Jack Thompson (born 31 August 1940 in Manly, Australia) 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 The Club (1980), 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.
Please do your best not to confuse him with the infamous and now-disbarred American attorney of the same name responsible for coining the phrase "murder simulators" to describe first-person shooters.
Jack Thompson on TV Tropes:
Film
- Wake in Fright (1971) as Dick
- Mad Dog Morgan (1976) as Detective Manwaring
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) as Reverend Neville
- Breaker Morant (1980) as Major J.F. Thomas
- The Club (1980) as Laurie Holden
- The Man from Snowy River (1982) as Clancy
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) as Group Capt. Hicksley
- Flesh+Blood (1985) as Hawkwood
- Short Circuit (1986) as Party Guest
- Broken Arrow (1996) as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
- Last Dance (1996) as The Governor
- Excess Baggage (1997) as Alexander T. Hope
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) as Sonny Seiler
- The Magic Pudding (2000) as Buncle (voice)
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) as Cliegg Lars
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) as Jack Jones
- Man-Thing (2005) as Frederic Schist
- Feed (2005) as Richard
- Leatherheads (2008) as Harvey
- Australia (2008) as Kipling Flynn
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010) as Harris
- Mystery Road (2013) as Charley Murray
- The Great Gatsby (2013) as Nick Carraway's Doctor, Walter Perkins
- Swinging Safari (2018) as Mayor
Televsion
- Spyforce (1971-73) as Erskine
- Bastard Boys (2007) as Tony Tully
