Timothy David Minchin, aka Tim Minchin, was born on October 7, 1975 in
Northampton, England, and raised in Perth, Australia. He showed an interest in
music from an early age, taking up the piano at the age of eight, before
dropping out three years later. He went on to study English and drama before
gaining a postgraduate diploma in contemporary music at the Western Australian
Academy of Performing Arts. He started out in the shadows, composing music for
documentaries and plays, before embarking on a career in acting. His discography
officially opened in 2001 with the album Sit, f...