John Jarratt

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

72

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-08-05 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Wongawilli, New South Wales, Australia

John Jarratt

Biography

Jarratt was born and grew up in Wongawilli, a small rural town near Wollongong, New South Wales and later in the Snowy Mountains area. Jarratt’s father was a coal miner and later a concreter, who worked on the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme. His 5x great-grandfather, George Jarratt, born 1833, came from Croxton in Cambridgeshire, England; his son, John, married a Mary Kelly from Ireland. While in high school, Jarratt directed and acted in a school play which was a great success and led to his school principal recommending him for an acting career. Jarratt graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1973. His screen debut was in The Great Macarthy. He also appeared in Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock in 1975 and Summer City in 1977 with Mel Gibson. Jarratt had the lead role in the mini series The Last Outlaw playing Ned Kelly in 1979. He played a major supporting role as a young Australian soldier in Vietnam war movie The Odd Angry Shot, 1980. In the late 1980s, Jarratt recognised he had a problem with binge drinking and related violence and joined Alcoholics Anonymous, an organisation in which he continues to be active. In the 1990s, he was a presenter on the lifestyle show Better Homes and Gardens with then-wife Noni Hazlehurst. He had guest roles in Inspector Morse, Police Rescue, Blue Murder, Water Rats and Blue Heelers in the 1990s and 2000s. He joined the cast of McLeod’s Daughters in 2001, and left the show in 2006. In 2010, Jarratt appeared in a commercial for Husqvarna. In May 2013, Jarratt filmed a guest star role in the third instalment of the ABC telemovie series, Jack Irish: Dead Point. In 2005, he had a major role in the Australian film Wolf Creek, playing the villain Mick Taylor.[5] In 2007, he appeared in two films, Rogue and The Final Winter. Jarratt also had a small role in the 2008 film, Australia, as a soldier. In 2008, Jarratt launched his own film production company, Winnah Films. Winnah’s first feature film, Savages Crossing (originally carrying the working title Flood) went into principal photography outside Ipswich, Queensland in February. In 2009, he appears as the father of a teenage girl via phone in Telstra’s “Next G” commercials. In 2010, Jarratt starred in the ensemble exploitation extravaganza, Bad Behaviour, written and directed by Joseph Sims. In the same year, Jarratt also had a role in the supernatural horror movie Needle. He made a cameo in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained in 2012, appearing as an employee of the Le Quint Dickie Mining Company alongside Tarantino himself, both appearing with Australian accents. In February 2013, Jarratt reprised his role as Mick Taylor, filming the Wolf Creek sequel, Wolf Creek 2, with Matt Hearn producing and Greg McLean directing. The film was released on 20 February 2014. In January 2014, a new thriller called StalkHer began filming on the Gold Coast, Queensland. The film is co-directed by Jarratt, who also stars in the production. The producer of the film is ‘OZPIX’, a production company partly owned by Jarratt. Filming was completed in February 2014, and will screen later in the year.

Known For

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • Blue Heelers

    Blue Heelers

  • Django Unchained

    Django Unchained

  • Siren

    Siren

  • Wolf Creek

    Wolf Creek

  • Dark Age

    Dark Age

  • Water Rats

    Water Rats

  • Australia

    Australia

  • McLeod's Daughters

    McLeod's Daughters

  • Pirates Island

    Pirates Island

  • StalkHer

    StalkHer

  • Shiver

    Shiver

  • Fluteman

    Fluteman

  • The Possessed

    The Possessed

  • Needle

    Needle

  • Police Rescue

    Police Rescue

  • Observance

    Observance

  • Midnight Dancer

    Midnight Dancer

  • Savages Crossing

    Savages Crossing

  • Rogue

    Rogue

  • Double or Nothing

    Double or Nothing

  • Joh's Jury

    Joh's Jury

  • Talk

    Talk

  • Wolf Creek

    Wolf Creek

  • Hero

    Hero

  • Darby and Joan

    Darby and Joan

  • Darby and Joan

    Darby and Joan

  • Father, Dear Father

    Father, Dear Father

  • The Naked Country

    The Naked Country

  • Wolf Creek 2

    Wolf Creek 2

  • Blue Murder

    Blue Murder

  • Bluey

    Bluey

  • The Settlement

    The Settlement

  • Wolf Creek: Legacy

    Wolf Creek: Legacy

  • Boar

    Boar

  • Picnic at Hanging Rock

    Picnic at Hanging Rock

  • The Last Outlaw

    The Last Outlaw

  • The Ninth Order

    The Ninth Order

  • Love You Like That

    Love You Like That

  • The Ascendants

    The Ascendants

  • Outriders

    Outriders

  • Next of Kin

    Next of Kin

  • Not Quite Hollywood

    Not Quite Hollywood

  • We of the Never Never

    We of the Never Never

  • Red Dog: True Blue

    Red Dog: True Blue

  • The Tree

    The Tree

  • The Odd Angry Shot

    The Odd Angry Shot

  • 100 Bloody Acres

    100 Bloody Acres

  • Jack Irish: Dead Point

    Jack Irish: Dead Point

  • Territory Cops

    Territory Cops

  • Zombie Plane

    Zombie Plane

  • The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

  • Little Boy Lost

    Little Boy Lost

  • The Time Game

    The Time Game

  • The Final Winter

    The Final Winter

  • Chase Through the Night

    Chase Through the Night

  • Blue Fin

    Blue Fin

  • What About Sal?

    What About Sal?

  • Dead Heart

    Dead Heart

  • The Great MacArthy

    The Great MacArthy

  • Summer City

    Summer City

  • All Men Are Liars

    All Men Are Liars

  • Bad Behaviour

    Bad Behaviour

  • Christmas Down Under

    Christmas Down Under

  • Touch the Sun: Top Enders

    Touch the Sun: Top Enders

  • Shed

    Shed

  • The Making of 'Wolf Creek'

    The Making of 'Wolf Creek'

  • Plunge Into Darkness

    Plunge Into Darkness

  • Crime of the Decade

    Crime of the Decade

  • Frenzy

    Frenzy

  • Australian Dream

    Australian Dream

  • The Sound of Love

    The Sound of Love