John Howard

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1952-10-22 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Corowa, New South Wales, Australia

Also Known As Τζον Χάουαρντ

John Howard

Biography

Has a sister, Jan. Grew up in Warrawee, NSW Australia and went to Knox Grammar School. Dropped out of medicine and law at university. Graduated in 1978 from NIDA with Penny Cook, Robert Grubb. Played leading roles from 1981 to 2012 in various plays. Won a Critics Circle award in 1992 for "The Crucible" and "Mongrels". Twice won Variety Entertainer of the Year (1992,2006). Nominated for an AFI award for "Joh's Jury" and nine times since.Silver logie winner for "Seachange" (2001) . Associate Director of the Sydney Theatre Company from 1992 to 1995. Launched the Australian People's Theatre (associated with the Sydney Theatre Company). Has a daughter born in 1996 and a son from a previous marriage. He is most famous for SeaChange (1998) and All Saints (2008). Ambassador for Variety (The Children's Charity) and Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation ( AMDF ).

Known For

Actor

2024
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

as The People Eater

2022
Colin from Accounts

as Brian Crapp

2021
Bump

as Hippy Baby Boomer

2018
The Merger

as Bull Barlow

2017
Get Krack!n

as Bill Langham

2017
The Warriors

as Bill Shepherd

2015
2015
Mad Max: Fury Road

as The People Eater

2014
Janet King

as Steven Blakely

2006
Jindabyne

as Carl

2004
2003
Japanese Story

as Richards

2003
Take Away

as Burgies CEO

2001
The Man Who Sued God

as Edward Piggott

2001
Always Greener

as John Taylor

1999
In a Savage Land

as Rev Macgregor

1998
Never Tell Me Never

as Uncle Darryl

1998
The Games

as John Howard

1998
SeaChange

as Bob Jelly

1998
All Saints

as Frank Campion

1998
All Saints

as Jonathan Healy

1997
Blackrock

as Len Kirby

1996
1996
Pacific Blue

as Dwayne Farrell

1996
Water Rats

as D/S Sven Larsen

1993
Joh's Jury

as Hedley

1993
Blue Heelers

as Michael Fielding

1992
The Girl from Tomorrow

as Silverthorn

1988
Young Einstein

as Preston Preston

1988
Evil Angels

as Lyle Morris

1986
The Flying Doctors

as Mike Stone

1984
Strikebound

as Bashed Scab

1984
Razorback

as Danny

1983
1983
Gary's Story

as Gary

1982
The Highest Honour

as Captain R. C. Page

1981
A Town Like Alice

as Donald Paget

1980
The Club

as Geoff Hayward

1975
Capone

as Warden J. Johnston

Visual Effects

To The Rescue

as Animation