Jack Thompson (actor)
Jack Thompson (* 31 August 1940 in Manly , Sydney , as John Hadley Payne ) is an Australian actor .
Life
Jack Thompson was born John Hadley Payne in Manly, a suburb of Sydney in 1940 and attended Sydney Boys High School. He changed his name to Thompson when he was adopted.
For many years Jack was part of a " ménage à trois ", which included his wife Leona King, her sister Bunkie. Thompson's first engagement as an actor was a role in the Soap Opera Motel from 1968. In 1971 he then had the lead role in the spy series Spyforce.
Jack Thompson also became known through his participation in the Australian films Sunday Too Far Away , Breaker Morant and Snowy River . In 1980 he was named Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the Cannes Film Festival and is now considered a living legend.
He had his last major role in 2008 in the film Australia as a sympathetic alcoholic who becomes a hero.
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: Skippy, the bush kangaroo ( Skippy , TV series, 1 episode)
- 1968: Motel (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1969: SOS - charter boat ( Riptide , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1971: Holidays in Hell (Wake in Fright)
- 1971–1973: Spyforce (TV series, 42 episodes)
- 1975: Sunday Too Far Away
- 1975: Scobie Malone
- 1976: Caddy
- 1976: Mad Dog (Mad Dog Morgan)
- 1980: Breaker Morant
- 1982: Snowy River (The Man from Snowy River)
- 1983: Furyo - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Senjō no merī kurisumasu)
- 1985: Waterfront
- 1985: Burke and Wills (Burke & Wills)
- 1985: Flesh and Blood (Flesh + Blood)
- 1986: The Last Frontier
- 1987: The Riddle of the Stinson
- 1987: Circle of Fear (Ground Zero)
- 1989: Trouble in Paradise
- 1992: Turtle Beach
- 1992: wind
- 1993: The Trail of the Wind - The Last Great Adventure (A Far Off Place)
- 1993: Ruby Cairo (The Ruby Cairo)
- 1994: The Sum of Us (The Sum of Us)
- 1995: The Flight of the Albatross
- 1996: Operation: Broken Arrow (Broken Arrow)
- 1996: The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
- 1996: Last Dance
- 1996: McLeod's Daughters ( McLeod's Daughters , Movie made for TV)
- 1997: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
- 1997: Under the Lighthouse Dancing
- 2001: My Brother Jack
- 2001: Original Sin
- 2001: South Pacific
- 2001: Yolngu Boy
- 2002: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- 2004: The Assassination of Richard Nixon (The Assassination of Richard Nixon)
- 2004: Oyster Farmer
- 2005: Feed
- 2005: Man-Thing
- 2006: The Good German - In denüsten von Berlin (The Good German)
- 2007: Bastard Boys (miniseries)
- 2007: December Boys
- 2008: Australia
- 2013: The Great Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)
- 2013: Mystery Road
- 2014: Devil's Playground (Miniseries)
- 2016: The Light Between Oceans
- 2020: High Ground
Awards
- 1975 AFI Award : Best Actor
- 1980 AFI Award: Best Actor
- 1980 Cannes Film Festival
- 1994 AFI Award
- 1998 Film Critics Circle of Australia
- 2005 Inside Film Awards
Web links
- Jack Thompson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Thompson, Jack |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Payne, John Hadley (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Manly , Sydney, Australia |