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My Take
Jason Clarke is the kind of actor I find myself defending in conversations, because his excellence is easy to miss. He is rarely the poster face; he is the antagonist, the morally compromised brother, the man whose choices drive the story while someone prettier collects the credit. Coming from Winton, a small outback town in Queensland, to a steady Hollywood career without a single breakout-star moment suggests something I admire: durability built on craft rather than hype. Directors keep hiring him because he makes other actors better and villains believable. In an industry obsessed with leads, character actors like Clarke are the actual load-bearing walls.
Overview
Jason Clarke (born 17 July 1969) is an Australian actor. He has appeared in many TV series, and is known for playing Tommy Caffee on the television series Brotherhood. He has also appeared in many films, often as an antagonist.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jason Clarke
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェイソン・クラーク
- Reading
- じぇいそん・くらーく
- Born
- July 17, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rooster
- Origin
- Winton, Queensland, Australia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Ignatius Park College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from Australia →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.