Jack Finsterer

Jack Finsterer
Born	John Finsterer 1968 (age 56–57) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Justine Clarke ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	3

Jack Finsterer (born 1968) is an Australian film and TV actor. He has been acting since the age of 25 and has appeared in some of Australia's best-known television series and films since 1993.

Early life

Finsterer was born John Finsterer in Australia in 1968.

Finsterer grew up in Dickson, Canberra, where he attended Daramalan College, before going on to study drama at the Victorian College of Arts in Melbourne.

Career

Finsterer's screen debut was in the film Gross Misconduct in 1993, playing the role of a policeman. His first significant acting role, however, was as the character Bobby Webster in the 1994 television series Law of the Land . The same year, he appeared in the TV series Janus (1994–95). Following this, he had roles in long-running TV series Blue Heelers (1996) and the film Zone 39 .

Further appearances included a role in Dangerous (2007), and his best known role to date as Jack Scholt in the Australian historical film Kokoda (2006). He also performed voice-over work in short film The Hunter (2011).

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Law of the Land	Bobby Webster	Season 3, episode: "Whisper"
1994~95	Janus	Bronowski	10 episodes
1996	Blue Heelers	Det. Const. Johnny Kowalski	4 episodes
1998	Good Guys Bad Guys	Christie Maginnis	Episode: "Blood is Thicker than Walter"
1999	Stingers	Patrick De Groot	2 episodes
2001	Love Is a Four Letter Word	Evan Green	5 episodes
2002	Tanya and Floyd	Floyd	TV movie
2002	The Lost World	Captain Melric	Episode: "Phantoms"
2002	Farscape	Gleeg	Episode: "Lava’s a Many Splendoured Thing"
2001~02	McLeod’s Daughters	Marty O'Rourke	2 episodes
2002	Young Lions	Tony Kennedy	Episode: "Lone Star Blues"
2003	Life Support	Dr. Rudi	10 episodes
2004	Jessica	Michael Malloy	TV movie
2004	Big Reef	Nick	TV movie
2005~06	All Saints	Damien Trelawny	2 episodes
2007	Dangerous	Nathan Walsh	8 episodes
2008	Dream Life	Number 11	TV movie
2010	Sea Patrol	Karl Butherworth	Episode: "Big Fish"
2010	City Homicide	Jeremy Burns	2 episodes
2010	Rush	Michael Shmitt	Episode #3.20
1992~2011	Neighbours	Garland Cole / Russell Sykes	12 episodes
2012	Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries	Peter the Painter	Episode: "Death at Victoria Dock"
2013	Mr & Mrs Murder	Dwayne Nash	Episode: "A Dog’s Life"
2014	The Doctor Blake Mysteries	Lyle Townsend	Episode: "Smoke and Mirrors"
2020~21	Home and Away	Paul	10 episodes

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Gross Misconduct	Policeman	Feature film
1996	Zone 39	Central Officer	Feature film
1998	Tulip	Jack	Short film
1999	Strange Fits of Passion	Francis	Feature film
2003	Preservation [1]	Nick
2003	Car Park	Jack	Short film
2006	Kokoda [2] [3]	Jack Scholt	$3,138,501 at the box office in Australia. Feature film based on a true story [4]
2008	Outside in	Daniel	Short film
2009	Schadenfreude		Short film
2009	In Her Skin	Police Detective Neil Patterson	Feature film
2011	The Hunter	The Hunter (voice)	Short film
2011	Spider Walk	Joe	Short film
2013	Destiny in the Dirt	John	Short film
2013	Revolving Doors	Hotel Check-in Desk Attendant	Short film
2015	Is This the Real World	Edgo
2020	Bloody Hell	Uncle	Feature film
2022	Ishmael	Ishmael	Short film
2022	All Silent Dogs	Mycah	Short film

Personal life

In 1999, Finsterer married fellow Australian actress Justine Clarke who is also a singer, musician, and television host.

Finsterer and his wife have three children – Josef (b. 2001), Nina (b. 2003), and Max (b. 2009). ^{[5] [6]}

He and his family live in Sydney, Australia.

Away from acting, Finsterer has worked in a Melbourne wine shop, started a business selling beauty products, and worked in corporate hospitality at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

References

1. Edwards, Russell (July 2003). "Preservation". Variety. Vol. 391, no. 8. p. 30. ProQuest   236304067.
2. Arrow, Michelle (1 January 2011). "Broadcasting the Past: Australian Television Histories". History Australia. 8 (1): 223–246. doi:10.1080/14490854.2011.11668365. ISSN   1449-0854. S2CID   143301399.
3. Arrow, Michelle (1 December 2013). "'I Just Feel It's Important to Know Exactly What he Went Through': In Their Footsteps and The Role of Emotions in Australian Television History". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 33 (4): 594–611. doi:10.1080/01439685.2013.847651. ISSN   0143-9685. S2CID   162390877.
4. Nelson, Hank (1 June 2010). "Kokoda". The Journal of Pacific History. 45 (1): 89–104. doi:10.1080/00223344.2010.484173. ISSN   0022-3344. S2CID   219627356.
5. Dow, Steve (2 February 2017). "Justine Clarke: Growing up with a single mum taught me resilience". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
6. Cubby, Ben (30 January 2007). "I Like to Sing". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

External links

• Jack Finsterer at IMDb