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John Jarratt

John Jarratt

Birthday: 1951-08-05 | Place of Birth: Wongawilli, New South Wales, Australia

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
The Possessed

as    Jacob Chandler

2021
Christmas Down Under

as    Robert Parker

2021
Love You Like That

as    Roy

2018
Boar

as    Ken

2016
Wolf Creek

as    Mick Taylor

2016
Observance

as    Snitch

2015
StalkHer

as    Jack

2014
Wolf Creek 2

as    Mick Taylor

2013
100 Bloody Acres

as    Burke

2012
Shiver

as    Vinnie Rood

2011
Savages Crossing

as    Phil

2010
Needle

as    Paul, the Coroner

2008
Rogue

as    Russell

2008
Australia

as    Sergeant

2005
Wolf Creek

as    Mick Taylor

1996
Dead Heart

as    Charlie

1987
Dark Age

as    Steve Harris

1987
Australian Dream

as    Todd

1982
Next of Kin

as    Barney

1979
The Odd Angry Shot

as    Bill

1978
Blue Fin

as    Sam Snell

1978
Little Boy Lost

as    Vic Tanner

1977
Summer City

as    Sandy

1
Wolf Creek 3

as    Mick Taylor

1
Justice in a Smoking Gun

as    Samuel Foster