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
- Show Me the Movie! as Self
- Swinging Safari as Mayor
- On The Ropes as Strick
2017
- David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- Blue World Order as Harris
- Don't Tell as Bob Myers
- 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
- Blood on the Coal as Narrator
- Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All 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
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- Australia as Kipling Flynn
- Leatherheads as Harvey
- Not Quite Hollywood as Self
- Ten Empty as Bobby Thompson
2007
- Bastard Boys
- December Boys as Bandy
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
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon as Jack Jones
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- Oyster Farmer as Skippy
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
- Yolngu Boy as Policeman
- My Brother Jack as Bernard Brewster
2000
- The Magic Pudding as Buncle (voice)
1997
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Sonny Seiler
- Excess Baggage as Alexander
- Breaking Up ... (Thanks)
- 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 Dwelling Place as Richard
- The Sum of Us as Harry Mitchell
1993
- A Far Off Place as John Ricketts
1992
- Wind as Jack Neville
- Ruby Cairo as Ed
- Turtle Beach as Ralph
- Resistance as Mr Wilson
1989
- Trouble in Paradise as Jake
1988
- Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Tom Campbell Black
- The Riddle of the Stinson as Bernard O'Reilly
- The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy as Stuart Irving
1987
- Kojak: The Price of Justice as Aubrey Dubose
- Ground Zero as Trebilcock
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
- The Man from Snowy River as Clancy
- A Woman Called Golda as Ariel
- The Letter as Robert Crosbie
- Bad Blood as Stan Graham
1980
- Breaker Morant as Major J.F. Thomas
- The Earthling as Ross Daley
- The Club as Laurie Holden
1979
- Parkinson In Australia as Self
- The Journalist as Simon Morris
1978
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith as Rev. Neville
- Because He's My Friend as Geoff
1976
- Mad Dog Morgan as Detective Manwaring
- Caddie as Ted
1975
- That Lady from Peking as Flunky
- Scobie Malone as Scobie Malone
- Sunday Too Far Away as Foley
- Tully as Vic Parkes
1974
- Jock Petersen as Tony Petersen
1973
1971
- Spyforce
- Wake in Fright as Dick
- Where Dead Men Lie as Commentator (voice)
1969
- Riptide as Ted