Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor.

Early life

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

Career

Otto began acting in amateur theatre and drawing room comedies in the 1970s. 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. They divorced in 1973. With his second wife Susan "Sue" Hill, Otto has a son, Eddie (a teacher and professional cricket coach), and daughter, Gracie (a filmmaker and actress), born in 1987 in Sydney. Otto is also an artist. He often paints members of his family and has twice entered the Archibald Prize. Otto was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2018.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Awards

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.