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He graduated from the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 1996 with a BA in English and theatre, and from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1998 with an Advanced Diploma in contemporary music. He was educated at Christ Church Grammar School, an independent school in Perth. a 'more you practise, the better you get' kind of guy'. He developed a renewed interest in the instrument after he started writing music with his brother Dan, a guitarist, but still describes himself as a 'hack pianist. Minchin started learning piano at the age of eight, but gave it up after three years because he did not enjoy the discipline. Minchin returned to Australia with his parents and was raised in Perth, alongside his elder brother, Dan, and two younger sisters, Katie and Nel. Minchin, founding director of Adelaide Zoo. His father and grandfather were both surgeons in Perth. He holds both Australian and British citizenship, as everyone born in the UK before 1983 was automatically a citizen of the country. Timothy David Minchin was born in Northampton on 7 October 1975, the son of Australian parents Ros and David Ellison Minchin. 7.2 'I Still Call Australia Homophobic'.2.4 BACK tour and Apart Together album (2019вЂ“present).2.3 Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra (2010вЂ“2012).He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day honours. In 2015, he was awarded a second honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. In 2013, the University of Western Australia awarded Minchin an honorary Doctor of Letters degree for his contribution to the arts.

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In 2013, he played rock star Atticus Fetch on Californication and in 2019 he co-wrote and starred as Lucky Flynn in the TV series Upright. He is the composer and lyricist of the Olivier Award-winning, Tony Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated show Matilda the Musical and the Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated show Groundhog Day The Musical. A documentary film about Minchin, Rock N Roll Nerd (directed by Rhian Skirving), was released theatrically in 2008 and broadcast by ABC1 in 2009.

Minchin has a background in theatre and has appeared in various stage productions, in addition to small acting roles on Australian television. His show Darkside launched him into the public eye, achieving critical success at the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He has appeared on television in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He has released six CDs, five DVDs, and live comedy shows that he has performed internationally. Timothy David Minchin AM (born 7 October 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, musician, poet, composer,and songwriter.Д«orn to Australian parents in Northampton, United Kingdom, and raised in Perth, Minchin attended the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), before moving to Melbourne in 2002. From the BBC programme Desert Island Discs,