John Howard (Australian actor)
{{Short description|Australian actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = John Howard
| image =John Howard 2016.jpg
| occupation = Actor
| years active = 1978−present
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|10|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
}}
John Howard (born 22 October 1952{{cn|date=October 2022}}) is an Australian stage and screen actor. Howard is best known for his appearances in television series Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Always Greener, All Saints and Packed to the Rafters, as well as his portrayal of The People Eater in the Mad Max franchise.
Career
=Film and television=
Howard was born in Corowa, New South Wales. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). His first role was in The Club. He appeared in the 1988 film Young Einstein, the 2001 film The Man Who Sued God,{{Cite web|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/as/profiles/howard.html|title=Australian Television: All Saints: Profiles: John Howard}} the 2006 film Jindabyne and had a minor supporting role in the 2012 Australian comedy Any Questions for Ben?, along with the 2015 released Australian road film Last Cab to Darwin.{{Cite web |date=10 June 2016 |title=Last Cab to Darwin |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3680410/ |website=IMDb}} In 2015, he also starred in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road as The People Eater, a role he reprised in 2024 in the film's prequel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
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 (1979–1980) starred in the children's program The Girl from Tomorrow as the evil Silverthorn, and he has played Frank Reilly in Wildside (1997–1998), 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 (2004–2009). He had a role in Packed to the Rafters for a season (2010–2011) and the first series of the ABC drama Janet King.
=Theatre=
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, Life of Galileo, Dead White Males, and Measure for Measure.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bsstc.com.au/assets/Uploads/Files/Programmes/Shrine-Program-WEB.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331014341/https://www.bsstc.com.au/assets/Uploads/Files/Programmes/Shrine-Program-WEB.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1979
| My Boys are Good Boys | Grocery Store Owner (uncredited) | |
| 1980
| The Club | Geoff Hayward | |
| 1981
| Experiment in Romance | | Short film |
| rowspan="3"|1983
| September '51 | Paul | Short film |
| Gary's Story
| Gary | Short film |
| Bush Christmas
| Sly | |
| rowspan="2"|1984
| Danny | |
| Strikebound
| Bashed Scab | |
| rowspan="3"|1985
| The Club | Geoff | Video (voice) |
| Best Enemies
| Read | |
| Wrong World
| Extra | |
| 1986
| David Silvermen | |
| 1987
| Adam Sayer | |
| rowspan="3"|1988
| Preston Preston | |
| Evil Angels
| Lyle Morris | (aka A Cry in the Dark) |
| Around the World in 80 Ways
| Dr. Proctor | |
| 1994
| The Gap | Waiter | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|1996
| Tease | Graham | Short film |
| Dating the Enemy
| Davis | |
| 1997
| Kirby | |
| 1999
| Reverend Macgregor | |
| 2001
| Edward Piggott | |
| rowspan="2"|2003
| Burgies CEO | |
| Japanese Story
| Richards | |
| 2004
| Eddy | |
| 2006
| Carl | |
| 2010
| In Silence | Fred | Short film |
| 2012
| Priest | |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| Grace Under Water | Ken | Short film |
| Twisted Minds
| Greg Tinley | |
| rowspan="4"|2015
| UnIndian | Mr. Saunders | |
| 1919
| The Doctor | Short film |
| Last Cab to Darwin
| Simmo | |
| Mad Max: Fury Road
| The People Eater | |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Extra Time | Bill Langham | |
| The Merger
| Bull Barlow | |
| 2022
| Talk Back | | Short film |
| 2024
| The People Eater | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 19??
| The Austronauts | Commander Buck Harrington | TV film |
| rowspan="2"|1980
| Archie | 6 episodes |
| Young Ramsay
| Bob Scott | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|1981
| Bellamy | Priest | Episode: "Fizz" |
| Cop Shop
| Edward Whitelaw | 2 episodes |
| A Town like Alice
| Donald Paget | Episode #1.1 |
| 1982
| Captain R.C. Page | TV film |
| 1982–1989
| Hamish Dalton / Julian Cockburn / | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|1983
| Len Cartwright | 2 episodes |
| Silent Reach
| Peter Mountford | 2 episodes |
| 1985
| Heart of the High Country | Ginger | 6 episodes |
| 1986
| Author | Episode: "Restoration Place" |
| 1988
| Bob Russell | TV series |
| 1991
| Mike Stone | Episode: "Father & Son" |
| 1991–1992
| Silverthorn | 23 episodes |
| 1993
| Hedley | TV film |
| rowspan="3"|1995
| G.P. | John Schueler | Episode: "Still Life" |
| Blue Heelers
| Michael Fielding | Episode: "Out of Harm's Way" |
| The Road to Mandalay
| Conrad Wolf | TV film |
| 1997–1998
| Wildside | Franky Reilly | 5 episodes |
| rowspan="4"|1998
| Dwayne Farrell | Episode: "Cruz Control" |
| State Coroner
| Steve Coombs | Episode: "On Thin Ice" |
| Children's Hospital
| Len Larkin | Episode: "Home Truths" |
| Never Tell Me Never
| Uncle Darryl | TV film |
| 1998–2019
| Bob Jelly | 47 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|1999
| Sven Larsen | 2 episodes |
| Heartbreak High
| Tony Moss | Episode #7.16 |
| Flipper
| Jack Cawley | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
| 2000
| John Howard | Episode: "Land Claim" |
| rowspan="2"|2001
| Changi | Ken | Episode: "Gordon's Will" |
| Stingers
| Robert Lake | Episode: "Family Values" |
| 2001–2003
| John Taylor | 50 episodes |
| 2001–2009
| Jonathan Healy / Dr. Frank Campion | 232 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2002
| Tanya and Floyd | Teddy | TV film |
| The Road from Coorain
| Angus | TV film |
| 2004
| Jessica | Georgie Thomas | Miniseries |
| 2008
| Narrator | TV series |
| 2010–2012
| Tom Jennings | 17 episodes |
| 2011
| Alan Sullivan | 5 episodes |
| 2014
| Steven Blakely | 2 episodes |
| 2016
| Sarge | 4 episodes |
| 2017
| Bill Shepard | 8 episodes |
| 2019
| Bill Langham | 2 episodes |
| 2021
| Bump | Hippy | Episode: "Driftwood" |
| 2024
| Brian Crapp | 1 episode |
Awards
Howard was also the recipient of the Centenary Medal, for Service to the Arts and the Community.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bsstc.com.au/assets/Uploads/Files/Programmes/Shrine-Program-WEB.pdf |title=Shrine program |access-date=19 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331014341/https://www.bsstc.com.au/assets/Uploads/Files/Programmes/Shrine-Program-WEB.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0397398|John Howard}}
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Category:20th-century Australian male actors
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Category:Australian male film actors
Category:Australian male stage actors
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