![Jake with the Ob on Twitter: "Happy 85th Birthday to Barry Humphries! The actor who played Dame Edna in The Dame Edna Experience, Great Goblin in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and Jake with the Ob on Twitter: "Happy 85th Birthday to Barry Humphries! The actor who played Dame Edna in The Dame Edna Experience, Great Goblin in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dzph_S1W0AAN1Sy.jpg)
Jake with the Ob on Twitter: "Happy 85th Birthday to Barry Humphries! The actor who played Dame Edna in The Dame Edna Experience, Great Goblin in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and
![THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, the great goblin (voice: Barry Humphries), 2012. ©Warner Bros. Pictures/Courtesy Everett Stock Photo - Alamy THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, the great goblin (voice: Barry Humphries), 2012. ©Warner Bros. Pictures/Courtesy Everett Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HCDF30/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-the-great-goblin-voice-barry-humphries-HCDF30.jpg)
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, the great goblin (voice: Barry Humphries), 2012. ©Warner Bros. Pictures/Courtesy Everett Stock Photo - Alamy
![Australian comedian Barry Humphries who plays the character the Great Goblin, and his wife Lizzie Spender, pose on the red carpet at the world premiere of 'The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey' Australian comedian Barry Humphries who plays the character the Great Goblin, and his wife Lizzie Spender, pose on the red carpet at the world premiere of 'The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey'](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/483d7afbc6d445a1b7798c67370c0d25/2cxw299.jpg)