John Howard
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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Full Filmography
All Credits (48)
Wolfram
as Unknown
Riley
as Sports Broadcaster
Colin from Accounts
as Brian Crapp
Bump
as Hippy Baby Boomer
A Matter Of Principle
as Unknown
The Merger
as Bull Barlow
Frontier
as Unknown
Get Krack!n
as Bill Langham
The Warriors
as Bill Shepherd
unINDIAN
as Mr Sanders
Last Cab to Darwin
as Simmo
Soul Mates
as Unknown
Janet King
as Steven Blakely
Jindabyne
as Carl
Jessica
as Unknown
A Man's Gotta Do
as Eddy
Japanese Story
as Richards
Take Away
as Burgies CEO
The Road from Coorain
as Angus
The Man Who Sued God
as Edward Piggott
Always Greener
as John Taylor
The Job
as Unknown
In a Savage Land
as Rev Macgregor
The Games
as John Howard
SeaChange
as Bob Jelly
Never Tell Me Never
as Uncle Darryl
All Saints
as Frank Campion
All Saints
as Jonathan Healy
Blackrock
as Len Kirby
Dating the Enemy
as Davis
Pacific Blue
as Dwayne Farrell
Water Rats
as D/S Sven Larsen
Blue Heelers
as Michael Fielding
Joh's Jury
as Hedley
The Girl from Tomorrow
as Silverthorn
Young Einstein
as Preston Preston
Evil Angels
as Lyle Morris
Around the World in Eighty Ways
as Dr. Proctor
The Flying Doctors
as Mike Stone
Strikebound
as Bashed Scab
Razorback
as Danny
Bush Christmas
as Sly
Gary's Story
as Gary
The Highest Honour
as Captain R. C. Page
A Town Like Alice
as Donald Paget
Water Under the Bridge
as Archie
The Club
as Geoff Hayward
Capone
as Warden J. Johnston