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