Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 22, 1952
Place of Birth
Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
Credits
51 titles
John Howard
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
Filmography
Wolfram
Riley
Sports Broadcaster
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The People Eater
Colin from Accounts
Brian Crapp
Bump
Hippy Baby Boomer
A Matter Of Principle
The Merger
Bull Barlow
Frontier
Get Krack!n
Bill Langham
The Warriors
Bill Shepherd
unINDIAN
Mr Sanders
Last Cab to Darwin
Simmo
Mad Max: Fury Road
The People Eater
Grace Under Water
Ken
Soul Mates
Janet King
Steven Blakely
Jindabyne
Carl
Jessica
A Man's Gotta Do
Eddy
Japanese Story
Richards
Take Away
Burgies CEO
The Road from Coorain
Angus
The Man Who Sued God
Edward Piggott
Always Greener
John Taylor
The Job
In a Savage Land
Rev Macgregor
The Games
John Howard
SeaChange
Bob Jelly
Never Tell Me Never
Uncle Darryl
All Saints
Frank Campion
Blackrock
Len Kirby
Dating the Enemy
Davis
Pacific Blue
Dwayne Farrell
Water Rats
D/S Sven Larsen
Blue Heelers
Michael Fielding
Joh's Jury
Hedley
The Girl from Tomorrow
Silverthorn
Young Einstein
Preston Preston
Evil Angels
Lyle Morris
Around the World in Eighty Ways
Dr. Proctor
The Flying Doctors
Mike Stone
Strikebound
Bashed Scab
Razorback
Danny
Bush Christmas
Sly
Gary's Story
Gary
The Highest Honour
Captain R. C. Page
A Town Like Alice
Donald Paget
Water Under the Bridge
Archie
The Club
Geoff Hayward
Capone
Warden J. Johnston