- Home
- Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson
Known for: ActingFrom 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 52
The Great Gatsby
as Dr. Walter Perkins 
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Cliegg Lars 
Original Sin
as Alan Jordan 
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
as Harris 
Broken Arrow
as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff 
The Light Between Oceans
as Ralph Addicott 
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
as Hicksley 
Poker Face
as Shaman Bill (Paje) 
Faraway Downs
as Kipling Flynn 
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as Sonny Seiler 
The Good German
as Congressman Breimer 
Flesh + Blood
as Hawkwood 
Excess Baggage
as Alexander 
Ruby Cairo
as Ed 
The Man from Snowy River
as Clancy 
Breaker Morant
as Major J.F. Thomas 
Swinging Safari
as Mayor 
Man-Thing
as Schist 
Wake in Fright
as Dick 
Leatherheads
as Harvey 
A Woman of Independent Means
as Sam Garner 
Devil's Playground
as Cardinal Neville 
High Ground
as Moran 
A Far Off Place
as John Ricketts 
December Boys
as Bandy 
The Last Frontier
as Nick Stenning 
Don't Tell
as Bob Myers 
Feed
as Richard 
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
as Jack Jones 
Last Dance
as The Governor 
The Sum of Us
as Harry Mitchell 
Never Too Late
as Angus Wilson 
The Dwelling Place
as Richard 
The Magic Pudding
as Buncle (voice) 
Wind
as Jack Neville 
Mao’s Last Dancer
as Judge Woodrow Seals 
Runt
as Earl Robert-Barren 
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice) 
Mystery Road
as Charlie Murray 
Around the Block
as Mr. O'Donnell 
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
as Tom Campbell Black 
Trouble in Paradise
as Jake 
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
as Rev. Neville 
Mad Dog Morgan
as Detective Manwaring 
Kojak: The Price of Justice
as Aubrey Dubose 
The Earthling
as Ross Daley 
Blue World Order
as Harris 
My Name Is Gulpilil
as Self 
Turtle Beach
as Ralph 
McLeod's Daughters
as Jack McLeod 
Whaledreamers
as Narrator (voice) 
Sunday Too Far Away
as Foley