Barry Otto

Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor and voice artist, primarily of cinema and an amateur artist
==Early life==
Barry Otto was born in Brisbane in 1941, the son of a butcher. He trained as an artist but switched to acting.
==Career==
Otto received an AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Strictly Ballroom as well as being nominated for Bliss, Cosi and The More Things Change....
An amateur artist, he often paints members of his family, and has twice entered the Archibald Prize.
Otto portrayed J P Riley in Dad and Dave: On Our Selection in 1995.
He is the father of actresses Gracie and Miranda Otto.
Otto portrayed Administrator Allsop in Australia in 2008. With all these films The Dressmaker, Kiss or Kill, Dead Letter Office, The Visitor, The Great Gatsby, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Love's Brother.
In 2015 Otto voiced the role of Mayor Wilberforce Cranklepot, a Goanna in Blinky Bill the Movie.
==Personal life==
Barry Otto married Lindsay, with whom he has a daughter Miranda, born on 16 December 1967 in Brisbane. They divorced in 1973. With his partner Sue Hill, he has a son, Eddy, a teacher and professional cricket coach, and another daughter Gracie, born on 23 May 1987 in Sydney.
==Filmography==
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1975 	Until Tomorrow 	Trevor McKenzie 	
1977 	Benny Hill Down Under 	Trevor McKenzie 	(TV Movie)
1978 	Case for the Defence 	Doctor 	
1978 	Tickled Pink 	Leo 	
1982 	Norman Loves Rose 	Charles 	
1983 	The Dismissal 	 	
1983 	A Country Practice 	Bela Szollos 	
1984 	The Secret Discovery of Australia (1984) 	French Ambassador 	
1984 	Undercover 	Professor Henckel 	
1984 	Who Killed Hannah Jane? 	James Harnney 	
1985 	Bliss 	Harry Joy 	
1986 	The More Things Change... 	Lex 	
1988 	Takeover 	George Oppenheimer 	
1989 	The Punisher 	Shake 	
1992 	Strictly Ballroom 	Doug Hastings 	
1993 	The Custodian 	Ferguson 	
1994 	Exile 	Sheriff Hamilton 	
1995 	Dad and Dave: On Our Selection 	J P Riley 	
1996 	Lilian's Story 	John Singer 	
1996 	Così 	Roy 	
1996 	My Entire Life 	The Premier 	
1997 	I Love Rachel 	 	
1997 	Mr. Nice Guy 	Baggio 	
1997 	Oscar and Lucinda 	Jimmy D'Abbs 	
1997 	Kiss or Kill 	Adler Jones 	
1997 	Frontier 	Government Agent Archibald Meston	
1997-1999	Murder Call 	Otis Farrow 	
1998 	Dead Letter Office 	Gerald Urquhart 	
2002 	The Visitor 	Michael 	
2004 	Love's Brother 	Father Alfredo 	
2004 	Loot 	Charles Highsmith 	
2005 	 	 	
2006 	Stupid Stupid Man 	Principal Cooper 	
2006 	Single White Farmer 	Poley 	
2006 	All Saints 	Bob Tyrell 	
2007 	Rogue 	Merv 	
2007 	La même nuit 	The Concierge 	
2007 	Soul Mates 	Paddy Byrne 	
2007 	Cheap Seats 	Enjouer 	
2008 	Newcastle 	Gramps 	
2008 	Australia 	Administrator Allsop 	
2008 	$9.99 	Albert 	(voice)
2008 	Three Blind Mice 	Fred 	
2008 	In a Pig's Eye 	 	
2010 	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Echidna 	(voice)
2010 	South Solitary 	George Wadsworth 	
2010 	Seamstress 	 	
2011 	To Face the Sun 	Father 	
2011 	Waiting for the Turning of the Earth 	Tom 	
2012 	A Cautionary Tail 	Doctor (voice) 	
2013 	The Great Gatsby 	Benny McClenahan 	
2013 	Dance Academy 	Sir Jeffery 	(6 episodes) in Season 3
2015 	Blinky Bill the Movie 	Mayor Wilberforce Cranklepot 	(Voice) Nominated — Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice in an Animated Film
2015 	The Dressmaker 	Percival Almanac 	
2016 	Rake 	Judge Cowper 	
2016 	Pypo 	 	
2016 	Fish with Legs 	Head Fish Warren 	
2017 	Sisters 	 	(pre-production)
==Awards==
thumb|right|260px|Otto's plaque at the Australian Film Walk of Fame, The Ritz Cinema, Randwick, Sydney
Barry Otto at Randwick in Sydney to won of Australian Film Walk of Fame.
==References==
==External links==
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Category:1941 births
Category:Australian male film actors
Category:Australian male stage actors
Category:Living people
Category:Male actors from Brisbane
Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:20th-century Australian male actors
Category:21st-century Australian male actors
Category:Australian male television actors
Category:Australian actors