---
name: "Barry Otto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-otto"
fi1m_id: "barry-otto"
imdb_id: "nm0653222"
tmdb_id: 150536
wikidata_id: "Q809080"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T08:18:08.172095+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barry Otto

## Identity

Barry Otto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-otto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-otto
- **IMDb ID:** nm0653222
- **TMDB ID:** 150536
- **Wikidata ID:** Q809080
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Otto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809080, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653222/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150536

Actor. Born 1 January 1941 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1941, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- **Active:** 1992–2013
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (1), 2000s 58 (1), 2010s 61 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 3, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $597m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Otto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809080, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653222/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150536

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Strictly Ballroom*](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Barry Otto is an Australian actor. He was born in 1941 in Brisbane, Queensland.

Otto began his career in amateur theatre in the 1970s. He is known for his role as Doug Hastings in Baz Luhrmann’s *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), for which he won Australian Film Institute and Film Critics Circle of Australia awards for Best Supporting Actor. Other film credits include *Bliss* (1985), *The Punisher* (1989), *Australia* (2008), *The Great Gatsby* (2013) and *The Dressmaker* (2015). He has also appeared in television series such as *Farscape*.

He is the father of actresses Miranda Otto and Gracie Otto.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Fi1m 61, as Benny McClenahan — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Australia* (2008), Fi1m 58, as Administrator Allsop — [page](https://film.one/film/australia.md)
- *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), Fi1m 83, as Doug Hastings — [page](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Faraway Downs* (2023), series, as Administrator Allsop
- *Sisters* (2017), series, as Julius Bechly
- *The Dressmaker* (2015), as Percival Almanac
- *Blinky Bill the Movie* (2015), as Mayor Cranklepot (voice)
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), as Benny McClenahan — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *A Cautionary Tail* (2012), as Doctor
- *Waiting for the Turning of the Earth* (2011), as Tom
- *South Solitary* (2010), as George Wadsworth
- *Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole* (2010), as Echidna (voice)
- *$9.99* (2009), as Albert Kweller (voice)
- *Schadenfreude* (2009), Actor
- *Australia* (2008), as Administrator Allsop — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/australia.md)
- *Three Blind Mice* (2008), as Fred
- *Newcastle* (2008), as Gramps
- *Rogue* (2007), as Merv
- *headLand* (2005), series, as Professor Day
- *Through My Eyes* (2004), series, as Frank Cocks
- *Loot* (2004), as Charles Highsmith
- *Love's Brother* (2004), as Father Alfredo
- *The Visitor* (2002), as Michael
- *Farscape* (1999), series, as Dr. Tumii — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)
- *Dead Letter Office* (1998), as Gerald Urquhart
- *Oscar and Lucinda* (1997), as Jimmy D'Abbs
- *The Beneficiary* (1997), as Leonard Dunbar
- *Kiss or Kill* (1997), as Adler Jones
- *Mr. Nice Guy* (1997), as Baggio
- *Mr. Reliable* (1996), as The Premier (NSW)
- *Lilian's Story* (1996), as John Singer / Albion Singer
- *Cosi* (1996), as Roy
- *Exile* (1994), as Sheriff
- *The Custodian* (1994), as Brian Ferguson
- *Touch Me* (1993), as Stewart
- *The Door* (1993), as Step-Father
- *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), as Doug Hastings — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md)
- *The Paper Man* (1990), series, as Elliot Calder
- *The Punisher* (1989), as Shake
- *The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro* (1989), as Kevin
- *I've Come About The Suicide* (1988), as Garfield Lawson
- *Takeover* (1988), as George Oppenheimer
- *The Marsupials: The Howling III* (1987), as Prof. Harry Beckmeyer
- *Vietnam* (1987), as Douglas Goddard
- *Vietnam* (1987), series, as Douglas Goddard
- *The More Things Change...* (1986), as Lex
- *Bliss* (1985), as Harry Joy
- *Singles* (1984), series, as Peter
- *Undercover* (1984), as Professor Henckel
- *Norman Loves Rose* (1982), as Charles
- *Benny Hill Down Under* (1977), as Various / Guest star

## Gallery

- ![Barry Otto](https://film.one/media/person/81530/gallery-4dc6b42b828f.jpg) Barry Otto — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Barry_Otto.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Barry Otto at the unveiling of his star on the Australian Film Walk of Fame (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/81530/gallery-63820b735165.jpg) Barry Otto at the unveiling of his star on the Australian Film Walk of Fame (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Barry_Otto_%286825611028%29.jpg/1280px-Barry_Otto_%286825611028%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Otto](https://film.one/media/person/81530/gallery-fe073a206401.jpg) Barry Otto — Image via TMDB

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