John Howard
Date of birth: 1952-10-22
Place of birth: Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Τζον Χάουαρντ
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 ).
Movie Credits
Young Einstein
1988-12-15
Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the be
Jindabyne
2006-07-20
Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends wh
Gary's Story
1983-11-25
A story of transition: from lust to compassion, compassion to escape and escape to Sydney. Truth pla
Dating the Enemy
1996-09-19
Television show host Brett and his laid-back science journalist girlfriend Tash despair that they wi
The Club
1980-09-18
The club buys a talented young player, Geoff, for a record sum of money. The team members do not lik
Around the World in Eighty Ways
1988-01-01
Mavis Davis has had enough! Younger son Eddie wears headphones all day and almost electrocutes her.
Bush Christmas
1983-12-22
In the Australian outback a family struggles to keep its farm from foreclosure. Their only hope is t
Take Away
2003-08-14
Tony Stilano and Trev Spackneys both own, live over and work in adjoining take-away fish shops in Me
In a Savage Land
1999-10-21
Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research
The Man Who Sued God
2001-10-25
A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck b
Never Tell Me Never
1998-04-07
This is the true story of Janine Shepard, a world class skier faced with tragedy, being hit by a car
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015-05-13
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where hu
A Man's Gotta Do
2004-07-08
Eddy does what he has to do to give his family what they want. For the last 25 years, he has secretl
Japanese Story
2003-08-30
Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man sh
Evil Angels
1988-11-03
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in cent
Blackrock
1997-05-01
In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his
Strikebound
1984-09-20
Via the New York Times: "...reconstructs the true story of a coal miners' strike in the small town o
Razorback
1984-04-19
In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024-05-22
As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of
Last Cab to Darwin
2015-08-06
Rex is a loner, and when he's told he doesn't have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive through
The Road from Coorain
2002-03-03
A young girl comes of age in the Australian bush amid natural disaster and family tragedy.
Joh's Jury
1993-02-16
Dramatisation of the 1991 perjury trial of former Queensland state Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
The Merger
2018-08-30
A country football coach who has a plan to rebuild the local football team by recruiting recently se
The Highest Honour
1982-05-15
After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expeditio
Grace Under Water
2014-11-01
Lou is losing the cold war with her stubborn and enigmatic stepdaughter Grace when an unexpected cha
Frontier
2018-03-21
Texas, 1848. Families are being forced off their land by the settlers who come to colonize this unpo
A Matter Of Principle
2019-12-08
Capone
1975-04-16
Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio
Riley
2025-12-04
The life of a disciplined high school athlete begins to unravel when his queer identity competes aga