Jack Thompson

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Australian actor Jack Thompson was born John Hadley Payne on August 31, 1940 in Manly, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. Outside of Oz, he is best known for his appearances in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), Héros ou salopards (1980), L'homme de la rivière d'argent (1982), Minuit dans le jardin du bien et du mal (1997) and Star Wars: Épisode II - L'attaque des clones (2002). 'Breaker' Morant in which he played a military defense attorney defending three soldiers accused of murder during the Boer War, won him internationally renown. Thompson was cited as Best Supporting Actor at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor award for the role.In the early part of his career, Thompson balanced a career with the United Nations with his acting: The acting won out. At 65 years old, his career has been recognized by the Critics Circle of Australia, which awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award, and by the Cinema Owners Association of Australia, which gave him its Award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Film Entertainment. Thompson lived for a while in a menage a trois with his wife Leona King, by whom he has a son, and her sister Bunkie. Though the living arrangement came to an end after several years, Thompson has no regrets, saying "I wouldn't have missed it for quids." He was awarded Member of the Order of Australia in the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the film industry. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jon C. Hopwood

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Jack Thompson’s flixes, followed by Google Play Movies compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Jack Thompson on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1970 to 2021. See the full graphs of the number of Jack Thompson movies released per year from 2003 till 2021.

Top Genres

Jack Thompson works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Documentary Genre flixes. 37% of Jack Thompson movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Jack Thompson worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Jack Thompson has worked on is 6.5.

6.5 / 10

Jack Thompson's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

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Breaker Morant: The Retrial (2013)

8.6/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Biography,Drama
Bastard Boys (2007)

The true story about the war on the Australian waterfront, when on the 7th April 1998, Chris Corrigan and the Liberal Government at the time, conspired and illegally dismissed the unionised...

8.4/10225 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Documentary
Peter Allen: The Boy from Oz (1995)

An Australian documentary about Peter Allen, the Australian entertainer, with celebrity interviews like Bernadette Peters; Carole Bayer Sager; Lily Tomlin and more.

8/1057 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Drama,History,War
Breaker Morant (1980)

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.

7.8/10107 min

Available in 6 platform(s).

Documentary
Find My Family (2008)

Reunites family members who for whatever reason have been separated.

7.7/1030 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Comedy,Drama
The Sum of Us (1994)

A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."

7.3/10100 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Biography,Documentary
My Name is Gulpilil (2021)

7.1/10101 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Adventure,Drama
The Earthling (1980)

Patrick Foley has been on the move all his life. Tired of drifting, he wants to spend his last days in an isolated Australian valley where he grew up. On his difficult journey he meets ...

6.9/1097 min

Available in 7 platform(s).