Jack Finsterer

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.

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.¹ His sister Anni Finsterer is also an actor, who has appeared in To Have and To Hold and State Coroner.¹

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.¹ The same year, he appeared in the TV series Janus (1994–95).¹ In September 1996, he joined the supporting cast of police drama Blue Heelers for a month as DC Johnny Kowalski.¹ He also appeared in a five-month outdoor stage production of Romeo and Juliet in Sydney, alongside Nadine Garner.¹

Film appearances include Zone 39, Preservation (2003),² Dangerous (2007), and his best known role to date as Jack Scholt in the Australian historical film Kokoda (2006),³⁴ which made $3,138,501 at the box office in Australia.⁵ 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.⁶

In 1999, Finsterer married fellow Australian actress Justine Clarke who is also a singer, musician, and television host.

Finsterer and Clarke have three children.⁷⁸

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.