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Jack Thompson
Also known as: John Hadley Thompson, John Thompson
Acting
Born:August 31, 1940(age 86)
Birthplace:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality:Australia
Education:Sydney Boys High School, University of Queensland
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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
Notable Works
The Man from Snowy RiverDecember BoysThe ClubSunday Too Far AwayPetersenSwinging SafariThe Magic PuddingNever Too Late
Filmography (83 movies)
7.7
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A Woman Called Golda
1982
as Ariel
7.5
7.5
Blood on the Coal
2015
as Narrator
7.4
7.4
The Great Gatsby
2013
as Dr. Walter Perkins
7.3
7.3
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
as Hicksley
7.3
7.3
Wake in Fright
1971
as Dick
7.2
7.2
Flight of the Albatross
1996
as Mike
7.1
7.1
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
7.1
7.1
Breaker Morant
1980
as Major J.F. Thomas
7.1
7.1
The Light Between Oceans
2016
as Ralph Addicott
7.0
7.0
The Telegram Man
2011
as Bill Williams
7.0
7.0
The Man from Snowy River
1982
as Clancy
6.8
6.8
The Riddle of the Stinson
1988
as Bernard O'Reilly
6.7
6.7
The Sum of Us
1994
as Harry Mitchell
6.7
6.7
Bad Blood
1982
as Stan Graham
6.7
6.7
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978
as Rev. Neville
6.6
6.6
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
2002
as Self
6.6
6.6
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Cliegg Lars
6.6
6.6
Flesh + Blood
1985
as Hawkwood
6.6
6.6
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009
as US Federal Judge
6.5
6.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004
as Jack Jones
6.4
6.4
Sunday Too Far Away
1975
as Foley
6.4
6.4
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Sonny Seiler
6.3
6.3
High Ground
2021
as Moran
6.3
6.3
Don't Tell
2017
as Bob Myers
6.3
6.3
Ground Zero
1987
as Trebilcock
6.3
6.3
The Earthling
1980
as Ross Daley
6.2
6.2
My Name Is Gulpilil
2021
as Self
6.2
6.2
Mystery Road
2013
as Charlie Murray
6.1
6.1
Wind
1992
as Jack Neville
6.1
6.1
Original Sin
2001
as Alan Jordan
6.1
6.1
A Far Off Place
1993
as John Ricketts
6.1
6.1
Excess Baggage
1997
as Alexander
6.1
6.1
Broken Arrow
1996
as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
6.0
6.0
December Boys
2007
as Bandy
5.9
5.9
Runt
2024
as Earl Robert-Barren
5.9
5.9
Leatherheads
2008
as Harvey
5.8
5.8
Mad Dog Morgan
1976
as Detective Manwaring
5.8
5.8
The Good German
2006
as Congressman Breimer
5.8
5.8
Whaledreamers
2006
as Narrator (voice)
5.8
5.8
Never Too Late
2020
as Angus Wilson
5.8
5.8
Caddie
1976
as Ted
5.8
5.8
The Club
1980
as Laurie Holden
5.8
5.8
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
as Harris
5.7
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Last Dance
1996
as The Governor
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Oyster Farmer
2004
as Skippy
5.6
5.6
Poker Face
2022
as Shaman Bill (Paje)
5.5
5.5
Feed
2005
Executive Producer
5.4
5.4
McLeod's Daughters
1996
as Jack McLeod
5.3
5.3
Yolngu Boy
2001
as Policeman
5.2
5.2
Swinging Safari
2018
as Mayor
5.1
5.1
Around the Block
2013
as Mr. O'Donnell
5.1
5.1
The Magic Pudding
2000
as Buncle (voice)
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4.9
Turtle Beach
1992
as Ralph
4.9
4.9
Ruby Cairo
1992
as Ed
4.9
4.9
South Pacific
2001
as Captain George Brackett
4.8
4.8
Blinder
2013
as Charlie "Chang" Hyde
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4.6
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
1997
as Harry
4.6
4.6
Ruben Guthrie
2015
as Peter Guthrie
4.5
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Burke & Wills
1985
as Robert O'Hara Burke
4.4
4.4
Scobie Malone
1975
as Scobie Malone
4.3
4.3
Man-Thing
2005
as Schist
4.3
4.3
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
as Self
4.3
4.3
Oakie's Outback Adventures
2011
as Orpheus
4.3
4.3
Blue World Order
2017
as Harris
4.2
4.2
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
as Aubrey Dubose
4.0
4.0
The Journalist
1979
as Simon Morris
3.8
3.8
Libido
1973
3.7
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Trouble in Paradise
1989
as Jake
3.5
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The Letter
1982
as Robert Crosbie
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3.2
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988
as Stuart Irving
3.0
3.0
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988
as Tom Campbell Black
2.8
2.8
Jock Petersen
1974
as Tony Petersen
2.5
2.5
Ten Empty
2008
as Bobby Thompson
1.0
1.0
That Lady from Peking
1975
as Flunky
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995
as Narrator (voice)
One Heart: One Spirit
2017
as Himself
Because He's My Friend
1978
as Geoff
Waterfront
1984
as Maxey Woodbury
Gallipoli: The Untold Stories
2005
as Narrator
Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All
2015
as Narrator
Tully
1975
as Vic Parkes
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
as Self
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