John Howard

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 ).

Known For: Acting

Born: Corowa, New South Wales, Australia, 1952-10-22

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Capone	Warden J. Johnston	60
2	1980	The Club	Geoff Hayward	60
3	1982	The Highest Honour	Captain R. C. Page	57
4	1983	Gary's Story	Gary	0
5	1983	Bush Christmas	Sly	57
6	1984	Razorback	Danny	59
7	1984	Strikebound	Bashed Scab	53
8	1988	Around the World in Eighty Ways	Dr. Proctor	10
9	1988	Evil Angels	Lyle Morris	67
10	1988	Young Einstein	Preston Preston	52
11	1993	Joh's Jury	Hedley	70
12	1996	Dating the Enemy	Davis	65
13	1997	Blackrock	Len Kirby	60
14	1998	Never Tell Me Never	Uncle Darryl	50
15	1999	In a Savage Land	Rev Macgregor	51
16	2001	The Man Who Sued God	Edward Piggott	65
17	2002	The Road from Coorain	Angus	73
18	2003	Take Away	Burgies CEO	39
19	2003	Japanese Story	Richards	64
20	2004	A Man's Gotta Do	Eddy	42
21	2006	Jindabyne	Carl	54
22	2014	Grace Under Water	Ken	0
23	2015	Mad Max: Fury Road	The People Eater	76
24	2015	Last Cab to Darwin	Simmo	69
25	2018	Frontier		50
26	2018	The Merger	Bull Barlow	58
27	2019	A Matter Of Principle		55
28	2023	Riley	Sports Broadcaster	0
29	2024	Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga	The People Eater	75

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	Water Under the Bridge	Archie	0
2	1981	A Town Like Alice	Donald Paget	76
3	1986	The Flying Doctors	Mike Stone	61
4	1992	The Girl from Tomorrow	Silverthorn	71
5	1993	Blue Heelers	Michael Fielding	66
6	1996	Water Rats	D/S Sven Larsen	66
7	1996	Pacific Blue	Dwayne Farrell	54
8	1998	All Saints	Frank Campion	62
9	1998	All Saints	Jonathan Healy	62
10	1998	SeaChange	Bob Jelly	78
11	1998	The Games	John Howard	70
12	2001	The Job		66
13	2001	Always Greener	John Taylor	0
14	2004	Jessica		56
15	2014	Janet King	Steven Blakely	68
16	2014	Soul Mates		72
17	2017	The Warriors	Bill Shepherd	28
18	2017	Get Krack!n	Bill Langham	61
19	2021	Bump	Hippy Baby Boomer	73
20	2022	Colin from Accounts	Brian Crapp	75