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Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

Highest Rated: 100% Breaker Morant (1980)

Lowest Rated: 0% Blinder (2013)

Birthday: Aug 31, 1940

Birthplace: Manly, New South Wales, Australia

An Australian icon whose acting career paralleled that nation's emergence into mainstream cinema, Jack Thompson first gained prominence as the star of the Aussie TV series "Spyforce." He solidified his reputation during the 1970s with movies like "Petersen" (1974), "Sunday Too Far Away" (1975) and "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" (1978) before giving an award-winning performance as the defense attorney in Bruce Beresford's "Breaker Morant" (1980), his first film to get wide exposure in the USA. He also appeared in a small role as a horseman in George Miller's "The Man From Snowy River" (1982), another movie from Down Under that became a hit with American audiences.

Highest rated movies

100% Breaker Morant
100% The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
97% Wake in Fright
92% Mystery Road
90% High Ground
86% Flesh & Blood
86% Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
85% The Man From Snowy River

Photos

THE SUM OF US, Russell Crowe, Jack Thompson, 1994, (c) Samuel Goldwyn MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, Jack Thompson, 1997, (c)Warner Bros. THE SUM OF US, Jack Thompson, 1994, (c)Samuel Goldwyn MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, Jack Thompson, 1997, (c)Warner Bros. WAKE IN FRIGHT, rear l-r: Gary Bond, Jack Thompson, right foreground: Donald Pleasence, 1971, ©United Artists/Drafthouse Films (re-release THE SUM OF US, Deborah Kennedy, Jack Thompson, 1994, (c) Samuel Goldwyn THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, Tommy Lewis, Jack Thompson, Julie Dawson, 1978, (c) New Yorker Films BREAKER MORANT, Jack Thompson, Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, 1980, (c) New World Pictures SUM OF US, THE, Russell Crowe, Jack Thompson, 1994 THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON, Sean Penn, Jack Thompson, 2004, (c) ThinkFilm SUM OF US, THE, Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, 1994 LAST DANCE, Jack Thomspon, 1996. ©Buena Vista Pictures THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, Jack Thompson, 2016. ph: Davi Russo/© Touchstone Pictures THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, from left: Michael Fassbender, Jack Thompson, 2016. ph: Davi Russo/© Touchstone Pictures THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON, Sean Penn, Jack Thompson, 2004, (c) ThinkFilm SUM OF US, Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, 1994 DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, from left: Jack Thompson, Bailee Madison, 2010. ph: Carolyn Johns/©FilmDistrict LAST DANCE, Jack Thomspon, 1996. ©Buena Vista Pictures / THE SUM OF US, Russell Crowe, Jack Thompson, 1994, (c)Samuel Goldwyn MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE, Jack Thompson (r.), 1983, (c)Universal
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
9% 36% Poker Face Unknown (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sculpture Narrator - 2022
90% 76% High Ground Moran (Character) - 2020
46% 58% Never Too Late Angus Wilson (Character) - 2020
74% 52% Flammable Children Mayor (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 36% Blue World Order Harris (Character) - 2017
62% 61% The Light Between Oceans Ralph Addicott (Character) $12.5M 2016
60% 43% Ruben Guthrie Peter (Character) - 2015
0% 38% Blinder Coach Chang (Character) - 2013
92% 64% Mystery Road Charlie Murray (Character) - 2013
67% 38% Around the Block Mr. O'Donnell (Character),
Executive Producer 		- 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Telegram Man Bill Williams (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oakie's Outback Adventures Orpheus (Voice) - 2011
61% 34% Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Harris (Character) $24.0M 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oh My God? Unknown (Character) $38.2K 2009
54% 65% Australia Kipling Flynn (Character) $49.6M 2008
No Score Yet 44% Ten Empty Unknown (Character) - 2008
41% 52% December Boys Bandy McAnsh (Character) $46.5K 2007
50% 59% Whaledreamers Narrator $10.4K 2006
34% 33% The Good German Breimer (Character) $1.3M 2006
57% 45% Feed Richard (Character),
Executive Producer 		- 2005
14% 14% Man-Thing Frederic Schist (Character) - 2005
56% 66% Oyster Farmer Skippy (Character) - 2004
68% 69% The Assassination of Richard Nixon Jack Jones (Character) $697.8K 2004
65% 56% Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Cliegg Lars (Character) $310.7M 2002
No Score Yet 44% Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Captain George Brackett (Character) - 2001
12% 61% Original Sin Alan Jordan (Character) $16.5M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Brother Jack Bernard Brewster (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 56% The Magic Pudding Buncle (Voice) - 2000
No Score Yet 83% Under the Lighthouse Dancing Harry (Character) - 1997
50% 65% Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Sonny Seiler (Character) $25.1M 1997
32% 40% Excess Baggage Alexander (Character) $14.3M 1997
No Score Yet 84% McLeod's Daughters Jack McLeod (Character) - 1996
54% 44% Broken Arrow Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (Character) $70.6M 1996
30% 58% Last Dance The Governer (Character) $5.9M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flight of the Albatross Mike (Character) - 1995
63% 80% The Sum of Us Harry Mitchell (Character) $743.0K 1994
No Score Yet 27% Ruby Cairo Ed (Character) $299.8K 1993
42% 69% A Far Off Place John Ricketts (Character) $12.9M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Turtle Beach Ralph (Character) $708.4K 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Resistance Mr. Wilson (Character) - 1992
46% 81% Wind Jack Neville (Character) $4.9M 1992
No Score Yet 50% Trouble in Paradise Jake (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy Irvine (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 50% Ground Zero Trebilcock (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 42% Stagecoach Producer - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Frontier Nick Stenning (Character) - 1986
86% 63% Flesh & Blood Hawkwood (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Burke and Wills Robert O'Hara Burke (Character) - 1985
86% 79% Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Group Capt. Hicksley (Character) - 1983
85% 89% The Man From Snowy River Clancy (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Letter Robert Crosbie (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 70% Bad Blood Unknown (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 88% The Earthling Ross Daley (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 81% The Club Laurie Holden (Character) - 1980
100% 91% Breaker Morant Maj. J.F. Thomas (Character) - 1980
100% 73% The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Rev. Neville (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Because He's My Friend Geoff (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 40% Mad Dog Morgan Detective Manwaring (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 44% Caddie Ted (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 79% Sunday Too Far Away Foley (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jock Petersen Tony Petersen (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scobie Malone Unknown (Character) - 1975
97% 83% Wake in Fright Dick (Character) $15.5K 1971

TV

Credit
56% 82% Australia : Faraway Downs Kipling Flynn (Character) 2023
29% 43% Camp Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years The Judge (Character) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Woman of Independent Means Sam Garner (Character) 1995