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 ).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as The People Eater
- 2022 · Colin from Accounts as Brian Crapp
- 2021 · Bump as Hippy Baby Boomer
- 2019 · A Matter Of Principle as
- 2018 · The Merger as Bull Barlow
- 2018 · Frontier as
- 2017 · Get Krack!n as Bill Langham
- 2017 · The Warriors as Bill Shepherd
- 2015 · Last Cab to Darwin as Simmo
- 2015 · Mad Max: Fury Road as The People Eater
- 2014 · Grace Under Water as Ken
- 2014 · Soul Mates as
- 2014 · Janet King as Steven Blakely
- 2006 · Jindabyne as Carl
- 2004 · Jessica as
- 2004 · A Man's Gotta Do as Eddy
- 2003 · Japanese Story as Richards
- 2003 · Take Away as Burgies CEO
- 2002 · The Road from Coorain as Angus
- 2001 · The Man Who Sued God as Edward Piggott
- 2001 · Always Greener as John Taylor
- 2001 · The Job as
- 1999 · In a Savage Land as Rev Macgregor
- 1998 · The Games as John Howard
- 1998 · SeaChange as Bob Jelly
- 1998 · Never Tell Me Never as Uncle Darryl
- 1998 · All Saints as Frank Campion
- 1997 · Blackrock as Len Kirby
- 1996 · Dating the Enemy as Davis
- 1996 · Pacific Blue as Dwayne Farrell
- 1996 · Water Rats as D/S Sven Larsen
- 1993 · Blue Heelers as Michael Fielding
- 1993 · Joh's Jury as Hedley
- 1992 · The Girl from Tomorrow as Silverthorn
- 1988 · Young Einstein as Preston Preston
- 1988 · Evil Angels as Lyle Morris
- 1988 · Around the World in Eighty Ways as Dr. Proctor
- 1986 · The Flying Doctors as Mike Stone
- 1984 · Strikebound as Bashed Scab
- 1984 · Razorback as Danny
- 1983 · Bush Christmas as Sly
- 1983 · Gary's Story as Gary
- 1982 · The Highest Honour as Captain R. C. Page
- 1981 · A Town Like Alice as Donald Paget
- 1980 · Water Under the Bridge as Archie
- 1980 · The Club as Geoff Hayward
- 1975 · Capone as Warden J. Johnston