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Barry Otto

Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor and artist.

Early life

Barry Otto was born in 1941 in Brisbane, the son of a butcher.[1][2][3] He has a sister named Denise.[4] Otto trained as an artist at Brisbane Central Technical College.[4] In the 1960s, Otto worked as a commercial artist and fashion illustrator.[5] He never formally trained as an actor.[3]

Career

Otto began acting in amateur theatre and drawing room comedies in the 1970s.[1][3] He has had film roles in Strictly Ballroom, Cosi, 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 (see Filmography). He portrayed Administrator Allsop in Australia in 2008. In 2015 Otto voiced the role of Mayor Wilberforce Cranklepot, a goanna, in Blinky Bill the Movie.

Personal life

Otto married Lindsay, with whom he has a daughter Miranda (an actress), born in 1967 in Brisbane.[6] They divorced in 1973.[citation needed]

With his second wife Susan "Sue" Hill,[7] Otto has a son, Eddie (a teacher and professional cricket coach), and daughter, Gracie (a filmmaker and actress), born in 1987 in Sydney.[6][8]

Otto is also an artist. He often paints members of his family and has twice entered the Archibald Prize.[9]

Otto was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2018.[10]

Filmography

Otto with Australian actress Deborah Mailman in 2012

Film

Television

Theatre

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Awards

Otto received an AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Strictly Ballroom and was nominated for Bliss, Cosi and The More Things Change....

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

Barry Otto at Randwick in Sydney on the Australian Film Walk of Fame.

References

  1. ^ a b Porter, Zoë (15 January 2020). "Otto The Great". The National Treasures Series. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Dichotomia, Barry Otto, 2008". National Portrait Gallery collection. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Morgan, Joyce (26 January 2007). "Barry Otto's busting to talk". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b Faulkner, Noelle (29 December 2017). "The Imaginarium of Mr Otto by Jake Terrey". Side-Note. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  5. ^ Kornits, Dov (25 January 2020). "Otto on Otto". FilmInk. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b Gannon, Genevieve (22 June 2023). "Miranda Otto reveals what working with her sister is really like". The Australian Women's Weekly. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  7. ^ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/stellar/its-like-hes-trying-to-remember-who-he-is-barry-ottos-daughters-share-heartbreaking-update-on-australian-screen-legends-health/news-story/8be843ba917bc5b501fecf3a953b186f. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Lehmann, Megan (6 November 2021). "Gracie Otto, the human sparkplug". The Australian. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Maddox, Garry (7 May 2024). "Gracie Otto began a film about her dad's one-man show. A diagnosis changed the story". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  11. ^ "AusStage".

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