Jack Thompson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 31 August 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
Acting 90
- 2025Justice in a Smoking Gun as William Gray
- 2024Runt as Earl Robert-Barren
- 2022Poker Face as Shaman Bill (Paje)
- 2021My Name Is Gulpilil as Self
- 2021High Ground as Moran
- 2020Never Too Late as Angus Wilson
- 2019Home
- 2018Swinging Safari as Mayor
- 2017One Heart: One Spirit as Himself
- 2017Don't Tell as Bob Myers
- 2017Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self
- 2017David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- 2017Blue World Order as Harris
- 2016The Light Between Oceans as Ralph Addicott
- 2015Blood on the Coal as Narrator
- 2015Ruben Guthrie as Peter Guthrie
- 2015Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All as Narrator
- 2013Around the Block as Mr. O'Donnell
- 2013Mystery Road as Charlie Murray
- 2013The Great Gatsby as Dr. Walter Perkins
- 2013Blinder as Charlie "Chang" Hyde
- 2011Oakie's Outback Adventures as Orpheus
- 2011The Telegram Man as Bill Williams
- 2010Don't Be Afraid of the Dark as Harris
- 2009Mao’s Last Dancer as Judge Woodrow Seals
- 2008Australia as Kipling Flynn
- 2008Not Quite Hollywood as Self
- 2008Ten Empty as Bobby Thompson
- 2008Leatherheads as Harvey
- 2007December Boys as Bandy
- 2006The Good German as Congressman Breimer
- 2006Whaledreamers as Narrator (voice)
- 2005Feed as Richard
- 2005Gallipoli: The Untold Stories as Narrator
- 2005Man-Thing as Schist
- 2004Oyster Farmer as Skippy
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- 2004The Assassination of Richard Nixon as Jack Jones
- 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Cliegg Lars
- 2002Gulpilil: One Red Blood as Self
- 2001Original Sin as Alan Jordan
- 2001South Pacific as Captain George Brackett
- 2001Yolngu Boy as Policeman
- 2000The Magic Pudding as Buncle (voice)
- 1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Sonny Seiler
- 1997Under the Lighthouse Dancing as Harry
- 1997Excess Baggage as Alexander
- 1996McLeod's Daughters as Jack McLeod
- 1996Last Dance as The Governor
- 1996Flight of the Albatross as Mike
- 1996The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years as The Judge
- 1996Broken Arrow as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
- 1995Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz as Narrator (voice)
- 1994The Sum of Us as Harry Mitchell
- 1993A Far Off Place as John Ricketts
- 1992Ruby Cairo as Ed
- 1992Wind as Jack Neville
- 1992Turtle Beach as Ralph
- 1992Resistance as Mr Wilson
- 1989Trouble in Paradise as Jake
- 1988The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy as Stuart Irving
- 1988The Riddle of the Stinson as Bernard O'Reilly
- 1988Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Tom Campbell Black
- 1987Ground Zero as Trebilcock
- 1987Kojak: The Price of Justice as Aubrey Dubose
- 1986Short Circuit as Party Guest
- 1985Burke & Wills as Robert O'Hara Burke
- 1985Flesh + Blood as Hawkwood
- 1984Waterfront as Maxey Woodbury
- 1983Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence as Hicksley
- 1982Bad Blood as Stan Graham
- 1982The Letter as Robert Crosbie
- 1982A Woman Called Golda as Ariel
- 1982The Man from Snowy River as Clancy
- 1980The Club as Laurie Holden
- 1980The Earthling as Ross Daley
- 1980Breaker Morant as Major J.F. Thomas
- 1979The Journalist as Simon Morris
- 1978The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith as Rev. Neville
- 1978Because He's My Friend as Geoff
- 1976Mad Dog Morgan as Detective Manwaring
- 1976Caddie as Ted
- 1975Tully as Vic Parkes
- 1975That Lady from Peking as Flunky
- 1975Scobie Malone as Scobie Malone
- 1975Sunday Too Far Away as Foley
- 1974Petersen as Tony Petersen
- 1973Libido
- 1971Wake in Fright as Dick
- 1971Where Dead Men Lie as Commentator (voice)
Production 1
- 2005Feed · executive producer
crew 1
- 1997Breaking Up · thanks