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Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

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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 Sno

Born

Aug 31, 1940

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Known For

Acting

Movies

89 acting

2 crew

Popularity

1.3

Known For

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
2013 • as Dr. Walter Perkins
★ 7.3
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
★ 6.6
Original Sin
Original Sin
2001 • as Alan Jordan
★ 6.2
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 • as Hicksley
★ 7.3
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
1996 • as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
★ 6.1
Australia
Australia
2008 • as Kipling Flynn
★ 6.6
Short Circuit
Short Circuit
1986 • as Party Guest
★ 6.7
Flesh + Blood
Flesh + Blood
1985 • as Hawkwood
★ 6.6
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans
2016 • as Ralph Addicott
★ 7.1
Poker Face
Poker Face
2022 • as Shaman Bill (Paje)
★ 5.6
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
★ 6.4
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
★ 5.9
The Good German
The Good German
2006 • as Congressman Breimer
★ 5.8
Leatherheads
Leatherheads
2008 • as Harvey
★ 5.9
The Man from Snowy River
The Man from Snowy River
1982 • as Clancy
★ 7.0
A Far Off Place
A Far Off Place
1993 • as John Ricketts
★ 6.2
Whaledreamers
Whaledreamers
2006 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 5.5
Home
Home
2019
★ 10.0
Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright
1971 • as Dick
★ 7.2
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
★ 6.5
High Ground
High Ground
2021 • as Moran
★ 6.4
Man-Thing
Man-Thing
2005 • as Schist
★ 4.3
Feed
Feed
2005 • as Richard
★ 5.6
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
★ 7.2
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
1980 • as Major J.F. Thomas
★ 7.1
Swinging Safari
Swinging Safari
2018 • as Mayor
★ 5.3
Excess Baggage
Excess Baggage
1997 • as Alexander
★ 6.1
Don't Tell
Don't Tell
2017 • as Bob Myers
★ 6.3
December Boys
December Boys
2007 • as Bandy
★ 6.0
Wind
Wind
1992 • as Jack Neville
★ 6.2
Last Dance
Last Dance
1996 • as The Governor
★ 5.7
The Sum of Us
The Sum of Us
1994 • as Harry Mitchell
★ 6.8
Mao’s Last Dancer
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009 • as Judge Woodrow Seals
★ 6.6
Ruby Cairo
Ruby Cairo
1992 • as Ed
★ 5.0
Where Dead Men Lie
Where Dead Men Lie
1971 • as Commentator (voice)
Blue World Order
Blue World Order
2017 • as Harris
★ 4.2
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978 • as Rev. Neville
★ 6.7
Never Too Late
Never Too Late
2020 • as Angus Wilson
★ 5.8
Mystery Road
Mystery Road
2013 • as Charlie Murray
★ 6.2
Runt
Runt
2024 • as Earl Robert-Barren
★ 6.2
Not Quite Hollywood
Not Quite Hollywood
2008 • as Self
★ 6.8
A Woman Called Golda
A Woman Called Golda
1982 • as Ariel
★ 7.7
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
★ 6.9
Kojak: The Price of Justice
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987 • as Aubrey Dubose
★ 5.2
The Riddle of the Stinson
The Riddle of the Stinson
1988 • as Bernard O'Reilly
★ 7.2
The Earthling
The Earthling
1980 • as Ross Daley
★ 6.4
My Name Is Gulpilil
My Name Is Gulpilil
2021 • as Self
★ 6.6
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
★ 4.6
McLeod's Daughters
McLeod's Daughters
1996 • as Jack McLeod
★ 6.3
The Magic Pudding
The Magic Pudding
2000 • as Buncle (voice)
★ 5.4
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
★ 5.3
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988 • as Tom Campbell Black
★ 6.0
Petersen
Petersen
1974 • as Tony Petersen
★ 3.8
Trouble in Paradise
Trouble in Paradise
1989 • as Jake
★ 4.4
Mad Dog Morgan
Mad Dog Morgan
1976 • as Detective Manwaring
★ 5.9
Scobie Malone
Scobie Malone
1975 • as Scobie Malone
★ 5.0
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995 • as Narrator (voice)
Turtle Beach
Turtle Beach
1992 • as Ralph
★ 5.3
Sunday Too Far Away
Sunday Too Far Away
1975 • as Foley
★ 6.5
The Letter
The Letter
1982 • as Robert Crosbie
★ 4.7
Ruben Guthrie
Ruben Guthrie
2015 • as Peter Guthrie
★ 4.6
South Pacific
South Pacific
2001 • as Captain George Brackett
★ 5.3
Bad Blood
Bad Blood
1982 • as Stan Graham
★ 6.9
Around the Block
Around the Block
2013 • as Mr. O'Donnell
★ 5.0
Burke & Wills
Burke & Wills
1985 • as Robert O'Hara Burke
★ 5.1
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988 • as Stuart Irving
★ 5.5
Ground Zero
Ground Zero
1987 • as Trebilcock
★ 6.8
Yolngu Boy
Yolngu Boy
2001 • as Policeman
★ 5.8
One Heart: One Spirit
One Heart: One Spirit
2017 • as Himself
Flight of the Albatross
Flight of the Albatross
1996 • as Mike
★ 7.6
movie
Gallipoli: The Untold Stories
2005 • as Narrator
Oakie's Outback Adventures
Oakie's Outback Adventures
2011 • as Orpheus
★ 4.3
Blinder
Blinder
2013 • as Charlie "Chang" Hyde
★ 4.5
That Lady from Peking
That Lady from Peking
1975 • as Flunky
★ 4.0
Resistance
Resistance
1992 • as Mr Wilson
★ 6.0
Because He's My Friend
Because He's My Friend
1978 • as Geoff
★ 8.0
Oyster Farmer
Oyster Farmer
2004 • as Skippy
★ 5.7
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
2002 • as Self
★ 6.8
Libido
★ 4.7
Waterfront
Waterfront
1984 • as Maxey Woodbury
The Telegram Man
The Telegram Man
2011 • as Bill Williams
★ 7.5
The Club
The Club
1980 • as Laurie Holden
★ 6.0
Caddie
Caddie
1976 • as Ted
★ 6.2
Ten Empty
Ten Empty
2008 • as Bobby Thompson
★ 2.5
movie
Tully
1975 • as Vic Parkes
★ 9.0
The Journalist
The Journalist
1979 • as Simon Morris
★ 4.8
movie
Blood on the Coal
2015 • as Narrator
★ 7.5