Jack Thompson

Biography

Born 08/31/1940

An Australian icon whose acting career paralleled that nation's emergence into mainstream cinema, Jack Thompson first gained prominence as the star of the Aussie TV series "Spyforce". He solidified his reputation during the 1970s with movies like "Petersen" (1974), "Sunday Too Far Away" (1975) and...
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Awards

  • In 1997, received Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Film
  • In 1994, received Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor
  • In 1994, received Australian Film Institute Raymond Longford Award

Highlights

  • In 2008, Cast as as Kipling Flynn, an alcoholic accountant in Baz Luhrmann's epic "Australia"
  • In 2007, Featured in the Australian film "December Boys"
  • In 2006, Co-starred in Steven Soderbergh's post WWII drama, "The Good German"

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