---
name: "Jack Charles"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-charles"
fi1m_id: "jack-charles"
imdb_id: "nm0153048"
tmdb_id: 1301823
wikidata_id: "Q16106209"
roles: []
born: "5 September 1943"
died: "13 September 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T13:49:26.697893+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jack Charles

## Identity

Jack Charles

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-charles
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-charles
- **IMDb ID:** nm0153048
- **TMDB ID:** 1301823
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16106209
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Charles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16106209, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153048/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1301823

Actor. Born 5 September 1943 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died 13 September 2022.

## Details

- **Born:** 5 September 1943, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Died:** 13 September 2022
- **Active:** 1978–2015
- **Also known as:** Uncle Jack Charles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (1), 2010s 38 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Charles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16106209, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153048/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1301823

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Pan*](https://film.one/film/pan.md) (38)

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## Biography

Jack Charles (1943–2022), also known as Uncle Jack Charles, was an Australian actor and Aboriginal elder. He co-founded Nindethana, Australia's first Indigenous-led theatre company, in Melbourne in 1971.

His film credits include *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), *Pan* (2015) as Chief, *True History of the Kelly Gang* (2019) and *Back to the Outback* (2021). He also appeared in television series including *Cleverman* (2016) and *Preppers* (2021). Charles received lifetime achievement awards including the Green Room Award in 2014 and the Red Ochre Award in 2019.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Pan* (2015), Fi1m 38, as Chief — [page](https://film.one/film/pan.md)
- *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), Fi1m 80, as Harry Edwards — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Future of Everything (Unlimited Ducks)* (2023), as Narrator
- *Reef School* (2022), series, as Murray the Eel (voice)
- *The Lake of Scars* (2022), as Narrator
- *Back to the Outback* (2021), as Greg, the Head Frill Neck (voice)
- *Preppers* (2021), series, as Monty
- *True History of the Kelly Gang* (2019), as Waiter
- *Pan* (2015), as Chief — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/pan.md)
- *Black Chook* (2015), as Black Ghost
- *The Darkside* (2013), as Ken
- *Yagan* (2013), as Midgegooroo
- *Mystery Road* (2013), as Old Boy
- *Woodley* (2012), series, as Vern
- *The Last Supper* (2009), as The Thin Man
- *We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year* (2005), as Aboriginal Elder
- *Tom White* (2004), Actor
- *Blackfellas* (1993), as Carey
- *Bedevil* (1993), as Rick
- *Women of the Sun* (1982), series, as Peter
- *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), as Harry Edwards — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md)
- *Dimboola: The Stage Play* (1973), as Mutton
- *Life After Man*, as Banjo

## Gallery

- ![Jack Charles in B Division Hall. Pentridge. By Rupert Mann. (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/3921982/gallery-1801256b17fd.jpg) Jack Charles in B Division Hall. Pentridge. By Rupert Mann. (2017) — Rupert Mann, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Jack_Charles_B_Division_Hall._Pentridge._By_Rupert_Mann.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jack Charles talking with Namila Benson at the Melbourne Spiegeltent 2019 (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/3921982/gallery-ea016eb02cc4.jpg) Jack Charles talking with Namila Benson at the Melbourne Spiegeltent 2019 (2018) — Nichollas Harrison, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jack_Charles_and_Namila_Benson_at_the_Melbourne_Spiegeltent.jpg/1280px-Jack_Charles_and_Namila_Benson_at_the_Melbourne_Spiegeltent.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Namila Benson, Uncle Jack and Baker Boy at 'Night With Uncle Jack' event at the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Nov 2021](https://film.one/media/person/3921982/gallery-8e58b1b5d483.jpg) Namila Benson, Uncle Jack and Baker Boy at 'Night With Uncle Jack' event at the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Nov 2021 — Nichollas Harrison, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Namila_Benson%2C_Uncle_Jack%2C_Baker_Boy.jpg/1280px-Namila_Benson%2C_Uncle_Jack%2C_Baker_Boy.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jack Charles](https://film.one/media/person/3921982/gallery-1c87b13c2ef1.jpg) Jack Charles — Nichollas Harrison, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Uncle_Jack_holding_his_record.jpg/1280px-Uncle_Jack_holding_his_record.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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