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Acting

Jack Thompson

Career: Active from 1971 to 2023, busiest in 1982 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 42
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Wake in Fright
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jack Thompson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.7, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.5, average 2.5
Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 10
Historical Drama 7
Political Intrigue 5
Social Commentary 5
Coming-of-Age 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Atmospheric 4
Strong Performances 3
Slow Burn 3
Australian Outback 3
Strong Female Lead 2
Complex Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

94

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 56

Runt

63

as Earl Robert-Barren

Faraway Downs

58

TV show · as Kipling Flynn

Poker Face

36

as Shaman Bill (Paje)

High Ground

79

as Moran

Never Too Late

44

as Angus Wilson

2010s

16 titles · average score 56

Swinging Safari

55

as Mayor

On The Ropes

TV show · as Strick

Don't Tell

67

as Bob Myers

Blue World Order

43

as Harris

The Light Between Oceans

64

as Ralph Addicott

Devil's Playground

75

TV show · as Cardinal Neville

Mystery Road

72

as Charlie Murray

Around the Block

51

as Mr. O'Donnell

Blinder

21

as Charlie "Chang" Hyde

The Great Gatsby

61

as Dr. Walter Perkins

The Telegram Man

as Bill Williams

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

55

as Harris

2000s

21 titles · average score 54

Bombora - The Story of Australian Surfing

TV show

Leatherheads

53

as Harvey

December Boys

54

as Bandy

Bastard Boys

TV show

Whaledreamers

as Narrator (voice)

The Good German

47

as Congressman Breimer

Man-Thing

23

as Schist

Feed

54

as Richard

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

66

as Jack Jones

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

60

as Cliegg Lars

Original Sin

41

as Alan Jordan

South Pacific

51

as Captain George Brackett

1990s

18 titles · average score 56

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

58

as Sonny Seiler

Under the Lighthouse Dancing

64

as Harry

Excess Baggage

43

as Alexander

McLeod's Daughters

64

as Jack McLeod

Last Dance

43

as The Governor

Flight of the Albatross

as Mike

Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

as Narrator (voice)

The Sum of Us

68

as Harry Mitchell

A Far Off Place

53

as John Ricketts

Turtle Beach

50

as Ralph

Wind

51

as Jack Neville

Ruby Cairo

42

as Ed

1980s

19 titles · average score 65

Trouble in Paradise

45

as Jake

The Riddle of the Stinson

as Bernard O'Reilly

Ground Zero

66

as Trebilcock

The Last Frontier

TV show · as Nick Stenning

Flesh + Blood

74

as Hawkwood

Burke & Wills

57

as Robert O'Hara Burke

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

71

as Hicksley

A Woman Called Golda

75

as Ariel

The Man from Snowy River

65

as Clancy

Bad Blood

67

as Stan Graham

Breaker Morant

82

as Major J.F. Thomas

The Earthling

65

as Ross Daley

1970s

14 titles · average score 67

The Journalist

as Simon Morris

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

70

as Rev. Neville

Because He's My Friend

as Geoff

Mad Dog Morgan

53

as Detective Manwaring

Caddie

58

as Ted

Sunday Too Far Away

71

as Foley

Scobie Malone

as Scobie Malone

as Vic Parkes

Petersen

as Tony Petersen

Spyforce

TV show

Wake in Fright

83

as Dick

Where Dead Men Lie

as Commentator (voice)

1960s

1 title

Riptide

TV show · as Ted