
Jack Thompson
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
Known For
Credits
- 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 · My Name Is Gulpilil as Self
- 2020 · Never Too Late as Angus Wilson
- 2020 · High Ground as Moran
- 2019 · Home as
- 2018 · On The Ropes as Strick
- 2018 · Show Me the Movie! as Self
- 2018 · Swinging Safari as Mayor
- 2017 · One Heart: One Spirit as Himself
- 2017 · Don't Tell as Bob Myers
- 2017 · Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self
- 2017 · David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- 2017 · Blue World Order as Harris
- 2016 · The Light Between Oceans as Ralph Addicott
- 2015 · Blood on the Coal as Narrator
- 2015 · Ruben Guthrie as Peter Guthrie
- 2015 · Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All as Narrator
- 2014 · Devil's Playground as Cardinal Neville
- 2013 · Around the Block as Mr. O'Donnell
- 2013 · Mystery Road as Charlie Murray
- 2013 · The Great Gatsby as Dr. Walter Perkins
- 2013 · Blinder as Charlie "Chang" Hyde
- 2011 · Oakie's Outback Adventures as Orpheus
- 2011 · The Telegram Man as Bill Williams
- 2010 · Don't Be Afraid of the Dark as Harris
- 2009 · Mao’s Last Dancer as US Federal Judge
- 2009 · Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing as
- 2008 · Australia as Kipling Flynn
- 2008 · Not Quite Hollywood as Self
- 2008 · Ten Empty as Bobby Thompson
- 2008 · Leatherheads as Harvey
- 2008 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2007 · December Boys as Bandy
- 2007 · Bastard Boys as
- 2006 · The Good German as Congressman Breimer
- 2006 · Whaledreamers as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Feed as Richard
- 2005 · Gallipoli: The Untold Stories as Narrator
- 2005 · Man-Thing as Schist
- 2004 · Oyster Farmer as Skippy
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- 2004 · The Assassination of Richard Nixon as Jack Jones
- 2002 · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Cliegg Lars
- 2002 · Gulpilil: One Red Blood as Self
- 2001 · My Brother Jack as Bernard Brewster
- 2001 · Original Sin as Alan Jordan
- 2001 · South Pacific as Captain George Brackett
- 2001 · Yolngu Boy as Policeman
- 2000 · The Magic Pudding as Buncle (voice)
- 1997 · Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Sonny Seiler
- 1997 · Under the Lighthouse Dancing as Harry
- 1997 · Excess Baggage as Alexander
- 1996 · McLeod's Daughters as