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'''Jack Charles''' (born 5 September 1943) is an [[Australian Aborigines|Australian Aboriginal]] [[actor]], musician, |
'''Jack Charles''' (born 5 September 1943) is an [[Australian Aborigines|Australian Aboriginal]] [[actor]], musician, pothead, elder and 'national treasure'.{{failed verification|date=November 2012}}<ref name="melbournefestival">http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/program/production?id=3760</ref> |
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Born at Cummeragunja Mission on the [[Murray River]], Charles was raised in a boys home in [[Box Hill, Victoria|Box Hill]], suburban [[Melbourne]], where he was the only Indigenous child.<ref>Anna Krien in ''The Monthly'' magazine, October 2010 http://www.themonthly.com.au/nation-reviewed-anna-krien-blanche-s-boy-2791</ref> |
Born at Cummeragunja Mission on the [[Murray River]], Charles was raised in a boys home in [[Box Hill, Victoria|Box Hill]], suburban [[Melbourne]], where he was the only Indigenous child.<ref>Anna Krien in ''The Monthly'' magazine, October 2010 http://www.themonthly.com.au/nation-reviewed-anna-krien-blanche-s-boy-2791</ref> |
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Jack Charles (born 5 September 1943) is an Australian Aboriginal actor, musician, pothead, elder and 'national treasure'.[failed verification][1]
Born at Cummeragunja Mission on the Murray River, Charles was raised in a boys home in Box Hill, suburban Melbourne, where he was the only Indigenous child.[2]
Charles was involved in establishing Indigenous theatre in Australia.[3] In 1971 he co-founded Nindethana ('place for a corroboree') at The Pram Factory in Melbourne, Australia's first Indigenous theatre group. Their first hit play was called Jack Charles is Up and Fighting.[4] In 2010, Ilbijerri Theatre staged his powerful one-man show called Jack Charles v The Crown.[failed verification][1]
In 1972 Charles auditioned for the role of an Australian Indigenous character in a television show but was knocked back because they were "looking for an actor with blue eyes." The job infamously went to an actor of Sri Lankan descent.[4]
In 1974 Jack played Bennelong in the stage production of Cradle of Hercules which was presented at the Sydney Opera House as part of its opening season. Also in the cast was a very young David Gulpilil. In 2012 Charles performed in the Sydney Festival production I am Eora.[5]
Stage work includes Jack Davis' play "No Sugar" for the Black Swan Theatre in Perth.
His screen credits include the landmark Australian film The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith[6] (1978), Bedevil (1993), Blackfellas (1993) and Tom White (2004), among others.[7]
Jack Charles was the subject of Amiel Courtin-Wilson's 2008 documentary Bastardy[8] which followed him for seven years. The film's tagline describes him as: "Addict. Homosexual. Cat burglar. Actor. Aboriginal." The film was in the official selection for Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney and Sheffield Doc/Fest film festivals.
References
- ^ a b http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/program/production?id=3760
- ^ Anna Krien in The Monthly magazine, October 2010 http://www.themonthly.com.au/nation-reviewed-anna-krien-blanche-s-boy-2791
- ^ Documented in 'Bastardy'
- ^ a b "Blanche's Boy". The Monthly. October 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
- ^ Sydney Festival. "I am Eora". Retrieved 2012-11-13.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077318/fullcredits#cast
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153048/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1310363/
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