John Howard
Acting
- Born:
- 1952-10-22
- 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 ).
Known For
Filmography
Wolfram
Riley
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Colin from Accounts
Bump
A Matter Of Principle
The Merger
Frontier
Get Krack!n
The Warriors
unINDIAN
Last Cab to Darwin
Mad Max: Fury Road
Grace Under Water
Soul Mates
Janet King
Jindabyne
Jessica
A Man's Gotta Do
Japanese Story
Take Away
The Road from Coorain
The Man Who Sued God
Always Greener
The Job
In a Savage Land
The Games
SeaChange
Never Tell Me Never
All Saints
Blackrock
Dating the Enemy
Pacific Blue
Water Rats
Blue Heelers
Joh's Jury
The Girl from Tomorrow
Young Einstein
Evil Angels
Around the World in Eighty Ways
The Flying Doctors
Strikebound
Razorback
Bush Christmas
Gary's Story
The Highest Honour
A Town Like Alice
Water Under the Bridge
The Club
Capone
To the Rescue