John Howard
Acting
1952-10-22 · Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
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 ).
Filmography
Wolfram
2026 · Movie
Riley
2025 · Movie
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024 · Movie
Colin from Accounts
2022 · Series
Bump
2021 · Series
A Matter Of Principle
2019 · Movie
The Merger
2018 · Movie
Frontier
2018 · Movie
Get Krack!n
2017 · Series
The Warriors
2017 · Series
unINDIAN
2015 · Movie
Last Cab to Darwin
2015 · Movie
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · Movie
Grace Under Water
2014 · Movie
Soul Mates
2014 · Series
Janet King
2014 · Series
Jindabyne
2006 · Movie
Jessica
2004 · Series
A Man's Gotta Do
2004 · Movie
Japanese Story
2003 · Movie
Take Away
2003 · Movie
The Road from Coorain
2002 · Movie
The Man Who Sued God
2001 · Movie
Always Greener
2001 · Series
The Job
2001 · Series
In a Savage Land
1999 · Movie
The Games
1998 · Series
SeaChange
1998 · Series
Never Tell Me Never
1998 · Movie
All Saints
1998 · Series
Blackrock
1997 · Movie
Dating the Enemy
1996 · Movie
Pacific Blue
1996 · Series
Water Rats
1996 · Series
Blue Heelers
1993 · Series
Joh's Jury
1993 · Movie
The Girl from Tomorrow
1992 · Series
Young Einstein
1988 · Movie
Evil Angels
1988 · Movie
Around the World in Eighty Ways
1988 · Movie
The Flying Doctors
1986 · Series
Strikebound
1984 · Movie
Razorback
1984 · Movie
Bush Christmas
1983 · Movie
Gary's Story
1983 · Movie
The Highest Honour
1982 · Movie
A Town Like Alice
1981 · Series
Water Under the Bridge
1980 · Series
The Club
1980 · Movie
Capone
1975 · Movie
To the Rescue
Movie