

Jack Thompson
Acting
August 31, 1940
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 Wikipedia
The Filmography


Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Under the Lighthouse Dancing

Excess Baggage

McLeod's Daughters

Last Dance

Flight of the Albatross

Broken Arrow

The Sum of Us

A Far Off Place

Ruby Cairo

Wind

Turtle Beach

Trouble in Paradise

The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy

The Riddle of the Stinson

Ground Zero

Kojak: The Price of Justice

Burke & Wills
