  • Police Rescue (1993)
  • Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (1994)
  • Ocean Girl (1994–1997)
  • The Wayne Manifesto (1995–1997)
  • Thunderstone (1999–2000)
• Matthew Werkmeister (born 1992)
  • Neighbours (2005–2011)
• Tamsin West (born 1974)
  • Neighbours (1987–1988, 1991)
  • Round the Twist (1989)
• Adam Willits (born 1972)
  • Home and Away (1988–1991, 1995–1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008)

Y

• Breanna Yde (born 2003)
  • The Haunted Hathaways (2013–15)
  • Santa Hunters (2014)
  • School of Rock (2016–18)
  • Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (2017)
  • All I Want for Christmas Is You (2017)
  • Malibu Rescue (2019)