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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
John Howard
Acting
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Movies: 28Series: 19
TMDB ID: 102603
IMDb ID: nm0397398
Known for: Acting
Born: October 22, 1952
Age: 73
Place of birth: Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2025
Years active: 51
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q5670833
Also known as
Τζον Χάουαρντ
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 ).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Howard.
6.3
Riley
as Sports Broadcaster
2025 Movie
7.5
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
as The People Eater
2024 Movie
5.5
A Matter Of Principle
2019 Movie
5.8
The Merger
as Bull Barlow
2018 Movie
5.0
Frontier
2018 Movie
6.8
Last Cab to Darwin
as Simmo
2015 Movie
7.6
Mad Max: Fury Road
as The People Eater
2015 Movie
5.4
Jindabyne
as Carl
2006 Movie
3.7
A Man's Gotta Do
as Eddy
2004 Movie
6.3
Japanese Story
as Richards
2003 Movie
3.9
Take Away
as Burgies CEO
2003 Movie
7.3
The Road from Coorain
as Angus
2002 Movie
6.4
The Man Who Sued God
as Edward Piggott
2001 Movie
4.9
In a Savage Land
as Rev Macgregor
1999 Movie
3.7
Never Tell Me Never
as Uncle Darryl
1998 Movie
5.3
Blackrock
as Len Kirby
1997 Movie
6.3
Dating the Enemy
as Davis
1996 Movie
7.0
Joh's Jury
as Hedley
1993 Movie
5.3
Young Einstein
as Preston Preston
1988 Movie
6.7
Evil Angels
as Lyle Morris
1988 Movie
1.0
Around the World in Eighty Ways
as Dr. Proctor
1988 Movie
5.3
Strikebound
as Bashed Scab
1984 Movie
5.9
Razorback
as Danny
1984 Movie
5.8
Bush Christmas
as Sly
1983 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Howard.
7.4
Colin from Accounts
as Brian Crapp • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.5
Bump
as Hippy Baby Boomer • 1 eps
2021 Series
6.1
Get Krack!n
as Bill Langham • 1 eps
2017 Series
2.8
The Warriors
as Bill Shepherd • 8 eps
2017 Series
7.2
Soul Mates
6 eps
2014 Series
6.9
Janet King
as Steven Blakely • 8 eps
2014 Series
4.8
Jessica
3 eps
2004 Series
Always Greener
as John Taylor • 50 eps
2001 Series
6.7
The Job
1 eps
2001 Series
7.0
The Games
as John Howard • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.8
SeaChange
as Bob Jelly • 47 eps
1998 Series
6.1
All Saints
as Frank Campion • 239 eps
1998 Series
5.4
Pacific Blue
as Dwayne Farrell • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.0
Water Rats
as D/S Sven Larsen • 2 eps
1996 Series
6.2
Blue Heelers
as Michael Fielding • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.1
The Girl from Tomorrow
as Silverthorn • 24 eps
1992 Series
6.6
The Flying Doctors
as Mike Stone • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.6
A Town Like Alice
as Donald Paget • 1 eps
1981 Series
Water Under the Bridge
as Archie • 9 eps
1980 Series