John Howard (Australian actor)

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John Howard
Born (1952-10-22) 22 October 1952 (age 71)
OccupationActor
Years active1978−present

John Howard (born 22 October 1952[citation needed]) is an Australian stage and screen actor. Howard is best known for his appearances in the television series Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Always Greener, All Saints and Packed to the Rafters.

Career[edit]

Film[edit]

Howard was born in Corowa, New South Wales. He graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). His first role was The Club. He appeared in the 1988 film Young Einstein, the 2001 film The Man Who Sued God,[1] the 2006 film Jindabyne and had a minor supporting role in the 2012 Australian comedy Any Questions for Ben?, along with the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road. He also appeared in the 2015 released Australian road film Last Cab to Darwin.[2]

Television[edit]

Howard is also a television actor and has appeared in a number of Australian programs. He began his career as Bob Scott in Young Ramsay (1979-80) starred in the children's program The Girl from Tomorrow as the evil Silverthorn, and he has played Frank Reilly in Wildside (1997–98), Bob Jelly in SeaChange (1998–2000) and John Taylor in Always Greener (2001–2003). He also played Dr. Frank Campion in the Australian medical TV drama All Saints (2004-09). He had a role in Packed to the Rafters for a season (2010-11) and the first series of the ABC drama Janet King.

Theatre[edit]

Howard served as the associate director of Sydney Theatre Company between 1992 and 1996. He also acted numerous roles in plays including Shrine, Rising Water, Mongrels, The Crucible, The Life of Galileo, Dead White Males, and Measure for Measure.[3]

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2021 Bump Hippy TV series, 1 episode
1998-2019 SeaChange Bob Jelly TV series, 47 episodes
2019 Get Krack'n Bill Langham 2 episodes
2017 The Warriors Bill Shepard TV series, 8 episodes
2016 Soul Mates Sarge TV series, 4 episodes
2014 Janet King Steven Blakely TV series, 2 episodes
2010-12 Packed to the Rafters Tom Jennings TV series., 17 episodes
2011 City Homicide Alan Sullivan TV series, 5 episodes
2001-09 All Saints Jonathan Healy / Frank Campion TV series, 232 episodes
2008 The Real Seachange Narrator TV series
2004 Jessica Georgie Thomas TV miniseries
2001-03 Always Greener John Taylor TV series, 50 episodes
2001 Changi Ken TV miniseries, 1 episode
2001 Stingers Robert Lake TV series, 1 episode
2000 The Games John Howard TV series, 1 episode
1999 Water Rats Sven Larsen TV series, 2 episodes
1999 Heartbreak High Tony Moss TV series, 1 episode
1999 Flipper TV series, 1 episode
1998 Pacific Blue Dwayne Farrell TV series, 1 episode
1998 State Coroner Steve Coombs TV series, 1 episode
1998 Children's Hospital Len Larkin TV series, 1 episode
1997-98 Wildside Franky Reilly TV series, 5 episodes
1995 G.P. John Schueler TV series, 1 episode
1995 Blue Heelers Michael Fielding TV series, 1 episode
1991-92 The Girl from Tomorrow Silverthorne TV series, 23 episodes
1991 The Flying Doctors Mike Stone TV series, 1 episode
1982-89 A Country Practice Hamish Dalton / Julian Cockburn / Sandy Macintosh TV series, 6 episodes
1988 Richmond Hill Bob Russell TV series
1986 Studio 86 Author TV series, 1 episode
1985 Heart of the High Country Ginger TV series, 6 episodes
1983 Carson's Law Len Cartwright TV series, 2 episodes
1983 Silent Reach Peter Mountford TV series, 2 episodes
1982 The Highest Honor Captain R.C. Page TV movie
1981 Bellamy Priest TV series, 1 episode
1981 Cop Shop Edward Whitlaw TV series, 2 episodes
1981 A Town like Alice Donald Paget TV miniseries, 1 episode
1980 Water Under the Bridge Archie TV miniseries, 6 episodes
1980 Young Ramsay Bob Scott TV series, 2 episodes

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2022 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga The People Eater Feature film
2022 Talk Back Short film
2018 Extra Time Bill Langham
2018 The Merger Bull Barlow Feature film
2015 UnIndian Mr Saunders Feature film
2015 1919 The Doctor Feature film
2015 Last Cab to Darwin Simmo Feature film
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road The People Eater Feature film
2014 Grace Under Water Ken
2014 Twisted Minds Greg Tinley
2012 Any Questions for Ben? Priest Feature film
2010 In Silence Fred
2006 Jindabyne Carl Feature film
2004 A Man's Gotta Do Eddy Feature film
2003 Take Away Burgies CEO Feature film
2003 Japanese Story Richards Feature film
2002 Tanya and Floyd Teddy TV movie
2002 The Road from Coorain Angus TV movie
2001 The Man Who Sued God Edward Piggott Feature film
1999 In a Savage Land Reverend Macgregor Feature film
1997 Blackrock Kirby Feature film
1996 Tease Graham
1996 Dating the Enemy Davis Feature film
1995 The Road to Mandalay Conrad Wolf TV movie
1994 The Gap Waiter Short film
1992 The Girl from Tomorrow Silverthorne
1988 Young Einstein Preston Preston Feature film
1988 Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark) Lyle Morris Feature film
1988 Around the World in 80 Ways Dr Proctor Feature film
1987 With Time to Kill Adam Sayer Feature film
1986 My Country David Silvermen Feature film
1985 The Club Geoff Video (voice)
1985 Best Enemies Read
1985 Wrong World Extra Feature film
1984 Razorback Danny Feature film
1984 Stirkebound Bashed Feature film
1993 Joh's Jury Hedley TV movie
1983 September 51 Paul
1983 Gary's Story Gary Short film
1983 Bush Christmas Sly Feature film
1982 The Highest Honor Captain R.C. Page TV movie
1981 Experiment in Romax Short film
1980 The Club Geoff Hayward Feature film
1979 My Boys are Good Boys Grocery Store Owner
19?? The Austronauts Buck Harrington

Awards[edit]

He was the recipient of Sydney Critics Circle Best Stage Actor Award in 1991 and the Variety Club of Australia Stage Actor Heart Award in 1992. Howard has also won the Most Outstanding Actor award at the 2001 Logie Awards for his role in SeaChange,[4] the 2009 Sydney Critics Circle Awards for Best Stage Actor, and the Centenary Medal for Service to the Arts and the Community.[5]

ARIA Music Awards[edit]

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1989 Australia Day / Child of Australia (with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, & Joan Carden Best Classical Album Nominated [6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Australian Television: All Saints: Profiles: John Howard".
  2. ^ "Last Cab to Darwin". IMDb. 10 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Australian Television: All Saints: Profiles: John Howard".
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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