As Actor
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024
7.5
John Howard
Acting
Birth Date
October 22, 1952
Place of Birth
Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
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 ).
Complete Filmography
As Actor
The Merger
2018
5.8
As Actor
Last Cab to Darwin
2015
6.8
As Actor
Jindabyne
2006
5.5
As Actor
A Man's Gotta Do
2004
4.2
As Actor
The Road from Coorain
2002
7.3
As Actor
The Man Who Sued God
2001
6.4
As Actor
In a Savage Land
1999
5.2
As Actor
Never Tell Me Never
1998
5.0
As Actor
Dating the Enemy
1996
6.3
As Actor
Joh's Jury
1993
7.0
As Actor
Young Einstein
1988
5.2
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Evil Angels
1988
6.7
As Actor
Around the World in Eighty Ways
1988
1.0
As Actor
Strikebound
1984
5.3
As Actor
Razorback
1984
6.0
As Actor
Bush Christmas
1983
5.7
As Actor
The Highest Honour
1982
5.8