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