Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries Movies and TV Shows

John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, satirist, dadaist, artist, author and character actor, perhaps best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife and "gigastar", and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attaché to the Court of St. James's. He is a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer and an accomplished landscape painter. For his delivery of dadaist and absurdist humour to millions, biographer Anne Pender described Humphries in 2010 as not only the most significant theatrical figure of our time … [but] the most significant comedian to emerge since Charlie Chaplin. Humphries' characters, especially Dame Edna Everage, have brought him international renown, and he has appeared in numerous films, stage productions and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy Moonee Ponds housewife who caricatured Australian suburban complacency and insularity, Edna has evolved over four decades to become a satire of stardom, the gaudily dressed, acid-tongued, egomaniacal, internationally feted Housewife Gigastar, Dame Edna Everage. Humphries' other major satirical character creation was the archetypal Australian bloke Barry McKenzie, who originated as the hero of a comic strip about Australians in London (with drawings by Nicholas Garland) which was first published in Private Eye magazine. The stories about "Bazza" (Humphries' nickname, as well as an Australian term of endearment for the name Barry) gave wide circulation to Australian slang, particularly jokes about drinking and its consequences (much of which was invented by Humphries), and the character went on to feature in two Australian films, in which he was portrayed by Barry Crocker. Humphries' other satirical characters include the "priapic and inebriated cultural attaché" Sir Les Patterson, who has "continued to bring worldwide discredit upon Australian arts and culture, while contributing as much to the Australian vernacular as he has borrowed from it", gentle, grandfatherly "returned gentleman" Sandy Stone, iconoclastic 1960s underground film-maker Martin Agrippa, Paddington socialist academic Neil Singleton, sleazy trade union official Lance Boyle, high-pressure art salesman Morrie O'Connor and failed tycoon Owen Steele. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Humphries, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 2/17/1934 (90 years old)
  • Place of birth: Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
  • nationality: Australian
  • Net worth: $12,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 54%
role:
Charlie / Dame Edna
2016

Comedy

5.4
54%
Blinky Bill the Movie
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 55%
role:
Wombo (voice)
2015

Adventure

Animation

Family

5.1
55%
Jack Irish: Dead Point
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Justice Logan
2014

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

6.9
69%
Justin and the Knights of Valour
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 59%
role:
Braulio (voice)
Not available
2013

Adventure

Animation

6.0
59%
Not available
2012

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
74%
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Kath & Kimderella
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 48%
role:
Dame Edna Everage
2012

Comedy

5.3
48%
Mary and Max
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 79%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2009

Animation

Comedy

Drama

8.1
79%
2008

Comedy

Documentary

7.6
69%
Da Kath & Kim Code
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 64%
role:
John Monk
2005

Comedy

TV Movie

7.3
64%
Finding Nemo
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 78%
role:
Bruce (voice)
2003

Animation

Family

8.2
78%
Nicholas Nickleby
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Mrs. Crummies/Mr. Leadville
2002

Action

Adventure

Drama

Family

7.1
69%
Spice World
IMDB 3.7
TMDB 49%
role:
Kevin McMaxford
Not available
1997

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Music

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

3.7
49%
Not available
Napoleon
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 61%
role:
Kangaroo (voice)
1995

Adventure

Family

6.1
61%
Immortal Beloved
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 71%
role:
Clemens Metternich
1994

Drama

Music

Romance

7.4
71%
Howling III
IMDB 3.5
TMDB 47%
role:
Academy Award Presenter
1987

Horror

3.5
47%
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Shock Treatment
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 58%
role:
Bert Schnick
Not available
1981

Comedy

Music

5.7
58%
Not available
Bedazzled
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 62%
role:
Envy
1967

Comedy

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
62%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Barry Humphries are, for example, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Blinky Bill the Movie and Jack Irish: Dead Point.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Amazon.
The best Anystream ratings are Mary and Max (8.0), Finding Nemo (8.0) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (7.6).
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