Jack Thompson (actor)
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John Hadley Thompson, AM is an Australian actor and a major figure of Australian cinema, particularly Australian New Wave. He is best known for his role as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian
Thompson in 2020
Thompson's plaque at the Australian Film Walk of Fame, the Ritz Cinema, Randwick, Sydney
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, also known as Furyo, is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, co-written by Paul Mayersberg, and produced by Jeremy Thomas. The film is based on the
Jack Thompson (actor)
…to support Ingrid Bergman in A Woman Called Golda (1982). He was Lee Remick's husband in a remake of The Letter (1982), and played a British POW in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) with David Bowie and Tom Conti. Back in Australia Thompson starred in a mini series about wharfies in the Depression, Waterfront (1983). He went…
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David Bowie was cast as Jack Celliers on the strength of his performance in The Elephant Man.