Jack Thompson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

104

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-08-31 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jack Thompson

Biography

​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

  • Original Sin

    Original Sin

  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

  • Kojak: The Price of Justice

    Kojak: The Price of Justice

  • Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

    Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

  • Swinging Safari

    Swinging Safari

  • Sam Pang Tonight

    Sam Pang Tonight

  • Runt

    Runt

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • Short Circuit

    Short Circuit

  • Broken Arrow

    Broken Arrow

  • Australia

    Australia

  • High Ground

    High Ground

  • Mystery Road

    Mystery Road

  • Tully

    Tully

  • Libido

    Libido

  • Man-Thing

    Man-Thing

  • Wind

    Wind

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • Ground Zero

    Ground Zero

  • Waterfront

    Waterfront

  • Ruben Guthrie

    Ruben Guthrie

  • The Earthling

    The Earthling

  • Turtle Beach

    Turtle Beach

  • Faraway Downs

    Faraway Downs

  • Last Dance

    Last Dance

  • Bad Blood

    Bad Blood

  • Caddie

    Caddie

  • Scobie Malone

    Scobie Malone

  • Feed

    Feed

  • December Boys

    December Boys

  • Blinder

    Blinder

  • Ruby Cairo

    Ruby Cairo

  • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

  • The Letter

    The Letter

  • Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

    Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

  • Excess Baggage

    Excess Baggage

  • Leatherheads

    Leatherheads

  • Jock Petersen

    Jock Petersen

  • The Journalist

    The Journalist

  • South Pacific

    South Pacific

  • Oyster Farmer

    Oyster Farmer

  • Ten Empty

    Ten Empty

  • Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

    Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

  • The Magic Pudding

    The Magic Pudding

  • The Man from Snowy River

    The Man from Snowy River

  • Mao’s Last Dancer

    Mao’s Last Dancer

  • The Evil Touch

    The Evil Touch

  • The Light Between Oceans

    The Light Between Oceans

  • The Club

    The Club

  • Resistance

    Resistance

  • Flesh + Blood

    Flesh + Blood

  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

    The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

  • Riptide

    Riptide

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • The Good German

    The Good German

  • A Far Off Place

    A Far Off Place

  • The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

  • Blue World Order

    Blue World Order

  • Trouble in Paradise

    Trouble in Paradise

  • The Telegram Man

    The Telegram Man

  • Flight of the Albatross

    Flight of the Albatross

  • Mad Dog Morgan

    Mad Dog Morgan

  • Around the Block

    Around the Block

  • The Sum of Us

    The Sum of Us

  • Don't Tell

    Don't Tell

  • The Riddle of the Stinson

    The Riddle of the Stinson

  • The Assassination of Richard Nixon

    The Assassination of Richard Nixon

  • Sunday Too Far Away

    Sunday Too Far Away

  • A Woman Called Golda

    A Woman Called Golda

  • Wake in Fright

    Wake in Fright

  • Never Too Late

    Never Too Late

  • That Lady from Peking

    That Lady from Peking

  • McLeod's Daughters

    McLeod's Daughters

  • Because He's My Friend

    Because He's My Friend

  • Parkinson In Australia

    Parkinson In Australia

  • Devil's Playground

    Devil's Playground

  • Breaker Morant

    Breaker Morant

  • The Dwelling Place

    The Dwelling Place

  • Not Quite Hollywood

    Not Quite Hollywood

  • The Last Frontier

    The Last Frontier

  • My Name Is Gulpilil

    My Name Is Gulpilil

  • Spyforce

    Spyforce

  • Show Me the Movie!

    Show Me the Movie!

  • Oakie's Outback Adventures

    Oakie's Outback Adventures

  • A Woman of Independent Means

    A Woman of Independent Means

  • Burke & Wills

    Burke & Wills

  • On The Ropes

    On The Ropes

  • Bastard Boys

    Bastard Boys

  • My Brother Jack

    My Brother Jack

  • Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

    Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

  • Yolngu Boy

    Yolngu Boy

  • Blood on the Coal

    Blood on the Coal

  • Under the Lighthouse Dancing

    Under the Lighthouse Dancing

  • David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

    David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

  • Home

    Home

  • Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing

    Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing

  • Whaledreamers

    Whaledreamers

  • Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

    Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

  • Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

    Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

  • Gulpilil: One Red Blood

    Gulpilil: One Red Blood

  • The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy

    The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy

  • Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All

    Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All

  • Gallipoli: The Untold Stories

    Gallipoli: The Untold Stories

  • One Heart: One Spirit

    One Heart: One Spirit