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