Barry Otto

Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor.

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]

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 .

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]

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

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

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