Jack Finsterer (born 1968) is an Australian film and TV
actor
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. He has been acting since the age of 25 and has appeared in some of Australia's best-known TV shows. He is also a film actor who has participated in 43 Television Series and Films from 1993 to 2022.
Finsterer has appeared in several Television and films, including “
Janus
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” (1994~1995), “
Blue Heelers
''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for 12 years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted the ever ...
” (1996), “Tulip” (1998), “
Kokoda
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“ (2006) and “
Dangerous
Dangerous may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Dangerous'' (1935 film), an American film starring Bette Davis
* '' Dangerous: The Short Films'', a 1993 collection of music videos by Michael Jackson
* ''Dangerous'' (2021 film), a Canadian-Ameri ...
” (2007) . He has also done voice-over work in Short Film “The Hunter” (2011)
He is best known as a leading actor in the Australian historical film “
Kokoda
Kokoda is a station town in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. It is famous as the northern end of the Kokoda Track, site of the eponymous Kokoda Track campaign of World War II. In that campaign, it had strategic significance because it had the ...
“ (2006)
Background
Jack (John) Finsterer was born in Australia in 1968.
Finsterer grew up in
Dickson,
Canberra
Canberra ( )
is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
, where he attended
Daramalan College
Daramalan College is a Roman Catholic high school in Canberra, Australia, located in the suburb of Dickson. It encompasses Year 7 to Year 12, in a co-educational environment. Run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, it has an emblem of a re ...
, before going on to study drama at the
Victorian College of Arts
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in Melbourne.
Film and Television
Finsterer's debut was on film
"Gross misconduct" in 1993 and his role was a policeman.
Finsterer's first significant acting role was as the character Bobby Webster in the 1994 television series "
Law of the Land
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". The same year He appeared in the TV series
"Janus" and featured in the 1996 television series "
Blue Heelers
''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for 12 years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted the ever ...
" The following year He made appearances in film
"Zone39".
Filmography
Television
Film
Personal life
In 1999 Finsterer married Justine Clarke who is known as an Australian actress, singer, musician, and television host.
Finsterer and his wife have three children – Josef (2001), Nina (2003), and Max (2009).
He and his family live in Sydney.
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
External links
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Australian male television actors
Australian male film actors
Living people
1968 births
University of Melbourne alumni
People from the Australian Capital Territory
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