Tony Barry

Biography

Tony Barry (born 28 August 1941) 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.

Known For

Paperback Hero
Paperback Hero
Frog Dreaming
Frog Dreaming
We of the Never Never
We of the Never Never
The Man From Snowy River II
The Man From Snowy River II
Mullet
Mullet
Goodbye Pork Pie
Goodbye Pork Pie
I Own the Racecourse
I Own the Racecourse
Solo
Solo
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Jack Be Nimble
Jack Be Nimble

Filmography

2025 Remember Belsen
as Narrator
2023 Faraway Downs
as Sergeant Callahan
2023 Bay of Fires
as Joseph
2020 The End
as Willie
2019 Total Control
as Phillip Anderson
2018 Harrow
as Jack Twine
2017 Grace
as Mr. Symonds
2017 Nobody's Child
as Hank
2013 Mystery Road
as Sarge
2013 The Time of Our Lives
as Ray Tivolli
2013 One Answer to Cancer
as Narrator
2011 Rest for the Wicked
as Murray
2011 Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
as Sir Frank Packer
2010 Home by Christmas
as Ed
2009 Dirt Game
as Alec Nolan
2009 False Witness
as The Libertine
2008 Australia
as Sergeant Callahan
2008 The Ballad of Betty & Joe
as Joe
2007 Cross Life
as Bill
2006 Gone
as UTE Driver