- Received an honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters for his contribution to the arts from the University of Western Australia in September 2013.
- Has two children. A daughter called Violet, who was born on November 24, 2006 and son Caspar, who was born on July 3, 2009.
- 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.
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