Kieran Darcy-Smith

Kieran Darcy-Smith is an Australian actor, screenwriter and director who trained in theater at the University of Western Sydney and graduated at 30. He helped found the Blue-Tongue Films collective with Joel Edgerton and Nash Edgerton, making the short Loaded in 1996, and worked steadily on television in Water Rats, All Saints and Wildside and in the 1999 crime comedy Two Hands. After early roles as thugs and villains, he appeared in the American studio film The Cave (2005) and in The Reef (2010). He moved into filmmaking, making his writing and directing debut with the mystery drama Wish You Were Here (2012), which screened at Sundance and drew AACTA nominations for Best Film and Best Director, followed by The Duel (2016). He also wrote and directed the 2023 series Last King of the Cross and directed episodes of Jack Irish, Wolf Creek and Reef Break.