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Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

Actor · Born August 31, 1940 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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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

Acted in 89

2010s

  1. 2019

    Home

    Movie

  2. 2018

    On The Ropes

    Strick · 4 episodes

  3. 2017
  4. 2016
  5. 2015
  6. 2014

    Devil's Playground

    Cardinal Neville · 6 episodes

  7. 2013
  8. Blinder

    Charlie "Chang" Hyde

  9. 2011

    Oakie's Outback Adventures

    Orpheus

  10. The Telegram Man

    Bill Williams

  11. 2010

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing

    TV

  3. 2008
  4. Ten Empty

    Bobby Thompson

  5. 2007

    December Boys

    Bandy

  6. Bastard Boys

    TV

  7. 2006
  8. 2005
  9. 2004

    Oyster Farmer

    Skippy

  10. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Other Voices (voice)

  11. The Assassination of Richard Nixon

    Jack Jones

  12. 2002
  13. 2001

    My Brother Jack

    Bernard Brewster · 2 episodes

  14. South Pacific

    Captain George Brackett

  15. Yolngu Boy

    Policeman

  16. 2000

1990s

  1. 1997
  2. Under the Lighthouse Dancing

    Harry

  3. 1996

    McLeod's Daughters

    Jack McLeod

  4. Flight of the Albatross

    Mike

  5. 1995

    A Woman of Independent Means

    Sam Garner · 3 episodes

  6. 1994
  7. The Dwelling Place

    Richard · 3 episodes

  8. 1993

    A Far Off Place

    John Ricketts

  9. 1992
  10. Resistance

    Mr Wilson

1980s

  1. 1989

    Trouble in Paradise

    Jake

  2. 1988

    The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy

    Stuart Irving

  3. The Riddle of the Stinson

    Bernard O'Reilly

  4. 1987

    Ground Zero

    Trebilcock

  5. Kojak: The Price of Justice

    Aubrey Dubose

  6. 1986

    The Last Frontier

    Nick Stenning · 2 episodes

  7. 1985

    Burke & Wills

    Robert O'Hara Burke

  8. 1984

    Waterfront

    Maxey Woodbury

  9. 1983
  10. 1982

    Bad Blood

    Stan Graham

  11. The Letter

    Robert Crosbie

  12. 1980

    The Club

    Laurie Holden

  13. The Earthling

    Ross Daley

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Journalist

    Simon Morris

  2. 1978

    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

    Rev. Neville

  3. Because He's My Friend

    Geoff

  4. 1976

    Mad Dog Morgan

    Detective Manwaring

  5. Caddie

    Ted

  6. 1975

    That Lady from Peking

    Flunky

  7. Scobie Malone

    Scobie Malone

  8. Sunday Too Far Away

    Foley

  9. 1974

    Petersen

    Tony Petersen

  10. 1973

    The Evil Touch

    TV

  11. Libido

    Movie

  12. 1971
  13. Where Dead Men Lie

    Commentator (voice)

1960s

  1. 1969

    Riptide

    Ted · 1 episode

Produced 1

Appearances13

2020s

  1. 2025

    Sam Pang Tonight

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 2021

    My Name Is Gulpilil

    Self

2010s

  1. 2018

    Show Me the Movie!

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 2017

    One Heart: One Spirit

    Himself

  3. Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

    Self

  4. David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

    Self

  5. 2015

    Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All

    Narrator

2000s

  1. 2008

    Not Quite Hollywood

    Self

  2. Who Do You Think You Are?

    Self · 1 episode

  3. 2006

    Whaledreamers

    Narrator (voice)

  4. 2002

    Gulpilil: One Red Blood

    Self

1990s

  1. 1995

    Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

    Narrator (voice)

1970s

  1. 1979

    Parkinson In Australia

    Self · 1 episode

Thanked in the credits1