 Coleman was born in Wentworth Falls, to a Jamaican-born mother, Turquoise Coleman, and Mick Coleman, an Australian father of English descent, and grew up in the alternative community of Byron Bay, New South Wales.In 2005 Coleman was cast as a lead in the sci-fi teenage drama Silversun for ABC (Australian TV channel) and Seven Network.In 2006, Coleman was cast in the recurring role of Glenn Forrest in "Neighbours".