Barry Otto

Brisbane-born actor has graced Australian stages in all forms of media all of his life. His theatre credits include
Optimism and Tartuffe for Malthouse Theatre, Troupers, Boy Gets Girl, Proof, Volpone, Barrymore, King Lear, The Marriage of Figaro, Hot Fudge & Icecream, Tom & Vi, Portage to San Cristobal, A Happy & Holy Occasion, As You Desire Me for Sydney Theatre Company, The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia?, A Doll’s House and Present Laughter for Queensland Theatre Company, WASP, The Tempest, Night on Bald Mountain and Cosi for Company B, Faust for Melbourne Theatre Company, Kiss of the Spier Woman, Uncle Vanya, Burn Victim, Cloud Nine, Protest, The Three Sisters, Traitors, Upside Down at the Bottom of the World for Nimrod Theatre.

Film credits include Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, Cheap Seats, Dead Letter Office, Kiss or Kill, Oscar & Lucinda, A Nice Guy, Lilian’s Story, Cosi, On Our Selection and Strictly Ballroom

Television credits include Stupid Stupid Man, Farscape, Vietnam, The Dismissal and Shadows of the Heart.

Barry is the recipient of the 1991 and 1994 Green Room Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Marriage of Figaro and Cosi, the1985 and 1992 Film Critics’ Circle Award for Bliss and Strictly Ballroom, as well as the AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Strictly Ballroom produced in 1993.