Jack Thompson
Born: 1940-08-31 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
Filmography
2025
- Sam Pang Tonight as Self
2024
- Runt as Earl Robert-Barren
2023
- Faraway Downs as Kipling Flynn
2022
- Poker Face as Shaman Bill (Paje)
2021
- High Ground as Moran
- My Name Is Gulpilil as Self
2020
- Never Too Late as Angus Wilson
2019
2018
- Swinging Safari as Mayor
- Show Me the Movie! as Self
- On The Ropes as Strick
2017
- Don't Tell as Bob Myers
- Blue World Order as Harris
- David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self
- One Heart: One Spirit as Himself
2016
- The Light Between Oceans as Ralph Addicott
2015
- Ruben Guthrie as Peter Guthrie
- Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All as Narrator
- Blood on the Coal as Narrator
2014
- Devil's Playground as Cardinal Neville
2013
- The Great Gatsby as Dr. Walter Perkins
- Mystery Road as Charlie Murray
- Blinder as Charlie "Chang" Hyde
- Around the Block as Mr. O'Donnell
2011
- The Telegram Man as Bill Williams
- Oakie's Outback Adventures as Orpheus
2010
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark as Harris
2009
- Mao’s Last Dancer as US Federal Judge
- Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing
2008
- Australia as Kipling Flynn
- Ten Empty as Bobby Thompson
- Leatherheads as Harvey
- Not Quite Hollywood as Self
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2007
- December Boys as Bandy
- Bastard Boys
2006
- The Good German as Congressman Breimer
- Whaledreamers as Narrator (voice)
2005
- Man-Thing as Schist
- Feed as Richard
- Gallipoli: The Untold Stories as Narrator
2004
- Oyster Farmer as Skippy
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon as Jack Jones
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
2002
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Cliegg Lars
- Gulpilil: One Red Blood as Self
2001
- Original Sin as Alan Jordan
- South Pacific as Captain George Brackett
- My Brother Jack as Bernard Brewster
- Yolngu Boy as Policeman
2000
- The Magic Pudding as Buncle (voice)
1997
- Breaking Up ... (Thanks)
- Excess Baggage as Alexander
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Sonny Seiler
- Under the Lighthouse Dancing as Harry
1996
- Broken Arrow as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
- Last Dance as The Governor
- The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years as The Judge
- Flight of the Albatross as Mike
- McLeod's Daughters as Jack McLeod
1995
- A Woman of Independent Means as Sam Garner
- Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz as Narrator (voice)
1994
- The Sum of Us as Harry Mitchell
- The Dwelling Place as Richard
1993
- A Far Off Place as John Ricketts
1992
- Turtle Beach as Ralph
- Wind as Jack Neville
- Ruby Cairo as Ed
- Resistance as Mr Wilson
1989
- Trouble in Paradise as Jake
1988
- The Riddle of the Stinson as Bernard O'Reilly
- Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Tom Campbell Black
- The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy as Stuart Irving
1987
- Ground Zero as Trebilcock
- Kojak: The Price of Justice as Aubrey Dubose
1986
- Short Circuit as Party Guest
- The Last Frontier as Nick Stenning
1985
- Flesh + Blood as Hawkwood
- Burke & Wills as Robert O'Hara Burke
1984
- Waterfront as Maxey Woodbury
1983
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence as Hicksley
1982
- Bad Blood as Stan Graham
- The Letter as Robert Crosbie
- The Man from Snowy River as Clancy
- A Woman Called Golda as Ariel
1980
- The Earthling as Ross Daley
- The Club as Laurie Holden
- Breaker Morant as Major J.F. Thomas
1979
- The Journalist as Simon Morris
- Parkinson In Australia as Self
1978
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith as Rev. Neville
- Because He's My Friend as Geoff
1976
- Caddie as Ted
- Mad Dog Morgan as Detective Manwaring
1975
- Tully as Vic Parkes
- Scobie Malone as Scobie Malone
- That Lady from Peking as Flunky
- Sunday Too Far Away as Foley
1974
- Jock Petersen as Tony Petersen
1973
1971
- Wake in Fright as Dick
- Spyforce
1969
- Riptide as Ted