Awards
- 1975 AFI Award: Best Actor, for Sunday Too Far Away and Petersen
- 1980 AFI Award: Best Actor in a Lead Role, for Breaker Morant
- 1980 Cannes Film Festival: Best Supporting Actor, for Breaker Morant
- 1986 Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia
- 1994 AFI Award: Raymond Longford Award
- 1998 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards: Special Achievement Award
- 2005 Inside Film Awards: Living Legend IF Award
- 2011 Australian Film Festival: Inductee into the Australian Film Walk of Fame
Thompson was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia on 9 June 1986 for his service to the Australian film industry, and served as an UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.
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