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John Jarratt
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John Jarratt
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1951-08-05,Wongawilli, New South Wales, Australia
Gender
Male
Biography
Jarratt was born and grew up in Wongawilli, a small rural town near Wollongong, New South Wales and later in the Snowy Mountains area. Jarratt’s father was a coal miner and later a concreter, who worked on the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme. His 5x great-grandfather, George Jarratt, born 1833, came from Croxton in Cambridgeshire, England; his son, John, married a Mary Kelly from Ireland. While in high school, Jarratt directed and acted in a school play which was a great success and led to his school principal recommending him for an acting career. Jarratt graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1973. His screen debut was in The Great Macarthy. He also appeared in Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock in 1975 and Summer City in 1977 with Mel Gibson. Jarratt had the lead role in the mini series The Last Outlaw playing Ned Kelly in 1979. He played a major supporting role as a young Australian soldier in Vietnam war movie The Odd Angry Shot, 1980. In the late 1980s, Jarratt recognised he had a problem with binge drinking and related violence and joined Alcoholics Anonymous, an organisation in which he continues to be active. In the 1990s, he was a presenter on the lifestyle show Better Homes and Gardens with then-wife Noni Hazlehurst. He had guest roles in Inspector Morse, Police Rescue, Blue Murder, Water Rats and Blue Heelers in the 1990s and 2000s. He joined the cast of McLeod’s Daughters in 2001, and left the show in 2006. In 2010, Jarratt appeared in a commercial for Husqvarna. In May 2013, Jarratt filmed a guest star role in the third instalment of the ABC telemovie series, Jack Irish: Dead Point. In 2005, he had a major role in the Australian film Wolf Creek, playing the villain Mick Taylor.[5] In 2007, he appeared in two films, Rogue and The Final Winter. Jarratt also had a small role in the 2008 film, Australia, as a soldier. In 2008, Jarratt launched his own film production company, Winnah Films. Winnah’s first feature film, Savages Crossing (originally carrying the working title Flood) went into principal photography outside Ipswich, Queensland in February. In 2009, he appears as the father of a teenage girl via phone in Telstra’s “Next G” commercials. In 2010, Jarratt starred in the ensemble exploitation extravaganza, Bad Behaviour, written and directed by Joseph Sims. In the same year, Jarratt also had a role in the supernatural horror movie Needle. He made a cameo in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained in 2012, appearing as an employee of the Le Quint Dickie Mining Company alongside Tarantino himself, both appearing with Australian accents. In February 2013, Jarratt reprised his role as Mick Taylor, filming the Wolf Creek sequel, Wolf Creek 2, with Matt Hearn producing and Greg McLean directing. The film was released on 20 February 2014. In January 2014, a new thriller called StalkHer began filming on the Gold Coast, Queensland. The film is co-directed by Jarratt, who also stars in the production. The producer of the film is ‘OZPIX’, a production company partly owned by Jarratt. Filming was completed in February 2014, and will screen later in the year.

Filmography

Love You Like That

6.9

Love You Like That
2021-10-21

Picnic at Hanging Rock

7.2

Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975-09-02

5

Summer City
1977-12-22

6.305

Rogue
2007-11-08

6.234

Wolf Creek
2005-09-16

The Final Winter

5.6

The Final Winter
2007-09-06

We of the Never Never

5.933

We of the Never Never
1982-11-04

The Odd Angry Shot

6.086

The Odd Angry Shot
1979-03-01

6.429

Blue Fin
1978-12-01

5.7

Dark Age
1987-05-21

6.27

Next of Kin
1982-04-30

4.203

Shiver
2012-04-21

100 Bloody Acres

5.771

100 Bloody Acres
2012-08-04

4.4

Bad Behaviour
2010-08-27

6.4

Wolf Creek 2
2013-08-30

The Great MacArthy

5.4

The Great MacArthy
1975-08-04

7.2

Hero
2017-09-15

The Naked Country

4.5

The Naked Country
1985-07-25

Savages Crossing

3.3

Savages Crossing
2011-05-11

3.875

StalkHer
2015-08-27

6.592

Australia
2008-11-18

Jack Irish: Dead Point

6.713

Jack Irish: Dead Point
2014-04-13

Midnight Dancer

5

Midnight Dancer
1988-08-01

8

The Settlement
1984-07-19

10

Talk
1994-07-01

All Men Are Liars

5

All Men Are Liars
1995-11-30

Django Unchained

8.193

Django Unchained
2012-12-25

4.952

Needle
2010-06-04

5.8

Dead Heart
1996-09-08

Australian Dream

3

Australian Dream
1987-01-02

Wolf Creek: Legacy

0

Wolf Creek: Legacy
2027-03-19

What About Sal?

7

What About Sal?
2024-04-25

Little Boy Lost

7.5

Little Boy Lost
1978-11-16

Double or Nothing

0

Double or Nothing
2025-05-01

5.026

Observance
2016-04-03

The Sound of Love

8

The Sound of Love
1978-12-01

Touch the Sun: Top Enders

10

Touch the Sun: Top Enders
1988-04-10

7

Joh's Jury
1993-02-16

7.667

Pirates Island
1991-01-01

Plunge Into Darkness

5.5

Plunge Into Darkness
1978-01-01

7

Fluteman
1982-11-24

Crime of the Decade

10

Crime of the Decade
1984-08-19

0

Frenzy
2015-02-28

Christmas Down Under

2

Christmas Down Under
2021-11-21

5.274

Boar
2018-06-17

Not Quite Hollywood

6.755

Not Quite Hollywood
2008-08-28

The Making of 'Wolf Creek'

6.2

The Making of 'Wolf Creek'
2006-01-16

Red Dog: True Blue

6.572

Red Dog: True Blue
2016-12-26

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

6.735

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978-06-21

6.285

The Possessed
2021-10-29

5.286

The Time Game
1992-01-01

Chase Through the Night

7.5

Chase Through the Night
1983-01-01

The Ninth Order

0

The Ninth Order

6

Shed
2025-10-12

0

The Tree
1977-10-28

9

Zombie Plane

0

The Ascendants

A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'

8

A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'
2004-08-01

McLeod's Daughters

7.266

McLeod's Daughters
2001-08-08

6.676

Blue Heelers
1993-09-10

The Last Outlaw

7

The Last Outlaw
1980-10-20

7

Territory Cops
2012-10-11

7

Outriders
2001-07-09

Inspector Morse

7.9

Inspector Morse
1987-01-06

6.4

Bluey
1976-08-02

7

Wolf Creek
2016-05-12

6.7

Police Rescue
1991-02-14

Father, Dear Father

7

Father, Dear Father
1978-06-25

5.571

Blue Murder
1995-09-14

7.737

Siren
2018-03-29

6.182

Water Rats
1996-02-12

6.059

Darby and Joan
2022-08-08

6.059

Darby and Joan
2022-08-08