Jack Thompson
Acting
Born: 1940-08-31 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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
The Great Gatsby
Dr. Walter Perkins
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Cliegg Lars
Original Sin
Alan Jordan
Broken Arrow
Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
Short Circuit
Party Guest
Poker Face
Shaman Bill (Paje)
Australia
Kipling Flynn
Faraway Downs
Kipling Flynn
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Flesh + Blood
Hawkwood
The Light Between Oceans
Ralph Addicott
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Harris
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Hicksley
Man-Thing
Schist
The Good German
Congressman Breimer
Excess Baggage
Alexander
Last Dance
The Governor
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Sonny Seiler
Swinging Safari
Mayor
Spyforce
The Evil Touch
Leatherheads
Harvey
Parkinson In Australia
Self
Don't Tell
Bob Myers
December Boys
Bandy
Riptide
Ted
High Ground
Moran
Mystery Road
Charlie Murray
Sam Pang Tonight
Self
The Man from Snowy River
Clancy
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Jack Jones
Breaker Morant
Major J.F. Thomas
Runt
Earl Robert-Barren
Show Me the Movie!
Self
A Woman of Independent Means
Sam Garner
Devil's Playground
Cardinal Neville
Ruby Cairo
Ed
Wake in Fright
Dick
Wind
Jack Neville
A Far Off Place
John Ricketts