Jack Thompson
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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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.124 |
| Birthday | 1940-08-31 |
| Place of Birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Also Known As | 杰克·汤普森, جک تامپسون, |
2006
The Good German
5.806/340
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2001
Original Sin
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2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
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2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
6.589/14146
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2007
December Boys
6/210
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2008
Leatherheads
5.866/485
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1982
The Man from Snowy River
6.974/156
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1993
A Far Off Place
6.131/61
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1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
6.357/616
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1971
Wake in Fright
7.238/330
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Wake in Fright
1985
Flesh + Blood
6.57/429
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Flesh + Blood
2000
The Magic Pudding
5.1/14
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1997
Excess Baggage
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Mao’s Last Dancer
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Breaker Morant
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1994
The Sum of Us
6.7/72
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The Sum of Us
2005
Feed
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1976
Mad Dog Morgan
5.8/45
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Mad Dog Morgan
1982
Bad Blood
6.7/9
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Bad Blood
1995
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
0/0
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2004
Oyster Farmer
5.636/22
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Oyster Farmer
1996
Last Dance
5.6/102
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Last Dance
1980
The Club
5.8/19
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The Club
2010
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
5.803/1119
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2005
Gallipoli: The Untold Stories
0/0
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Gallipoli: The Untold Stories
2005
Man-Thing
4.312/220
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Man-Thing
1980
The Earthling
6.2/31
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1992
Ruby Cairo
4.9/38
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Ruby Cairo
1978
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
6.7/66
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
2011
Oakie's Outback Adventures
4.3/3
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Oakie's Outback Adventures
2001
South Pacific
4.9/9
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South Pacific
1975
Sunday Too Far Away
6.4/19
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Sunday Too Far Away
1996
McLeod's Daughters
5.4/4
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McLeod's Daughters
1988
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
3.2/2
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1974
Jock Petersen
2.75/4
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Jock Petersen
1987
Ground Zero
6.3/7
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Ground Zero
1997
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
4.6/5
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1976
Caddie
5.8/5
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Caddie
1996
Flight of the Albatross
7.2/3
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Flight of the Albatross
1985
Burke & Wills
4.5/8
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Burke & Wills
2013
Mystery Road
6.2/180
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Mystery Road
2013
Around the Block
5.128/39
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Around the Block
2013
Blinder
4.769/13
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Blinder
1992
Wind
6.1/41
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2021
My Name Is Gulpilil
6.2/3
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1992
Turtle Beach
4.9/14
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Turtle Beach
1988
The Riddle of the Stinson
6.8/5
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The Riddle of the Stinson
2008
Australia
6.584/2419
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1973
Libido
3.8/5
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Libido
1982
A Woman Called Golda
7.7/10
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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2024
Runt
5.818/11
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Runt
2022
Poker Face
5.6/408
A yearly high-stakes poker game between childhood friends turns into chaos when the tech billionaire host unveils an elaborate scheme to seek revenge...
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Poker Face
2015
Blood on the Coal
7.5/1
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1987
Kojak: The Price of Justice
4.2/4
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Kojak: The Price of Justice
1982
The Letter
3.5/2
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The Letter
2017
Blue World Order
4.261/23
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Blue World Order
1975
Scobie Malone
4.611/9
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Scobie Malone
1979
The Journalist
4/3
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The Journalist
2017
Don't Tell
6.3/12
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1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
7.3/511
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
2016
The Light Between Oceans
7.1/1408
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.
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The Light Between Oceans
1989
Trouble in Paradise
3.7/7
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Trouble in Paradise
2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
4.3/6
A compelling personal journey with David Stratton, as he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history. David guides us from his boyhood c...
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David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
1986
Short Circuit
6.639/1593
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Short Circuit
2017
One Heart: One Spirit
0/0
An Aboriginal Australian and Native American documentary narrated by award-winning actor Jack Thompson, One Heart-One Spirit tells the story of Kennet...
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One Heart: One Spirit
2018
Swinging Safari
5.2/67
1975: A 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach and the kids think it’s the biggest thing that’s ever happened in Australia. Behind closed...
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Swinging Safari
1996
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
6.864/22
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The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
2017
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
0/0
Documentary about the life and career of Australian actor Rod Taylor.
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Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2015
Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All
0/0
Narrated by Jack Thompson and featuring the last Gallipoli Anzacs this film challenges the widely held perspective of the Gallipoli Campaign and the b...
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Gallipoli: The Last Anzacs Tell All
2021
High Ground
6.34/81
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High Ground
2019
Home
10/1
Tormented by the news that they bear, two men from town watch over a family whose lives are about to change forever.
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Home
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
7.1/26
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2008
Not Quite Hollywood
6.78/93
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock...
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Not Quite Hollywood
2011
The Telegram Man
7/1
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The Telegram Man
1984
Waterfront
0/0
Australian dockyard workers go on strike. Immigrant Italian workers are brought in as scab labour. In the midst of all this, an Italian woman meets &...
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Waterfront
2020
Never Too Late
5.8/17
It's been a long time since Caine, Bronson, Angus and Wendell—aka ‘The Chain Breakers'—escaped a torturous Vietnamese POW camp. They now find themselv...
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Never Too Late
2006
Whaledreamers
5.8/4
"Whaledreamers" - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incre...
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Whaledreamers
2001
Yolngu Boy
5.3/7
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Yolngu Boy
2013
The Great Gatsby
7.353/12833
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gat...
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The Great Gatsby
1978
Because He's My Friend
0/0
An American military man moves his family to Australia to undergo training in submarine warfare, providing new challenges for his wife and their devel...
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Because He's My Friend
1975
That Lady from Peking
1/2
Max Foster (Carl Betz), an American newspaper reporter, is in Hong Kong to assist a defecting Russian diplomat. In return for arranging an escape, the...
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That Lady from Peking
2015
Ruben Guthrie
4.6/17
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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Ruben Guthrie
1992
Resistance
5/2
Over the five days after a military coup, army troops arrive to enforce martial law and encounter a growing resistance movement.
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Resistance
2008
Ten Empty
2.5/2
A disillusioned son's trip home is complicated when ten years of family secrets explode over one weekend.
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Ten Empty
1988
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
3/1
The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer
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Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1996
Broken Arrow
6.061/1635
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Broken Arrow
2002
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
6.6/5
An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil.
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Gulpilil: One Red Blood
1975
Tully
0/0
An opportunistic bounty hunter and a beautiful insurance agent travel to Australia to track down stolen booty.
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Tully
1971
Where Dead Men Lie
0/0
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