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