Jack Thompson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 31, 1940
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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
Filmography
Runt 2024
as Earl Robert-Barren
Poker Face 2022
as Shaman Bill (Paje)
My Name Is Gulpilil 2021
as Self
High Ground 2021
as Moran
Never Too Late 2020
as Angus Wilson
Home 2019
Actor
Swinging Safari 2018
as Mayor
One Heart: One Spirit 2017
as Himself
Don't Tell 2017
as Bob Myers
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches 2017
as Self
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life 2017
as Self
Blue World Order 2017
as Harris
The Light Between Oceans 2016
as Ralph Addicott
- Blood on the Coal
Blood on the Coal 2015
as Narrator
Ruben Guthrie 2015
as Peter Guthrie
Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All 2015
as Narrator
Around the Block 2013
as Mr. O'Donnell
Mystery Road 2013
as Charlie Murray
The Great Gatsby 2013
as Dr. Walter Perkins
Blinder 2013
as Charlie "Chang" Hyde
Oakie's Outback Adventures 2011
as Orpheus
The Telegram Man 2011
as Bill Williams
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark 2010
as Harris
Mao’s Last Dancer 2009
as Judge Woodrow Seals
Australia 2008
as Kipling Flynn
Not Quite Hollywood 2008
as Self
Ten Empty 2008
as Bobby Thompson
Leatherheads 2008
as Harvey
December Boys 2007
as Bandy
The Good German 2006
as Congressman Breimer
Whaledreamers 2006
as Narrator (voice)
Feed 2005
as Richard, Executive Producer
- Gallipoli: The Untold Stories
Gallipoli: The Untold Stories 2005
as Narrator
Man-Thing 2005
as Schist
Oyster Farmer 2004
as Skippy
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004
as Other Voices (voice)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon 2004
as Jack Jones
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002
as Cliegg Lars
Gulpilil: One Red Blood 2002
as Self
Original Sin 2001
as Alan Jordan
South Pacific 2001
as Captain George Brackett
Yolngu Boy 2001
as Policeman
The Magic Pudding 2000
as Buncle (voice)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 1997
as Sonny Seiler
Breaking Up 1997
Thanks
Under the Lighthouse Dancing 1997
as Harry
Excess Baggage 1997
as Alexander
McLeod's Daughters 1996
as Jack McLeod
Last Dance 1996
as The Governor
Flight of the Albatross 1996
as Mike
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years 1996
as The Judge
Broken Arrow 1996
as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz 1995
as Narrator (voice)
The Sum of Us 1994
as Harry Mitchell
A Far Off Place 1993
as John Ricketts
Ruby Cairo 1992
as Ed
Wind 1992
as Jack Neville
Turtle Beach 1992
as Ralph
Resistance 1992
as Mr Wilson
Trouble in Paradise 1989
as Jake
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy 1988
as Stuart Irving
The Riddle of the Stinson 1988
as Bernard O'Reilly
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun 1988
as Tom Campbell Black
Ground Zero 1987
as Trebilcock
Kojak: The Price of Justice 1987
as Aubrey Dubose
Short Circuit 1986
as Party Guest
Burke & Wills 1985
as Robert O'Hara Burke
Flesh + Blood 1985
as Hawkwood
Waterfront 1984
as Maxey Woodbury
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983
as Hicksley
Bad Blood 1982
as Stan Graham
The Letter 1982
as Robert Crosbie
A Woman Called Golda 1982
as Ariel
The Man from Snowy River 1982
as Clancy
The Club 1980
as Laurie Holden
The Earthling 1980
as Ross Daley
Breaker Morant 1980
as Major J.F. Thomas
The Journalist 1979
as Simon Morris
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith 1978
as Rev. Neville
Because He's My Friend 1978
as Geoff
Mad Dog Morgan 1976
as Detective Manwaring
Caddie 1976
as Ted
- Tully
Tully 1975
as Vic Parkes
That Lady from Peking 1975
as Flunky
Scobie Malone 1975
as Scobie Malone
Sunday Too Far Away 1975
as Foley
Petersen 1974
as Tony Petersen
Libido 1973
Actor
Wake in Fright 1971
as Dick
Where Dead Men Lie 1971
as Commentator (voice)
Credits from TMDB.