Tim Minchin

Timothy David Minchin was born in Northampton, England on 7 October 1975, the son of Australian parents Ros and David Ellison Minchin.Chain Reaction – Series 8 – 4. Derren Brown talks to Tim Minchin{{cite tweet |author= |author-link= |user=timminchin |number=10627533559 |date=17 March 2010 |title=I was born in Northampton to Aussie parents. (My poor pommy babies suffered the same fate. Although my da's a surgeon, theirs a pervert.) |script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |link= |access-date=17 March 2010 }}{{Cite web|date=12 November 2011|title=Tim Minchin: My life as a dad|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/nov/12/tim-minchin-matilda-family-man|access-date=4 April 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=12 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612174520/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/nov/12/tim-minchin-matilda-family-man|url-status=live}} He holds both Australian and British citizenship, as everyone born in the UK before 1983 was automatically a citizen of the country. His father and grandfather were both surgeons in Perth. He is also descended from R. E. Minchin, founding director of Adelaide Zoo.The Book of Minchin Dorothy Minchin-Comm, Trafford 2006 pp500-503 Minchin returned to Australia with his parents and was raised in Perth,{{cite web|url=http://www.timminchin.com/about/|title=Tim Minchin · About|work=timminchin.com|access-date=22 August 2008|archive-date=29 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729033126/http://www.timminchin.com/about/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|author=Millar, Anna|date=31 July 2008|title=Tim Minchin – Looney tunes|url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/10610-tim-minchin-looney-tunes/|access-date=20 August 2008|work=The List|archive-date=4 December 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20081204054600/http://www.list.co.uk/article/10610-tim-minchin-looney-tunes/|url-status=live}} alongside his elder brother, Dan, and two younger sisters, Katie and Nel.{{Cite web|date=19 March 2016|title=Behind the scenes with big brother Tim Minchin|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/art/behind-the-scenes-with-big-brother-tim-minchin-ng-ya-101615|access-date=4 April 2021|website=The West Australian|language=en|archive-date=26 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426114319/https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/art/behind-the-scenes-with-big-brother-tim-minchin-ng-ya-101615|url-status=live}}

Minchin started learning to play the piano at the age of eight, but gave it up after three years because he did not enjoy the discipline. 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 ... a 'more you practise, the better you get' kind of guy". He was educated at Christ Church Grammar School, an independent school in Perth. 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5RBG1PadWI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/q5RBG1PadWI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Tim Minchin Occasional Address and Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters – YouTube |website=YouTube |date=30 September 2013 |access-date=24 February 2014}}{{cbignore}}

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Minchin describes his act as a "funny cabaret show" and sees himself primarily as a musician and songwriter as opposed to a comedian; he has said that his songs "just happen to be funny." His reasoning for combining the disciplines of music and comedy was revealed in one interview when he said: "I'm a good musician for a comedian and I'm a good comedian for a musician but if I had to do any of them in isolation I dunno."{{cite web |author=Linzy |url=http://angry-feet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=114473#p114473 |title=Interview One – 11th October 2007 at Fagan's, Sheffield, UK |date=15 March 2009 |access-date=8 January 2010 |archive-date=7 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707143436/http://www.angry-feet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=114473#p114473 |url-status=dead }}

He draws on his background in theatre for his distinctive onstage appearance and persona. In his performances, he typically goes barefoot with wild hair and heavy eye makeup, which is juxtaposed with a crisp suit and tails, and a grand piano. According to Minchin, he likes going barefoot in his shows because it makes him feel more comfortable. He considers the eye makeup important because while he is playing the piano he is not able to use his arms and relies on his face for expressions and gestures; the eyeliner makes his features more distinguishable for the audience.{{cite web |author=Minchin, Tim |url=http://the-void.co.uk/interview/comedian-tim-minchin/ |title=Interview: Tim Minchin |work=The Void |date=5 June 2007 |access-date=8 May 2012 |archive-date=10 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510073857/http://the-void.co.uk/interview/comedian-tim-minchin/ |url-status=live }} He has said that much of his look and persona is about "treading that line between mocking yourself and wanting to be an iconic figure. Mocking the ridiculousness and completely unrealistic dream of being an iconic figure."{{cite web|last=Low|first=Lenny Ann|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/rocknroll-nerd/2007/11/07/1194329300055.html|title=Rock'n'roll nerd|work=The Age|date=8 November 2007|access-date=20 August 2008|archive-date=19 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819040539/http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/rocknroll-nerd/2007/11/07/1194329300055.html|url-status=live}}

The shows consist largely of Minchin's comedic songs and poetry, with subjects including social satire, inflatable dolls, sex fetishes, and his own failed rock star ambitions. In between songs, he performs short stand-up routines. Several of his songs deal with religion, a subject with which Minchin—an atheist and a fan of Richard Dawkins—says he is "a bit obsessed".{{cite web |author=Arthur, Tim |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/features/5586/Tim_Minchin-interview.html |title=Tim Minchin: interview |work=Time Out London |date=1 September 2008 |access-date=13 September 2008 |archive-date=13 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913230609/http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/features/5586/Tim_Minchin-interview.html |url-status=dead }} He argues that, as one of the most powerful and influential forces in the world, religion should never be off-limits to satirists. He says that his favourite song to perform is "Peace Anthem for Palestine", which reflects his feelings about religious conflict.{{cite web|author=Taylor, Darlene |url=http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/articles/2007/02/12/tim-minchin2/ |title=Interview: Tim Minchin interview |work=The Groggy Squirrel |date=12 February 2007 |access-date=13 September 2008 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506182359/http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/articles/2007/02/12/tim-minchin2/ |archive-date=6 May 2012 }} His comedy also deals with taboos more broadly.{{cite web |author=Minchin, Tim | url=http://www.angry-feet.com/fans/interview/11.php | title=Interview |work=Angry (Feet) |date=December 2007 | access-date=13 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080625042656/http://www.angry-feet.com/fans/interview/11.php |archive-date = 25 June 2008}} A prime example of this is the song "Prejudice", which parodies the power awarded to something as simple as a word. In October 2010 he was made a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association.

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After graduating from WAAPA in 1998, Minchin started out composing music for documentaries and theatre. In 2000, he wrote and starred in the musical Pop at the Blue Room Theatre in Perth.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/ArchivedStatements/Pages/CourtCoalitionGovernmentSearch.aspx?ItemId=111490&minister=Board&admin=Court&page=2|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418135936/http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/ArchivedStatements/Pages/CourtCoalitionGovernmentSearch.aspx?ItemId=111490&minister=Board&admin=Court&page=2|url-status=dead|title=Major survey of WA youth gets underway: Theatre|archivedate=18 April 2012}} He released a CD titled Sit with his band Timmy the Dog in 2001 but achieved little success. In 2002, after only one professional acting job, he moved from Perth to Melbourne to pursue work.{{cite web |author=Saltmarsh, Abigail |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/GoingOut/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=GoingOutComedy&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=GoingOutComedy&itemid=NOED22%20Aug%202008%2011%3A40%3A27%3A820 |title=Interview: Tim Minchin |work=Norwich Evening News |date=22 August 2008 |access-date=12 September 2008 |archive-date=14 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914143927/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/GoingOut/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=GoingOutComedy&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=GoingOutComedy&itemid=NOED22%20Aug%202008%2011%3A40%3A27%3A820 |url-status=live }} Minchin struggled initially; he could not get an agent for a year and had been unable to find any acting work. While several record companies gave him encouragement, they were not sure how his music—a mixture of satirical songs and more serious pop songs—could be marketed. He decided to compile all of his humorous songs into a single live show to "get the comedy stuff off my chest" before going back to more serious music.{{cite web |author=Minchin, Tim |url=http://www.abc.net.au/dig/tv/episodes/20060807_2100.htm |title=7 August Episode |work=Dig TV |date=7 August 2006 |access-date=13 September 2008 |archive-date=6 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206020136/http://www.abc.net.au/dig/tv/episodes/20060807_2100.htm |url-status=live }}

Minchin says he entered into comedy "naively", having never even attended a live comedy gig before performing one himself. His break-out show Darkside (co-produced by Laughing Stock Productions) achieved critical success at the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where it won the inaugural Festival Directors' Award and attracted the notice of Karen Koren, the manager of the well-known Gilded Balloon venues.{{cite web|last=Woodhead|first=Cameron|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts-reviews/tim-minchin/2006/04/19/1145344122118.html|title=Tim Minchin|work=The Age|date=19 April 2006|access-date=20 August 2008|archive-date=6 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706161017/http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts-reviews/tim-minchin/2006/04/19/1145344122118.html|url-status=live}} Koren backed the show's run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where Minchin received the Perrier Comedy Award for Best Newcomer.{{cite web|agency=Reuters/AAP|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/minchin-best-newcomer/2005/08/28/1125167538808.html|title=Minchin best newcomer|work=The Age|date=29 August 2005|access-date=20 August 2008|archive-date=19 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819040442/http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/minchin-best-newcomer/2005/08/28/1125167538808.html|url-status=live}} His 2006 show So Rock was nominated for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's top prize, the Barry Award, and in 2007 he was given the award for Best Alternative Comedian at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival.{{cite web |author=Maxwell, Tom |url=http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/theguide/Tim39s-just--funny-that.3734007.jp |title=Tim's just funny that way |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=1 February 2008 |access-date=21 August 2008 |archive-date=4 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104142306/http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/theguide/Tim39s-just--funny-that.3734007.jp |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Platt|first=Craig| url=http://blogs.theage.com.au/lastlaugh/archives/2006/05/last_laugh_barr.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912212933/http://blogs.theage.com.au/lastlaugh/archives/2006/05/last_laugh_barr.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=12 September 2007| title=Barry Award nominees announced |work=The Age|department=Last Laugh blog|date=1 April 2006 | access-date=21 August 2008}}

Live recordings of his 2005 and 2006 shows, Darkside and So Rock, have been released as CDs. In 2007, he released a DVD titled So Live, featuring a live recording in the Sydney Opera House Studio with material from both of his previous shows. As this DVD was only released in Australia, he released a DVD in 2008 entitled So F**king Rock Live in the UK, containing largely the same material as So Live.

In August 2008, Minchin debuted his third solo show, Ready for This?, at the Edinburgh Fringe and subsequently took it on tour across the UK. During the Edinburgh run, he contributed to The Guardian newspaper's podcasts,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/audio/2008/aug/14/comedy.podcast.10|title=Edinburgh festival podcast: The Guardian Live at the Gilded Balloon, with Tim Minchin|first=Miles|last=Jupp|author-link=Miles Jupp|work=The Guardian|date=13 August 2008|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=14 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214223033/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/audio/2008/aug/14/comedy.podcast.10|url-status=live}} despite his new show containing a song about a Guardian critic who once gave his show a negative review.{{cite news |title= Edinburgh festival: Tim Minchin |first= Brian |last= Logan |newspaper= The Guardian |date= 14 August 2008 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/aug/13/edinburghfestival.timminchin |access-date= 3 November 2010 |archive-date= 29 January 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141011/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/aug/13/edinburghfestival.timminchin |url-status= live }}{{cite news|title= Tim Minchin, Gilded Balloon|first= Phil|last= Daoust|newspaper= The Guardian|date= 16 August 2005|url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/aug/16/comedy|access-date= 3 November 2010|archive-date= 17 December 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131217161118/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/aug/16/comedy|url-status= live}} Responding to the song, which contains graphic violence, the critic laconically remarked that he had not yet had time to listen to it: "Life's too short and I've already done my bit by sitting through that show in Edinburgh."{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/sep/28/tim-minchin-interview-matilda-jesus |title=Tim Minchin: 'I really don't like upsetting people' |last=Kellaway |first=Kate |author-link=Kate Kellaway |date=29 September 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=4 October 2015 |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810131650/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/sep/28/tim-minchin-interview-matilda-jesus |url-status=live }}

A live recording of this at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, was released as an album for download via iTunes on 20 July 2009. An Australian recording was released in Australia on DVD on 9 September 2009, and then as a United Kingdom release in the second half of 2010.

It was announced at the end of 2009 that one of Minchin's beat poems, "Storm", was to be made into a short animated movie. A blog was launched to accompany the film-making process, and a short trailer was released on 8 January 2010.{{cite web | url=http://www.timminchin.com/2011/04/08/storm/ | title=Storm!!!!!!!! | work=TimMinchin.com, News and Blog | date=8 April 2011 | access-date=12 February 2017 | last=Minchin | first=Tim | archive-date=13 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213000907/http://www.timminchin.com/2011/04/08/storm/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Tracy |last=King | url=http://www.stormmovie.net/blog/2010/01/tim-minchins-storm-official-trailer/#content | title=Tim Minchin's Storm – Official Trailer |work=Storm Production Blog |date=8 January 2010 | access-date=11 January 2010 | archive-date=2 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302112408/http://www.stormmovie.net/blog/2010/01/tim-minchins-storm-official-trailer/}} The full movie was launched on YouTube on 7 April 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U |title=Tim Minchin's Storm the Animated Movie |website=YouTube |date=7 April 2011 |access-date=27 November 2011 |archive-date=25 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125143847/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U |url-status=live }}

In the movie, he takes on alternative medicine: "By definition alternative medicine has either not been proved to work, or been proved not to work. Do you know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? Medicine."

Minchin was the subject of the winning entry, by painter Sam Leach, in the 2010 Archibald Prize, Australia's most important portraiture competition.{{cite web |last=Collins |first=Antonette |date=28 March 2010 |title=Leach stares down Archibald competition |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/26/2857006.htm?section=justin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329132223/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/26/2857006.htm?section=justin |archive-date=29 March 2010 |access-date=5 April 2010 |work=ABC}}

Minchin embarked on a new arena tour called Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra starting at the NIA, Birmingham on Wednesday 8 December 2010. A departure from the structure of his previous live shows, his act was scaled up to be performed with the Heritage Orchestra. It contained a mixture of material, including new songs on the subject of prayer and of rationality (themes which often appear in his previous work). Minchin stated that the aim of incorporating the orchestra into his act was to create a comedy show that would not be ruined by being performed in arenas, as stated in the special features of the DVD and Blu-ray. The show toured the UK and Australia, and was filmed at the Royal Albert Hall in London for a Blu-ray and DVD that was released in November 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.timminchin.com/2011/10/28/a-big-juicy-tim-minchin-and-the-heritage-orchestra-dvd-announcement/|title=Tim Minchin · A Big, Juicy Tim Minchin and The Heritage Orchestra DVD Announcement!|work=Tim Minchin|access-date=29 October 2011|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413161918/http://www.timminchin.com/2011/10/28/a-big-juicy-tim-minchin-and-the-heritage-orchestra-dvd-announcement/|url-status=live}}

The show also toured Australia under the title Tim Minchin vs. The Orchestras, where he performed with the city state orchestra in each location.

On 30 August 2018, Minchin announced he would be returning to touring with a new show called BACK, also billed as Old Songs, New Songs, Fuck You Songs. It marked the first time Minchin returned to touring since 2012 (with the exception of a micro tour of Los Angeles in October 2017 called Leaving LA).

The tour started in Adelaide, touring Australia and New Zealand in March and April 2019, followed by a tour of the UK in October and November 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timminchin.com/2018/08/29/2019-tour-back-old-songs-new-songs-fuck-you-songs/#more-22026|title=2019 Tour – Back (Old Songs, New Songs, Fuck You Songs)|work=Tim Minchin|access-date=1 September 2018|archive-date=1 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901182532/https://www.timminchin.com/2018/08/29/2019-tour-back-old-songs-new-songs-fuck-you-songs/#more-22026|url-status=live}} The tour featured new songs such as "Fuck This", "Leaving LA", and "If This Plane Goes Down", as well as songs from his recent musical works such as "When I Grow Up" from Matilda the Musical and "Seeing You" from Groundhog Day. The show also saw Tim reveal a new band that played alongside him for the rest of the night. This band played throughout the show, performing with Minchin for songs ranging from "Cheese" (first introduced in Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra), "Prejudice" and new song "I'll Take Lonely Tonight" to a modified version of "If I Didn't Have You". A new song called "15 Minutes (of Shame)" was also performed with the live band.

An Encore tour of BACK began touring in Australia in March 2020, however dates were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timminchin.com/2020/03/14/my-upcoming-shows-in-sydney-newcastle-melbourne-brisbane-are-being-postponed/|title=My upcoming shows in Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne & Brisbane are being postponed|date=14 March 2020|website=Tim Minchin.com|access-date=5 April 2020|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812145917/https://www.timminchin.com/2020/03/14/my-upcoming-shows-in-sydney-newcastle-melbourne-brisbane-are-being-postponed/|url-status=live}} The tour resumed in Australia in June and July 2021, followed by an encore tour of the UK in October, November and December 2021.{{Cite web|title=Tim Minchin · Gig Info|url=https://www.timminchin.com/gigs/|access-date=2021-11-14|archive-date=14 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114235915/https://www.timminchin.com/gigs/|url-status=live}} The recording of the final UK shows at the Shepherd's Bush Empire was broadcast to cinemas on 23 November 2022 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 12 December 2022.

In March 2020 it was announced that Minchin had signed a record deal with BMG and would release his debut studio album, Apart Together, in November 2020.{{Cite web|date=5 March 2020|title=Tim Minchin Announces the Release of His Long-Awaited Debut Album|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tim-minchin-announces-debut-album-8251/|access-date=17 June 2020|website=Rolling Stone Australia|archive-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617150354/https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tim-minchin-announces-debut-album-8251/|url-status=live}} Prior to the release of his album, Tim released music videos for the tracks Leaving LA, I'll Take Lonely Tonight, Apart Together, Airport Piano (which was filmed while he was in quarantine in Perth{{Cite web |title=Tim Minchin · 'Airport Piano' (a making-of blog) |url=http://www.timminchin.com/2020/09/25/airport-piano-a-making-of-blog/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Tim Minchin}}) and The Absence of You.

Apart Together was released on 20 November 2020, with a streamed digital concert coinciding with the full album's debut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/tim-minchin-announces-special-apart-together-album-launch-stream-2804795|title=Tim Minchin announces special 'Apart Together' album launch stream | NME|website=NME|date=30 October 2020|access-date=27 November 2020|archive-date=18 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118045751/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/tim-minchin-announces-special-apart-together-album-launch-stream-2804795|url-status=live}} It received mixed to positive reviews from critics. The Independent called it "crisply observed and tenderly considered.", stating that "Minchin's unswerving commitment to all that good, decent, truthful stuff is irresistible."{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/tim-minchin-apart-together-album-review-b1747637.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/tim-minchin-apart-together-album-review-b1747637.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Tim Minchin's pop album, Apart Together, is crisply observed and tenderly considered|date=20 November 2020|website=The Independent}}{{cbignore}} However, iNews referred to the album as nothing more than an "hour-long vanity project...Minchin obviously has things to say about the world but he hasn't really found the right way to say them", but also admitted that "There are glimmers of great humanity and honesty, small moments of beauty. Minchin excels when he tries less hard."{{Cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/tim-minchin-apart-together-review-musical-theatre-765979|title=Tim Minchin's Apart Together is an hour-long vanity project|date=19 November 2020|website=inews.co.uk|access-date=27 November 2020|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126154640/https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/tim-minchin-apart-together-review-musical-theatre-765979|url-status=live}}

In 2023, Minchin announced he will perform some informal solo concerts called An Unfunny Evening with Tim Minchin and His Piano at the Lyric Theatre, London and across the UK and Ireland on a tour, and later from October 2023 in Australia and New Zealand. Unlike his previous comedy shows, it will feature a fluid set list of songs from Apart Together, Matilda, Groundhog Day, his TV and film projects and from his early song-writing days.{{Cite web |title=Tim Minchin · Tim's playing some Solo Gigs around the UK (and Ireland) this summer! |url=http://www.timminchin.com/2023/06/01/tims-playing-some-solo-gigs-around-the-uk-this-summer/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Tim Minchin |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604142517/https://www.timminchin.com/2023/06/01/tims-playing-some-solo-gigs-around-the-uk-this-summer/ |url-status=live }} In June of 2024 it was announced that this show would tour in North America, with two Canadian dates as well as stops in various locations around the U.S.

On 3 December 2024, Minchin announced that he and his band will perform 5 intimate shows to celebrate the opening of the Foundry Theatre at the Sydney Lyric from 11 to 15 February 2025, titled First at the Foundry. To celebrate 20 years since his first Edinburgh Festival shows in 2005, in June and July 2025 he will tour the UK in a tour called Songs The World Will Never Hear: Celebrating 20 years of FKN Hardcore Rock N Roll Nerding.{{Cite web|date=2025-02-07 |title=Now on sale: Tim Minchin – Songs The World Will Never Hear UK tour {{!}} West End Theatre |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/274333/news/offers/now-on-sale-tim-minchin-songs-the-world-will-never-hear-uk-tour/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=www.westendtheatre.com |language=en-GB}}

Minchin has made appearances on Australian TV shows, including the ABC's Spicks and Specks{{Cite web|title=Spicks And Specks – ABC2 Television Guide|url=https://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200903/programs/LE0830V009D26032009T200000.htm|access-date=2021-12-28|website=www.abc.net.au|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228145557/https://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200903/programs/LE0830V009D26032009T200000.htm|url-status=live}} and The Sideshow.{{Cite web|title=The Sideshow With Paul McDermott – ABC2 Television Guide|url=https://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200806/programs/LE0638H020D26062008T222000.htm|access-date=2021-12-28|website=www.abc.net.au|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228145556/https://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200806/programs/LE0638H020D26062008T222000.htm|url-status=live}} He has also made appearances on Network Ten's panel shows Good News Week (February 2010){{cite web |author=Linzy |url=http://www.timminchin.com/2010/02/06/good-news-for-aussies/ |title=Good News for Aussies |work=TimMinchin.com |date=6 February 2010 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-date=24 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324123319/http://www.timminchin.com/2010/02/06/good-news-for-aussies/ |url-status=live }} and Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation (March 2010).{{cite web |author=Linzy |url=http://www.timminchin.com/2010/03/24/t-talkin-about-some-aussie-telly/ |title=T-talkin' About Some Aussie Telly |work=TimMinchin.com |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-date=29 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329153358/http://www.timminchin.com/2010/03/24/t-talkin-about-some-aussie-telly/ |url-status=live }}

Minchin has appeared on several British radio and television shows, including the BBC's Never Mind the Buzzcocks (four times, once as guest host),{{cite web |author=Linzy |url=http://www.timminchin.com/2009/11/05/third-time-is-the-buzzcocks-charm/ |title=Third Time is the Buzzcocks Charm |work=TimMinchin.com |date=5 November 2009 |access-date=7 January 2010 |archive-date=23 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123170818/http://www.timminchin.com/2009/11/05/third-time-is-the-buzzcocks-charm/ |url-status=live }} BBC Radio 4's Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better,{{cite web | url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/mark_watson_world_better/details/ | title=Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better – Production Details | work=The British Comedy Guide | access-date=7 January 2010 | archive-date=21 July 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132107/http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/mark_watson_world_better/details/ | url-status=dead }} and two specials on BBC Radio 2. He often performs on his TV appearances, such as his spots on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, first in October 2009{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/guests/wk42.shtml | title=The Week's Guests BBC Week 42: 17–23 October 2009 | work=BBC | date=17 October 2009 | access-date=7 January 2010 | archive-date=24 October 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091024110927/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/guests/wk42.shtml | url-status=live }} where performed a specially-written song entitled "Five Poofs and Two Pianos", a parody of the show's house band, 4 Poofs and a Piano, and again in July of 2010 when he performed Song For Wossy. Minchin also appeared as a special guest on the 2009 edition of The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, performing a song written for the show ("It's Like 1984") in reference to a question regarding Google Street View.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ7U3Cu4Mr4 |title=Google Street View by Tim Minchin |date=2010-02-15 |last=Tim Minchin |access-date=2024-06-24 |via=YouTube}} On Saturday 13 August 2011, Minchin hosted Prom 40, the first BBC Comedy Promenade Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. He appeared on Desert Island Discs on 6 May 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h2kvd |title=Desert Island Discs: Tim Minchin |publisher=BBC Radio 4 |year=2012 |access-date=6 May 2012 |archive-date=12 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512034803/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h2kvd |url-status=live }}

A heavily cut-down version of the show released on DVD as So F**king Rock Live has aired several times on British TV channel E4, first on 23 July 2009. It aired at the start of 2011, forming E4's New Year's coverage.{{cite web |title=Tim Minchin: Live – Friday 31 December 2010 |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=10&channelId=158&programmeId=155475858&jspLocation=/jsp/prog_details_fullpage.jsp |work=Radio Times |date=31 December 2010 |access-date=31 December 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On 8 May 2010, Minchin's musical sitcom pilot Strings was broadcast on BBC Radio 2; it was well received, but he decided against creating a full series.{{cite web |author=wit of the staircase |url=http://www.angry-feet.com/reviews.php?mode=view&id=107/ |title=Notes from a Wonderful Evening. |work=angry-feet.com |date=19 January 2011 |access-date=27 November 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In December 2011, Minchin performed a specially written song called "Woody Allen Jesus"{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SFdUJLebzU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_SFdUJLebzU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| title=WoodyAllenJesus |website=YouTube |date=22 December 2011 | access-date=23 December 2011}}{{cbignore}} on The Jonathan Ross Show. However, despite the show's producers and ITV's lawyers approving the composition for broadcast, it was removed at the last minute. Responding on his blog, Minchin stated:{{cite web | url=http://www.timminchin.com/2011/12/22/im-not-on-the-jonathan-ross-show/ | title=I'm NOT on the Jonathan Ross Show | access-date=23 December 2011 | archive-date=7 January 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107212042/http://www.timminchin.com/2011/12/22/im-not-on-the-jonathan-ross-show/ | url-status=live }} "Someone got nervous and sent the tape to ITV's director of television, Peter Fincham. And Peter Fincham demanded that I be cut from the show. He did this because he's scared of the ranty, shit-stirring, right-wing press, and of the small minority of Brits who believe they have a right to go through life protected from anything that challenges them in any way."{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16307450 | title=Tim Minchin fumes over song cut from Jonathan Ross show | work=BBC News | date=22 December 2011 | access-date=23 December 2011 | archive-date=22 December 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222181536/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16307450 | url-status=live }}

In August 2012, Minchin appeared on Chain Reaction, first being interviewed by Derren Brown, and later interviewing Caitlin Moran.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m19nz |title=Tim Minchin talks to Caitlin Moran |work=BBC Radio 4: Chain Reaction |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 August 2012 |archive-date=24 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824130843/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m19nz |url-status=live }}

In 2013, Minchin played rock star Atticus Fetch in Californication.{{cite news|last1=Jeffery|first1=Morgan|title=Tim Minchin to star in David Duchovny's 'Californication'|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a377613/tim-minchin-to-star-in-david-duchovnys-californication.html#~p2NHhz0UrOMpPO|access-date=29 January 2015|work=Digital Spy|date=20 April 2012|archive-date=30 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130073246/http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a377613/tim-minchin-to-star-in-david-duchovnys-californication.html#~p2NHhz0UrOMpPO|url-status=live}}

In 2015, Minchin guest starred in the Australian comedy television series, No Activity.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/streaming-first-cops-it-sweet-20151009-gk4w45.html |title=No Activity: Streaming first cops it sweet |first=James |last=Mitchell |date=9 October 2015 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=11 September 2018 |archive-date=11 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911081703/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/streaming-first-cops-it-sweet-20151009-gk4w45.html |url-status=live }}

In 2015, Minchin played the role of Smasher in the Australian TV mini series The Secret River.

In 2018, Minchin acted in Squinters, an ABC comedy.

In 2019, Minchin starred as Lucky Flynn in the TV series Upright (which he also co-wrote), alongside Milly Alcock as Meg. The series appeared on Fox Showcase in Australia and Sky Atlantic in the UK{{cite web |title=Upright |url=https://www.foxshowcase.com.au/shows/upright/ |website=Fox Showcase |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-date=28 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228114722/https://www.foxshowcase.com.au/shows/upright/ |url-status=dead }} and in 2022, the second season was released.{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/cameras-have-started-rolling-on-the-second-season-of-the-smashhit-foxtel-comedy-drama-upright/news-story/5f0273100ffb222d3b3dc6ccba7e4dc3|title=Cameras have started rolling on the second season of the smash-hit Foxtel comedy drama Upright|access-date=26 March 2022|archive-date=9 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309113958/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/cameras-have-started-rolling-on-the-second-season-of-the-smashhit-foxtel-comedy-drama-upright/news-story/5f0273100ffb222d3b3dc6ccba7e4dc3|url-status=live}}

In 2020, Minchin performed the opening and closing songs for the BAFTA awards ceremony, which took place behind closed doors. The opening number was written specifically for the event and the latter was a version of his song "Carry You", which he wrote for his TV series Upright. The BBC received widespread condemnation for cutting the final song, which had been prerecorded, short for timing purposes.

In an interview with Forbes in August 2020, Minchin revealed that while living and working in Los Angeles, he had been pitched a semi-autobiographical sitcom. "There was a project that a writer pitched to Warner Bros., which was a vehicle for me along the lines of a Seinfeld, where there was a character called Tim, who was a musical comedian had moved to LA from London. He was a big star in London, but no one cared about him in LA."{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2020/08/06/tim-minchin-interview-upright-comedy-musicals-matilda-groundhog-day-broadway-hollywood-los-angeles-experience/#4da11495309d |title=Tim Minchin Talks 'Upright,' More Musicals And His Hollywood Experience |first=Simon |last=Thompson |date=6 August 2020 |work=Forbes |access-date=6 August 2020 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809035130/https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2020/08/06/tim-minchin-interview-upright-comedy-musicals-matilda-groundhog-day-broadway-hollywood-los-angeles-experience/#4da11495309d |url-status=live }}

In 2023, Minchin portrayed Darius Cracksworth in the Australian series The Artful Dodger.{{Cite web |last=Lochrie |first=Conor |date=2023-12-08 |title=Tim Minchin on Disappearing Into the Joyful 'The Artful Dodger' |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/tim-minchin-the-artful-dodger-interview-53773/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Rolling Stone Australia |language=en-AU |archive-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127180854/https://au.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/tim-minchin-the-artful-dodger-interview-53773/ |url-status=live }} The series is a sequel to the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist (1838).{{Cite web |last=Fienberg |first=Daniel |date=2023-11-28 |title='The Artful Dodger' Review: Hulu's Breezy Aussie 'Oliver Twist' Spinoff |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-artful-dodger-review-hulu-1235669322/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=13 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213200646/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-artful-dodger-review-hulu-1235669322/ |url-status=live }}

In 2024, Minchin wrote a song for the Netflix series Eric called "Good Day Sunshine", a theme song for a fictional show in the series.{{Cite web |title='Good Day Sunshine Theme' from Netflix's 'Eric' Released {{!}} Film Music Reporter |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/05/31/good-day-sunshine-theme-from-netflixs-eric-released/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |language=en-US}}

Minchin's background is in theatre and he has appeared in various stage productions. He played the title role in the 2006 Perth Theatre Company production of Amadeus, a fictional play about the downfall of Mozart at the hands of the reigning court composer, a character based on and named after Antonio Salieri.{{cite web |author=Tucak, Layla |url=http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/wa/content/2006/s1677328.htm |title=Tim Minchin taking on Mozart and the world |work=Stateline |date=30 June 2006 |access-date=21 August 2008 |archive-date=6 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206023157/http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/wa/content/2006/s1677328.htm |url-status=live }} His other stage acting roles have included the title role in the 2004 Perth Theatre Company / Hoopla production of Hamlet, and The Writer in the original PTC production of Reg Cribb's The Return. He has also acted for the Australian Shakespeare Company (Twelfth Night), the Black Swan Theatre Company (Così, One Destiny), and in various other plays, short films, and television commercials. Roles from his days in musical theatre include Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha and Pontius Pilate (and understudying Judas Iscariot twice) in Jesus Christ Superstar. He has also appeared playing small parts on the ABC telemovie Loot and on the show Comedy Inc..{{cite web|url=http://www.timminchin.com/actor|title=Tim Minchin: Actor|work=TimMinchin.com|access-date=6 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004170733/http://www.timminchin.com/actor/|archive-date=4 October 2010}}

Minchin was cast in the role of Judas in the 2012 UK and Ireland arena tour of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.{{cite web | url = http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/898336-tim-minchin-to-play-judas-in-jesus-christ-superstar | publisher = Metro | date = 6 May 2012 | title = Tim Minchin to play Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar | access-date = 8 June 2012 | archive-date = 22 June 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120622033326/http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/898336-tim-minchin-to-play-judas-in-jesus-christ-superstar | url-status = dead }} The tour extended into various other countries due to popular demand, with Minchin reprising the role in the world, with a filmed version being released in Autumn 2012. The filmed version, much to Minchin's annoyance, had his voice autotuned.{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tim-Minchin-Humiliated-by-Auto-Tune-on-JESUS-CHRIST-SUPERSTAR-Arena-Tour-DVD-20130207|title=Tim Minchin 'Humiliated' by Auto-Tune on Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Tour DVD|author=BWW News Desk|work=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=5 December 2014|archive-date=14 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214021406/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tim-Minchin-Humiliated-by-Auto-Tune-on-JESUS-CHRIST-SUPERSTAR-Arena-Tour-DVD-20130207|url-status=live}} The production toured Australia from May to July 2013, before returning to the UK and Ireland in Autumn 2013.

Minchin made his Sydney Theatre Company debut in 2013 in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead alongside Toby Schmitz.

On 23 April 2016, Minchin appeared in Shakespeare Live! From The RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon (which was also broadcast live on BBC Two) celebrating the birthday and 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare. He appeared as himself in the 'To be, or not to be' sketch alongside Paapa Essiedu, Benedict Cumberbatch, Harriet Walter, David Tennant (who also hosted the event with Catherine Tate), Rory Kinnear, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench and Charles, Prince of Wales (who was in attendance with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall).

In 2008, Minchin was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company to write the music and lyrics for Matilda the Musical, adapted by Dennis Kelly and based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. It was revealed that Minchin had coincidentally already tried to obtain permission from the Dahl estate to write a musical version of the book in the early 2000s for youth theatre in Australia. The director Matthew Warchus approached Minchin after seeing his Ready for This? tour and hearing his song White Wine in the Sun. The musical premiered at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, running from 9 November 2010 to 30 January 2011, and it began its West End run at the Cambridge Theatre on 25 October 2011 to great critical acclaim, winning a record-breaking 7 Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Musical.{{cite web | url = https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/event/227033/matilda-the-musical | work = Time Out | title = Matilda the Musical | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110929190633/http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/event/227033/matilda-the-musical | archive-date = 29 September 2011 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15886443 | work = BBC News | date = 25 November 2011 | title = Matilda the Musical proves a hit with West End critics | access-date = 4 December 2011 | archive-date = 29 November 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111129032721/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15886443? | url-status = live }} In 2013, Matilda opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre,[https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/04/01/130401fa_fact_schulman "A problem Like Matilda"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402234154/http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/04/01/130401fa_fact_schulman |date=2 April 2014 }} by Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, p. 32, 1 April 2013 and earned 12 Tony Award nominations, winning 4.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/shows/201302211361466191429.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505103738/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/shows/201302211361466191429.html|url-status=dead|title=tonyawards.com|archivedate=5 May 2013}} The musical has subsequently been presented worldwide winning numerous awards.

In 2015, it was announced Minchin had teamed up again with director Matthew Warchus and the creative team from Matilda to write the music and lyrics for the new stage musical Groundhog Day based on the 1993 film of the same name alongside Danny Rubin as book writer (who also co-wrote the movie with Harold Ramis){{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/groundhog-day-musical-tim-minchin-to-write-lyrics-with-matilda-collaborators-also-attached-10158116.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/groundhog-day-musical-tim-minchin-to-write-lyrics-with-matilda-collaborators-also-attached-10158116.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Groundhog Day musical: Tim Minchin to write lyrics with Matilda collaborators also attached | work=The Independent| date=6 April 2015 | access-date=16 May 2015}}{{cbignore}} The musical had its premiere at The Old Vic in 2016, before transferring to the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway.[http://www.playbill.com/production/groundhog-day-august-wilson-theatre-2016-2017# " 'Groundhog Day' Broadway"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110054717/http://www.playbill.com/production/groundhog-day-august-wilson-theatre-2016-2017 |date=10 January 2018 }} Playbill, retrieved 9 January 2018[https://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2016/groundhog-day " 'Groundhog Day' Old Vic"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308074348/https://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2016/groundhog-day |date=8 March 2018 }} oldvictheatre.com, retrieved 9 January 2018 Groundhog Day began previews in July 2016, with a scheduled run until 19 September 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www.theatresmart.com/groundhog-day-old-vic-review.html | title=Groundhog Day Review | work=TheatreSmart.com | date=30 July 2016 | access-date=5 August 2016 | archive-date=12 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812092347/http://www.theatresmart.com/groundhog-day-old-vic-review.html | url-status=live }} The musical ran on Broadway from 16 March 2017 in previews, officially on 17 April 2017 and closed on 17 September 2017 after 176 performances and 31 previews. The production was revived at The Old Vic from 20 May to 12 August 2023.{{Cite web |title=Groundhog Day to return to the Old Vic in 2023 {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/groundhog-day-to-return-to-the-old-vic-next-summer_57950.html |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.whatsonstage.com |date=6 December 2022 |language=en-GB |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206131909/https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/groundhog-day-to-return-to-the-old-vic-next-summer_57950.html |url-status=live }}

Prior to Matilda, Minchin had written the music and lyrics for numerous musicals including adaptations of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Love's Labour's Lost and Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children as well as original musicals; This Blasted Earth (with a book by Toby Schmitz) for Tamarama Rock Surfers in 2004 and Somewhere...The Magical Musical of Penrith (with a book by Kate Mulvany) for Q Theatre in Penrith in 2005.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/qtheatre_/p/C4eRGloCkgd/?img_index=1 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=www.instagram.com}}

In October 2017 during a Facebook Live Q&A with The Guardian discussing Matilda with Dennis Kelly, Minchin expressed interest in the idea of adapting the Neil Gaiman novel Stardust into a stage musical, but also revealed it is unlikely he would ever do a family musical again.{{Citation|last=MatildaTheMusical|title=Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly Q&A with The Guardian's Hannah Ellis-Petersen|date=11 October 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT8toc52Ues |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GT8toc52Ues |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=17 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}

In response to a Twitter Q&A, Minchin revealed that he and a British playwright are currently in early development in writing a new musical, and will begin composing mid-2020. He also revealed that the musical is planned to open in Australia and will be a biographical story opposed to an original or adaptation.{{Cite tweet|number=1163318461906296832|title=I've just spent a week in london starting the writing process with an amazing British playwright. You'll like the subject matter, Eric. It will be complex & dark & funny & meta & likely not v popular! Very early stages. Won't start composing til mid next year|website=twitter.com|last=Minchin|first=Tim|date=18 August 2019|user=timminchin|language=en|access-date=20 August 2019}}

Minchin played the role of Tom in the contemporary family drama Two Fists, One Heart, released 19 March 2009.{{Cite web |title=Tim Minchin · Drowned |url=https://www.timminchin.com/drowned/ |access-date=2024-06-24}} He also wrote the song "Drowned" for the film's soundtrack.{{cite web|title=Drowned (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Two Fists One Heart") – Single|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/drowned-from-original-motion-picture/id299970463|access-date=6 January 2010|work=iTunes|date=December 2008|archive-date=5 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105165129/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/drowned-from-original-motion-picture/id299970463|url-status=dead}}

In 2013, Minchin moved with his family to Los Angeles so that he could work on Larrikins,{{cite magazine |last=Busch |first=Anita |url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/larrikins-movie-hugh-jackman-margot-robbie-naomi-watts-rose-byrne-ben-mendelsohn-animated-tim-minchin-chris-miller-dreamworks-1201763791/ |title="Larrikins" Movie: Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn Join |magazine=Deadline |date=1 June 2016 |access-date=15 July 2016 |archive-date=30 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630030802/http://deadline.com/2016/06/larrikins-movie-hugh-jackman-margot-robbie-naomi-watts-rose-byrne-ben-mendelsohn-animated-tim-minchin-chris-miller-dreamworks-1201763791/ |url-status=live }} a planned Australian-themed animated musical film for DreamWorks Animation, which he wrote the songs for and was set to co-direct with Chris Miller.{{cite news |title='It was unbearable': Tim Minchin on life under Trump and the collapse of his $100m movie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jan/29/it-was-unbearable-tim-minchin-on-life-under-trump-and-the-collapse-of-his-100m-movie |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Steph |last=Harmon |date=28 January 2018 |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129050218/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jan/29/it-was-unbearable-tim-minchin-on-life-under-trump-and-the-collapse-of-his-100m-movie |url-status=live }} The film was set to have an all-star Australian voice cast, headed by Hugh Jackman. However, in March 2017, the project was cancelled, possibly in a decision by Comcast, who had bought DreamWorks Animation a year earlier. Minchin called the outcome "unbearable", noting that he had turned down many projects during those four years, and that "there were 120 people working on that film."

Minchin co-starred as Friar Tuck in the 2018 American film Robin Hood.{{cite web |date=14 February 2017 |title=Robin Hood: Origins Casts Tim Minchin as Friar Tuck |url=https://screenrant.com/robin-hood-origins-tim-minchin-friar-tuck/ |access-date=15 February 2017 |website=Screen Rant |archive-date=15 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215084531/http://screenrant.com/robin-hood-origins-tim-minchin-friar-tuck/ |url-status=live }}

In 2021 his voiceover work included Busker K. Bushy, Esq. in Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway and Pretty Boy in Back to the Outback which he also wrote and performed the single "Beautiful Ugly" with Evie Irie.

In 2021, it was announced that a feature film adaptation of Matilda the Musical will be released for Netflix, TriStar Pictures and Working Title Films, with Minchin writing additional music and songs, Dennis Kelly writing the screenplay and will be directed by Matthew Warchus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/emma-thompson-lashana-lynch-alisha-weir-cast-in-matilda-for-netflix-working-title-tristar/5156244.article|title=Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Alisha Weir cast in 'Matilda' for Netflix, Working Title, TriStar|first=Jeremy|last=Kay |website=Screen|access-date=15 January 2021|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116160012/https://www.screendaily.com/news/emma-thompson-lashana-lynch-alisha-weir-cast-in-matilda-for-netflix-working-title-tristar/5156244.article|url-status=live}} The film was released on 25 November 2022 in the UK and Ireland and was released on 25 December 2022 on Netflix across the rest of the world.

During his 2009 interview for Australian Skeptics' podcast The Skeptic Zone, Minchin addressed his performance style as one that allows bringing up issues that can be upsetting or judgemental to others, such as the "moral hypocrisy about the idea that the Bible is perfect, the only place that you need to go to for your moral guidance ... and about, obviously, prejudice in the church, its role in ostracising homosexuals ... your defences are down when you're laughing as well and it's couched in music. All I'm doing is making things consumable that are otherwise difficult to consume."{{cite podcast |title=The Skeptic Zone #26 |date=17 April 2009 |website=skepticzone.tv |url=http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the_skeptic_zone_26_17_april_2009 |access-date=6 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220144036/http://ec.libsyn.com/p/9/6/9/969ee23bc7d9ba91/the_skeptic_zone_26_090417.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d06cd8731d3c05c4a83&c_id=1882109 |archive-date=20 December 2015 |url-status=live}}

As the son and grandson of medical surgeons, Minchin addressed alternative medicine claims by relating that unbiased tests for efficacy are the key:

You're in such a strong position when you understand the scientific process because all you say is, "Do you understand that the great breakthrough of humanity was figuring out how to make decisions about things whilst discarding human foibles? So, anecdotal evidence involves all your subjectivity—if we do it like this we don't have that anymore. Why, surely do you understand how powerful that is?" And if they don't, then that's what you have to explain to them. It's an extremely powerful thing and a very basic thing.

Minchin further explained his skeptical outlook:

I've always been an atheist; I've always been an empiricist really. I've never believed in ghosts or psychics or anything like that 'cause it's quite simple—you don't have to know much to go, "Really?" Or, to just apply Occam's Razor, to go, "Is it more likely that souls do circus tricks, or more likely that they're talking to dead people? And if the latter, by what process? What do you mean talking to dead people? Aren't their voice boxes rotten? So without a voice box, how do they talk, and by what means?" It doesn't take much to be skeptical about that. But really understanding, as I'm still learning, why science is powerful, is a new step towards being boring at dinner parties.

When asked if he thought the universe is full of life, Minchin summarised: "The chances of this happening might be one in infinity. Put it this way: the chance that there being intelligent alien life are, for me, infinitely higher than the chance there being a creator god."

In an interview with Independent Investigations Group member John Rael, Minchin explains that what upsets him most about paranormal beliefs is "special pleading" by people who say vague things such as "there is no harm in it". Minchin states that there is very little harm in something like reiki, but asks "where do you draw the line?" when it comes to needing real evidence if a therapy works or not. He states that he is an atheist as well as a sceptic, and cannot understand how someone can be a sceptic and still be religious. "If you apply doubt to anything ... the whole religion thing is obviously a fantasy."{{cite interview |interviewer=John Rael |subject=Minchin, Tim |title=Be Skeptical, episode #1 |date=10 July 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YGbsQkeMsA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_YGbsQkeMsA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=10 July 2011 }}{{cbignore}}

In 2016, during the course of Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Minchin wrote "Come Home (Cardinal Pell)", which criticised Cardinal George Pell. Launched on Channel Ten's The Project, it received wide publicity but was highly controversial.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4408645.htm |title=Australian comedians supercharge an online campaign to help abuse survivors confront Cardinal George Pell |date=17 February 2016 |website=7.30 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=4 March 2016 |archive-date=20 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220175118/http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4408645.htm |url-status=live }} Immediately after its debut, journalist Steve Price criticised the piece, describing it as "personal abuse" of Pell.{{cite news|title=Disgusting personal abuse|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/tim-minchins-song-to-cardinal-pell-splits-opinion-caned-by-steve-price/news-story/94a1b74f25cd1af65934175f54b7d4fa|access-date=23 March 2018|date=16 February 2016|archive-date=19 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719042521/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/tim-minchins-song-to-cardinal-pell-splits-opinion-caned-by-steve-price/news-story/94a1b74f25cd1af65934175f54b7d4fa?|url-status=live}} Liam Viney described it as being a protest song and analysed its mechanics.{{cite web|last1=Viney|first1=Liam|title=Tim Minchin's Come Home Cardinal Pell is a pitch-perfect protest song|url=https://theconversation.com/tim-minchins-come-home-cardinal-pell-is-a-pitch-perfect-protest-song-54945|website=The Conversation|date=18 February 2016|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-date=25 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225202045/http://theconversation.com/tim-minchins-come-home-cardinal-pell-is-a-pitch-perfect-protest-song-54945|url-status=live}} Minchin later described it as "the most overt piece of activism I've done".{{cite news|title=Tim Minchin on being a composer, activist and comedian.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwfQip2PubU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/jwfQip2PubU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=23 March 2018|agency=RNZ|date=28 June 2017}}{{cbignore}}

The royal commission had been called to investigate how institutions like schools, churches, and government organisations have responded to allegations and instances of child sexual abuse.{{cite web |url=https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/about-us |title=About the Child Abuse Royal Commission |website=Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse |access-date=4 March 2016 |archive-date=1 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301112551/http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/about-us |url-status=live }} When the royal commissioner granted the 74-year-old George Pell permission to appear as a witness via video link from Rome, rather than attend in person as he had previously done, Minchin wrote the song "Come Home (Cardinal Pell)". In response, a statement from Pell's office said the cardinal had led the battle against child abuse in the church for 20 years.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-18/cardinal-geroge-pell-royal-commission-abuse-tim-minchin-song/7179112 |title=Cardinal George Pell hits back at 'incorrect information' on royal commission appearance after Tim Minchin song |date=18 February 2016 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=4 March 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012901/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-18/cardinal-geroge-pell-royal-commission-abuse-tim-minchin-song/7179112 |url-status=live }} Attorney General George Brandis told ABC TV that giving evidence by video was "not at all unusual".{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/cardinal-george-pell-responds-to-call-to-face-abuse-royal-commission/news-story/8e26798fb49afa790c5917fe03df068c |title=Cardinal George Pell responds to call to face abuse royal commission |last=Owens |first=Jared |date=18 February 2016 |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=4 March 2016 }}

The song helped fund journeys to Rome for victims of sex abuse so they could watch the cardinal deliver his evidence,{{cite web|title=George Pell: a scapegoat at the altar of progressivism|author=Gerard Henderson|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/gerard-henderson/george-pell-a-scapegoat-at-the-altar-of-progressivism/news-story/235d26fe6e8453debfd25875c44fd982|website=The Australian|date=2 January 2016 |access-date=22 February 2016|url-access=subscription|archive-date=10 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810133333/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/gerard-henderson/george-pell-a-scapegoat-at-the-altar-of-progressivism/news-story/235d26fe6e8453debfd25875c44fd982|url-status=live}} with a GoFundMe account set up by The Project hosts Meshel Laurie and Gorgi Coghlan.{{cite news|last2=Choahan|first1=Marissa|last1=Calligeros|first2=Neelima|title='Come home': Tim Minchin's lament to Cardinal Pell packs a punch, and a few abuses|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/come-home-tim-minchins-lament-to-cardinal-pell-packs-a-punch-and-a-few-abuses-20160216-gmvvy9.html|access-date=23 March 2018|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 February 2016|archive-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323155931/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/come-home-tim-minchins-lament-to-cardinal-pell-packs-a-punch-and-a-few-abuses-20160216-gmvvy9.html|url-status=live}} The ABC 7.30 programme noted on 17 February 2016: "the song's going viral with almost 200,000 YouTube views" but "supporters of Cardinal Pell say it's verbal abuse set to music." Jesuit human rights lawyer Frank Brennan said it risked endangering the integrity of the royal commission.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-17/priest-says-tim-minchin-song-hurting-abuse-survivors/7178606 |title=Tim Minchin's Cardinal George Pell song hurting abuse victims, Jesuit priest says |date=18 February 2016 |website=ABC News |access-date=4 March 2016 |archive-date=18 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218110025/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-17/priest-says-tim-minchin-song-hurting-abuse-survivors/7178606 |url-status=live }} Conservative columnist Andrew Bolt described the song as a "hymn of hatred".{{cite news |url=http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/column_crucifying_pell/ |title=Column – Crucifying Pell |last=Bolt |first=Andrew |date=18 February 2016 |newspaper=Herald Sun |access-date=4 March 2016 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307164316/http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/column_crucifying_pell/ |url-status=dead }}

"Come Home (Cardinal Pell)" reached No. 11 on the Australian Singles Chart, for the week of 20 February 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/Charts/Singles-Chart |title=ARIA Charts |website=ARIA Charts |access-date=20 February 2016 |archive-date=30 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930143342/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/486D60FFEB63A18AF0509D4F6A8DA1B7E623DB6EB7969642EAB1FE67CAAB4D55/ARIA%20Singles%20Chart.pdf |title=Aria Singles Chart Week Commencing 22 February, 2016 |date=22 February 2016 |access-date=22 February 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094359/http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/486D60FFEB63A18AF0509D4F6A8DA1B7E623DB6EB7969642EAB1FE67CAAB4D55/ARIA%20Singles%20Chart.pdf |url-status=live }} Later, it was nominated for APRA's Song of the Year,{{cite news|first1=Cameron|last1=Adams|title=Minchin anti-Pell song up for award|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/awards/tim-minchins-anti-cardinal-pell-hit-up-for-apra-song-of-the-year/news-story/a6241c6d9728a48866e211450519190f?nk=1f7759ddbc22a8fc1ffd128b4c74b353-1487717491|access-date=21 February 2017|work=Herald Sun|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928200713/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/awards/tim-minchins-anti-cardinal-pell-hit-up-for-apra-song-of-the-year/news-story/a6241c6d9728a48866e211450519190f?nk=1f7759ddbc22a8fc1ffd128b4c74b353-1487717491|url-status=live}} and Kate Miller-Heidke performed the song at the APRA Music Awards ceremony.{{cite video|title=Kate Miller-Heidke – Come Home (Cardinal Pell) #APRAs|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIlq1AZUFCk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/PIlq1AZUFCk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=18 May 2017|date=4 April 2017}}{{cbignore}}

In 2017, during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey Minchin sang "I Still Call Australia Homophobic"{{cite news|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/08/13/comedian-tim-minchin-rewrites-iconic-australian-song-to-protest-homophobic-politicians-blocking-marriage-equality/|title=Comedian Tim Minchin rewrites iconic Australian song to protest homophobic politicians blocking marriage equality|author=Beresford, Meka|date=13 August 2017|work=Pink News|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=28 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928165412/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/08/13/comedian-tim-minchin-rewrites-iconic-australian-song-to-protest-homophobic-politicians-blocking-marriage-equality/|url-status=live}} {{ndash}} a re-work of Peter Allen's, "I Still Call Australia Home"{{cite news|url=http://www.tenterfieldstar.com.au/story/4849052/tim-minchin-mocks-homophobic-politicians/?cs=36|title=Tim Minchin mocks 'homophobic' politicians in reimagined Aussie classic|author=Carmody, Broede|date=11 August 2017|work=The Tenterfield Star|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045143/http://www.tenterfieldstar.com.au/story/4849052/tim-minchin-mocks-homophobic-politicians/?cs=36|url-status=live}} {{ndash}} that refers to those supporting the "No" case as homophobic and "bigoted cunts".{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-minchins-reworked-i-still-call-australia-homeaphobic-is-already-a-facebook-hit-2017-8?r=US&IR=T |title=Tim Minchin's reworked 'I still call Australia home…aphobic' is already a Facebook hit |work =Business Insider| author=Prince, Kate|date=11 August 2017 }} The Minchin video was shown on the ABC Insiders TV current affairs program. He was criticised by politicians Tony Abbott and Mitch Fifield.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/insiders-slammed-over-broadcasting-tim-minchin-song-about-gay-marriage-labelling-australians-homophobic/news-story/69646cb61cf159bee8f2f83e5e289b7c |title=Insiders slammed over broadcasting Tim Minchin song about gay marriage labelling Australians 'homophobic' |author=Markson, Sharri|date=14 August 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=8 October 2017|url-access=subscription}}{{cite news|url= http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/minchins-rant-counterproductive-to-yes-case-on-samesex-marriage/news-story/46438b9cd774c02b44a778aa2f390c10 |title=Minchin's rant counter-productive to yes case on same-sex marriage|last=Henderson|first=Gerard|author-link=Gerard Henderson|date=19 August 2017|work=The Australian|access-date=8 October 2017 |url-access=subscription}}

Minchin and his wife Sarah, whom he married in 2001 and with whom he has a daughter and a son,{{cite web|author=Arthur, Tim|title=Tim Minchin: interview|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/article/1792/tim-minchin-interview|work=Time Out|date=2 December 2010|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-date=9 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209213458/http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/article/1792/tim-minchin-interview|url-status=dead}} returned to Australia from Los Angeles in December 2017. They currently live in Sydney.{{cite web | url = http://www.timminchin.com/2017/10/11/california-come-to-my-leaving-la-micro-tour-gigs-next-month-presale-starts-4pm-pdt-today/ | title = News and Blog | website = TimMinchin.com | access-date = 18 December 2017 | archive-date = 18 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171218003446/http://www.timminchin.com/2017/10/11/california-come-to-my-leaving-la-micro-tour-gigs-next-month-presale-starts-4pm-pdt-today/ | url-status = live }}{{cite news|author=Chianta, Rosanna|title=A show worth a Minchin – Tim Minchin interview|url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sos-review/A-show-worth-a-Minchin.4350766.jp|work=The Scotsman|date=3 August 2008|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-date=9 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609023352/http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sos-review/A-show-worth-a-Minchin.4350766.jp|url-status=live}}

In 2013, the University of Western Australia awarded Minchin an honorary Doctor of Letters degree for his contribution to the arts, recognising his outstanding achievements and worldwide acclaim as a composer, lyricist, actor, writer, and comedian.{{cite news |url=http://www.oneperth.com.au/2013/09/17/tim-minchin-doctorate/ |title=Tim Minchin scores honorary doctorate |date=17 September 2013 |access-date=24 February 2014 |archive-date=5 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105171831/http://www.oneperth.com.au/2013/09/17/tim-minchin-doctorate/ |url-status=live }} In 2015, he was awarded a second honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/matilda-writers-tim-minchin-and-dennis-kelly-awarded-honorary-degrees-from-mountview/ |title=Matilda writers Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly awarded honorary degrees from Mountview |last=Snow |first=Georgia |date=11 November 2015 |newspaper=The Stage |access-date=11 November 2015 |archive-date=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803045927/https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/matilda-writers-tim-minchin-and-dennis-kelly-awarded-honorary-degrees-from-mountview/ |url-status=live }} In 2019, Minchin was awarded a third honorary doctorate for his contribution to the arts by the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-21 |title=Doctor Minchin 'mansplains' the arts |url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/theatre/doctor-tim-minchin-mansplains-the-arts-to-waapa-students-ng-b881142452z |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=The West Australian |language=en}} He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours.{{Cite web|url=http://www.timminchin.com/2020/01/26/tims-been-appointed-a-member-of-the-order-of-australia-am-for-for-significant-service-to-the-performing-arts-and-to-the-community-honours2020/|title=Tim Minchin · Tim's been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the performing arts, and to the community. #honours2020|website=Tim Minchin|access-date=6 February 2020|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121053851/https://www.timminchin.com/2020/01/26/tims-been-appointed-a-member-of-the-order-of-australia-am-for-for-significant-service-to-the-performing-arts-and-to-the-community-honours2020/|url-status=live}} Minchin is patron and supporter of the charities WA Youth Theatre Company, The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts, and Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity.{{Cite web |title=Tim Minchin stars at UWA Graduation Ceremony : Archive Page : The University of Western Australia |url=https://www.news.uwa.edu.au/archive/201309176069/alumni/tim-minchin-stars-uwa-graduation-ceremony/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.news.uwa.edu.au}}

• Laugh-a-poolooza (featured artist) (2005)
• "So Long (As We Are Together)" Californication Season 6 Soundtrack (2013)
• "Carry You" (with Missy Higgins) Music from the Home Front (2020)

• So Live (2007) Australian DVD
• So F**king Rock Live (also known as So Fucking Rock Live){{cite web | url = http://www.timminchin.com/faq/ | title = FAQ – Can I play your DVDs where I live? | publisher = timminchin.com | access-date = 7 November 2011 | archive-date = 16 November 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111116054652/http://www.timminchin.com/faq/ | url-status = live }} (11 October 2008)
• Ready for This?, three DVD releases (2009, 2010, 2011)
• Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra (14 November 2011)
• Back - Live (2022)

• This Blasted Earth (2004)
• Somewhere...The Magical Musical of Penrith (2005)
• Matilda the Musical (2010)
• Groundhog Day (2016)

• So Rock (2007-8)
• Ready for This? (2008-9)
• Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra/Tim Minchin vs. The Orchestras (2010-11)
• Back (2019-21)
• An Unfunny Evening with Tim Minchin and His Piano (2023-24)
• Songs The World Will Never Hear (2025)

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.{{cite web |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920230857/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |url-status=dead }}

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| 2017

| "Come Home (Cardinal Pell)"

| Song of the Year

| {{nominated}}

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| 2020

| "Carry You" by Missy Higgins

| Best Original Song Composed for the Screen

| {{nominated}}

| {{cite web | url = https://apraamcos.com.au/awards/2020-awards/screen-music-awards/full-list-of-winners/ | title = Screen Music Awards: Full List of Winners & Nominees | publisher = APRA AMCOS Australia | year = 2020 | access-date = 14 December 2020 | archive-date = 27 December 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201227230140/https://apraamcos.com.au/awards/2020-awards/screen-music-awards/full-list-of-winners/ | url-status = dead }}
{{cite web | url = https://apraamcos.com.au/news/2020/december/2020-screen-music-awards-winners-announced/ | title = 2020 Screen Music Awards winners announced | publisher = APRA AMCOS Australia | date = 1 December 2020 | access-date = 14 December 2020 | archive-date = 27 December 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201227230139/https://apraamcos.com.au/news/2020/december/2020-screen-music-awards-winners-announced/ | url-status = dead }}

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| rowspan="2"| 2021

| "Carry You" by Missy Higgins

| rowspan="3"| Song of the Year

| {{nominated}}

| {{cite web | url = https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/apra-music-awards-2021#_127439 | title = Nominees announced for the 2021 APRA Music Awards | publisher = APRA AMCOS | date = | access-date = 31 March 2021 | archive-date = 29 April 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210429205229/https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/apra-music-awards-2021#_127439 | url-status = live }}

|-

| "I'll Take Lonely Tonight"

| {{shortlisted}}

| {{cite web|url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/one-of-these-songs-will-be-the-peer-voted-apra-song-of-the-year|title=One of these songs will be the Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year!|website=APRA AMCOS|date=3 February 2021|access-date=26 April 2022|archive-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426070611/https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/one-of-these-songs-will-be-the-peer-voted-apra-song-of-the-year|url-status=live}}

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| 2022

| "The Absence of You"

| {{shortlisted}}

| {{cite web|url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/2022-peer-voted-apra-song-of-the-year-shortlist-revealed|title=2022 Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year shortlist revealed!|website=APRA AMCOS|date=3 February 2022|access-date=26 April 2022|archive-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426063729/https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/2022-peer-voted-apra-song-of-the-year-shortlist-revealed|url-status=live}}

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The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.

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| 2011

| Tim Minchin & the Heritage Orchestra

| Best Comedy Release

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Best-Comedy-Release|title=ARIA Awards Best Comedy Release|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=17 April 2022|archive-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023051656/https://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/best-comedy-release|url-status=live}}

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The Environmental Music Prize is a quest to find a theme song to inspire action on climate and conservation. It commenced in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/environmental-music-prize-search/|title=Environmental Music Prize Searches for Green Theme Song|website=The Music Network|date=May 2022|access-date=22 June 2022|archive-date=23 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523021038/https://themusicnetwork.com/environmental-music-prize-search/|url-status=live}}

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| 2022

| "Housefyre" (with Briggs)

| Environmental Music Prize

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://environmentalmusicprize.com/prize/|title=Prize|website=Environmental Music Prize|access-date=22 June 2022|archive-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525140359/https://environmentalmusicprize.com/prize/|url-status=live}}

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| 2013

| Matilda: The Musical

| Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web |title=Tim Minchin |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/tim-minchin/18012 |website=Grammy Awards |access-date=4 December 2024}}

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• 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Directors' Choice Award for Dark Side{{cite web|url=http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/about/awards/#director|title=Comedy Festival Awards|publisher=Melbourne International Comedy Festival|access-date=25 February 2009|archive-date=30 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130040347/http://comedyfestival.com.au/about/awards}}
• 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Perrier Comedy Award, Best Newcomer
• 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, The Groggy Squirrel Critics' Award{{cite web|url=http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/articles/2007/04/29/the-groggy-squirrel-critics-award/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105125214/http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/articles/2007/04/29/the-groggy-squirrel-critics-award/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2013|title=The Groggy Squirrel Critics' Award|last=Slattery|first=Annette|date=29 April 2007|work=The Groggy Squirrel|access-date=25 February 2009}}
• 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Best Alternative Act{{cite web | url=http://www.timminchin.com/about/#awards | title=Tim Minchin: About – Awards | work=TimMinchin.com | access-date=6 January 2010 | archive-date=29 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729033126/http://www.timminchin.com/about/#awards | url-status=live }}
• 2009 Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer for Tim Minchin – Ready For This?{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/winners-of-the-2009-helpmann-awards/2009/07/28/1248546685672.html | title=Winners of the 2009 Helpmann Awards | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=28 July 2009 | access-date=6 January 2010 | archive-date=31 July 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731130535/http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/winners-of-the-2009-helpmann-awards/2009/07/28/1248546685672.html | url-status=dead }}
• 2009 Green Room Awards, Cabaret: Best Original Songs{{cite web | url=http://www.greenroom.org.au/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=59#cabaret | title=2009 Nominations and Recipients | work=Green Room Awards Association | access-date=5 April 2010 | archive-date=5 December 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205140857/http://www.greenroom.org.au/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=59#cabaret | url-status=dead }}
• 2009 Green Room Awards, Cabaret: Best Artiste
• 2010 Chortle Awards, Best Music or Variety Act{{cite web |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2010/03/23/10724/mcintyre_does_the_double |title=Chortle awards: Watch the video |work=Chortle |date=23 March 2010 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-date=26 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326181450/http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2010/03/23/10724/mcintyre_does_the_double? |url-status=live }}
• 2011 Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work for Tim Minchin Vs Sydney Symphony
• 2012 Olivier Awards: Best New Musical for Matilda The Musical{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17721379 |title=Matilda musical breaks Olivier awards record |work=BBC |date=15 April 2012 |access-date=15 April 2012 |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417184436/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17721379 |url-status=live }}
• 2012 Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer for Tim Minchin vs The Orchestras Round II
• 2012 Ockham Award for Best Skeptic Video for Storm
• 2013 What's On Stage Awards, The W&P Longreach Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for Jesus Christ Superstar{{cite web |url=http://awards.whatsonstage.com/results |title=WhatsOnStage.com Awards |work=WhatsOnStage.com |date=17 February 2013 |access-date=7 April 2013 |archive-date=21 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221050414/http://awards.whatsonstage.com/results |url-status=dead }}
• 2013 Tony for Best Original Score for Matilda (Nominated){{cite web |title=Tony Awards 2013 winners and nominees: Complete list |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-et-cm-tony-awards-2013-nomination-list-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=4 December 2024 |date=30 April 2013}}
• 2016 Logie Award, Most Outstanding Supporting Actor for The Secret River (ABC){{cite web |first=James |last=Weir |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/logies/live-blog-all-the-action-from-the-2016-tv-week-logie-awards/news-story/49b8903d785385c4573ee1bf16dc6c22 |title=Logies 2016: Winners, nominees, results from the award ceremony |publisher=News.com.au |date=9 May 2016 |access-date=15 July 2016 |archive-date=9 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909184215/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/logies/live-blog-all-the-action-from-the-2016-tv-week-logie-awards/news-story/49b8903d785385c4573ee1bf16dc6c22 |url-status=live }}
• 2016 Helpmann Award for Best Original Score for Matilda the Musical{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-25/helpmann-award-2016-matilda-the-musical-wins-13-awards/7659754 | title=Helpmann Awards 2016: Matilda the Musical wins record 13 awards, Stephen Page honoured | work=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | date=25 July 2016 | access-date=26 July 2016 | archive-date=27 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727110122/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-25/helpmann-award-2016-matilda-the-musical-wins-13-awards/7659754 | url-status=live }}
• 2017 Olivier Awards: Best New Musical for Groundhog Day The Musical{{Cite web|url=http://www.timminchin.com/2017/04/10/at-last-nights-olivier-awards-groundhog-day-won-best-new-musical-with-andy-karl-winning-best-actor-in-a-musical/|title=Tim Minchin · At last night's Olivier Awards, Groundhog Day won Best New Musical with Andy Karl winning Best Actor in a Musical!|website=Tim Minchin|access-date=9 June 2017|archive-date=6 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606151001/http://www.timminchin.com/2017/04/10/at-last-nights-olivier-awards-groundhog-day-won-best-new-musical-with-andy-karl-winning-best-actor-in-a-musical/|url-status=live}}
• 2017 Tony for Best Original Score for Groundhog Day The Musical (Nominated){{cite web |last1=Variety Staff |title=Tony Awards 2017: Complete Winners List |url=https://variety.com/2017/legit/awards/tony-awards-2017-winners-list-1202461975/ |website=VARIETY |publisher=Variety Media, LLC |access-date=4 December 2024 |date=11 June 2017}}
• 2017 Orry-Kelly Award
• 2019 [https://www.timminchin.com/2019/07/15/tim-has-won-the-prestigious-2019-helpmann-award-for-best-australian-contemporary-concert-for-back/ Helpmann Award for Best Australian Contemporary Concert] for Tim Minchin: Back
• 2021 Richard Dawkins Award{{Cite web|url=https://www.universe.com/events/richard-dawkins-tim-minchin-in-conversation-2021-richard-dawkins-award-tickets-GBMSNQ|title=Richard Dawkins & Tim Minchin in Conversation: 2021 Richard Dawkins Award|website=universe.com|date=16 September 2021|access-date=29 November 2021|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129023632/https://www.universe.com/events/richard-dawkins-tim-minchin-in-conversation-2021-richard-dawkins-award-tickets-GBMSNQ|url-status=live}}

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