Tim Minchin is an Australian musician, actor, comedian and writer. He has been performing his unique brand of musical comedy in front of appropriately excitable and ever growing audiences since starting out in South Melbourne’s Butterfly Club in 2005. He won the Director’s Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for his break-out show Darkside, and followed this later the same year with one of the most successful debut acts ever at the Edinburgh Fringe – winning the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer. Without wanting to go on and on about it, he’s done some pretty successful live shows since then, often in Australia or the UK, but also on the North American continent (yes that includes you too Canada). But not you Guatemala. Maybe one day. His current songs span topics such as environmentalism, rationalism, prejudice(ism) and his amour de boobs(ism). In fact it would hardly be over the top to say that his love of boobs would be up there in the back of Plato’s cave in the bit that’s carved out for the most perfect and complete example of the love of boobs. But not in a weird way. During his shows he plays the piano, always nicely and oftentimes wildly and excitingly, whilst looking wonderfully athletic, in a pair of delightfully uncomfortable skinny jeans. Tim has made many TV appearances: most recently on Good News Week in Australia and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in the UK. He’s also performed on radio; his most recent project being Strings, a brand new comedy sitcom pilot for BBC Radio 2, which he both wrote and starred in. His acclaimed 9-minute beat poem, Storm, is being animated for release in October. Tim is currently writing the music and lyrics for the musical Matilda with the Royal Shakespeare Company. This adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic opens in Stratford-upon-Avon in November 2010. Tim, his wife and two young children, now live in London.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 7, 1975 (51)
- Northampton, England, UK
- Actor, writer, producer and composer
- 14 on MovieCove · 30 credits in all
What are Tim Minchin's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 6 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 8 · Intense 2
Steady 6 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 4
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Trickster: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour (2012)
- Shadowas Smasher in The Secret River (2015)
- Heraldas Friar Tuck in Robin Hood (2018)
- Tricksteras Friar Tuck in Robin Hood (2018)
- Heroas Lucky Flynn in Upright (2019)
- Tricksteras Pretty Boy in Back to the Outback (2021)
- Tricksteras Chihoohoo in Scarygirl (2023)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Tim Minchin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Tim Minchin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
30 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 26 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Zac Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Sam Pang Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Hold Me: A Hellblazer Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Artful Dodger(2023)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Scarygirl(2023)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Matilda: The Musical(2022)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Tim Minchin: Back(2022)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Horne Section TV Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Back to the Outback(2021)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Tim Minchin: Apart Together Live At Trackdown Studios (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Upright(2019)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Robin Hood(2018)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Squinters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Groundhog Day - The Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
No Activity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Secret River(2015)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Tim Minchin: BBC Comedy Prom 2011 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Tim Minchin, Live: Ready For This? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Lost Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Tim Minchin: Ready for This? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Two Fists, One Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Tim Minchin: So F**king Rock Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Tim Minchin: So Live(2007)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Californication(2007)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Larrikins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 29 titles, 27 of them dated from 2007 to 2025; peak year 2011.
Biggest box office
Robin Hood (2018)
Highest rated
Upright (2019)
Most popular right now
Robin Hood (2018)
Film career
Peak 2011 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2007Screen debut· Californication
- 2010First film· The Lost Thing
- 2010First top-billed film· The Lost Thing
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Tim Minchin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of the 9 of 10 with a score; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 13 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved6
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Tim Minchin's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Tim Minchin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tim Minchin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matt Askem shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Matt AskemShared titles: Tim Minchin: Back (2022), Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Matt Askem
- Rhian SkirvingShared titles: Rock n Roll Nerd (2008), Tim Minchin: So Live (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Rhian Skirving
Producers
- Michael LynchShared titles: Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra (2011), Tim Minchin: So Live (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Lynch