He spent his twenties writing songs, playing in bands, acting in plays, composing for theatre, playing piano for cabaret artists and penning tongue-in-cheek beat poems.

His 2020 studio album, Apart Together, debuted at #3 on the Australian charts and reached top 30 in the UK. The show also toured Australia under the title Tim Minchin vs. The Orchestras, where he performed with the city state orchestra in each location. 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. The latter was a version of his song "Carry You". The BBC received widespread condemnation for cutting the final song, which had been prerecorded, short for timing purposes. Matilda the Musical has earned itself a whopping ten nominations for this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards, which is the maximum for which it was eligible, including Best New Musical In 2015, he appeared as Northern Irish ex-convict, Smasher Sullivan, in The Secret River, an Australian drama mini-series adapted from Kate Grenville’s acclaimed novel and directed by Daina Reid for the ABC. He won the 2016 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Smasher.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 skeptic, and cannot understand how someone can be a skeptic and still be religious. "If you apply doubt to anything... the whole religion thing is obviously a fantasy." [83] Protest songs [ edit ] "Come Home (Cardinal Pell)" [ edit ]

a b c Millar, Anna (31 July 2008). "Tim Minchin – Looney tunes". The List . Retrieved 20 August 2008. Led by Tim, there’s a brilliant creative team behind UPRIGHT, including the Creator Chris Taylor (The Chaser) with whom Tim is writing the series alongside award-winning writer-actors Kate Mulvany (Lambs of God, Fighting Season, Jasper Jones stage play) and Leon Ford (Offspring, No Activity). The Director is Matthew Saville (Please Like Me). Tim is Executive Producer with Penny Win, Carly Heaton and Helen Bowden. Producers are Lingo Pictures’ Jason Stephens, Chris Taylor and Melissa Kelly (Hounds of Love). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead directed by Simon Phillips – Rosencrantz (Sydney Theatre Company)

a b King, Tracy (8 January 2010). "Tim Minchin's Storm – Official Trailer". Storm Production Blog. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012 . Retrieved 11 January 2010. Tim Minchin has taken on the role of Judas in Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of Jesus Christ Superstar