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Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

Birthday: 1940-08-31 | Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

​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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Never Too Late

as    Angus Wilson

2020
High Ground

as    Moran

2018
Swinging Safari

as    Mayor

2017
One Heart: One Spirit

as    Himself

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

2014
Around the Block

as    Mr. O'Donnell

2013
Blinder

as    Charlie "Chang" Hyde

2013
Mystery Road

as    Charlie Murray

2011
Oakie's Outback Adventures

as    Orpheus

2010
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

as    Harris

2010
Mao’s Last Dancer

as    US Federal Judge

2008
Leatherheads

as    Harvey

2007
December Boys

as    Bandy

2006
The Good German

as    Congressman Breimer

2006
Feed

as    Richard

2005
Gallipoli: The Untold Stories

as    Narrator

2005
Man-Thing

as    Schist

2005
Oyster Farmer

as    Skippy

2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon

as    Jack Jones

2001
Original Sin

as    Alan Jordan

2001
South Pacific

as    Captain George Brackett

1997