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