John Howard
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 22, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Has a sister, Jan. Grew up in Warrawee, NSW Australia and went to Knox Grammar School. Dropped out of medicine and law at university. Graduated in 1978 from NIDA with Penny Cook, Robert Grubb. Played leading roles from 1981 to 2012 in various plays. Won a Critics Circle award in 1992 for "The Crucible" and "Mongrels". Twice won Variety Entertainer of the Year (1992,2006). Nominated for an AFI award for "Joh's Jury" and nine times since.Silver logie winner for "Seachange" (2001) . Associate Director of the Sydney Theatre Company from 1992 to 1995. Launched the Australian People's Theatre (associated with the Sydney Theatre Company). Has a daughter born in 1996 and a son from a previous marriage. He is most famous for SeaChange (1998) and All Saints (2008). Ambassador for Variety (The Children's Charity) and Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation ( AMDF ).
Known For
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Filmography
Wolfram
Movie
Riley
Movie · as Sports Broadcaster
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Movie · as The People Eater
Colin from Accounts
TV · as Brian Crapp · 1 ep
Bump
TV · as Hippy Baby Boomer · 1 ep
A Matter Of Principle
Movie
The Merger
Movie · as Bull Barlow
Frontier
Movie
Get Krack!n
TV · as Bill Langham · 1 ep
The Warriors
TV · as Bill Shepherd · 8 eps
Mad Max: Fury Road
Movie · as The People Eater
Last Cab to Darwin
Movie · as Simmo
unINDIAN
Movie · as Mr Sanders
Grace Under Water
Movie · as Ken
Janet King
TV · as Steven Blakely · 8 eps
Soul Mates
TV · 6 eps
Jindabyne
Movie · as Carl
A Man's Gotta Do
Movie · as Eddy
Jessica
TV · 3 eps
Take Away
Movie · as Burgies CEO
Japanese Story
Movie · as Richards
The Road from Coorain
Movie · as Angus
The Man Who Sued God
Movie · as Edward Piggott
The Job
TV · 1 ep
Always Greener
TV · as John Taylor · 50 eps
In a Savage Land
Movie · as Rev Macgregor
Never Tell Me Never
Movie · as Uncle Darryl
All Saints
TV · as Frank Campion, Jonathan Healy · 239 eps
The Games
TV · as John Howard · 1 ep
SeaChange
TV · as Bob Jelly · 47 eps
Blackrock
Movie · as Len Kirby
Dating the Enemy
Movie · as Davis
Pacific Blue
TV · as Dwayne Farrell · 1 ep
Water Rats
TV · as D/S Sven Larsen · 2 eps
Joh's Jury
Movie · as Hedley
Blue Heelers
TV · as Michael Fielding · 1 ep
The Girl from Tomorrow
TV · as Silverthorn · 24 eps
Young Einstein
Movie · as Preston Preston
Around the World in Eighty Ways
Movie · as Dr. Proctor
Evil Angels
Movie · as Lyle Morris
The Flying Doctors
TV · as Mike Stone · 1 ep
Strikebound
Movie · as Bashed Scab
Razorback
Movie · as Danny
Gary's Story
Movie · as Gary
Bush Christmas
Movie · as Sly
The Highest Honour
Movie · as Captain R. C. Page
A Town Like Alice
TV · as Donald Paget · 1 ep
The Club
Movie · as Geoff Hayward
Water Under the Bridge
TV · as Archie · 9 eps
Capone
Movie · as Warden J. Johnston