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==