List of Australian child actors

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 twenty) are indicated by boldface.

A

Daniel Amalm (born 1979)
- Home and Away (1994–1999, 2000)

B

Morgan Baker (born 1997)
- Neighbours (2008–2017, 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)
- Mind Over Maddie (2013)
Charlotte Best (born 1994)

C

Ryan Clark (born 1983)
- Home and Away (1991-2003, 2004, 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)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (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)
- The End (Australian TV series)The End (2020)
- Beautiful They (2021)
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)
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (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)
- Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (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)
- Red Dog: True Blue (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)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (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)