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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.
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Filmography
all 111
Movies 89
TV Shows 22
self 14
Narrator 4
Voice 3
Faraway Downs (2023)
Poker Face (2022)
The ABC Of (2022)
My Name Is Gulpilil (2021)
Never Too Late (2020)
High Ground (2020)
Home (2019)
On The Ropes (2018)
Show Me the Movie! (2018)
Swinging Safari (2018)
One Heart: One Spirit (2017)
Don't Tell (2017)
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (2017)
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017)
Blue World Order (2017)
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Anh's Brush with Fame (2016)
Blood on the Coal (2015)
Ruben Guthrie (2015)
Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All (2015)
Devil's Playground (2014)
Bonnie & Clyde (2013)
Around the Block (2013)
Mystery Road (2013)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Blinder (2013)
Oakie's Outback Adventures (2011)
The Telegram Man (2011)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing (2009)
Rainforest: The Secret Of Life (2009)
Australia (2008)
Top Gear Australia (2008)
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
Ten Empty (2008)
Leatherheads (2008)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2008)
December Boys (2007)
The Manual (2007)
Bastard Boys (2007)
The Good German (2006)
Whaledreamers (2006)
Oyster Farmer (2005)
Feed (2005)
Gallipoli: The Untold Stories (2005)
Man-Thing (2005)
The Colony (2005)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
My Brother Jack (2001)
Original Sin (2001)
South Pacific (2001)
Yolngu Boy (2001)
The Magic Pudding (2000)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Under the Lighthouse Dancing (1997)
Excess Baggage (1997)
McLeod's Daughters (1996)
Last Dance (1996)
Flight of the Albatross (1996)
Broken Arrow (1996)
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996)
A Woman of Independent Means (1995)
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz (1995)
The Sum of Us (1994)
The Dwelling Place (1994)
A Far Off Place (1993)
Ruby Cairo (1992)
Wind (1992)
Turtle Beach (1992)
Resistance (1992)
Trouble in Paradise (1989)
The Great Wall of Iron (1989)
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy (1988)
The Riddle of the Stinson (1988)
Ground Zero (1987)
Kojak: The Price of Justice (1987)
The Last Frontier (1986)
Short Circuit (1986)
Burke & Wills (1985)
Flesh + Blood (1985)
Waterfront (1984)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Bad Blood (1982)
The Letter (1982)
A Woman Called Golda (1982)
The Man from Snowy River (1982)
The Club (1980)
The Earthling (1980)
Breaker Morant (1980)
The Journalist (1979)
Parkinson In Australia (1979)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
Because He's My Friend (1978)
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
Caddie (1976)
That Lady from Peking (1975)
Scobie Malone (1975)
Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
Jock Petersen (1974)
The Evil Touch (1973)
Libido (1973)
Boney (1972)
Spyforce (1971)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Riptide (1969)
Runt
Find My Family
Justice in a Smoking Gun
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1940-08-31 (83 years old)
Birth NameJohn Hadley Pain
Birth PlaceSydney, Australia
CitizenshipsAustralia
ResidencesUlong, Australia
AwardsMember of the Order of Australia
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