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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 ).
As actor
Wolfram
Riley
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
A Matter Of Principle
The Merger
Frontier
Mad Max: Fury Road
Last Cab to Darwin
unINDIAN
Grace Under Water
Jindabyne
A Man's Gotta Do
Take Away
Japanese Story
The Road from Coorain
The Man Who Sued God
In a Savage Land
Never Tell Me Never
Blackrock
Dating the Enemy
Joh's Jury
Young Einstein
Around the World in Eighty Ways
Evil Angels
Razorback
Strikebound
Gary's Story
Bush Christmas
The Highest Honour
The Club