Barry Otto

Barry Otto
Otto at the Spot Festival
Born	1941 (age 74–75) Brisbane, Queensland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse(s)	Lindsay Otto; 2 daughters

Otto's plaque at the Australian Film Walk of Fame, The Ritz Cinema, Randwick, Sydney

Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor.

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.^[1]

He is the father of actresses Gracie and Miranda Otto.

He provided the voice of Echidna in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole in 2010 and the voice of Mayor Cranklepot in Blinky Bill the Movie in 2015.

Filmography

• Norman Loves Rose (1982)
• Bliss (1985)
• The More Things Change... (1986)
• Takeover (1988)
• The Punisher (1989) as Shake
• Strictly Ballroom (1992)
• Exile (1994)
• Così (1996)
• I Love Rachel (1997)
• Mr. Nice Guy (1997) as Baggio
• Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
• The Visitor (2002)
• Love's Brother (2004)
• Rogue (2007) as
• Newcastle (2008) as
• Australia (2008) as
• $9.99 (2008) as Albert (voice)
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) as Echidna (voice)
• South Solitary (2010) as
• Dance Academy (2013) as Sir Jeffery
• The Great Gatsby (2013) as Benny McClenahan
• Blinky Bill the Movie (2015) as Mayor Cranklepot (voice)

References

1. Schwartzkoff, Louise (7 February 2009). "Barry's M.Otto: if at first you don't succeed, paint on". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

External links

• Barry Otto at the Internet Movie Database