Actor Mark Wahlberg has been spotted arriving in Sydney.

Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg arrives in Australia, touching down at Sydney Airport before going to Byron Bay

Staff reporterPerthNow

Australia has welcomed another Hollywood A-lister, with Mark Wahlberg the latest to arrive down under.

The American star of Ted was seen touching down at Sydney Airport in a private jet last night and is understood to have taken a second aircraft to iconic tourist hotspot Byron Bay.

7NEWS footage shows Wahlberg wearing a face mask as he boards the aircraft, flanked by staff with black umbrellas.

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It is unclear whether he is Australia for work or on a holiday but as an overseas arrival it is believed he will be forced to undergo two weeks of quarantine after celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday in the US.

He will be in good company in Byron, which is fast becoming Australia’s Hollywood hub.

Aussies Chris and Liam Hemsworth are the town’s most famous residents, while heartthrob Zac Efron has also spent most of the pandemic there after meeting his girlfriend there.

The couple is since rumoured to have split.

Meanwhile, fellow star Tom Hanks has also called Australia home during the pandemic, famously being diagnosed with COVID-19 while filming Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic on the Gold Coast.

Greys Anatomy star Kate Walsh became stranded in WA when international borders were closed but has since spoken about feeling fortunate to find herself in the State.

Mark Wahlberg in Mile 22.
Camera IconMark Wahlberg in Mile 22.

“It's a really tricky time. Mark McGowan handled it so well with locking down and people were vigilant about social distancing, paid attention and adhered to the different lockdown phases,” she said.

“I wouldn't trade anything for being safe. People back home are like ‘what, you don't wear masks? You're allowed to go to the gym? You can go to a restaurant?

“As much as I would like to be able to go home and come back, there are surges and different rounds coming. How it's been handled here, like I said, is so exemplary and I feel very fortunate to be able to have a normal life here.”