John Jarratt
Biography
John Jarratt is an Australian actor, producer, director and television presenter who came to prominence in the Australian New Wave. Born in the coal-mining village of Wongawilli in New South Wales, he trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1973, and made his screen debut in The Great Macarthy (1975). Early film roles followed in Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Odd Angry Shot (1979), and he played Ned Kelly in the 1980 miniseries The Last Outlaw. He became known to television viewers for a recurring role in McLeod's Daughters from 2001 to 2006, and to film audiences as Mick Taylor in Wolf Creek (2005), a part he returned to in Wolf Creek 2 (2013) and a later television series. His other credits include Rogue (2007), Australia (2008), Needle (2010) and Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014). He has also worked as a voice actor in audio drama.
75years old
Turns 76 on August 5in 297 days
- Born Wongawilli
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 42 years1979 to 2021
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First role
Jarratt both directed and acted in a school play during his high school years. The play was a great success, and his school principal recommended that he pursue an acting career.
Behind the camera
Jarratt launched Winnah Films, his own production company, in 2008. Savages Crossing, its first feature, began principal photography in February outside Ipswich, Queensland.
Beyond film
Jarratt returned to audio drama in 2017 to co-star in Benjamin Maio Mackay's adaptation of The Phoenix Files, after having worked for the ABC in the 1970s.
John Jarratt movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Greg McLean directed three of these films, Chris Sun two. Bryan Brown appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bryan Brown's page
David Gulpilil's page
Tony Barry's page
Chris Haywood's page
Aaron Pedersen's page
Lewis Fitz-Gerald's page
All films by Greg McLean
Chris SunDirector, 2 films, 2017 to 2021
All films by Chris Sun
Also two films together7 more actors
- Arthur DignamAustralia (2008) and We of the Never Never (1982)
- Ernie DingoBoar (2017) and Dead Heart (1996)
- Chris BridgewaterThe Possessed (2021) and Boar (2017)
- Ray MeagherDark Age (1987) and The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
- Simone BuchananThe Possessed (2021) and Boar (2017)
- Barbara HastingsChristmas Down Under (2021) and Love You Like That (2021)
- Sean GannonBoar (2017) and Wolf Creek (2005)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What John Jarratt's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$264 million
6 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 6 worldwide figure; 4 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 4Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$212M80.4% of the total
- 2$31M11.7% of the total
- 3$9.6M3.7% of the total
- 4$6.6M2.5% of the total
- 5$4.6M1.7% of the total
- 6$6K0.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.