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.
Acted in 87
2020s
- 2023
Bay of Fires
Joseph · 8 episodes
- 2020
The End
Willie · 4 episodes
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
Grace
Mr. Symonds
Nobody's Child
Hank
- 2013
The Time of Our Lives
Ray Tivolli · 21 episodes
- 2011
Rest for the Wicked
Murray
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
Sir Frank Packer · 2 episodes
- 2010
Home by Christmas
Ed
2000s
- 2009
Dirt Game
Alec Nolan · 3 episodes
False Witness
The Libertine · 2 episodes
- 2008
Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal
Ben Chifley (Prime Minister)
The Ballad of Betty & Joe
Joe
- 2007
Cross Life
Bill
- 2006
Gone
UTE Driver
The Silence
Dennis Riordan
Solo
Louis
- 2005
Hell Has Harbour Views
Frank Flannery
- 2003
The Night We Called It a Day
Ralph Blue
Ned
Bartender
BlackJack
Joe Bueneroti
- 2001
Mullet
Col Maloney
La spagnola
Dr. Knuckey
- 2000
Grass Roots
Drew Leonard · 1 episode
1990s
- 1999
Fresh Air
Bob
Change Of Heart
Mervyn
- 1998
- 1997
Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Dwayne
The Last of the Ryans
Father Brosnan
The Rainbow Warrior
Greenpeace Activist
- 1994
The Last Tattoo
James Carroll
- 1993
Joyful and Triumphant
George Bishop
Jack Be Nimble
Clarrie
Absent Without Leave
Peter
Typhon's People
The Minister
- 1992
Deadly
Graham Stewart
- 1991
Rose Against the Odds
Jack Rennie
Old Scores
Barry Brown
1980s
- 1989
Shadow of the Cobra
Movie
- 1988
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
Mad Mile
The Man From Snowy River II
Jacko
Shame
Tim Curtis
- 1987
- 1986
Cyclone Tracy
Mick Brennan · 3 episodes
Two Friends
Charlie
Frog Dreaming
Gaza
The Surfer
Calhoun
I Own the Racecourse
Bert Hammond
Pallet on the Floor
Larkman
Platypus Cove
Frank Nelson
- 1985
Archer's Adventure
Squatter
Keiron: The First Voyager
Moulen
- 1984
The Settlement
The Sergeant
- 1983
Scales of Justice
Nipper Jackson · 3 episodes
Midnite Spares
Howard
- 1982
We of the Never Never
Mac
Dead Easy
Ozzie
- 1981
Goodbye Pork Pie
John
- 1980
Hard Knocks
Barry
The Earthling
Red
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Det. John Hughes
1970s
- 1979
Demolition
Movie
- 1978
Puzzle
Det. Const. Langdon
Little Boy Lost
Const. O'Day
Newsfront
Greasy
The Irishman
Rob Dalgleish
- 1977
The Mango Tree
Tommy Smith
The Picture Show Man
Policeman
Wild Man
Dombey Morgan
- 1976
Break of Day
Joe
The Haunting of Hewie Dowker
Police Officer
Appearances2
2020s
- 2025
Remember Belsen
Narrator
2010s
- 2013
One Answer to Cancer
Narrator