John Jarratt
John Jarratt is an Australian actor known for his roles in horror and drama films. He gained fame for his performance in the cult classic 'Wolf Creek' and has appeared in various Australian television series. Jarratt is recognized for his distinctive voice and engaging presence,... Read More
Known for
Wolf Creek (2016)
An anthology series which centers on different characters being targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor in the Australian outback.
Django Unchained (2012)
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Wolf Creek 2 (2013)
Lured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek Crater. Their dream Outback adventure soon...
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Credits
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |
ShedMia, a courageous 10 year old girl who is locked in a shed, must survive inconceivable odds whilst trying to... |
The Stranger | |
| 2025 |
Double or NothingTwo cousins embark on a high-energy race against the clock to find $50k when the mob discover one of them... |
Col | |
| 2024 |
What About Sal?With his mother dying of lung cancer, Sal, in his 30's and with Down Syndrome, embarks on a journey to... |
Tommy | |
| 2022 |
Darby and JoanAn English widow on a reluctant quest. An Australian detective escaping his past. When lives collide, two strangers embark on... |
Bill Carlton | |
| 2022 |
Darby and JoanAn English widow on a reluctant quest. An Australian detective escaping his past. When lives collide, two strangers embark on... |
Detective Senior Sergeant Bill Carlton | |
| 2021 |
Christmas Down UnderTightly wound Ellie flies to Australia and enlists the help of an Aboriginal Tour Guide and a YouTubefamous Uber driver... |
Robert Parker | |
| 2021 |
The PossessedA man with the ability to exorcise demons fights to protect his loved ones after a sudden surge in demonic... |
Jacob Chandler | |
| 2021 |
Love You Like ThatCupids arrow has hit the coastal town of Seafront Sands. A lonely soul will discover a secret about the love... |
Roy | |
| 2018 |
BoarIn the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need... |
Ken | |
| 2018 |
SirenThe coastal town of Bristol Cove is known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival... |
Naval Guard | |
| 2017 |
HeroIn the quiet and picturesque Yarramalong Valley, Officers Henry and Brooks find a young woman wandering by the roadside, distraught... |
Officer Henry | |
| 2016 |
Red Dog: True BlueWhen eleven-year-old Mick is shipped off to his grandfather's cattle station in Western Australia, he befriends a scrappy, one-of-a-kind dog... |
Lang Hancock | |
| 2016 |
Wolf CreekAn anthology series which centers on different characters being targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor in the Australian outback. |
Mick Taylor | |
| 2016 |
ObservanceIn the grip of grief following the death of his young son, his marriage on the rocks and nearing bankruptcy,... |
Snitch | |
| 2015 |
StalkHerAn obsessive prowler Jack (Jarratt) breaks into the home of his victim Emily (Fairfax). Finding himself wounded then tied to... |
Jack | |
| 2015 |
FrenzyAfter a bungled prison bus breakout 6 desperate female mental patients find themselves not only on the run from the... |
Benjamin Lightbringer | |
| 2014 |
Jack Irish: Dead PointJack Irish is thrown into a world of club owners, drug dealers and killers when he is hired by a... |
Sen. Sgt Laurie Olsen | |
| 2013 |
Wolf Creek 2Lured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek Crater. Their... |
Mick Taylor | |
| 2012 |
Django UnchainedWith the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal... |
The Le Quint Dickey Mining Co. Employee | |
| 2012 |
Territory CopsHold onto your Akubra's and watch out for those crocs because when you’re a Territory Cop, no shift is ever... |
Narrator | |
| 2012 |
100 Bloody AcresReg and Lindsay run an organic fertiliser business. They need a fresh supply of their "secret ingredient" to process through... |
Burke | |
| 2012 |
ShiverWendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed... |
Vinnie Rood | |
| 2011 |
Savages CrossingWhen a sudden flood traps a group of strangers in an outback roadhouse it becomes clear that the threat from... |
Phil | |
| 2010 |
Bad BehaviourEmma and Peterson encounter their fierce predator Voyte Parker, a cop confronts his son's murderer, and a man finds his... |
Ricky | |
| 2010 |
NeedleCollege student Ben inherits a curious old mechanical box that churns out voodoo dolls. When a shadowy figure starts using... |
Paul, the Coroner | |
| 2008 |
AustraliaSet in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a... |
Sergeant | |
| 2008 |
Not Quite HollywoodAs Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic... |
Self | |
| 2007 |
RogueWhen a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps... |
Russell | |
| 2007 |
The Final WinterRugby league is arguably the toughest form of football on the planet played by men that play the game hard... |
Colgate | |
| 2006 |
The Making of 'Wolf Creek'An overview of the making of Wolf Creek (2005). |
Self | |
| 2005 |
Wolf CreekThree backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic... |
Mick Taylor | |
| 2004 |
A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'A Feature Length Documentary On The Making Of The Film Featuring Exclusive Interviews With Peter Weir, Hal & Jim Mcelroy,... |
Self | |
| 2001 |
McLeod's DaughtersWhen Jack McLeod passes away, his two daughters inherit Drovers Run, a vast cattle ranch in the Australian outback. Ultimately,... |
Terry Dodge | |
| 2001 |
OutridersOutriders was an Australian children's television series that first screened on the Nine Network in 2001. It was a 26... |
Unknown character | |
| 1996 |
Dead HeartRay Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simmering tensions between the area's... |
Charlie | |
| 1996 |
Water RatsWater Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. |
Colin McGuire | |
| 1995 |
All Men Are LiarsMick's father, Barry, sells the family piano, causing Mick's mother, Irene to leave. In order to raise enough money to... |
Barry | |
| 1995 |
Blue MurderSet in the 1970s and 1980s in Sydney, the miniseries concerns the relationship between controversial former Detective Roger "the Dodger"... |
Jack Richardson | |
| 1994 |
TalkA day in the life of two women, writers of adult comics, whose intimate conversation is overheard by a total... |
Mac | |
| 1993 |
Blue HeelersBlue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set... |
Charlie Glover | |
| 1993 |
Joh's JuryDramatisation of the 1991 perjury trial of former Queensland state Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. |
Kev | |
| 1992 |
The Time Game13 year old Tony Johnson and computer wizard, is of falsely accused of setting fire to his school. He is... |
Joe | |
| 1991 |
Police RescuePolice Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in... |
Dave | |
| 1991 |
Pirates IslandPirate TV Movie from 1991 |
The Jackel | |
| 1988 |
Midnight Dancer16 year old Australian girl Belinda (Deanne Jeffs) wants to become a ballerina. To makes ends meet, she takes a... |
Graeme | |
| 1988 |
Touch the Sun: Top EndersTwo children get stranded in the desert in Australia's Top End. |
Jack | |
| 1987 |
Dark AgeIn the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant crocodile that... |
Steve Harris | |
| 1987 |
Inspector MorseInspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John... |
Sergeant Scott Humphries | |
| 1987 |
Australian DreamDorothy is living out the Australian dream and has fantasies to escape the boredom. She rebels against her expected role... |
Todd | |
| 1985 |
The Naked CountryFar North Queensland, 1955. Deep in the untamed frontier tough rancher Lance Dillon and his sensual, but bored wife, battle... |
Mick Conrad | |
| 1984 |
Crime of the DecadeA young man in a depressed satellite city, meets a woman who offers him love and hope. |
Terry | |
| 1984 |
The SettlementDown-on-their-luck drifters Kearney and Martin wander into the small town of Cedar Creek looking to swindle a few pounds from... |
Martin | |
| 1983 |
Chase Through the NightA group of hardened criminals on the lam take refuge in the badlands of the Australian outback. When they come... |
Clurry | |
| 1982 |
FlutemanWhen the small town of Minyaka suffers from a drought, a kind and mysterious stranger offers to make it rain... |
Fluteman | |
| 1982 |
We of the Never NeverBased on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a... |
Dandy | |
| 1982 |
Next of KinAfter Linda inherits a retirement home, she witnesses a series of strange events which seem connected to a dark and... |
Barney | |
| 1980 |
The Last OutlawAn unmistakable Australian icon - a smoking revolver, two piercing eyes behind a makeshift mask of armour. But beyond the... |
Ned Kelly | |
| 1979 |
The Odd Angry ShotA group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from... |
Bill | |
| 1978 |
Blue FinBased on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author 'Colin Thiele' , this is an emotional father and son... |
Sam Snell | |
| 1978 |
The Sound of LoveA romance about two people who are both disabled. Racing car driver Dave and street-girl Eileen fall in love after... |
Dave | |
| 1978 |
Little Boy LostThe True story of Stephen Walls, a young Australian farm boy, whose disappearance galvanized a continent into action. Taught to... |
Vic Tanner | |
| 1978 |
Father, Dear FatherThe hugely successful British television series Father Dear Father is transplanted to Australia when novelist Patrick Glover and his assistant... |
George | |
| 1978 |
The Chant of Jimmie BlacksmithThe true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as... |
Michaels | |
| 1978 |
Plunge Into DarknessAn ex-pro athlete runner and his wife find a strange boy in the middle of nowhere along with a murdered... |
Toby | |
| 1977 |
Summer CityFour friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group... |
Sandy | |
| 1977 |
The TreeAustralian Short Film directed by Ian Stocks |
Unknown character | |
| 1976 |
BlueyAt Melbourne's Russell Street Police Headquarters, Sgt. "Bluey" Hills, unable to work within the existing police squads, oversees Department B.... |
Walter Kite | |
| 1975 |
Picnic at Hanging RockIn the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress... |
Albert Crundall | |
| 1975 |
The Great MacArthyMacarthy is a country town football champ who is kidnapped in a neon lit helicopter by tyrant Colonel Ball-Miller, the... |
MacArthy | |
| TBA |
Zombie PlaneA secret government agency has recruited celebrities to be undercover agents and the celebs must save humanity from an imminent... |
John Jarratt | |
| TBA |
Wolf Creek: LegacyA family of American tourists wander innocently into Taylor's hunting grounds. When the parents sacrifice themselves to save their children,... |
Mick Taylor | |
| TBA |
The Ninth OrderJada's estranged father is murdered. His father's death draws her to an ancient Sect, led by Jada's grandfather. Jada and... |
Colton Hill | |
| TBA |
The AscendantsA journalist returns to her childhood mining town in search of her missing brother — only to uncover a cult,... |
Jarrah |
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Got a question about John Jarratt?
John Jarratt is best known for his role as Mick Taylor in the 'Wolf Creek' series, which established him as a prominent figure in horror films.
John Jarratt has received several nominations for his performances, particularly for his role in 'Wolf Creek,' but he has not won major awards like an Oscar.
John Jarratt's first film was 'The Last of the Australian Girls' released in 1975, which marked the beginning of his acting career.
John Jarratt's estimated net worth is around $5 million, reflecting his successful career in film and television.
In addition to 'Wolf Creek,' John Jarratt has appeared in films such as 'Patrick' and 'The Nightingale,' showcasing his versatility as an actor.
Yes, John Jarratt is also a filmmaker and has directed various projects, contributing to the Australian film industry beyond acting.
John Jarratt's acting style is characterized by his intense performances and ability to portray complex characters, often in horror and drama genres.
Yes, John Jarratt has two children, although their names are not publicly known.