John Howard
Born: 1952-10-22 in Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
Known For: Acting
Biography
Has a sister, Jan. Grew up in Warrawee, NSW Australia and went to Knox Grammar School. Dropped out of medicine and law at university. Graduated in 1978 from NIDA with Penny Cook, Robert Grubb. Played leading roles from 1981 to 2012 in various plays. Won a Critics Circle award in 1992 for "The Crucible" and "Mongrels". Twice won Variety Entertainer of the Year (1992,2006). Nominated for an AFI award for "Joh's Jury" and nine times since.Silver logie winner for "Seachange" (2001) . Associate Director of the Sydney Theatre Company from 1992 to 1995. Launched the Australian People's Theatre (associated with the Sydney Theatre Company). Has a daughter born in 1996 and a son from a previous marriage. He is most famous for SeaChange (1998) and All Saints (2008). Ambassador for Variety (The Children's Charity) and Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation ( AMDF ).
Filmography
2026
2025
- Riley as Sports Broadcaster
2024
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as The People Eater
2022
- Colin from Accounts as Brian Crapp
2021
- Bump as Hippy Baby Boomer
2018
- The Merger as Bull Barlow
- Frontier
2017
- Get Krack!n as Bill Langham
- The Warriors as Bill Shepherd
2015
- Mad Max: Fury Road as The People Eater
- Last Cab to Darwin as Simmo
- unINDIAN as Mr Sanders
2014
- Janet King as Steven Blakely
- Soul Mates
- Grace Under Water as Ken
2006
- Jindabyne as Carl
2004
- Jessica
- A Man's Gotta Do as Eddy
2003
- Japanese Story as Richards
- Take Away as Burgies CEO
2002
- The Road from Coorain as Angus
2001
- The Job
- Always Greener as John Taylor
- The Man Who Sued God as Edward Piggott
1999
- In a Savage Land as Rev Macgregor
1998
- All Saints as Frank Campion
- SeaChange as Bob Jelly
- The Games as John Howard
- Never Tell Me Never as Uncle Darryl
1997
- Blackrock as Len Kirby
1996
- Pacific Blue as Dwayne Farrell
- Water Rats as D/S Sven Larsen
- Dating the Enemy as Davis
1993
- Blue Heelers as Michael Fielding
- Joh's Jury as Hedley
1992
- The Girl from Tomorrow as Silverthorn
1988
- Evil Angels as Lyle Morris
- Young Einstein as Preston Preston
- Around the World in Eighty Ways as Dr. Proctor
1986
- The Flying Doctors as Mike Stone
1984
- Razorback as Danny
- Strikebound as Bashed Scab
1983
- Bush Christmas as Sly
- Gary's Story as Gary
1982
- The Highest Honour as Captain R. C. Page
1981
- A Town Like Alice as Donald Paget
1980
- Water Under the Bridge as Archie
- The Club as Geoff Hayward
1975
- Capone as Warden J. Johnston