John Howard

Born: 1952-10-22

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 ).


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as The People Eater
Released: 2024-05-22

As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the...

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Mad Max: Fury Road

as The People Eater
Released: 2015-05-13

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape...

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Capone

as Warden J. Johnston
Released: 1975-04-16

Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago....

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Evil Angels

as Lyle Morris
Released: 1988-11-03

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in...

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Razorback

as Danny
Released: 1984-04-19

In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.

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Young Einstein

as Preston Preston
Released: 1988-12-15

Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting...

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Last Cab to Darwin

as Simmo
Released: 2015-08-06

Rex is a loner, and when he's told he doesn't have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive...

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The Man Who Sued God

as Edward Piggott
Released: 2001-10-25

A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is...

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Japanese Story

as Richards
Released: 2003-08-30

Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese...

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Jindabyne

as Carl
Released: 2006-07-20

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with...

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Dating the Enemy

as Davis
Released: 1996-09-19

Television show host Brett and his laid-back science journalist girlfriend Tash despair that...

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The Merger

as Bull Barlow
Released: 2018-08-30

A country football coach who has a plan to rebuild the local football team by recruiting...

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Bush Christmas

as Sly
Released: 1983-12-22

In the Australian outback a family struggles to keep its farm from foreclosure. Their only hope...

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Blackrock

as Len Kirby
Released: 1997-05-01

In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for...

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The Road from Coorain

as Angus
Released: 2002-03-03

A young girl comes of age in the Australian bush amid natural disaster and family tragedy.

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The Highest Honour

as Captain R. C. Page
Released: 1982-05-15

After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new...

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A Matter Of Principle

as uncredited
Released: 2019-12-08

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In a Savage Land

as Rev Macgregor
Released: 1999-10-21

Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field...

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Strikebound

as Bashed Scab
Released: 1984-09-20

Via the New York Times: "...reconstructs the true story of a coal miners' strike in the small...

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The Club

as Geoff Hayward
Released: 1980-09-18

The club buys a talented young player, Geoff, for a record sum of money. The team members do not...

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Joh's Jury

as Hedley
Released: 1993-02-16

Dramatisation of the 1991 perjury trial of former Queensland state Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

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A Man's Gotta Do

as Eddy
Released: 2004-07-08

Eddy does what he has to do to give his family what they want. For the last 25 years, he has...

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Never Tell Me Never

as Uncle Darryl
Released: 1998-04-07

This is the true story of Janine Shepard, a world class skier faced with tragedy, being hit by a...

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Frontier

as uncredited
Released: 2018-03-21

Texas, 1848. Families are being forced off their land by the settlers who come to colonize this...

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Take Away

as Burgies CEO
Released: 2003-08-14

Tony Stilano and Trev Spackneys both own, live over and work in adjoining take-away fish shops...

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Gary's Story

as Gary
Released: 1983-11-25

A story of transition: from lust to compassion, compassion to escape and escape to Sydney. Truth...

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Around the World in Eighty Ways

as Dr. Proctor
Released: 1988-01-01

Mavis Davis has had enough! Younger son Eddie wears headphones all day and almost electrocutes...

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Pacific Blue

as Dwayne Farrell
First aired: 1996-03-02

Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa...

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Blue Heelers

as Michael Fielding
First aired: 1993-09-10

Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue...

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The Flying Doctors

as Mike Stone
First aired: 1986-05-15

The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved...

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Water Rats

as D/S Sven Larsen
First aired: 1996-02-12

Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.

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Colin from Accounts

as Brian Crapp
First aired: 2022-12-01

Ashley and Gordon are two single(ish), complex humans who are brought together by a car accident...

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All Saints

as Frank Campion
First aired: 1998-02-24

Medical drama focusing on the working and personal lives of the doctors and nurses working on...

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All Saints

as Jonathan Healy
First aired: 1998-02-24

Medical drama focusing on the working and personal lives of the doctors and nurses working on...

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Bump

as Hippy Baby Boomer
First aired: 2021-01-01

An unexpected pregnancy complicates the lives of two families. The series centers around Oly, an...

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The Job

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-03-14

Mike McNeil is a decorated New York City detective whose toughest assignment is himself. He's...

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Janet King

as Steven Blakely
First aired: 2014-02-27

Senior Prosecutor Janet King returns from maternity leave to confront a high-profile murder, and...

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SeaChange

as Bob Jelly
First aired: 1998-05-10

SeaChange is a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2000 on...

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The Games

as John Howard
First aired: 1998-08-17

The Games was an Australian mockumentary television series about the 2000 Summer Olympics in...

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The Girl from Tomorrow

as Silverthorn
First aired: 1992-01-05

Alana, a girl from the year 3000, is kidnapped by Silverthorn, a criminal from the year 2500,...

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Water Under the Bridge

as Archie
First aired: 1980-09-25

Water Under the Bridge is a 1980 mini series based on the 1977 novel by Sumner Locke Elliott.

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A Town Like Alice

as Donald Paget
First aired: 1981-07-12

Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers...

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Get Krack!n

as Bill Langham
First aired: 2017-08-30

Having conquered the cutthroat world of satirical online cooking shows with The Katering Show,...

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Always Greener

as John Taylor
First aired: 2001-09-09

Every city-dweller daydreams about dropping out of the rat-race and moving to the country. Every...

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Jessica

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-07-18

Set in the Australian outback at the turn of the twentieth century, this family based drama...

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Soul Mates

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-10-23

Soul Mates has fun with big life questions as the twin souls of a pair of Bondi Hipsters appear...

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The Warriors

as Bill Shepherd
First aired: 2017-04-12

The Warriors is set in the world of Australian Rules Football. It explores the elite world of...

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