John Jarratt (born 5 August 1952) is an Australian television and film actor, producer and director, who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He is best known for portraying the main antagonist Mick Taylor in the Wolf Creek film series. He's also playing the protagonist's father, Jack Hunter in an audio drama adaptation of The Phoenix Files. Jarratt was born and grew up in Wongawilli, a small rural town near Wollongong, New South Wales, and later in the Snowy Mountains area. Jarratt's father was a coal miner and later a concreter, who worked on the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme. His ancestor George Jarratt, born 1833, came from Croxton in Cambridgeshire, England. While in high school, Jarratt directed and acted in a school play which was a great success and led to his school principal recommending that he pursue an acting career. Wikipedia
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