John Jarrett

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Jarrett
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Aug 5, 1952(1952-08-05)
Age	72
Birthplace	Wongawilli
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Leo

John Jarrett Biography

John Jarrett is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on August 5, 1952 in Wongawilli, Australia.

John Jarratt (born 5 August 1952) is an Australian television film actor, producer and director and TV presenter who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He has appeared in a number of film roles including Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Summer City (1977), The Odd Angry Shot (1979), We of the Never Never (1982), Next of Kin (1982), and Dark Age (1987). He portrayed the antagonist Mick Taylor in the Wolf Creek franchise. He voiced the protagonist’s father, Jack Hunter, in an audio drama adaptation of The Phoenix Files. He is also known for his recurring role in the drama series McLeod’s Daughters.

Jarratt graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1973. His screen debut was in The Great Macarthy (1975). He also appeared in Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Summer City (1977) with Mel Gibson. Jarratt had the lead role in the 1979 mini series The Last Outlaw playing Ned Kelly. He played a major supporting role as a young Australian soldier in Vietnam War movie The Odd Angry Shot (1980) and We of the Never Never (1982). In the late 1980s, Jarratt recognised he had a problem with binge-drinking and related violence. He joined Alcoholics Anonymous, an organisation in which he continues to be active.

John Jarrett Net Worth

John Jarrett is one of the richest Actor from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Jarrett 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jarratt was born in the Wollongong suburb of Wongawilli, New South Wales where he would grow up, and would later move to the Snowy Mountains area. Jarratt’s father was a coal miner, and later a concreter working on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. Jarratt comes from a family of Irish Catholic descent; however, his patrilineal ancestor George Jarratt, born 1833, came from Croxton in Cambridgeshire, England. George’s son John married Mary Kelly from Ireland. On the genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are?, Jarratt confirmed that his great-great-grandfather was Chinese.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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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.

Facts & Trivia

Roland Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. John Jarrett celebrates birthday on August 5 of every year.

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.