Colin W. Smith
Colin W. Smith
Actor
Colin is a two-decade-plus veteran of the Brisbane (Yuggera country) theatre scene. He was a Core Ensemble member with the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble between 2007 and 2019. He is a proud Australian Aboriginal of the Jagera people,and is a member of the MEAA’s Equity Diversity Committee..
Biography
Colin is a proud Australian Aboriginal man of the Jagera people. He is also a graduate of the Bachelor of Creative Industries (Drama) program at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and a two-decade-plus veteran of the Brisbane (Yuggera country) theatre scene. He was a Core Ensemble member with the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble between 2007 and 2019, performing with the company in numerous productions including Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s Briefs or Let’s Kill All The Lawyers, Metamorphoses, Food of Love: A Shakespeare Cabaret, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, The Bomb-itty of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mary Stuart, The Tempest, Hamlet, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He was a Matilda Award winner in the Best Lead Male Actor category for his work in Queensland Theatre Company’s An Octoroon (2017), and received nominations in the Best Supporting Male Actor category for his work in Queensland Theatre Company’s The Odd Couple (2015), and in the Aruga Best Ensemble category for being a member of the five-actor team of Belloo Creative’s Boy, Lost (2022). He was also a finalist for Best Australian Actor at the 2023 AFIN International Film Festival for his work in the short film Trapped by Third In Line Productions. His other theatre credits include: Queensland Theatre Company - Black Diggers, Twelfth Night, Nearer The Gods, Our Town, The Sunshine Club, and As You Like It; La Boite Theatre Company - A Streetcar Named Desire, Romeo and Juliet, and From Darkness, Closer; Queensland Ballet - Vis-à-Vis: Moving Stories; Ensemble Theatre - Black Cockatoo; Elbow Room - What I’m Here For; THAT Production Company - Cosi; and Redcliffe Independent Theatre - Noises Off. He is a member of the MEAA’s Equity Diversity Committee and the Matilda Awards judging panel.
Ad Astra Plays
Upcoming Plays
Past Plays
Other Plays
2025 - Twelfth Night (Theatre), 4MBS Shakespeare Festival, Actor - Sir Toby Belch, Director - Xanthe Jones
2025 - Recalibrate (Theatre - Education), Queensland Theatre Company, Actor - Roshi / ensemble, Director - Sam Foster and Hayden Jones
2025 - Love You Hate You Drive You Wild (Theatre), Minola Theatre, Actor - Moose, Director - Kat Dekker
2024 - Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre), 4MBS Shakespeare Festival, Actor - Lepidus, Director - Jacqui Somerville
2024 - Heart of the Man (Feature Film), Bronte Pictures and New Dream Productions, Actor - James Broome, Director - David Cook
2024 - Closer (Theatre), La Boite Theatre Company, Actor - Larry, Director - Courtney Stewart
2023 - The Sunshine Club (national tour) (Theatre), HIT Productions, Actor - Lorry Hocking, Director - Wesley Enoch
2023 - Trapped (Short Film), Third In Line Productions, Actor - Henry, Director - Sheri Van Geest
2023 - As You Like It (Theatre), Queensland Theatre, Actor - Charles / Duke Senior /Sir Oliver Martext / William, Director - Damien Ryan
2022 - Boy, Lost (Theatre), Belloo Creative, Actor - Arne Olsson / Ronnie Ball ensemble, Director - Caroline Dunphy
2022 - The Sunshine Club (Theatre), Queensland Theatre, Actor - Pauly O'Brien, Director - Wesley Enoch
2022 - Cluedo! The New Suspects (Theatre), Brisbane Immersive Ensemble, Actor - Mr White, Director - Mikayla Hosking
2022 - Black Cockatoo (Theatre), Ensemble Theatre, Actor - Alex / Charles Lawrence, Director - Wesley Enoch
2021 - As You Like It (Theatre), ThunderBear Productions, Actor - Jaques, Director - Angus Thorburn
2021 - Our Town (Theatre), Queensland Theatre, Actor - Dr Gibbs, Director - Lee Lewis
2020 - Così (Theatre), THAT Production Company, Actor - Henry, Director - Timothy Wynn 2019 - From Darkness (Theatre), La Boite Theatre Company, Actor - Eric Ferguson, Director - Isaac Drandic
2019 - Hamlet (Theatre), 4MBS Shakespeare Festival, Actor - First Player, Director - Tabatha McFadyen
2019 - Romeo & Juliet (Theatre), La Boite Theatre Company, Actor - Lord Montague, Apothecary, Director - Todd Macdonald
2019 - Cluedo! The Interactive Game (Theatre), Brisbane Immersive Ensemble,Actor - Dr Black, Director - Xanthe Jones
2018 - What I'm Here For (Theatre), Elbow Room, Actor - Himself, Director - Marcel Dorney
2018 - Nearer The Gods (Theatre), Queensland Theatre, Actor - Robert Hooke, Director - Sam Strong
2018 - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - The Player, Director - Rebecca Murphy
2018 - Hamlet (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - First Player / English Ambassador, Director - Rob Pensalfini
2018 - Twelfth Night (Theatre), Queensland Theatre, Actor - Sir Andrew Aguecheek,Director - Sam Strong
2017 - An Octoroon (Theatre), Queensland Theatre, Actor - BJJ / George / M Closky, Director - Nakkiah Lui
2016 - A Streetcar Named Desire (Theatre), La Boite Theatre Company, Actor - Mitch, Director - Todd MacDonald 2016 - One Was Nude And One Wore Tails (Theatre), Room To Play, Actor - First Garbage Collector, Director - Heidi Manche
2016 - Twelfth Night (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Malvolio, Director - Rob Pensalfini
2015 - The Odd Couple (Theatre), Queensland Theatre Company, Actor - Murray,Director - Wesley Enoch
2015 - Meekin Park (Short Film), Griffith Film School, Actor - Eddie, Director - Ilias Paull
2015 - Black Diggers (Theatre), Queensland Theatre Company, Actor - Laurie / ensemble, Director - Wesley Enoch
2014 - The Tempest (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - King Alonso, Director - Zoë Tuffin
2014 - The Bomb-itty of Errors (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Antipholus of Syracuse / MC Hendelberg / The Abbess, Director - Zac Kelty
2013 - Mary Stuart (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Burleigh, Director - Christina Koch
2013 - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Nick Bottom, Director - Rob Pensalfini
2012 - The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Proteus, Director - Rob Pensalfini
2011 - Monstrous Regiment (Theatre), Brisbane Arts Theatre, Actor - Cmdr Sam Vimes, Director - Kathy Kunde
2011 - Rules Is Rules (Theatre), Short+Sweet Brisbane, Actor - Stan, Director - Cienda Mcnamara
2011 - The Merchant of Venice (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Bassanio, Director - Curt Tofteland and Crystal Arons
2010 - Vis-à-Vis: Moving Stories (Theatre), Queensland Ballet, Actor - Othello / Peer Gynt / Mitch, Director - François Klaus
2010 - Richard III (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Hastings / Blunt, Director - Tom McSweeney
2009 - As You Like It (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Orlando de Boys, Director - Paul Adams
2009 - Food Of Love: A Shakespeare Cabaret (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Pandarus / Jaques / Diomedes, Director - Cienda McNamara
2008 - Metamorphoses (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Jove / Tereus / Hermaphroditus, Director - Jo Loth
2008 - Twelfth Night (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Duke Orsino, Director - Rob Pensalfini
2007 - Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble,Actor - Don Pedro, Director - Jo Loth
2006 - The Night Watch (Theatre), Brisbane Arts Theatre, Actor - Cmdr Sam Vimes,Director - Sally Daly
2006 - Shakespeare's Briefs, Or Let's Kill All The Lawyers (Theatre), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Actor - Dogberry / Shylock, Director - Samid Suliman
2004 - The Last Aussie Hero 3: The Search for Kip (Short Film), Boom in Shot Productions, Actor - Mike Noonan, Director - Mike Noonan
2003 - The Fifth Elephant (Theatre), Brisbane Arts Theatre, Actor - Cmdr Sam Vimes, Director - Sally Daly
2002 - Sleuth (Theatre), Stagedoor Theatre, Actor - Milo Tindle, Director - Alex Lanham
2002 - Jesus Christ Superstar (Theatre), QUT Student Guild Musical Society, Actor - Judas Iscariot, Director - Jo Pearson
2001 - One For The Road (Theatre), skank productions, Actor - Nicholas, Director - Samid Suliman
2001 - Sherwoodstock (Theatre), QUT Student Guild Musical Society, Actor - Friar Tuck, Director - Luke Rimmelzwaan
2001 - Men At Arms (Theatre), Brisbane Arts Theatre, Actor - Cmdr Sam Vimes,Director - Sally Daly
2000 - Noises Off (Theatre), Redcliffe Independent Theatre, Actor - Garry Lejeune,Director - Emma Tonkin
2000 - The Bald Prima Donna (Theatre), QUT Vena Cava, Actor - The Fire Chief,Director - Al Caeiro
1999 - The Silver Circle Project (Theatre), QUT, Actor - ensemble, Director - Sean Mee
1997 - Cochlear's Helix (Theatre), QUT Vena Cava, Actor - Gerald, Director - Dale Ness
1997 - Love, Loot & Lust (Theatre), the groundlings, Actor - Dumaine / Moth, Director - Delyse Anthony
Training
2004 - Graduated from Bachelor of Creative Industries (Drama) program,Queensland University of Technology
2007-2019 - Annual Advanced Training, Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble
2010 - Masterclass, John Bell
Representation
Reviews
“Standout performances were also delivered by Colin Smith as Murray, who had impeccable comic timing that inspired the biggest laughs of the night”
Kitty Goodall - Weekend Notes | Read more
“Also a standout is Colin Smith as the First Player, prancing about the stage in attempt to lewdly pimp out and provoke interest in his troupe band, collectively known as the Tragedians. He milks every bit of wit from his character’s speeches, entertaining with his every movement, gesture, look and facial expression.”
Meredith Walker - Blue Curtains Brisbane | Read more
“Best acting of the evening comes from Colin Smith in the role of host, Doctor Black. He is outstanding in both the scripted and improvised sections, never dropping character for a moment.”
KItty Goodall - Stage Whispers | Read more
