Jack Thompson
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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- Born:
- Aug 31, 1940 In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 86
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Justice in a Smoking Gun
- Latest Project:
- Movie Runt 2024-09-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Justice in a Smoking Gun | William Gray | 2025 |
| Movie | Runt | Earl Robert-Barren | 2024-09-19 |
| Series | Faraway Downs | Kipling Flynn | 2023-11-26 |
| Movie | Poker Face | Shaman Bill (Paje) | 2022-11-16 |
| Movie | Swinging Safari | Mayor | 2018-01-18 |
| Series | On The Ropes | Strick | 2018-11-28 |
| Movie | Don't Tell | Bob Myers | 2017-05-18 |
| Movie | Blue World Order | Harris | 2017-03-03 |
| Movie | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self | 2017-03-09 |
| Movie | The Light Between Oceans | Ralph Addicott | 2016-09-02 |
| Movie | Ruben Guthrie | Peter Guthrie | 2015-07-16 |
| Movie | The Sarkeesian Effect: Inside the World of Social Justice Warriors | Himself | 2015-09-14 |
| Series | Devil's Playground | Cardinal Neville | 2014-09-09 |
| Movie | Blinder | Charlie "Chang" Hyde | 2013-03-07 |
| Movie | Mystery Road | Charlie Murray | 2013-08-15 |
| Movie | Around the Block | Mr. O'Donnell | 2013-09-06 |
| Movie | The Great Gatsby | Dr. Walter Perkins | 2013-05-09 |
| Movie | Oakie's Outback Adventures | Orpheus | 2011-08-04 |
| Movie | Victims | Jason | 2011-05-31 |
| Movie | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Harris | 2010-11-06 |
| Movie | Mao’s Last Dancer | US Federal Judge | 2009-10-01 |
| Movie | Leatherheads | Harvey | 2008-03-24 |
| Movie | Not Quite Hollywood | Self | 2008-08-28 |
| Movie | Australia | Kipling Flynn | 2008-11-18 |
| Movie | Ten Empty | Bobby Thompson | 2008-07-03 |
| Movie | December Boys | Bandy | 2007-09-14 |
| Series | Bastard Boys | 2007-05-13 | |
| Movie | The Good German | Congressman Breimer | 2006-12-15 |
| Movie | All the Invisible Children | James (segment "Jonathan") | 2005-09-01 |
| Movie | Man-Thing | Schist | 2005-04-21 |
| Movie | Feed | Richard | 2005-05-11 |
| Movie | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Jack Jones | 2004-05-17 |
| Movie | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | 2004-09-04 |
| Movie | Oyster Farmer | Skippy | 2004-09-10 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Cliegg Lars | 2002-05-15 |
| Movie | South Pacific | Captain George Brackett | 2001-03-26 |
| Movie | Original Sin | Alan Jordan | 2001-05-08 |
| Movie | The Magic Pudding | Buncle (voice) | 2000-12-14 |
| Movie | Excess Baggage | Alexander | 1997-08-29 |
| Movie | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Sonny Seiler | 1997-11-21 |
| Movie | Under the Lighthouse Dancing | Harry | 1997-10-15 |
| Movie | The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years | The Judge | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Broken Arrow | Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff | 1996-02-09 |
| Movie | Flight of the Albatross | Mike | 1996-04-29 |
| Movie | Last Dance | The Governor | 1996-05-02 |
| Movie | McLeod's Daughters | Jack McLeod | 1996-05-11 |
| Movie | Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz | Narrator (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
| Series | A Woman of Independent Means | Sam Garner | 1995-02-19 |
| Series | The Dwelling Place | Richard | 1994-05-08 |
| Movie | The Sum of Us | Harry Mitchell | 1994-07-28 |
| Movie | A Far Off Place | John Ricketts | 1993-03-12 |
| Movie | Ruby Cairo | Ed | 1992-12-12 |
| Movie | Resistance | Mr Wilson | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Turtle Beach | Ralph | 1992-03-19 |
| Movie | Wind | Jack Neville | 1992-09-11 |
| Movie | Trouble in Paradise | Jake | 1989-05-16 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy | Stuart Irving | 1988-10-09 |
| Movie | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Tom Campbell Black | 1988-05-15 |
| Movie | The Riddle of the Stinson | Bernard O'Reilly | 1988-07-25 |
| Movie | Ground Zero | Trebilcock | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Kojak: The Price of Justice | Aubrey Dubose | 1987-02-21 |
| Series | The Last Frontier | Nick Stenning | 1986-10-05 |
| Movie | Short Circuit | Party Guest | 1986-05-09 |
| Movie | Flesh + Blood | Hawkwood | 1985-08-30 |
| Movie | Burke & Wills | Robert O'Hara Burke | 1985-10-30 |
| Movie | Waterfront | Maxey Woodbury | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Hicksley | 1983-05-28 |
| Movie | Bad Blood | Stan Graham | 1982-11-12 |
| Movie | The Man from Snowy River | Clancy | 1982-03-25 |
| Movie | A Woman Called Golda | Ariel | 1982-04-26 |
| Movie | The Letter | Robert Crosbie | 1982-05-03 |
| Movie | Breaker Morant | Major J.F. Thomas | 1980-06-11 |
| Movie | The Club | Laurie Holden | 1980-09-18 |
| Movie | The Earthling | Ross Daley | 1980-07-24 |
| Movie | The Journalist | Simon Morris | 1979-11-15 |
| Movie | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Rev. Neville | 1978-06-21 |
| Movie | Mad Dog Morgan | Detective Manwaring | 1976-07-09 |
| Movie | Caddie | Ted | 1976-01-01 |
| Movie | That Lady from Peking | Flunky | 1975-11-13 |
| Movie | Sunday Too Far Away | Foley | 1975-06-01 |
| Movie | Scobie Malone | Scobie Malone | 1975-10-03 |
| Movie | Jock Petersen | Tony Petersen | 1974-01-01 |
| Movie | Libido | 1973-04-06 | |
| Movie | Wake in Fright | Dick | 1971-07-21 |
| Series | Spyforce | 1971-08-08 | |
| Movie | A Connecticut Yankee | 1955-03-12 |