Jack Finsterer (born 1968) is an Australian film and television actor. He has been acting since the age of 25 and has appeared in some of Australia's best-known television series and films since 1993.
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Early life
Finsterer was born John Finsterer in 1968. He grew up in Dickson, Canberra, where he attended Daramalan College.
Finsterer worked as a labourer in Sydney, before taking up acting. He studied at the Victorian College of the Arts for three years. His sister Anni Finsterer is also an actor, who has appeared in To Have and To Hold and State Coroner.
Career
Finsterer's screen debut was in the film Gross Misconduct in 1993, playing the role of a policeman. His first significant acting role, however, was as the character Bobby Webster in the 1994 television series Law of the Land. The same year, he appeared in the TV series Janus (1994–95). In September 1996, he joined the supporting cast of police drama Blue Heelers for a month as DC Johnny Kowalski. He also appeared in a five-month outdoor stage production of Romeo and Juliet in Sydney, alongside Nadine Garner.
Film appearances include Zone 39, Preservation (2003), Dangerous (2007), and his best known role to date as Jack Scholt in the Australian historical film Kokoda (2006), which made $3,138,501 at the box office in Australia. He also performed voice-over work in short film The Hunter (2011).
In 2020, Finsterer appeared in Home and Away as Paul, a criminal who blackmails the Parata family.
Personal life
In 1999, Finsterer married fellow Australian actress Justine Clarke who is also a singer, musician, and television host.
Finsterer and Clarke have three children.
He and his family live in Sydney.
Away from acting, Finsterer has worked in a Melbourne wine shop, started a business selling beauty products, and worked in corporate hospitality at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
