John Howard
Birthday: 1952-10-22 | Place of Birth: Corowa, New South Wales, AustraliaHas 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
Role
as Sports Broadcaster
as The People Eater
as Bull Barlow
as Bill Shepherd
as Simmo
as Carl
as Angus
as Edward Piggott
as John Taylor
as Rev Macgregor
as Bob Jelly
as Frank Campion
as Uncle Darryl
as Davis
as Hedley
as Silverthorn
as Preston Preston
as Dr. Proctor
as Lyle Morris
as Bashed Scab
as Captain R. C. Page
as Danny
