# Josh Quong Tart

Josh Quong Tart (born 18 September 1975) is an Australian actor.

## Early life

Tart attended the McDonald College 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. In October 2011, Tart announced he was departing Home and Away after nearly four years.
In 2012, Tart joined the cast of Underbelly: Badness as Andrew Perish.
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. 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".

## Filmography
### Film

| 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 | Trent / 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 | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Home and Away | Kevin | Season 5, 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Leaving of Liverpool | Thug | Miniseries |
| 1993 | Home and Away | Pool Shark | Season 6, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Wildside | Tom | Season 1, episode 18 |
| 1999 | All Saints | Vincent Sterling | Season 2, episode 27 |
| 1999 | Chameleon II: Death Match | Connor | TV movie |
| 2001 | Water Rats | Yo | Season 6, episode 18: "Robbo's Ghost" |
| 2001–2004 | All Saints | Matt Horner | Seasons 4–5, 45 episodes (recurring), Season 6, 23 episodes (main), Season 7, 1 episode (guest) |
| 2001 | Young Lions | Dr. Martin | Season 1, episode 1 |
| 2004 | McLeod's Daughters | Grant Meldrum | Season 4, episode 27: "Something to Prove" |
| 2004–2009 | Master Raindrop | Flamo | 26 episodes (main) |
| 2005 | Flipper & Lopaka | Voice | Season 1, episode 20 |
| 2005–2006 | headLand | Will Monk | Seasons 1–2, 58 episodes (main) |
| 2007–2011 | Home and Away | Miles Copeland | Seasons 20–24, 741 episodes (main) |
| 2012 | The Great Mint Swindle | Brian Mickelberg | TV movie |
| 2012 | Underbelly: Badness | Andrew 'Undies' Perish | Underbelly Season 5, 8 episodes (main) |
| 2014 | Rake | Detective Sando | Season 3, episode 8 |
| 2016 | Hyde & Seek | Dale | Miniseries, season 1, episode 3 |
| 2016 | Fancy Boy | President Ryan | Season 1, episode 2 |
| 2018 | Riot | Ron Austin | TV movie |
| 2018 | Mr Inbetween | Luke Henson | Season 1, episode 2: "Unicorns Know Everybody's Name" |
| 2020 | Reckoning | Dr. Hartman | Miniseries, season 1, 2 episodes |
| 2020–2021 | Rosehaven | Donovan | Season 4, 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Born to Spy | Tradie | Miniseries, season 1, episode 6 |
| 2022 | Wolf Like Me | Homeless Man | Season 1, episode 1 |
| 2022 | The Twelve | Harmon | Miniseries, season 1, episode 6 |
| 2024 | Last Days of the Space Age | Gary 'Gazza' Cullis | 4 episodes |
| 2024 | Plum | Larry | Miniseries, episode 5: "The Tree" |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Elvis The Musical | Vocalist | Footbridge Theatre, Sydney |
| 1995 | Playing with Fire | | NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney |
| 1996 | The Philistines | Bessemenov | NIDA Parade Studio, Sydney |
| 1996 | The Wild Duck | Dinner Guest | NIDA Parade Studio, Sydney |
| 1996 | Richard III | Clarence / Ghost Clarence / Rivers | NIDA Parade Studio, Sydney |
| 1996 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | | NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney |
| 1996 | The Bear | Smirnoff | Bondi Pavillion with NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney |
| 1997 | The Hostage | Monsewer | NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney |
| 1997 | Bad Boy Johnny | Vocalist | Enmore Theatre, Sydney |
| 1998 | La Dispute | Azor | St Stephen's Church, Sydney with STC |
| | Wildtracks | Various characters | |
| | The Starry Messenger | Rinnucini | STC |
| | The Kosky Project | Various characters | |
| 1999 | This Lime Tree Bower | Frank | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |
| 1999 | Old Wicked Songs | Stephen Hoffman | Playhouse, Canberra, Marian Street Theatre |
| 2001 | Shakespeare’s R & J | Mercutio / Friar Laurence | Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare Company |
| 2004 | The Miser | La Fleche | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2006 | The Hanging of Jean Lee | Norman | Sydney Opera House with The Studio/ABC |
| 2006 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Various characters | STC |
| 2006–2007 | Lemon Tart | Vocalist | Statement Cabaret Lounge, Sydney |
| 2007 | Troupers | Walter | Wharf Theatre with STC |
| 2008 | Killer Joe | Ansel / Earl | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2010 | Our Town | Mr Webb | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2011 | Rope | Rupert Cadell | Bondi Pavilion, Sydney with Tamarama Rock Surfers |
| 2012 | The Wharf Revue 2012 - Red Wharf: Beyond the Rings of Satire | Various characters | Lennox Theatre, Parramatta, Dame Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith, Canberra Theatre Centre, Wharf Theatre with STC |
| 2013–2015 | The Lion King | Scar | Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Regent Theatre, Melbourne, Crown Theatre, Sydney |
| 2016 | Xanadu | Danny Maguire | Hayes Theatre Co, Sydney |
| 2017 | The Judas Kiss | Oscar Wilde | Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney with Red Line Productions |
| 2017 | Muriel's Wedding | Ken | STC World Premiere |
| 2019 | Dead Cat Bounce | Gabriel | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 2020 | Betty Blokk-Buster Reimagined | Betty | Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, Sydney with Red Line Productions for Sydney Festival |
| 2022–2023 | Amadeus | The Venticelli | Sydney Opera House |