Jack Thompson
Acting
Born: August 31, 1940 (age 86) · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Thompson, AM (born 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema. He was educated at the University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career. In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). He is best known as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films including such classics as Wake in Fright (1971), Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Man from Snowy River (1982) and Breaker Morant (1980). He won Cannes and AFI acting awards for the latter film. He was the recipient of a Living Legend Award at the 2005 Inside Film Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
The Great Gatsby
2013
Australia
2008
Broken Arrow
1996
Short Circuit
1986
The Light Between Oceans
2016
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
Original Sin
2001
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
Leatherheads
2008
Flesh + Blood
1985
Photos (2)
Movies (80)
The Great Gatsby
Dr. Walter Perkins
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Cliegg Lars
Original Sin
Alan Jordan
Broken Arrow
Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
Short Circuit
Party Guest
The Light Between Oceans
Ralph Addicott
Wake in Fright
Dick
Australia
Kipling Flynn
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Hicksley
Poker Face
Shaman Bill (Paje)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Harris
Flesh + Blood
Hawkwood
The Good German
Congressman Breimer
Man-Thing
Schist
Excess Baggage
Alexander
Last Dance
The Governor
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Sonny Seiler
The Man from Snowy River
Clancy
Leatherheads
Harvey
High Ground
Moran
Swinging Safari
Mayor
December Boys
Bandy
Breaker Morant
Major J.F. Thomas
Mystery Road
Charlie Murray
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Jack Jones
Wind
Jack Neville
Runt
Earl Robert-Barren
A Far Off Place
John Ricketts
Don't Tell
Bob Myers
The Magic Pudding
Buncle (voice)
Feed
Richard
A Woman Called Golda
Ariel
Mao’s Last Dancer
Judge Woodrow Seals
Ruby Cairo
Ed
The Earthling
Ross Daley
Mad Dog Morgan
Detective Manwaring
The Sum of Us
Harry Mitchell
Never Too Late
Angus Wilson
Turtle Beach
Ralph
South Pacific
Captain George Brackett
Blue World Order
Harris
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
Home
2019
The Club
Laurie Holden
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Rev. Neville
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
The Judge
Whaledreamers
Narrator (voice)
Around the Block
Mr. O'Donnell
Ground Zero
Trebilcock
Oyster Farmer
Skippy
The Riddle of the Stinson
Bernard O'Reilly
Sunday Too Far Away
Foley
Kojak: The Price of Justice
Aubrey Dubose
The Journalist
Simon Morris
Trouble in Paradise
Jake
Where Dead Men Lie
Commentator (voice)
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Tom Campbell Black
The Letter
Robert Crosbie
McLeod's Daughters
Jack McLeod
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Narrator (voice)
Bad Blood
Stan Graham
Burke & Wills
Robert O'Hara Burke
Yolngu Boy
Policeman
Ruben Guthrie
Peter Guthrie
Resistance
Mr Wilson
Scobie Malone
Scobie Malone
Blinder
Charlie "Chang" Hyde
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
Harry
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
Stuart Irving
Waterfront
Maxey Woodbury
Caddie
Ted
Jock Petersen
Tony Petersen
Libido
1973
That Lady from Peking
Flunky
Flight of the Albatross
Mike
Oakie's Outback Adventures
Orpheus
Ten Empty
Bobby Thompson
Because He's My Friend
Geoff
Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All
Narrator
The Telegram Man
Bill Williams
TV Shows (12)
Faraway Downs
Kipling Flynn · 6 eps
The Evil Touch
3 eps
Riptide
Ted · 1 eps
Spyforce
42 eps
Devil's Playground
Cardinal Neville · 6 eps
A Woman of Independent Means
Sam Garner · 3 eps
The Dwelling Place
Richard · 3 eps
On The Ropes
Strick · 4 eps
The Last Frontier
Nick Stenning · 2 eps
My Brother Jack
Bernard Brewster · 2 eps
Bastard Boys
2 eps
Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing
2 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Sam Pang Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson In Australia
Self · 1 eps
Show Me the Movie!
Self · 1 eps
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self
My Name Is Gulpilil
Self
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Self
One Heart: One Spirit
Himself
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
Self
