Jason Clarke

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.

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 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rooster

Origin

Winton, Queensland, Australia

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / film producer

University

Ignatius Park College

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF

Tags

• Queensland
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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