Jack Thompson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1940-08-31 (84 years old)

Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Also Known As 杰克·汤普森

Jack Thompson

Biography

​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

Actor

Justice in a Smoking Gun

as William Gray

Deception

as Ed

2024
Runt

as Earl Robert-Barren

2023
Faraway Downs

as Kipling Flynn

2022
Poker Face

as Shaman Bill (Paje)

2020
Never Too Late

as Angus Wilson

2020
High Ground

as Moran

2019
2018
2018
On The Ropes

as Strick

2018
2017
2017
Don't Tell

as Bob Myers

2017
2016
The Light Between Oceans

as Ralph Addicott

2015
Blood on the Coal

as Narrator

2015
Ruben Guthrie

as Peter Guthrie

2014
Devil's Playground

as Cardinal Neville

2013
Around the Block

as Mr. O'Donnell

2013
Mystery Road

as Charlie Murray

2013
The Great Gatsby

as Dr. Walter Perkins

2013
Blinder

as Charlie "Chang" Hyde

2011
The Telegram Man

as Bill Williams

2009
Mao’s Last Dancer

as US Federal Judge

2008
Australia

as Kipling Flynn

2008
Ten Empty

as Bobby Thompson

2008
Leatherheads

as Harvey

2007
December Boys

as Bandy

2006
The Good German

as Congressman Breimer

2006
Whaledreamers

as Narrator (voice)

2005
Oyster Farmer

as Skippy

2005
Feed

as Richard

2005
Man-Thing

as Schist

2001
Original Sin

as Alan Jordan

2001
South Pacific

as Captain George Brackett

2001
Yolngu Boy

as Policeman

2001
My Brother Jack

as Bernard Brewster

2000
The Magic Pudding

as Buncle (voice)

1997
Excess Baggage

as Alexander

1996
McLeod's Daughters

as Jack McLeod

1996
Last Dance

as The Governor

1996
Broken Arrow

as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff

1995
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

as Narrator (voice)

1994
The Sum of Us

as Harry Mitchell

1994
1993
A Far Off Place

as John Ricketts

1992
1992
Wind

as Jack Neville

1992
Turtle Beach

as Ralph

1992
Resistance

as Mr Wilson

1988
1988
The Riddle of the Stinson

as Bernard O'Reilly

1988
1987
Ground Zero

as Trebilcock

1987
1986
Short Circuit

as Party Guest

1986
The Last Frontier

as Nick Stenning

1985
Burke & Wills

as Robert O'Hara Burke

1985
Flesh + Blood

as Hawkwood

1984
Waterfront

as Maxey Woodbury

1982
Bad Blood

as Stan Graham

1982
The Letter

as Robert Crosbie

1980
The Club

as Laurie Holden

1980
The Earthling

as Ross Daley

1980
Breaker Morant

as Major J.F. Thomas

1979
The Journalist

as Simon Morris

1978
1976
Mad Dog Morgan

as Detective Manwaring

1976
Caddie

as Ted

1975
1975
Scobie Malone

as Scobie Malone

1975
1974
Jock Petersen

as Tony Petersen

1973
1971
1969
Riptide

as Ted

Producer

2005
Feed

as Executive Producer

Crew

1997
Breaking Up

as Thanks