Jack Thompson

Known for ActingBorn 1940-08-31 (age 86)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 WikipediaRead more

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Home

A Woman of Independent Means

Riptide

Tully

Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing

Because He's My Friend

Sam Pang Tonight

Blood on the Coal

The Telegram Man

Flight of the Albatross

Devil's Playground

A Woman Called Golda

The Great Gatsby

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

The Light Between Oceans

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Faraway Downs

The Riddle of the Stinson

The Dwelling Place

Wake in Fright

Breaker Morant

Not Quite Hollywood

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

The Last Frontier

The Man from Snowy River

Bad Blood

Gulpilil: One Red Blood

My Name Is Gulpilil

The Sum of Us

Mao’s Last Dancer

Australia

Ground Zero

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

High Ground

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Short Circuit

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

Don't Tell

Flesh + Blood

Runt

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Mystery Road

McLeod's Daughters

Sunday Too Far Away

The Earthling

Original Sin

A Far Off Place

Wind