Name	John Jarratt
Height
Naionality	Australian
Date of Birth	5-August-1951
Place of Birth	Wongawilli, New South Wales, Australia
Famous for	Acting

John Jarratt is an Australian actor. In the 1990s, he was a presenter on the lifestyle show Better Homes and Gardens with then-wife Noni Hazlehurst. He had guest roles in Inspector Morse, Police Rescue, Blue Murder, Water Rats and Blue Heelers in the 1990s and 2000s. He joined the cast of McLeod's Daughters in 2001, and left the show in 2006. In 2010, Jarratt appeared in a commercial for Husqvarna. Despite popular belief, John never appeared as a presenter nor guest on ABC's Play School.

In 2005, he had a major role in the Australian film Wolf Creek, playing the villain Mick Taylor. In 2007, he appeared in two films, Rogue and The Final Winter. Jarratt also had a small role in the 2008 film, Australia, as a soldier. In 2008, Jarratt launched his own film production company, Winnah Films. Winnah's first feature film, Savages Crossing (originally carrying the working title Flood) went into Principal Photography outside Ipswich, Queensland in February. Savages Crossing is a fast-paced thriller set in the Australian outback and stars John Jarratt, and Craig McLachlan amongst a sterling cast of Australian actors. In 2009, he appears as the father of a teenage girl via phone in Telstra's "Next G" commercials. In 2010, Jarratt is to star in the upcoming ensemble exploitation extravaganza, Bad Behaviour, written and directed by Joseph Sims. Principal Photography wrapped on 5 February, 2010 and is set to be released in cinemas later in the year. In the same year, Jarrat also has a role in the supernatural horror movie Needle.

He made a cameo in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained in 2012, appearing as an employee of the Le-Quint Dickie Mining Company alongside Tarantino himself, both appearing with Australian accents. He is currently set to reprise his role as Mick Taylor in a sequel to Wolf Creek due to go into production in 2011 with Matt Hearn producing and Greg McLean directing.