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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 22, 1952
Place of Birth
Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As
- Τζον Χάουαρντ
John Howard
1.0 Popularity
Biography
Has a sister, Jan. Grew up in Warrawee, NSW Australia and went to Knox Grammar School. Dropped out of medicine and law at university. Graduated in 1978 from NIDA with Penny Cook, Robert Grubb. Played leading roles from 1981 to 2012 in various plays. Won a Critics Circle award in 1992 for "The Crucible" and "Mongrels". Twice won Variety Entertainer of the Year (1992,2006). Nominated for an AFI award for "Joh's Jury" and nine times since.Silver logie winner for "Seachange" (2001) . Associate Director of the Sydney Theatre Company from 1992 to 1995. Launched the Australian People's Theatre (associated with the Sydney Theatre Company). Has a daughter born in 1996 and a son from a previous marriage. He is most famous for SeaChange (1998) and All Saints (2008). Ambassador for Variety (The Children's Charity) and Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation ( AMDF ).
Known For
1.0
Sports Broadcaster
Riley
2025
7.5
The People Eater
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024
7.4
Brian Crapp
Colin from Accounts
2022
7.5
Hippy Baby Boomer
Bump
2021
5.5
A Matter Of Principle
2019
5.8
Bull Barlow
The Merger
2018
5.0
Frontier
2018
6.1
Bill Langham
Get Krack!n
2017
2.8
Bill Shepherd
The Warriors
2017
6.8
Simmo
Last Cab to Darwin
2015
Credits
Riley
as Sports Broadcaster
2025
1.0
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
as The People Eater
2024
7.5
Colin from Accounts
as Brian Crapp
2022
7.4
Bump
as Hippy Baby Boomer
2021
7.5
A Matter Of Principle
2019
5.5
The Merger
as Bull Barlow
2018
5.8
Frontier
2018
5.0
Get Krack!n
as Bill Langham
2017
6.1
The Warriors
as Bill Shepherd
2017
2.8
Last Cab to Darwin
as Simmo
2015
6.8
Mad Max: Fury Road
as The People Eater
2015
7.6
🎬
Grace Under Water
as Ken
2014
0.0
Soul Mates
2014
7.2
Janet King
as Steven Blakely
2014
6.8
Jindabyne
as Carl
2006
5.5
Jessica
2004
4.8
A Man's Gotta Do
as Eddy
2004
3.7
Japanese Story
as Richards
2003
6.3
Take Away
as Burgies CEO
2003
3.9
The Road from Coorain
as Angus
2002
7.3
The Man Who Sued God
as Edward Piggott
2001
6.4
Always Greener
as John Taylor
2001
0.0
The Job
2001
6.7
In a Savage Land
as Rev Macgregor
1999
4.9
The Games
as John Howard
1998
7.0
SeaChange
as Bob Jelly
1998
7.8
Never Tell Me Never
as Uncle Darryl
1998
3.7
All Saints
as Frank Campion
1998
5.7
All Saints
as Jonathan Healy
1998
5.7
Blackrock
as Len Kirby
1997
5.3
Dating the Enemy
as Davis
1996
6.3
Pacific Blue
as Dwayne Farrell
1996
5.3
Water Rats
as D/S Sven Larsen
1996
6.0
Blue Heelers
as Michael Fielding
1993
6.2
Joh's Jury
as Hedley
1993
7.0
The Girl from Tomorrow
as Silverthorn
1992
7.1
Young Einstein
as Preston Preston
1988
5.2
Evil Angels
as Lyle Morris
1988
6.7
Around the World in Eighty Ways
as Dr. Proctor
1988
1.0
The Flying Doctors
as Mike Stone
1986
6.3
Strikebound
as Bashed Scab
1984
5.3
Razorback
as Danny
1984
5.9
Bush Christmas
as Sly
1983
5.8
Gary's Story
as Gary
1983
0.0
The Highest Honour
as Captain R. C. Page
1982
5.8
A Town Like Alice
as Donald Paget
1981
7.6
Water Under the Bridge
as Archie
1980
0.0
The Club
as Geoff Hayward
1980
5.8
Capone
as Warden J. Johnston
1975
5.8