Jack Thompson
Known for Acting · 105 credits
- Born
- 1940-08-31 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as
- 杰克·汤普森 · جک تامپسون
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (16)
Faraway Downs
2023
as Kipling Flynn
Who Do You Think You Are?
2008
as Self
The Evil Touch
1973
Spyforce
1971
Sam Pang Tonight
2025
as Self
Riptide
1969
as Ted
Show Me the Movie!
2018
as Self
A Woman of Independent Means
1995
as Sam Garner
The Dwelling Place
1994
as Richard
Parkinson In Australia
1979
as Self
Devil's Playground
2014
as Cardinal Neville
Bastard Boys
2007
The Last Frontier
1986
as Nick Stenning
On The Ropes
2018
as Strick
My Brother Jack
2001
as Bernard Brewster
Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing
2009
Movies (89)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Cliegg Lars
Original Sin
2001
as Alan Jordan
The Great Gatsby
2013
as Dr. Walter Perkins
Broken Arrow
1996
as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
Short Circuit
1986
as Party Guest
Swinging Safari
2018
as Mayor
Australia
2008
as Kipling Flynn
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
as Hicksley
Wind
1992
as Jack Neville
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Sonny Seiler
Leatherheads
2008
as Harvey
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
as Harris
The Light Between Oceans
2016
as Ralph Addicott
Flesh + Blood
1985
as Hawkwood
Poker Face
2022
as Shaman Bill (Paje)
Man-Thing
2005
as Schist
The Good German
2006
as Congressman Breimer
Excess Baggage
1997
as Alexander
Feed
2005
as Richard
Blinder
2013
as Charlie "Chang" Hyde
Ruby Cairo
1992
as Ed
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004
as Jack Jones
Wake in Fright
1971
as Dick
The Man from Snowy River
1982
as Clancy
December Boys
2007
as Bandy
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
The Letter
1982
as Robert Crosbie
A Far Off Place
1993
as John Ricketts
Last Dance
1996
as The Governor
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
1996
as The Judge
Turtle Beach
1992
as Ralph
Mystery Road
2013
as Charlie Murray
The Earthling
1980
as Ross Daley
Breaker Morant
1980
as Major J.F. Thomas
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
Runt
2024
as Earl Robert-Barren
High Ground
2021
as Moran
South Pacific
2001
as Captain George Brackett
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988
as Tom Campbell Black
Blue World Order
2017
as Harris
The Sum of Us
1994
as Harry Mitchell
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009
as US Federal Judge
Never Too Late
2020
as Angus Wilson
Mad Dog Morgan
1976
as Detective Manwaring
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978
as Rev. Neville
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
as Self
A Woman Called Golda
1982
as Ariel
Scobie Malone
1975
as Scobie Malone
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
as Aubrey Dubose
Ruben Guthrie
2015
as Peter Guthrie
Ground Zero
1987
as Trebilcock
Don't Tell
2017
as Bob Myers
Libido
1973
Yolngu Boy
2001
as Policeman
The Magic Pudding
2000
as Buncle (voice)
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Oyster Farmer
2004
as Skippy
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
1997
as Harry
Gallipoli: The Untold Stories
2005
as Narrator
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
as Self
Burke & Wills
1985
as Robert O'Hara Burke
Caddie
1976
as Ted
Ten Empty
2008
as Bobby Thompson
Around the Block
2013
as Mr. O'Donnell
The Riddle of the Stinson
1988
as Bernard O'Reilly
Trouble in Paradise
1989
as Jake
Jock Petersen
1974
as Tony Petersen
Bad Blood
1982
as Stan Graham
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988
as Stuart Irving
McLeod's Daughters
1996
as Jack McLeod
The Club
1980
as Laurie Holden
Resistance
1992
as Mr Wilson
Flight of the Albatross
1996
as Mike
Sunday Too Far Away
1975
as Foley
Oakie's Outback Adventures
2011
as Orpheus
Waterfront
1984
as Maxey Woodbury
One Heart: One Spirit
2017
as Himself
The Journalist
1979
as Simon Morris
Whaledreamers
2006
as Narrator (voice)
My Name Is Gulpilil
2021
as Self
That Lady from Peking
1975
as Flunky
Because He's My Friend
1978
as Geoff
Home
2019
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
2002
as Self
The Telegram Man
2011
as Bill Williams
Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All
2015
as Narrator
Blood on the Coal
2015
as Narrator
Where Dead Men Lie
1971
as Commentator (voice)
Tully
1975
as Vic Parkes
About Jack Thompson
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 Ca… With 105 credits spanning from 1969 to 2025, Jack Thompson has appeared in 89 films and 16 TV shows.
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- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) — as Cliegg Lars
- Original Sin (2001) — as Alan Jordan
- The Great Gatsby (2013) — as Dr. Walter Perkins
- Broken Arrow (1996) — as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
- Short Circuit (1986) — as Party Guest
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