Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 31, 1940
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Credits
106 titles
Jack Thompson
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
Filmography
Sam Pang Tonight
Self
Runt
Earl Robert-Barren
Faraway Downs
Kipling Flynn
Poker Face
Shaman Bill (Paje)
My Name Is Gulpilil
Self
High Ground
Moran
Never Too Late
Angus Wilson
Home
On The Ropes
Strick
Show Me the Movie!
Self
Swinging Safari
Mayor
One Heart: One Spirit
Himself
Don't Tell
Bob Myers
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Self
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self
Blue World Order
Harris
The Light Between Oceans
Ralph Addicott
Blood on the Coal
Narrator
Ruben Guthrie
Peter Guthrie
Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All
Narrator
Devil's Playground
Cardinal Neville
Around the Block
Mr. O'Donnell
Mystery Road
Charlie Murray
The Great Gatsby
Dr. Walter Perkins
Blinder
Charlie "Chang" Hyde
Oakie's Outback Adventures
Orpheus
The Telegram Man
Bill Williams
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Harris
Mao’s Last Dancer
Judge Woodrow Seals
Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing
Australia
Kipling Flynn
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
Ten Empty
Bobby Thompson
Leatherheads
Harvey
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
December Boys
Bandy
Bastard Boys
The Good German
Congressman Breimer
Whaledreamers
Narrator (voice)
Feed
Richard
Gallipoli: The Untold Stories
Narrator
Man-Thing
Schist
Oyster Farmer
Skippy
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Jack Jones
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Cliegg Lars
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
Self
My Brother Jack
Bernard Brewster
Original Sin
Alan Jordan
South Pacific
Captain George Brackett