Birthday
1952/10/22 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
Also know as
Τζον Χάουαρντ
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 Direc...Read more
(1988) Young Einstein
as Preston Preston
(2006) Jindabyne
as Carl
(1983) Gary's Story
as Gary
(1996) Dating the Enemy
as Davis
(1980) The Club
as Geoff Hayward
(1988) Around the World in Eighty Ways
as Dr. Proctor
(1983) Bush Christmas
as Sly
(2015) Mad Max: Fury Road
as The People Eater
(2004) A Man's Gotta Do
as Eddy
(2003) Take Away
as Burgies CEO
(2003) Japanese Story
as Richards
(2001) The Man Who Sued God
as Edward Piggott
(1999) In a Savage Land
as Rev Macgregor
(1998) Never Tell Me Never
as Uncle Darryl
(1997) Blackrock
as Len Kirby
(1988) Evil Angels
as Lyle Morris
(1984) Strikebound
as Bashed Scab
(1984) Razorback
as Danny
(2024) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
as The People Eater
(2015) Last Cab to Darwin
as Simmo
(2002) The Road from Coorain
as Angus
(1993) Joh's Jury
as Hedley
(2018) The Merger
as Bull Barlow
(1982) The Highest Honour
as Captain R. C. Page
(2014) Grace Under Water
as Ken
(2018) Frontier
as ---
(2019) A Matter Of Principle
as ---
(1975) Capone
as Warden J. Johnston
(2001) The Job
as ---
(1992) The Girl from Tomorrow
as Silverthorn
(1993) Blue Heelers
as Michael Fielding
(2017) Get Krack!n
as Bill Langham
(2021) Bump
as Hippy Baby Boomer
(2001) Always Greener
as John Taylor
(2004) Jessica
as ---
(2014) Janet King
as Steven Blakely
(1998) All Saints
as Frank Campion
(1998) The Games
as John Howard
(2017) The Warriors
as Bill Shepherd
(1986) The Flying Doctors
as Mike Stone
(2014) Soul Mates
as ---
(1998) SeaChange
as Bob Jelly
(1981) A Town Like Alice
as Donald Paget
(1980) Water Under the Bridge
as Archie
(2022) Colin from Accounts
as Brian Crapp
(1996) Pacific Blue
as Dwayne Farrell
(1996) Water Rats
as D/S Sven Larsen
(1998) All Saints
as Jonathan Healy