Tim Minchin Tim Minchin i(A136893 works by) (birth name: Timothy David Minchin)
Born: Established: 1975 Northampton, Northamptonshire,
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Musician, actor, comedian, lyricist and writer. Minchin has pubished picture books, collaborated on film and television, and composed musical theatre, including the wildly successful stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's Matilda, which was later adapted as a film.

Tim Minchin was born in the UK and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. Minchin attended Christ Church Grammar, studied English and theatre at the University of Western Australia and contemporary music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

After moving from Perth to Melbourne in 2002, Minchin began performing in solo comedy shows. His performance at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2005 won the inaugural Festival Directors' Award and launched his international career. His live show 'Tim Minchin Versus the Sydney Symphony' was awarded Best New Australian Work in the 2011 Helpmann Awards.

In 2013, Tim Minchin played the role of Judas Iscariot in Andrew Lloyd Webber's updated rock opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar'.

In 2015, Tim Minchin wrote the music and lyrics for Dennis Kelly's theatre adaptation of Roald Dahl's Matilda.


Australian Writing and Rock Music affiliation: songwriter, lyricist, piano, vocals, guitar.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2023 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Actor
2021 recipient AWGIE Awards Fred Parsons Award
2020 recipient Order of Australia Member of the Order of Australia (AM) For significant service to the performing arts, and to the community.

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Day Eight ( dir. Tim Minchin et. al. )agent Australia : Lingo Pictures , 2019 16969259 2019 single work film/TV
2019 winner AWGIE Awards Comedy Award Situation or Narrative
form y separately published work icon Upright ( dir. Matt Saville ) Australia : Lingo Pictures , 2019 14352882 2019 series - publisher film/TV

Series one:

'Lucky Flynn (Minchin) hasn’t spoken to his family in years. He’s broke, distant and damaged. He’s also a gifted pianist, whose talent for music is matched only by his talent for self-destruction. When he learns that his mother has only days left to live, Lucky sets off in a hire car to drive the 4000 kilometres from Sydney to Perth to say goodbye to her, taking with him his only cherished possession in the world – a battered and scarred upright piano. But what should have been a straightforward drive across the Nullarbor soon becomes a test of Lucky’s emotional fitness, when he (quite literally) runs into Meg (Milly Alcock), a hilarious, tough-as-nails teenager, who we soon discover has plenty of scars and secrets of her own.'

Source: Screen Australia.


Series two:

'Trading the desert for the steamy tropics of Far North Queensland, Lucky and Meg hit the road - and the river - on a mission to find Meg's mum. Trouble is, Meg's mum has disappeared into the rainforest.'

Source: Screen Australia.

2024 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Narrative Comedy Series
2020 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Comedy Series
y separately published work icon When I Grow up London : Scholastic UK , 2017 11526752 2017 single work picture book

This hugely exciting picture book collaboration by internationally celebrated musician-comedian Tim Minchin and award-winning illustrator Steve Antony is an absolute treat for all ages. Inspired by Tim Minchin's hit song WHEN I GROW UP from MATILDA THE MUSICAL, the book takes a humorous yet moving look at adult life from a child's perspective. Grown-ups surely have all the fun as they must eat sweets every day, climb the biggest trees and watch cartoons till their eyes go square. But do they really...? A truly magical picture book by two incredible talents. (Synopsis)

2019 shortlisted REAL Awards Picture Story Books
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