Jack Thompson
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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.
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Acted in
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
Never Too Late
2020
as Angus Wilson
High Ground
2020
as Moran
Home
2019
On The Ropes
2018
as Strick
Swinging Safari
2018
as Mayor
One Heart: One Spirit
2017
as Himself
Don't Tell
2017
as Bob Myers
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
as Himself
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
as Self
Blue World Order
2017
as Harris
The Light Between Oceans
2016
as Ralph Addicott
Blood on the Coal
2015
as Narrator
Ruben Guthrie
2015
as Peter Guthrie
Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All
2015
as Narrator
Devil's Playground
2014
as Cardinal Neville
Around the Block
2013
as Mr. O'Donnell
Mystery Road
2013
as Charlie Murray
The Great Gatsby
2013
as Dr. Walter Perkins
Blinder
2013
as Charlie "Chang" Hyde
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 US Federal Judge
Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing
2009
Australia
2008
as Kipling Flynn
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
Ten Empty
2008
as Bobby Thompson
Leatherheads
2008
as Harvey
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)
Oyster Farmer
2005
as Skippy
Feed
2005
as Richard
Gallipoli: The Untold Stories
2005
as Narrator
Man-Thing
2005
as Schist
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004
as Jack Jones
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Cliegg Lars
My Brother Jack
2001
as Bernard Brewster
Original Sin
2001
as Alan Jordan
South Pacific
2001
as Captain George Brackett
Yolngu Boy
2001
as Policeman
The Magic Pudding
2000
as Buncle (voice)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Sonny Seiler
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
1997
as Harry
Excess Baggage
1997
as Alexander
McLeod's Daughters
1996
as Jack McLeod
Last Dance
1996
as The Governor
Flight of the Albatross
1996
as Mike
Broken Arrow
1996
as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
1996
as The Judge
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995
as Narrator (voice)
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
Ground Zero
1987
as Trebilcock
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
as Aubrey Dubose
The Last Frontier
1986
as Nick Stenning
Short Circuit
1986
as Party Guest
Burke & Wills
1985
as Robert O'Hara Burke
Flesh + Blood
1985
as Hawkwood
Waterfront
1984
as Maxey Woodbury
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
as Hicksley
Bad Blood
1982
as Stan Graham
The Letter
1982
as Robert Crosbie
A Woman Called Golda
1982
as Ariel
The Man from Snowy River
1982
as Clancy
The Club
1980
as Laurie Holden
The Earthling
1980
as Ross Daley
Breaker Morant
1980
as Major J.F. Thomas
The Journalist
1979
as Simon Morris
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
That Lady from Peking
1975
as Flunky
Scobie Malone
1975
as Scobie Malone
Sunday Too Far Away
1975
as Foley
Jock Petersen
1974
as Tony Petersen
The Evil Touch
1973
Libido
1973
Spyforce
1971
Wake in Fright
1971
as Dick
Riptide
1969
as Ted
Justice in a Smoking Gun
as William Gray
Deception
as Ed