Tony Barry

Tony Barry

Known for

Acting

Born

August 28, 1941

Birthplace

Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Died

December 21, 2022 (aged 81)

Biography

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.

Best known work

Australia

Australia

2008

Lady Vengeance

Lady Vengeance

2005

Harrow

Harrow

2018

Mystery Road

Mystery Road

2013

Gone

Gone

2006

Faraway Downs

Faraway Downs

2023

The Coca-Cola Kid

The Coca-Cola Kid

1985

The Man From Snowy River II

The Man From Snowy River II

1988

Frog Dreaming

Frog Dreaming

1986

The Earthling

The Earthling

1980

Filmography

TBA
Almost
as Dr. Khan
2025
Remember Belsen
as Narrator
2023
Faraway DownsTV
as Sergeant Callahan (6 episodes)
2023
Bay of FiresTV
as Joseph (8 episodes)
2020
The EndTV
as Willie (4 episodes)
2019
Total ControlTV
as Phillip Anderson (2 episodes)
2018
HarrowTV
as Jack Twine (6 episodes)
2017
Grace
as Mr. Symonds
2017
Nobody's Child
as Hank
2013
Mystery Road
as Sarge
2013
The Time of Our LivesTV
as Ray Tivolli (21 episodes)
2013
One Answer to Cancer
as Narrator
2011
Rest for the Wicked
as Murray
2011
Paper Giants: The Birth of CleoTV
as Sir Frank Packer (2 episodes)
2010
Home by Christmas
as Ed
2009
Dirt GameTV
as Alec Nolan (3 episodes)
2009
False WitnessTV
as The Libertine (2 episodes)
2008
Australia
as Sergeant Callahan
2008
The Ballad of Betty & Joe
as Joe
2007
Cross Life
as Bill
2006
Gone
as UTE Driver
2006
The Silence
as Dennis Riordan
2006
Solo
as Louis
2005
Lady Vengeance
as Jenny's Adoptive Father
2005
Hell Has Harbour Views
as Frank Flannery