Jack Thompson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 31, 1940 (age 86)
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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
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Filmography
Sam Pang Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Runt
Movie · as Earl Robert-Barren
Faraway Downs
TV · as Kipling Flynn · 6 eps
Poker Face
Movie · as Shaman Bill (Paje)
My Name Is Gulpilil
Movie · as Self
High Ground
Movie · as Moran
Never Too Late
Movie · as Angus Wilson
Home
Movie
Swinging Safari
Movie · as Mayor
Show Me the Movie!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
On The Ropes
TV · as Strick · 4 eps
Blue World Order
Movie · as Harris
Don't Tell
Movie · as Bob Myers
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Movie · as Self
One Heart: One Spirit
Movie · as Himself
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Movie · as Self
The Light Between Oceans
Movie · as Ralph Addicott
Blood on the Coal
Movie · as Narrator
Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All
Movie · as Narrator
Ruben Guthrie
Movie · as Peter Guthrie
Devil's Playground
TV · as Cardinal Neville · 6 eps
Mystery Road
Movie · as Charlie Murray
Around the Block
Movie · as Mr. O'Donnell
Blinder
Movie · as Charlie "Chang" Hyde
The Great Gatsby
Movie · as Dr. Walter Perkins
Oakie's Outback Adventures
Movie · as Orpheus
The Telegram Man
Movie · as Bill Williams
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Movie · as Harris
Mao’s Last Dancer
Movie · as Judge Woodrow Seals
Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing
TV · 2 eps
Leatherheads
Movie · as Harvey
Australia
Movie · as Kipling Flynn
Not Quite Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Ten Empty
Movie · as Bobby Thompson
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
December Boys
Movie · as Bandy
Bastard Boys
TV · 2 eps
The Good German
Movie · as Congressman Breimer
Whaledreamers
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Feed
Movie · as Richard
Gallipoli: The Untold Stories
Movie · as Narrator
Man-Thing
Movie · as Schist
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Movie · as Jack Jones
Oyster Farmer
Movie · as Skippy
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie · as Other Voices (voice)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Movie · as Cliegg Lars
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
Movie · as Self
Original Sin
Movie · as Alan Jordan
South Pacific
Movie · as Captain George Brackett
Yolngu Boy
Movie · as Policeman
My Brother Jack
TV · as Bernard Brewster · 2 eps
The Magic Pudding
Movie · as Buncle (voice)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Movie · as Sonny Seiler
Excess Baggage
Movie · as Alexander
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
Movie · as Harry
Last Dance
Movie · as The Governor
McLeod's Daughters
Movie · as Jack McLeod
Flight of the Albatross
Movie · as Mike
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
Movie · as The Judge
Broken Arrow
Movie · as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
A Woman of Independent Means
TV · as Sam Garner · 3 eps
The Sum of Us
Movie · as Harry Mitchell
The Dwelling Place
TV · as Richard · 3 eps
A Far Off Place
Movie · as John Ricketts
Ruby Cairo
Movie · as Ed
Wind
Movie · as Jack Neville
Turtle Beach
Movie · as Ralph
Resistance
Movie · as Mr Wilson
Trouble in Paradise
Movie · as Jake
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
Movie · as Stuart Irving
The Riddle of the Stinson
Movie · as Bernard O'Reilly
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Movie · as Tom Campbell Black
Ground Zero
Movie · as Trebilcock
Kojak: The Price of Justice
Movie · as Aubrey Dubose
Short Circuit
Movie · as Party Guest
The Last Frontier
TV · as Nick Stenning · 2 eps
Flesh + Blood
Movie · as Hawkwood
Burke & Wills
Movie · as Robert O'Hara Burke
Waterfront
Movie · as Maxey Woodbury
Waterfront
TV · as Maxey Woodbury · 3 eps
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Movie · as Hicksley
The Man from Snowy River
Movie · as Clancy
Bad Blood
Movie · as Stan Graham
A Woman Called Golda
Movie · as Ariel
The Letter
Movie · as Robert Crosbie
Breaker Morant
Movie · as Major J.F. Thomas
The Club
Movie · as Laurie Holden
The Earthling
Movie · as Ross Daley
The Journalist
Movie · as Simon Morris
Parkinson In Australia
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Movie · as Rev. Neville
Because He's My Friend
Movie · as Geoff
Mad Dog Morgan
Movie · as Detective Manwaring
Caddie
Movie · as Ted
Sunday Too Far Away
Movie · as Foley
Scobie Malone
Movie · as Scobie Malone
That Lady from Peking
Movie · as Flunky
Tully
Movie · as Vic Parkes
Petersen
Movie · as Tony Petersen
Libido
Movie
The Evil Touch
TV · 3 eps
Wake in Fright
Movie · as Dick
Where Dead Men Lie
Movie · as Commentator (voice)
Spyforce
TV · 42 eps
Riptide
TV · as Ted · 1 ep