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Barry Otto
Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor.
Barry Otto was born in 1941 in Brisbane, the son of Alice Long and Bob Stephens, a car dealer from the suburb of Chermside. His mother later married Ronald Otto, a butcher of German ancestry. Barry is actually of Scottish and Irish descent. He has a sister named Denise, who was a model.
Otto's artistic talents were discovered at the age of 17, by the family landlord, May Stephens. She had found him painting a watercolour replica of one of the Norman Lindsay paintings she owned, after which she paid for him to attend Brisbane Central Technical College. Stephens also took him to the theatre and the opera, which inspired him to follow his passion for the arts.
In the 1960s, Otto worked as a commercial artist and fashion illustrator, for the likes of Myer and McWhirters, while he took classes in cutting and designing, with dreams of becoming a fashion designer.
Otto started his acting career in amateur theatre, but never formally trained as an actor
Otto began acting in amateur theatre and drawing room comedies in the 1970s.
He has starred in numerous films, including playing Harry Joy in Bliss (1985), for which he received a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor. His performance as Doug Hastings (father of Paul Mercurio’s Scott) in Baz Luhrmann’s first feature film Strictly Ballroom (1992) earned him two awards for Best Supporting Actor from the Australian Film Institute and Film Critics Circle of Australia. He then appeared in Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995), opposite Geoffrey Rush and Noah Taylor and Lilian's Story (1996) alongside Toni Collette. In 1996, he starred as mental health patient Roy in Cosi for which he received a Green Room Award for Best Actor.
In 1997 he starred in The Nice Guy with Jackie Chan, and played Jimmy D’Abbs in Oscar and Lucinda, opposite Cate Blanchett. The same year he had a role in Kiss or Kill (1997), before appearing in Dead Letter Office, opposite daughter Miranda in 1998. He went on to star in 2002 short film The Visitor, romantic drama Love's Brother (2004) and horror feature Rogue (2007).
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Barry Otto
Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor.
Barry Otto was born in 1941 in Brisbane, the son of Alice Long and Bob Stephens, a car dealer from the suburb of Chermside. His mother later married Ronald Otto, a butcher of German ancestry. Barry is actually of Scottish and Irish descent. He has a sister named Denise, who was a model.
Otto's artistic talents were discovered at the age of 17, by the family landlord, May Stephens. She had found him painting a watercolour replica of one of the Norman Lindsay paintings she owned, after which she paid for him to attend Brisbane Central Technical College. Stephens also took him to the theatre and the opera, which inspired him to follow his passion for the arts.
In the 1960s, Otto worked as a commercial artist and fashion illustrator, for the likes of Myer and McWhirters, while he took classes in cutting and designing, with dreams of becoming a fashion designer.
Otto started his acting career in amateur theatre, but never formally trained as an actor
Otto began acting in amateur theatre and drawing room comedies in the 1970s.
He has starred in numerous films, including playing Harry Joy in Bliss (1985), for which he received a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor. His performance as Doug Hastings (father of Paul Mercurio’s Scott) in Baz Luhrmann’s first feature film Strictly Ballroom (1992) earned him two awards for Best Supporting Actor from the Australian Film Institute and Film Critics Circle of Australia. He then appeared in Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995), opposite Geoffrey Rush and Noah Taylor and Lilian's Story (1996) alongside Toni Collette. In 1996, he starred as mental health patient Roy in Cosi for which he received a Green Room Award for Best Actor.
In 1997 he starred in The Nice Guy with Jackie Chan, and played Jimmy D’Abbs in Oscar and Lucinda, opposite Cate Blanchett. The same year he had a role in Kiss or Kill (1997), before appearing in Dead Letter Office, opposite daughter Miranda in 1998. He went on to star in 2002 short film The Visitor, romantic drama Love's Brother (2004) and horror feature Rogue (2007).