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Jack Thompson is a Actor and Executive producer Australien born on 31 august 1940 at Sydney (Australie)

Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson
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Birth name John Hadley Payne
Nationality Australie
Birth 31 august 1940 (83 years) at Sydney (Australie)

Jack Thompson, AM (born 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema. He was educated at 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 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.

Biography

Born John Hadley Payne in Manly, a suburb of Sydney, Thompson was educated at Sydney Boys High School. Thompson was 4 years old when his mother died, leaving his father, a merchant seaman, unable to care for him and his brother, David. He was sent to a boarding school by his father and was subsequently adopted by John and Pat Thompson and changed his surname. The film reviewer Peter Thompson is his adopted brother.

Thompson featured in the first episode of the Australian version of Who Do You Think You Are?, which was televised on 13 January 2008 on SBS, with Thompson discovering that his great-grandfather was Captain Thomas Pain, and his great-great uncle was Alfred Lee, a prominent figure in Sydney society, who donated the journal of Joseph Banks, from Captain Cook's navigation to Australia in the 1770s, to the Mitchell Library in Sydney.

Thompson married Beverley Hackett in 1963 and the five-year marriage produced his son Patrick Thompson. He then entered into a 15-year polyamorous relationship in the 1970s and 1980s with both Leona King and her sister Bunkie. He stayed with Leona following the birth of his second son, Billy.

Thompson used to own Hotel Gearin in Katoomba, Blue Mountains. He sold the hotel in June 2011.

Best films

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jack Thompson (69 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
2018Swinging SafariActorMayor
2016The Light Between OceansActorRalph Addicott
2013The Great GatsbyActorDr. Walter Perkins
2013Around the BlockActor, Executive producerMr. O'Donnell
2013BlinderActorCharlie "Chang" Hyde
2013Mystery RoadActorCharlie Murray
2010Don't Be Afraid of the DarkActorHarris
2009Mao's Last DancerActorUS Federal Judge
2009Moral KombatActor
2008AustraliaActorKipling Flynn
2008LeatherheadsActorHarvey
2008Not Quite HollywoodActorSelf
2008Ten EmptyActorBobby Thompson
2007The Good GermanActorCongressman Breimer
2007December BoysActorBandy
2006WhaledreamersActorNarrator (voice)
2005FeedActor, Executive ProducerRichard
2005Man-ThingActorFrederic Schist
2005Oyster FarmerActorSkippy
2004The Assassination of Richard NixonActorJack Jones
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonActorOther Voices (voice)
2002Ali G IndahouseActor
2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesActorCliegg Lars
2001Original SinActorAlan Jordan
2001Yolngu BoyActorPoliceman
2001South PacificActorCaptain George Brackett
2000The Magic PuddingActorBuncle (voice)
1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilActorSonny Seiler
1997Excess BaggageActorAlexander
1997Under the Lighthouse DancingActorHarry
1996Broken ArrowActorChairman, Joint Chief of Staff
1996Last DanceActorThe Governor
1996McLeod's DaughtersActorJack McLeod
1996The Thorn Birds: The Missing YearsActorThe Judge
1994The Sum of UsActorHarry Mitchell
1993A Far Off PlaceActorJohn Ricketts
1992Turtle BeachActorRalph
1992WindActorJack Neville
1992Ruby CairoActorEd
1992ResistanceActorMr Wilson
1989Trouble in ParadiseActorJake
1988The Riddle of the StinsonActorBernard O'Reilly
1987Ground ZeroActorTrebilcock
1987Kojak: The Price of JusticeActorAubrey Dubose
1986Short CircuitActorParty Guest
1986The Last Frontier (miniseries)ActorNick Stenning
1985Flesh + BloodActorHawkwood
1985Burke & WillsActorRobert O'Hara Burke
1983Merry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceActorHicksley
1982Bad BloodActorStan Graham
1982The Man from Snowy RiverActorClancy
1982A Woman Called GoldaActorAriel
1980Breaker MorantActorMajor J.F. Thomas
1980The ClubActorLaurie Holden
1980The EarthlingActorRoss Daley
1979The JournalistActorSimon Morris
1978The Chant of Jimmie BlacksmithActorRev. Neville
1977Because He's My FriendActorGeoff
1976CaddieActorTed
1976Mad Dog MorganActorDetective Manwaring
1975That Lady from PekingActorFlunky
1975Scobie MaloneActorScobie Malone
1975Sunday Too Far AwayActorFoley
1974Jock PetersenActorTony Petersen
1974Human TargetActor
1974TullyActor
1973LibidoActorKen
1972LinehaulActor
1971Wake in FrightActorDick