John Jarratt

John Jarratt

ActorDirectorProducerWriter Aug 5 (age 74) Wongawilli, New South Wales, Australia 1975–2025 (50 year career)
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Biography

Jarratt was born and grew up in Wongawilli, a small rural town near Wollongong, New South Wales and later in the Snowy Mountains area. Jarratt’s father was a coal miner and later a concreter, who worked on the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme. His 5x great-grandfather, George Jarratt, born 1833, came from Croxton in Cambridgeshire, England; his son, John, married a Mary Kelly from Ireland. While in high school, Jarratt directed and acted in a school play which was a great success and led to …

Known For

Filmography

Acting (72)

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Movies (58)

Zombie Plane

Zombie Plane

2025

as John Jarratt

9.0
Double or Nothing

Double or Nothing

2025

as Col

Shed

Shed

2025

as The Stranger

9.0
What About Sal?

What About Sal?

2024

as Tommy

7.0
Christmas Down Under

Christmas Down Under

2021

as Robert Parker

2.0
The Possessed

The Possessed

2021

as Jacob Chandler

6.0
Love You Like That

Love You Like That

2021

as Roy

6.9
Boar

Boar

2018

as Ken

5.3
Hero

Hero

2017

as Officer Henry

7.2
Observance

Observance

2016

as Snitch

5.0
Red Dog: True Blue

Red Dog: True Blue

2016

as Lang Hancock

6.5
StalkHer

StalkHer

2015

as Jack

3.7
Frenzy

Frenzy

2015

as Benjamin Lightbringer

Jack Irish: Dead Point

Jack Irish: Dead Point

2014

as Sen. Sgt Laurie Olsen

6.7
Wolf Creek 2

Wolf Creek 2

2013

as Mick Taylor

6.4
Django Unchained

Django Unchained

2012

as The Le Quint Dickey Mining Co. Employee

8.2
Shiver

Shiver

2012

as Vinnie Rood

3.9
100 Bloody Acres

100 Bloody Acres

2012

as Burke

5.8
Savages Crossing

Savages Crossing

2011

as Phil

3.3
Needle

Needle

2010

as Paul, the Coroner

5.0
Bad Behaviour

Bad Behaviour

2010

as Ricky

4.4
Australia

Australia

2008

as Sergeant

6.6
Not Quite Hollywood

Not Quite Hollywood

2008

as Self

6.8
Rogue

Rogue

2007

as Russell

6.3
The Final Winter

The Final Winter

2007

as Colgate

4.8
The Making of 'Wolf Creek'

The Making of 'Wolf Creek'

2006

as Self

6.2
Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek

2005

as Mick Taylor

6.2
A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'

A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'

2004

as Self

6.0
Dead Heart

Dead Heart

1996

as Charlie

5.6
All Men Are Liars

All Men Are Liars

1995

as Barry

4.5
Talk

Talk

1994

as Mac

Joh's Jury

Joh's Jury

1993

as Kev

7.0
The Time Game

The Time Game

1992

as Joe

4.8
Pirates Island

Pirates Island

1991

as The Jackel

8.0
Midnight Dancer

Midnight Dancer

1988

as Graeme

2.5
Touch the Sun: Top Enders

Touch the Sun: Top Enders

1988

as Jack

Dark Age

Dark Age

1987

as Steve Harris

5.5
Australian Dream

Australian Dream

1987

as Todd

1.0
The Naked Country

The Naked Country

1985

as Mick Conrad

3.0
The Settlement

The Settlement

1984

as Martin

Crime of the Decade

Crime of the Decade

1984

as Terry

Chase Through the Night

Chase Through the Night

1983

as Clurry

7.5
Fluteman

Fluteman

1982

as Fluteman

4.0
We of the Never Never

We of the Never Never

1982

as Dandy

5.6
Next of Kin

Next of Kin

1982

as Barney

6.2
The Odd Angry Shot

The Odd Angry Shot

1979

as Bill

6.0
Plunge Into Darkness

Plunge Into Darkness

1978

as Toby

4.0
The Sound of Love

The Sound of Love

1978

as Dave

6.0
Blue Fin

Blue Fin

1978

as Sam Snell

6.0
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

1978

as Michaels

6.7
Little Boy Lost

Little Boy Lost

1978

as Vic Tanner

5.0
The Tree

The Tree

1977
Summer City

Summer City

1977

as Sandy

4.4
The Great MacArthy

The Great MacArthy

1975

as MacArthy

4.2
Picnic at Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975

as Albert Crundall

7.2
Wolf Creek: Legacy

Wolf Creek: Legacy

as Mick Taylor

The Ascendants

The Ascendants

as Jarrah

The Ninth Order

The Ninth Order

as Colton Hill