Kelton Pell

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title: "Kelton Pell" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["year-of-birth-missing-(living-people)", "living-people", "20th-century-australian-male-actors", "21st-century-australian-male-actors", "australian-male-film-actors", "australian-male-stage-actors", "australian-male-television-actors", "indigenous-australian-male-actors", "noongar-people"] description: "Australian actor" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelton_Pell" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Kelton Pell
birth_place	Western Australia, Australia
occupation	Actor
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| image = | name = Kelton Pell | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Western Australia, Australia | occupation = Actor | alma_mater = | yearsactive = Kelton Pell is an Aboriginal Australian stage, TV, and film actor, best known for his role as the court liaison officer, Sam Wallan, in the SBS legal drama The Circuit.

Early life

Kelton Pell is a Noongar man from Western Australia.

Career

Pell has performed on stage since 1985, performing for Yirra Yaakin Theatre, the Black Swan Theatre Company, and the Sydney Theatre Company. Many of these performances were of plays which grew from Indigenous themes.

In 2000 Pell, along with Ningali Lawford and Phil Thomson, wrote a show for Yirra Yaakin called Solid, whose premiere performance was at the Perth International Arts Festival. Because of its sensitive Indigenous subject matter, before the premiere the play was performed for, and was approved by, 2000 Indigenous Australians.

Pell performed in several productions of Bloodland, a play directed by the Stephen Page with a Romeo and Juliet-type of story. The play features traditional Aboriginal languages and Pidgin English, as well as song and dance.

He has also acted in performances of Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Pell acted in the children's TV show The Adventures of the Bush Patrol and the SBS series The Circuit, a legal drama set in the Kimberley.

In 2012 he starred in an episode of the TV series Redfern Now as a well-to-do Aboriginal Australian man living in Redfern, Sydney, whose life seems to be exemplary, but it is revealed that he has been receiving government benefit money fraudulently.

Pell plays vampire hunter Jalingbirri in Warwick Thornton's 2021 horror / comedy series Firebite for AMC+ (later shown on NITV).

In 2022 Pell appeared in the ABC drama series Mystery Road: Origin, in March 2024 in the Stan Original movie Windcatcher. In November 2025, Pell was named in the cast for Treasure & Dirt.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Blackfellas	Willice
2001	One Night the Moon	Albert Yang
2002	Confessions Of A Headhunter	Vinnie, the artist	Short film
2002	Australian Rules	Tommy Red
2003	Cold Turkey	Old Man
2007	The Turtle	Pop	Short film
2007	September	Michael Parker
2009	Stone Bros.	Hector
2009	Last Ride	Ranger Lyall
2009	Aunty Maggie and the Womba Wakgun	Uncle Peter	Short film
2009	Bran Nue Dae	Mean Drunk
2011	Mad Bastards	Mad Dog
2015	Redfern Now: Promise Me	Raymond	Television film
2015	Looking for Grace	Detective
2016	Red Dog: True Blue	Durack
2017	Three Summers	Jack
2017	Nobody's Child	Jimmy	Short film
2020	The Xrossing	Bobbie
2021	Buckley's Chance	Jules
2024	Windcatcher	Pop Collins
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Adventures of the Bush Patrol	Wazza
1998	Minty	Jack	Episode: "If I Were You"
2007–2010	The Circuit	Sam Wallman	12 episodes
2011	Cloudstreet	Bob Crab	3 episodes
2012	Redfern Now	Raymond	Episode: "Raymond"
2013	Hard Rock Medical	Uncle Albert	Episode: "Other Side of the Fence"
2014	The Moodys	Fred	Episode: "Australia Day"
2014	The Gods of Wheat Street	Odin Freeburn	6 episodes
2018	Pine Gap	Paul Dupain	6 episodes
2019-2020	The Heights (Australian TV series)	Uncle Max	48 episodes
2020	Itch	Barry	2 episodes
2021-22	Firebite	Jalingbirri	5 episodes
2022	MaveriX	Vic Simmons	10 episodes
2022	Mystery Road: Origin	Jack Swan	3 episodes
2025	Reckless	Colins	TV series
2026	Treasure & Dirt		TV series
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Awards

Pell has won the following awards:

• In 1991 WA Aboriginal Artist of the Year Award.
• In 1994 Swan Gold Award for Best West Australian Actor.
• In 1996 Contemporary Performing Arts Award for Best Collaboration.
• In 2019 he was also recognised for his outstanding contribution to the Australian film industry and named the CinefestOZ 2019 Screen Legend.

References

References

1. "Kelton Pell". Sue Barnett & Associates.
2. Andrea Mitchell. (26 October 2000). "Interview with Phil Thomson, SOLID's director".
3. "Bloodland". QPAC.
4. "Redfern Now - Raymond". the ABC.
5. Johnson, Travis. (6 July 2023). "'Firebite' puts an Indigenous twist on the vampire myth".
6. Knox, David. (2021-10-12). "Filming underway on Mystery Road: Origin {{!}} TV Tonight".
7. McGinn, Deirdre. (4 February 2024). "The feel-good film of the year is here.".
8. Knox, David. (2025-11-20). "Treasure & Dirt now filming for ABC Drama {{!}} TV Tonight".
9. "Meet the Cast: Kelton Pell". SBS.
10. (2019-09-01). "H is for Happiness wins CinefestOZ $100,000 Film Prize".

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