# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-charles
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:59:17.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-charles"
name: "Jack Charles"
slug: "jack-charles"
description: "Jack Charles, also known as Uncle Jack Charles, was an Australian stage and screen actor and activist, known for his advocacy for Aboriginal people. He was involved in establishing the first Indigenous theatre in Australia, co-founding Nindethana Theatre with Bob Maza in Melbourne in 1971. His film credits include the Australian film The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), among others, and more recently appeared in TV series Cleverman (2016) and Preppers (2021)."
tagline: "Australian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Uncle_Jack_holding_his_record.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1943-09-05"
deathDate: "2022-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.042228
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153048/"
    handle:    "nm0153048"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bbceb6b7-203b-4bf7-9d6d-daaaca7ef23d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Charles_(akteur)"
    title: "Jack Charles (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "جاك تشارلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "جاك تشارلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Charles"
    title: "Jack Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Charles"
    title: "Jack Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%AD_%EC%B0%B0%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "잭 찰스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Charles_(actor)"
    title: "Jack Charles (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Charles_(oyuncu)"
    title: "Jack Charles (oyuncu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Charles"
    title: "Jack Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16106209"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1301823"
    title: "Jack Charles"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump