Musician, comedian, actor, and writer Tim Minchin was born to Australian parents
on October 7, 1975, in Northampton, England. Known for his scraggy red hair, eye
make-up and bare feet, he looks like a failed 1970s glam-rock star, and he plays
satirical songs that whimsically ramble on about all manner of surreal topics.
While born in England, when he was young, his parents relocated back to
Australia, where he grew up in Perth. Interested in music at a young age, he
began studying piano at the age of 8, but tiring of the discipline required in
learning piano, he gave up at the ag...