Tim Minchin is a musician, actor, writer and comedian.
He is the multiple Olivier and Helpmann Award-winning, Tony and Grammy nominated composer-lyricist of two stage musicals, Matilda the Musical and Groundhog Day. The feature film of Matilda the Musical was released in 2022.
As a singer-songwriter and comedian, he has toured the UK, US and Australia, selling out some of the world’s most iconic venues, including The Royal Albert Hall, The Sydney Opera House, and Wembley Arena. He has released four specials, including Back (2022) and Tim Minchin Vs the Heritage Orchestra Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2012).
His 2020 studio album, Apart Together, debuted at #3 on the Australian charts and reached top 30 in the UK.
Screen acting roles include his AACTA award-winning Lucky Flynn in Upright, Atticus Fetch in season 6 of Californication, Friar Tuck in Robin Hood (2018), a Logie award-winning Smasher Sullivan in the ABC’s Secret River, and Darius Cracksworth in the Disney Plus series, The Artful Dodger.
He is the head writer and a co-producer of Upright, his writing earning him an Australian Writer’s Guild (AWGIE) award.
Stage acting roles include his acclaimed Judas in the 2013-14 Arena Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Sydney Theatre Company.
He was the voice of Shaun Tan’s Oscar winning The Lost Thing, of Pretty Boy in Netflix’s Back To The Outback and has recently composed the theme song “Good Day Sunshine” for the Netflix mini-series Eric starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
He has released a graphic novel, Storm, and two children’s books. He is a member of the Order of Australia and has received three honorary doctorates of letters. His acceptance speech for his UWA doctorate has been viewed over 150 million times. A book of his commencement speeches, You Don’t Have to Have a Dream, has been published by Penguin Random House.
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