Tony Barry

Actor

Born August 28, 1941 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Died December 21, 2022.

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.

Acting

Remember Belsen
Film, 2025
as Narrator
Faraway Downs
TV series, 2023
as Sergeant Callahan
Bay of Fires
TV series, 2023
as Joseph
The End
TV series, 2020
as Willie
Total Control
TV series, 2019
as Phillip Anderson
Harrow
TV series, 2018
as Jack Twine
Grace
Film, 2017
as Mr. Symonds
Nobody's Child
Film, 2017
as Hank
Mystery Road
Film, 2013
as Sarge
The Time of Our Lives
TV series, 2013
as Ray Tivolli
One Answer to Cancer
Film, 2013
as Narrator
Rest for the Wicked
Film, 2011
as Murray
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
TV series, 2011
as Sir Frank Packer
Home by Christmas
Film, 2010
as Ed
Dirt Game
TV series, 2009
as Alec Nolan
False Witness
TV series, 2009
as The Libertine
Australia
Film, 2008
as Sergeant Callahan
The Ballad of Betty & Joe
Film, 2008
as Joe
Cross Life
Film, 2007
as Bill
Gone
Film, 2006
as UTE Driver
The Silence
Film, 2006
as Dennis Riordan
Solo
Film, 2006
as Louis
Lady Vengeance
Film, 2005
as Jenny's Adoptive Father
Hell Has Harbour Views
Film, 2005
as Frank Flannery
The Widower
Film, 2004
Lennie Cahill Shoots Through
Film, 2003
as Lennie
The Night We Called It a Day
Film, 2003
as Ralph Blue
Ned
Film, 2003
as Bartender
BlackJack
Film, 2003
as Joe Bueneroti
Mullet
Film, 2001
as Col Maloney