Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

Birthday: 1940-08-31

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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 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

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Original Sin
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon
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December Boys
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Leatherheads
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The Man from Snowy River
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A Far Off Place
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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Wake in Fright
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Flesh + Blood
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Breaker Morant
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The Sum of Us
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Mad Dog Morgan
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Bad Blood
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Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
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Oyster Farmer
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Last Dance
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The Earthling
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Ruby Cairo
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
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Oakie's Outback Adventures
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South Pacific
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Sunday Too Far Away
Sunday Too Far Away

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McLeod's Daughters
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The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
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Jock Petersen
Jock Petersen

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Ground Zero
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Caddie
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Flight of the Albatross
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Burke & Wills
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Mystery Road
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Around the Block
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Blinder
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Wind
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My Name Is Gulpilil
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Turtle Beach
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The Riddle of the Stinson
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Australia
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Libido
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A Woman Called Golda
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Runt
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Poker Face
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Blood on the Coal
Blood on the Coal

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Kojak: The Price of Justice
Kojak: The Price of Justice

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The Letter
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Blue World Order
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Scobie Malone
Scobie Malone

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The Journalist
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Don't Tell
Don't Tell

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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

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The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans

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Trouble in Paradise
Trouble in Paradise

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David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

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Short Circuit
Short Circuit

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One Heart: One Spirit
One Heart: One Spirit

An Aboriginal Australian and Native American documentary narrated by award-winning actor Jack Thomps...

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Swinging Safari
Swinging Safari

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The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
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Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

Documentary about the life and career of Australian actor Rod Taylor....

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Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All
Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All

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High Ground
High Ground

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Home
Home

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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion....

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Not Quite Hollywood
Not Quite Hollywood

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art hou...

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The Telegram Man
The Telegram Man

The Telegram Man explores the impact of World War II on a close-knit Australian farming community....

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Waterfront
Waterfront

Australian dockyard workers go on strike. Immigrant Italian workers are brought in as scab labour. I...

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Never Too Late
Never Too Late

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Whaledreamers
Whaledreamers

"Whaledreamers" - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient crea...

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Yolngu Boy
Yolngu Boy

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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lu...

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Because He's My Friend
Because He's My Friend

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That Lady from Peking
That Lady from Peking

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Ruben Guthrie
Ruben Guthrie

The story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won’t let him put it down....

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Resistance
Resistance

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Ten Empty
Ten Empty

A disillusioned son's trip home is complicated when ten years of family secrets explode over one wee...

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Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer...

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Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow

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Gulpilil: One Red Blood
Gulpilil: One Red Blood

An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil....

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Tully
Tully

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