Who is Tim Minchin?
Tim Minchin is an actor, comedian, musician, writer, and director known for Californication (2007), Larrikins (2018), and Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra (2011). He is the composer lyricist of the Broadway musicals, Matilda and Groundhog Day.
Overview
- Nicknames
- Timothy Minchin
Trivia
- Received an honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters for his contribution to the arts from the University of Western Australia in September 2013.
- Tim Minchin won the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award for Best Newcomer at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
- Double Olivier winner and double Tony nominee for writing the musicals 'Matilda' and 'Groundhog Day'.
- Had the best punch line in Shakespeare Live! From the RSC: "Say it! I'll never play Hamlet because I'm a Ginger [redhead]!".
- The hashtag #revivedreamworkslarrikins was created to get DreamWorks Animation to make and release Minchin's animated movie musical Larrikins.