Jack Thompson
Born Aug 31, 1940 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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
Runt
2024
Faraway Downs
2023
Poker Face
2022
High Ground
2021
Never Too Late
2020
Swinging Safari
2018
On The Ropes
2018
Blue World Order
2017
Don't Tell
2017
One Heart: One Spirit
2017
The Light Between Oceans
2016
Ruben Guthrie
2015
Devil's Playground
2014
The Great Gatsby
2013
Mystery Road
2013
Blinder
2013
Around the Block
2013
The Telegram Man
2011
Oakie's Outback Adventures
2011
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009
Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing
2009
Australia
2008
Leatherheads
2008
Ten Empty
2008
December Boys
2007
Bastard Boys
2007
The Good German
2006
Whaledreamers
2006
Man-Thing
2005
Feed
2005
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Oyster Farmer
2004
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
Original Sin
2001
My Brother Jack
2001
Yolngu Boy
2001
The Magic Pudding
2000
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
Excess Baggage
1997
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
1997
Broken Arrow
1996
Last Dance
1996
McLeod's Daughters
1996
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
1996
Flight of the Albatross
1996
A Woman of Independent Means
1995
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995
The Dwelling Place
1994
The Sum of Us
1994
A Far Off Place
1993
Ruby Cairo
1992
Wind
1992
Turtle Beach
1992
Resistance
1992
Trouble in Paradise
1989
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988
The Riddle of the Stinson
1988
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
Ground Zero
1987
Short Circuit
1986
The Last Frontier
1986
Flesh + Blood
1985
Burke & Wills
1985
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
The Man from Snowy River
1982
A Woman Called Golda
1982
The Letter
1982
Bad Blood
1982
Breaker Morant
1980
The Earthling
1980
The Club
1980
The Journalist
1979
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978
Because He's My Friend
1978
Mad Dog Morgan
1976
Caddie
1976
Sunday Too Far Away
1975
Scobie Malone
1975
That Lady from Peking
1975
Jock Petersen
1974
The Evil Touch
1973
Libido
1973
Spyforce
1971
Wake in Fright
1971
Where Dead Men Lie
1971
Riptide
1969