About

Jason Clarke is on screens now in Christopher Nolan’s full fledged global blockbuster film, Oppenheimer, for Universal Studios, starring Cillian Murphy as the so-called "father" of theatomic bomb. Jason also is featured for two seasons as GM Jerry West in Adam McKay’s HBO series, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers, alongside John C. Reilly. The show tells the story of how the Los Angeles Lakers became the most successful professional basketball team in the 1980's.

Coming up next for Jason is the remake of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, portraying "Lt. Barney Greenwald" for the late, legendary Director William Friedkin and based on the play by Herman Wouk; as well as Wind River: Rising, for Director Kari Skogland.

Jason played "Ed White" opposite Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy in First Man, centering on the life of legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong, for Director Damien Chazelle and Universal Studios.

Jason also starred as "Potemkin" in HBO’s limited series, Catherine The Great, opposite Helen Mirren, with whom he also starred in the supernatural thriller, Winchester. He also starred opposite Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgard in the period post-war drama, The Aftermath.

Jason Clarke grew to great recognition when he had a lead role in Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty opposite Jessica Chastain. The film received five Academy Award Nominations at the 2013 Oscars and told the story of the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of the terrorist network, Al-Qaeda, after the September 11 attacks.

Jason went on work for acclaimed Director Baz Luhrmann in The Great Gatsby; and in Matt Reeves’ Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, opposite Andy Serkis, Keri Russell and Gary Oldman.

Jason also starred in Baltasar Kormakur’s Everest opposite Josh Brolin and Jake Gyllenhaal, based on the true story of the tragic 1996 Mount Everest disaster.

He also played “Howard Bondurant," one of the three brothers in John Hillcoat’s Lawless, opposite Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf.

Jason starred opposite Carey Mulligan and Garrett Hedlund in Director Dee Rees' Academy Award nominated film, Mudbound, for Netflix. Mudbound won the New York Film Festival Gotham Jury Award for Ensemble Performance.

Jason also played one of his most notable roles as "Senator Ted Kennedy” in Chappaquiddick, focusing on Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claimed the life of a young campaign strategist.

Jason also was opposite Johnny Depp, playing American gangster John Dillinger, in Michael Mann's Public Enemies.

Other credits include: Terrence Malick's Knight Of Cups; and Tiller Russell's Silk Road, about the real life pursuit and capture of a tech-savvy young man who created an underground website that facilitates the sale of illegal drugs and other contraband using cryptocurrencies.

Jason was part of a strong ensemble, including Tom Holland, in the indie drama, Devil All the Time, for Director Antonio Campos; Serenity, opposite Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, directed by Steven Knight; as well as Paramount's remake of Pet Sematary, based on the Stephen King novel; and The Man with the Iron Heart for Director Cedric Jimenez.

Jason also starred for three season in the cable series drama, Brotherhood, in which he portrayed Rhode Island politician, "Tommy Coffee."

In Australia, the Queensland native took a role in Phillip Noyce's Rabbit-Proof Fence; as well as starring in the crime thriller, Swerve, for Director Craig Lahiff.

Jason graduated from the Victorian College of Arts in Melbourne.