Acting · Ipswich, Queensland, Australia · Born August 28, 1941
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.
MovieRemember Belsen
2025
as Narrator
TVFaraway Downs
2023
as Sergeant Callahan
TVBay of Fires
2023
as Joseph
TVThe End
2020
as Willie
TVTotal Control
2019
as Phillip Anderson
TVHarrow
2018
as Jack Twine
MovieGrace
2017
as Mr. Symonds
MovieNobody's Child
2017
as Hank
MovieMystery Road
2013
as Sarge
TVThe Time of Our Lives
2013
as Ray Tivolli
MovieOne Answer to Cancer
2013
as Narrator
MovieRest for the Wicked
2011
as Murray
TVPaper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
2011
as Sir Frank Packer
MovieHome by Christmas
2010
as Ed
TVDirt Game
2009
as Alec Nolan
TVFalse Witness
2009
as The Libertine
MovieAustralia
2008
as Sergeant Callahan
MovieThe Ballad of Betty & Joe
2008
as Joe
MovieCross Life
2007
as Bill
MovieGone
2006
as UTE Driver
MovieThe Silence
2006
as Dennis Riordan
MovieSolo
2006
as Louis
MovieLady Vengeance
2005
as Jenny's Adoptive Father
MovieHell Has Harbour Views
2005
as Frank Flannery
The Widower
2004
Lennie Cahill Shoots Through
2003
as Lennie
MovieThe Night We Called It a Day
2003
as Ralph Blue
MovieNed
2003
as Bartender
MovieBlackJack
2003
as Joe Bueneroti
MovieMullet
2001
as Col Maloney
MovieLa spagnola
2001
as Dr. Knuckey
TVGrass Roots
2000
as Drew Leonard
MovieFresh Air
1999
as Bob
MoviePaperback Hero
1999
MovieChange Of Heart
1999
as Mervyn
TVAll Saints
1998
as Frank O'Hara
MovieDoing Time for Patsy Cline
1997
as Dwayne
MovieThe Last of the Ryans
1997
as Father Brosnan
MovieThe Rainbow Warrior
1997
as Greenpeace Activist
TVHalifax f.p.
1994
as Bob 'Dizzy' Gillespie
TVThe Man from Snowy River
1994
as Bernard Hardwick
MovieThe Last Tattoo
1994
as James Carroll
MovieJoyful and Triumphant
1993
as George Bishop
MovieJack Be Nimble
1993
as Clarrie
MovieAbsent Without Leave
1993
as Peter
MovieTyphon's People
1993
as The Minister
MovieRose Against the Odds
1991
as Jack Rennie
TVSoldier Soldier
1991
as Ron Jenkins
TVPolice Rescue
1991
as Clyde
MovieOld Scores
1991
as Barry Brown
MovieShadow of the Cobra
1989
MovieNever Say Die
1988
as Insp. Evans
MovieTommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
1988
as Mad Mile
MovieThe Man From Snowy River II
1988
as Jacko
MovieShame
1988
as Tim Curtis
MovieInitiation
1987
as Pat
TVCyclone Tracy
1986
as Mick Brennan
TVThe Flying Doctors
1986
as Bruce Logan
MovieTwo Friends
1986
as Charlie
MovieFrog Dreaming
1986
as Gaza
MovieThe Surfer
1986
as Calhoun
MovieI Own the Racecourse
1986
as Bert Hammond
MoviePallet on the Floor
1986
as Larkman
MoviePlatypus Cove
1986
as Frank Nelson
MovieBabaKiueria
1986
as Father (Mr. Smith)
MovieArcher's Adventure
1985
as Squatter
MovieThe Coca-Cola Kid
1985
as Bushman
MovieKeiron: The First Voyager
1985
as Moulen
MovieThe Settlement
1984
as The Sergeant
TVScales of Justice
1983
as Nipper Jackson
MovieMidnite Spares
1983
as Howard
MovieWe of the Never Never
1982
as Mac
MovieDead Easy
1982
as Ozzie
MovieGoodbye Pork Pie
1981
as John
MovieHard Knocks
1980
as Barry
MovieThe Earthling
1980
as Red
MovieBeyond Reasonable Doubt
1980
as Det. John Hughes
MovieDemolition
1979
MovieThe Odd Angry Shot
1979
as Black Ronnie
MoviePuzzle
1978
as Det. Const. Langdon
MovieLittle Boy Lost
1978
as Const. O'Day
MovieNewsfront
1978
as Greasy
MovieThe Irishman
1978
as Rob Dalgleish
MovieThe Mango Tree
1977
as Tommy Smith
MovieThe Picture Show Man
1977
as Policeman
MovieWild Man
1977
as Dombey Morgan
MovieBreak of Day
1976
as Joe
TVThe Sullivans
1976
as Ginger
The Haunting of Hewie Dowker
1976
as Police Officer
Almost
as Dr. Khan
