Barry Otto | |
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Otto at the Spot Festival
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Born | 1941 (age 75–76) Brisbane, Queensland |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1975–present |
Spouse(s) | Lindsay Otto; 2 daughters |
Children |
Miranda Otto Gracie Otto |
Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor and voice artist, primarily of cinema and an amateur artist
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.
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.
Barry Otto is married to Lindsay; they have two daughters, Miranda, born on 16 December 1967 in Brisbane, and Gracie, born on 23 May 1987 in Sydney.
Barry Otto at Randwick in Sydney to won of Australian Film Walk of Fame.