Actor
Tony Barry
August 28, 1941 · Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Tony Barry (1941 - 2022) was an Australian tough-looking actor and activist who performed in nearly 60 feature films and over 45 television series, across a five-decade career, in both Australia and New Zealand. Barry was for a number of years afflicted by melanoma, culminating in a 2013 leg amputation. He nonetheless battled on and continued his acting career right up to his death on 21 December 2022, at the age of 81.
Notable work
Often works with
Hugh Jackman
3 titles together
Australia, Faraway Downs, Paperback Hero
Bryan Brown
3 titles together
Australia, Faraway Downs, The Odd Angry Shot
Jack Thompson
3 titles together
Mystery Road, Faraway Downs, The Earthling
Nicole Kidman
2 titles together
Australia, Faraway Downs
Essie Davis
2 titles together
Australia, Faraway Downs
David Wenham
2 titles together
Australia, Faraway Downs
Full filmography · 88
Remember Belsen
as Narrator
2025
Grace
as Mr. Symonds
2017
Nobody's Child
as Hank
2017
Mystery Road
as Sarge
20136.2
One Answer to Cancer
as Narrator
2013
Rest for the Wicked
as Murray
2011
Home by Christmas
as Ed
2010
Australia
as Sergeant Callahan
20086.6
The Ballad of Betty & Joe
as Joe
2008
Cross Life
as Bill
2007
Gone
as UTE Driver
20065.1
The Silence
as Dennis Riordan
2006