Barry Otto is an Australian actor with a long list of memorable roles on stage and in film. Otto received an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor in Strictly Ballroom

Strictly Ballroom

Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann and produced by M&A Productions. The film is the first installment in The Red Curtain Trilogy, Luhrmann's trilogy of theatre-motif-related films; the follow-ups were Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...

as well as being nominated for Bliss

Bliss (1985 film)

Bliss is a 1985 Australian film directed by Ray Lawrence, co-adapted by Lawrence and Peter Carey, author of the original novel Bliss from which it is adapted....

, Cosi

Cosi (film)

Cosi is a 1996 Australian comedy-drama-musical film directed by Mark Joffe. Louis Nowra wrote both the screenplay and the play it is based on.-Plot summary:...

and The More Things Change.... He is the father of actresses Gracie Otto

Gracie Otto

Gracie Otto is an Australian actress, film producer, writer and film director.- Early life :Gracie Otto is the daughter of the Australian actor Barry Otto and Susan Hill. Her sister is actress Miranda Otto and her brother-in-law is actor Peter O'Brien...

 and Miranda Otto

Miranda Otto

Miranda Otto is an Australian actress. The daughter of actors Lindsay and Barry Otto and the sister of actress Gracie Otto, she began acting at age eighteen, and has performed in a variety of independent and major studio films....

.

Otto is also a keen amateur artist, often painting members of his family, and has twice entered the Archibald Prize

Archibald Prize

The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin who died in 1919...

.

Filmography

• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) as Echidna (voice)
• South Solitary
  South Solitary
  -Cast:*Miranda Otto ... Meredith Appleton*Marton Csokas ... Jake Fleet*Rohan Nichol ... Harry Stanley*Essie Davis ... Alma Stanley*Barry Otto ... George Wadsworth-Reviews:...
  
  (2010)
• Newcastle
  Newcastle (film)
  Newcastle is a 2008 Australian drama film set in the New South Wales city of Newcastle.-Plot:Young surfer Jesse has always been in the shadow of his older brother Victor, who tried to become a champion surfer and failed...
  
  (2008)
• Australia
  Australia (2008 film)
  Australia is a 2008 epic historical romance film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It is the second-highest grossing Australian film of all time, behind Crocodile Dundee. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood...
  
  (2008)
• $9.99
  $9.99
  $9.99 is a 2008 Australian/Israeli stop motion film written and directed by Tatia Rosenthal, with the screenplay by Etgar Keret. This film marks the third collaboration between Rosenthal and Keret...
  
  (2008) as Albert (voice)
• The Visitor
  The Visitor (2002 film)
  The Visitor is a 2002 Australian film directed by Dan Castle and starring Barry Otto and Nicholas Carpenter.-Plot:"Michael is avoiding phone calls regarding his dear friend and former lover Chris who is dying back in America. While trying to write, he is disturbed by the noisy surfers next door as...
  
  (2002)
• I Love Rachel (1997)
• Oscar and Lucinda
  Oscar and Lucinda
  Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize, the 1989 Miles Franklin Award, and was shortlisted for The Best of the Booker.-Plot introduction:...
  
  (1997)
• Cosi
  Cosi (film)
  Cosi is a 1996 Australian comedy-drama-musical film directed by Mark Joffe. Louis Nowra wrote both the screenplay and the play it is based on.-Plot summary:...
  
  (1996)
• Exile
  Exile (1994 film)
  Exile is a 1994 Australian drama film directed by Paul Cox. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was shot entirely on location in Tasmania.-Cast:* Aden Young as Peter Costello* Beth Champion as Mary...
  
  (1994)
• Strictly Ballroom
  Strictly Ballroom
  Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann and produced by M&A Productions. The film is the first installment in The Red Curtain Trilogy, Luhrmann's trilogy of theatre-motif-related films; the follow-ups were Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...
  
  (1992)
• The Punisher
  The Punisher (1989 film)
  The Punisher is a 1989 film starring Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle, directed by Mark Goldblatt from a screenplay by Boaz Yakin. It is loosely based on the Marvel Comics' character The Punisher. The film changes many details of the comic book origin and the main character does not wear the...
  
  (1989) (As Shake)
• The More Things Change... (1986)
• Bliss
  Bliss (1985 film)
  Bliss is a 1985 Australian film directed by Ray Lawrence, co-adapted by Lawrence and Peter Carey, author of the original novel Bliss from which it is adapted....
  
  (1985)

External links