Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

b. 1940 (age 86) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Actor

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

Breaker Morant

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Filmography

Runt

Earl Robert-Barren

The ABC Of

Never Too Late

On the Ropes

Blue World Order

Blue World Order

Don't Tell

One Heart: One Spirit

One Heart: One Spirit

The Light Between Oceans

The Light Between Oceans

Anh's Brush with Fame

Anh's Brush with Fame

Ruben Guthrie

Blood on the Coal

Mystery Road

Bonnie & Clyde

Blinder

Mawson: Science and Survival

The Telegram Man

The Telegram Man

The Late Session

The Forgotten Men

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Oh My God

The Karenskys

Rainforest: The Secret of Life

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are?

Ten Empty

December Boys

Bastard Boys

The Manual

In the Line of Fire

The Good German

The Good German

Congressman Breimer

Whaledreamers

Man-Thing

The Colony

Black Soldier Blues

Gallipoli: The Untold Stories

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Oyster Farmer

Original Sin

South Pacific

Captain George Brackett

Yolngu Boy

My Brother Jack

My Brother Jack

Bernard Brewster

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Excess Baggage

Under the Lighthouse Dancing

Under the Lighthouse Dancing

Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff

Last Dance

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

McLeod's Daughters

McLeod's Daughters

Flight of the Albatross

Flight of the Albatross

Peter Allen: The Boy from Oz

Peter Allen: The Boy from Oz

The Sum of Us

A Far Off Place

A Far Off Place

Wind

Deception

Turtle Beach

Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

The Great Wall of Iron

The Making of 'The Great Wall of Iron'

The Riddle of the Stinson

The Riddle of the Stinson

Bernard O'Reilly

The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy

The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy

The Royal Australian Bicentennial Concert

Wild About Wilderness

Jack Thompson Down Under

Ground Zero

Kojak: The Price of Justice

Kojak: The Price of Justice

The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier

Flesh+Blood

Burke & Wills

Robert O'Hara Burke

Waterfront

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Australian Movies to the World

The Man from Snowy River

The Man from Snowy River

A Woman Called Golda

A Woman Called Golda

The Letter

Earth First: The Struggle to Save Australia's Rainforest

A Shifting Dreaming

Bad Blood

Breaker Morant

Major J.F. Thomas

The Earthling

The Club

The Ted Hamilton Show

Give Trees a Chance: The Story of Terania Creek

The Journalist

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

Because He's My Friend

Because He's My Friend

Peter Couchman Tonight

Mad Dog Morgan

Detective Manwaring

Caddie

Jeremy and Teapot

Jeremy and Teapot

Sunshine and Shadows: 70 Years of Australian Cinema

Sunday Too Far Away

Sunday Too Far Away

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