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