What is Barry Otto?
{{Infobox person |name = Barry Otto |image = Barry Otto.jpg |caption =Otto at the Spot Festival |birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1941}} |birth_place = [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]] |occupation = Actor |spouse = Lindsay Otto; 2 daughters |children = [[Miranda Otto]]<br>[[Gracie Otto]] |years_active = 1975&ndash;present }} '''Barry Otto''' (born 1941) is an [[Australia]]n [[actor]] and [[voice actor]], primarily of [[Australian cinema|cinema]]. He is also an amateur [[artist]]. ==Career== Otto received an [[AACTA Award]] for [[List of awards for supporting actor|Best Supporting Actor]] in ''[[Strictly Ballroom]]''.<ref> Barry Spurr; Lloyd Cameron, ''Standard English'' (Glebe, NSW: Pascal Press, 2003), p. 167</ref> He was also [[Nomination|nominated]] for ''[[Bliss (1985 film)|Bliss]]'',<ref name=Vieth73>Errol Vieth; Albert Moran, ''Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema'' (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2005), p. 73</ref> ''[[Cosi (film)|Cosi]]'' and ''The More Things Change...''. Otto portrayed [[Administrator]] Allsop in [[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]] in 2008. He has appeared in ''[[The Dressmaker (2015 film)|The Dressmaker]]'', ''[[Kiss or Kill (film)|Kiss or Kill]]'', ''[[Dead Letter Office (film)|Dead Letter Office]]'', ''[[The Visitor (2002 film)|The Visitor]]'', ''[[The Great Gatsby (2013 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'', ''[[Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole]]'', ''[[Love's Brother]]'', ''[[Blinky Bill (2015 movie)|Blinky Bill]]''. An amateur artist, he often [[Painting|paints]] members of his family. Otto has twice entered the [[Archibald Prize]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Barry's M.Otto: if at first you don't succeed, paint on|last=Louise Schwartzkoff|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/barrys-motto-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-paint-on/2009/02/06/1233423493418.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 February 2009|access-date=4 January 2011}}</ref> He is the father of actresses [[Gracie Otto|Gracie]] and [[Miranda Otto]]. == Referenc