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Jack Thompson
31 August 1940
Jack Thompson played in 22 movies in the Action, Crime, Drama, History, Western, Music, Biography, War, Comedy, Sport, Adventure, Family, Romance, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Documentary genres.
Jack Thompson got succeed with average imdb rating 6.4.
Educated at the University of Queensland.
Adopted fellow of video receiver presenter and in Britain director, Peter Thompson.
Made honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). [2002]
Firstly establishing himself in a number of Australian TV series ("Spyforce" (1971)) in the primeval 70s, he later was honored with the Order of Australia for his contributions to the Australian videotape industry and has been Australian's Righteous Will Ambassador to the Mutual Nations for a few of years.
... In 1994, the Critics Circle of Australia named him Best Actor for his travail as a father adjusting to his gay son in The Add up of Us (1994) opposite Russell Crowe.
Long-serving Australian leading character star whose multi-purpose skills earned him the Best Supporting Actor apportion at the Cannes Haze Festival and the Richest Actor assign from the Australian Film Institute appropriate for his performance in Bruce Beresford's internationally acclaimed film 'Breaker' Morant (1980).
His brother is the movie reviewer Peter Thompson.
Father of Patrick Thompson.
He was awarded the A.M. (Fellow of the Order of Australia) in the 1986 Monarch's Birthday Honours List as far as something his services to the film industry.
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