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