John Howard (Australian actor)

For other people with the same name, see John Howard (disambiguation).

John Howard (born 22 October 1952^{[citation needed]}) is an Australian stage and screen actor. Howard is best known for his appearances in the television series Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Always Greener, All Saints and Packed to the Rafters.

John Howard
Born	(1952-10-22) 22 October 1952 (age 70) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978−present

Career

Film

Howard was born in Corowa, New South Wales. He graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). His first role was The Club. He appeared in the 1988 film Young Einstein, the 2001 film The Man Who Sued God,^[1] the 2006 film Jindabyne and had a minor supporting role in the 2012 Australian comedy Any Questions for Ben?, along with the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road. He also appeared in the 2015 released Australian road film Last Cab to Darwin.^[2]

Television

Howard is also a television actor and has appeared in a number of Australian programs. He began his career as Bob Scott in Young Ramsay (1979-1980) starred in the children's program The Girl from Tomorrow as the evil Silverthorn, and he has played Frank Reilly in Wildside (1997–1998), Bob Jelly in SeaChange (1998–2000) and John Taylor in Always Greener (2001–2003). He also played Dr. Frank Campion in the Australian medical TV drama All Saints (2004-2009). He had a role in Packed to the Rafters for a season (2010-2011) and the first series of the ABC Drama Janet King.

Theatre

Howard served as the associate director of Sydney Theatre Company between 1992 and 1996. He also acted numerous roles in plays including Shrine, Rising Water, Mongrels, The Crucible, The Life of Galileo, Dead White Males, and Measure for Measure.^[3]

Awards

He was the recipient of Sydney Critics Circle Best Stage Actor Award in 1991 and the Variety Club of Australia Stage Actor Heart Award in 1992. Howard has also won the Most Outstanding Actor award at the 2001 Logie Awards for his role in SeaChange,^[4] the 2009 Sydney Critics Circle Awards for Best Stage Actor, and the Centenary Medal for Service to the Arts and the Community.^[5]

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1989	Australia Day / Child of Australia (with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, & Joan Carden	Best Classical Album	Nominated	^[6]

References

1. "Australian Television: All Saints: Profiles: John Howard".
2. "Last Cab to Darwin". IMDb. 10 June 2016.
3. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Australian Television: All Saints: Profiles: John Howard".
5. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.

External links

• John Howard at IMDb