
Jack Thompson
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…
Known For
The Great Gatsby
Dr. Walter Perkins
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Cliegg Lars
The Light Between Oceans
Ralph Addicott
Australia
Kipling Flynn
Short Circuit
Party Guest
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Hicksley
Broken Arrow
Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
Wake in Fright
Dick
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Filmography
Acting (105)
Movies (89)
Runt
2024as Earl Robert-Barren
Poker Face
2022as Shaman Bill (Paje)
High Ground
2021as Moran
My Name Is Gulpilil
2021as Self
Never Too Late
2020as Angus Wilson
Home
2019
Swinging Safari
2018as Mayor
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017as Self
Blue World Order
2017as Harris
One Heart: One Spirit
2017as Himself
Don't Tell
2017as Bob Myers
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017as Self
The Light Between Oceans
2016as Ralph Addicott
Blood on the Coal
2015as Narrator
Ruben Guthrie
2015as Peter Guthrie
Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All
2015as Narrator
The Great Gatsby
2013as Dr. Walter Perkins
Blinder
2013as Charlie "Chang" Hyde
Mystery Road
2013as Charlie Murray
Around the Block
2013as Mr. O'Donnell
Oakie's Outback Adventures
2011as Orpheus
The Telegram Man
2011as Bill Williams
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010as Harris
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009as US Federal Judge
Australia
2008as Kipling Flynn
Leatherheads
2008as Harvey
Not Quite Hollywood
2008as Self
Ten Empty
2008as Bobby Thompson
December Boys
2007as Bandy
The Good German
2006as Congressman Breimer
Whaledreamers
2006as Narrator (voice)
Man-Thing
2005as Schist
Feed
2005as Richard
Gallipoli: The Untold Stories
2005as Narrator
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004as Jack Jones
Oyster Farmer
2004as Skippy
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004as Other Voices (voice)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002as Cliegg Lars
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
2002as Self
Original Sin
2001as Alan Jordan
South Pacific
2001as Captain George Brackett
Yolngu Boy
2001as Policeman
The Magic Pudding
2000as Buncle (voice)
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
1997as Harry
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997as Sonny Seiler
Excess Baggage
1997as Alexander
Flight of the Albatross
1996as Mike
Broken Arrow
1996as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
1996as The Judge
Last Dance
1996as The Governor
McLeod's Daughters
1996as Jack McLeod
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995as Narrator (voice)
The Sum of Us
1994as Harry Mitchell
A Far Off Place
1993as John Ricketts
Ruby Cairo
1992as Ed
Turtle Beach
1992as Ralph
Wind
1992as Jack Neville
Resistance
1992as Mr Wilson
Trouble in Paradise
1989as Jake
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988as Tom Campbell Black
The Riddle of the Stinson
1988as Bernard O'Reilly
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988as Stuart Irving
Ground Zero
1987as Trebilcock
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987as Aubrey Dubose
Short Circuit
1986as Party Guest
Flesh + Blood
1985as Hawkwood
Burke & Wills
1985as Robert O'Hara Burke
Waterfront
1984as Maxey Woodbury
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983as Hicksley
Bad Blood
1982as Stan Graham
The Man from Snowy River
1982as Clancy
The Letter
1982as Robert Crosbie
A Woman Called Golda
1982as Ariel
Breaker Morant
1980as Major J.F. Thomas
The Earthling
1980as Ross Daley
The Club
1980as Laurie Holden
The Journalist
1979as Simon Morris
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978as Rev. Neville
Because He's My Friend
1978as Geoff
Caddie
1976as Ted
Mad Dog Morgan
1976as Detective Manwaring
That Lady from Peking
1975as Flunky
Sunday Too Far Away
1975as Foley
Tully
1975as Vic Parkes
Scobie Malone
1975as Scobie Malone
Jock Petersen
1974as Tony Petersen
Libido
1973
Wake in Fright
1971as Dick
Where Dead Men Lie
1971as Commentator (voice)
Television (16)
Sam Pang Tonight
2025as Self
Faraway Downs
2023as Kipling Flynn
On The Ropes
2018as Strick
Show Me the Movie!
2018as Self
Devil's Playground
2014as Cardinal Neville
Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing
2009
Who Do You Think You Are?
2008as Self
Bastard Boys
2007
My Brother Jack
2001as Bernard Brewster
A Woman of Independent Means
1995as Sam Garner
The Dwelling Place
1994as Richard
The Last Frontier
1986as Nick Stenning
Parkinson In Australia
1979as Self
The Evil Touch
1973
Spyforce
1971
Riptide
1969as Ted
Crew (2)
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