Raymond John Barry (professionally known as Raymond J. Barry) (born March 14, 1939) is an American film, television and stage actor.
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| 1 | [on working on the series Justified (2010) ] The writing, the producing, the acting - they knew what the heck they were doin'. I've been in situations where I didn't feel that, from the top down. I've done about five of these TV series, man, and some of them are kinda dumb. I hate to say it. I'm not gonna mention any names. But you can be in a situation where you feel the actors are dumb, and then the producers you feel are dumber than the actors. |
| 2 | Actors are very macho-oriented. In my own case, I don't give a shit. I'd love to play a gay character. I'd love to play a [transgender man]. Nothing would please me more. My heart is like in the yin-yang space, as opposed to walking around set flexing my muscles or whatever. |
| 3 | I respect painting and writing, in many ways, more than I respect acting now that I know how to do it. In the beginning, when I couldn't act my way out of a paper bag, maybe I respected acting more than anything else because I couldn't do it. |
| 4 | Being an artist, particularly being an actor, is a very worthwhile life, but can also be a very hard one, because you can't hide. Specifically, what you can't hide from are your tensions, which are derived from fear. It reads on a screen or on stage if you're tense, and the tension has got to come from some hang-up you have about being there to begin with. |
| 5 | I did things because of the things themselves. And I still do that with my writing, my painting, sometimes with acting still, and I don't care. You're at the mercy of money. You become nothing more than a hunter, in terms of tribal ethic, because we all are members of a tribe, let's face it. You go through your war period in high school when you're a little jock, then you become a provider for your family. Some people are better hunters than other, and bring in more deer. In our culture it's not about deer, it's about money, which is tragic. I think if you lose touch with that stuff, with what you really care about, you're dead in the water. |
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| 1 | He was a football player at Brown University. During his junior year, a theater professor approached him about portraying Hal in a production of William Inge's "Picnic," saying they were interested in getting a football player to portray him. He declined several times before giving in. |
| 2 | Worked first as an artist in New York City before becoming a professional actor. He still paints and sculpts, and has examples of his artwork on his website, raymondjbarry.org. |
| 3 | Got his role in Born on the Fourth of July (1989) after it was turned down by Al Pacino. |
| 4 | Barry earned a degree in philosophy at Brown University before being accepted by the Yale University School of Drama. |
| 5 | Received the 1997 Dramalogue Award for his performance in the play "Buried Child". |
| 6 | Received a Dramalogue Award and L.A. Drama Critics Award for writing and starring in "Once In Doubt" at the Los Angeles Theatre Centre. |
| 7 | Once taught English at a private school in New York called Oakland Academy. |
| 8 | Trained in acting by William Hickey. Worked with Julian Beck in The Living Theater, one of the leaders in avant-garde theater during the 1960s in New York. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Desolation | 2017/II | post-production | Father Bill |
| Hart Blvd. | 2017 | post-production | Granddad |
| No Postage Necessary | 2017 | post-production | Jack |
| White Orchid | 2017 | post-production | Caretaker |
| The Dancing Bull | announced | Ted |
| Ice | 2016-2017 | TV Series | Isaac Green |
| Gotham | 2017 | TV Series | The Shaman |
| Training Day | 2017 | TV Series | Lou Jacobs |
| Feud | 2017 | TV Series | Hal LeSueur |
| The Dot Man | 2017 | General Boyt |
| Brave New Jersey | 2016 | Captain Ambrose P. Collins |
| Day of Reckoning | 2016/I | Ted |
| Ray Donovan | 2016 | TV Series | Dmitri |
| The Purge: Election Year | 2016 | Leader Caleb Warrens |
| Sleep with Me | 2015 | Henry |
| LA Apocalypse | 2015 | Major Gray |
| Winter Light | 2015 | Short | Roger Guidry |
| The 100 | 2014-2015 | TV Series | President Dante Wallace |
| Justified | 2010-2015 | TV Series | Arlo Givens |
| 3 Days to Kill | 2014 | CIA Employee |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2013 | TV Series | Gene Steers |
| The Devil's in the Details | 2013 | Richard Conrad |
| New Girl | 2012 | TV Series | Older Nick |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | 2012/II | Dr. Jack Everland |
| The Closer | 2011 | TV Series | George Dorsey |
| The River Murders | 2011 | Trent Verdon |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2011 | TV Series | Johnny Eames |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2002-2011 | TV Series | Arvin Thorpe
Dr. Phillip Gerard |
| Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | 2010 | Video | Borlec |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 2010 | TV Series | Branston Cole
Bernstrom Kohl |
| The Hammer | 2010 | Stanley Leroy McCoy |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 2010 | TV Series | Mr. Hankett |
| Cold Case | 2008-2010 | TV Series | Paul Cooper |
| The Order | 2009 | Short as Raymond Barry |
| The Shortcut | 2009 | Old Man / Ivor Hartley (as Raymond Barry) |
| The Cleaner | 2008-2009 | TV Series | Bill Banks |
| The Making of 'Charlie Valentine': Behind the Scenes with Michael Weatherly | 2009 | Short | Charlie Valentine |
| The Hitmen Diaries: Charlie Valentine | 2009 | Charlie Valentine |
| Lost | 2009 | TV Series | Ray Shephard |
| Set Apart | 2009 | Will Lantis |
| Hotel California | 2008 | Dmitri |
| American Crude | 2008 | Mr. Grand |
| Welcome to the Captain | 2008 | TV Series | The General |
| The Candlelight Murders | 2008 | Dr. Joel Sheinbaum |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | 2007 | Pa Cox |
| The Death and Life of Bobby Z | 2007 | Stanley (as Raymond Barry) |
| Flight of the Living Dead | 2007 | Capt Banyon (as Raymond Barry) |
| Slumberland | 2006 | Harry |
| Little Children | 2006 | Bullhorn Bob |
| Mystery Woman: Redemption | 2006 | TV Movie | Reverend Tucker |
| Steel City | 2006 | Vic Lee |
| A Life in Suitcases | 2005 | Stephan Figura |
| Law & Order | 2005 | TV Series | Robert Dolan |
| Crossing Jordan | 2005 | TV Series | Mr. Nicholas |
| Alias | 2004 | TV Series | Senator George Reed |
| The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea | 2004 | Stephan Figura |
| The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp | 2003 | Stephen Figura |
| The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story | 2003 | Stephan Figura |
| Dragnet | 2003 | TV Series | Sgt. Gil Thorn |
| Just Married | 2003 | Mr. Leezak |
| Push, Nevada | 2002 | TV Series | D'Wight Sloman / Dwight Sloman |
| Interview with the Assassin | 2002 | Walter Ohlinger |
| UC: Undercover | 2002 | TV Series | Nathan Dubinsky |
| Recoil | 2001/II |
| New Port South | 2001 | Edwards (as Raymond Barry) |
| Training Day | 2001 | Lou Jacobs |
| The Deep End | 2001 | Carlie Nagel (as Raymond Barry) |
| Hyperion Bay | 1998-1999 | TV Series | Frank Sweeny / Frank Sweeney |
| The X-Files | 1994-1999 | TV Series | Senator Richard Matheson |
| Wasteland | 1999 | TV Series |
| Liv | 1998 | Short |
| Wind on Water | 1998 | TV Series | Sam Connolly |
| Return to Paradise | 1998 | Sheriff's Father (uncredited) |
| Four Corners | 1998 | TV Series | Sam Haskell |
| Eating Las Vegas | 1997 | Short | Gay Boon |
| Flubber | 1997 | Chester Hoenicker (as Raymond Barry) |
| Best Men | 1997 | Hoover |
| Mad City | 1997 | Dobbins |
| The Chamber | 1996 | Rollie Wedge / Donnie Cayhall (as Raymond Barry) |
| Dead Man Walking | 1995 | Earl Delacroix |
| Sudden Death | 1995 | Vice President |
| Headless Body in Topless Bar | 1995 | Man |
| Melrose Place | 1994 | TV Series | Vince Connors |
| The Ref | 1994 | Huff |
| Frasier | 1994 | TV Series | Pool Player |
| Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert | 1993 | TV Movie | Jack Graves |
| Cool Runnings | 1993 | Kurt Hemphill |
| Falling Down | 1993 | Captain Yardley |
| Between Love and Hate | 1993 | TV Movie | Charles Templeton |
| L.A. Law | 1992 | TV Series | Aaron Alner |
| Rapid Fire | 1992 | Agent Stuart |
| Tales from the Crypt | 1992 | TV Series | Joe Garrett |
| The Turning | 1992 | Mark Harnish |
| Two-Fisted Tales | 1992 | TV Movie | Garrett (segment "King of the Road") |
| K2 | 1991 | Claiborne |
| Nothing But Trouble | 1991 | Mark |
| December Bride | 1991 | Petey (as Raymond Barry) |
| Drug Wars: The Camarena Story | 1990 | TV Mini-Series | Jack Lawn |
| Born on the Fourth of July | 1989 | Mr. Kovic |
| Daddy's Boys | 1988 | Daddy |
| Cop | 1988 | Captain Fred Gaffney |
| The Oldest Rookie | 1987-1988 | TV Series | Lt. Marco Zaga |
| Three for the Road | 1987 | Senator Kitteredge |
| It's a Living | 1987 | TV Series | Buddy Ricardo |
| Out of Bounds | 1986 | Hurley |
| Slow Burn | 1986 | TV Movie | Gerald McMurty |
| Playing for Keeps | 1986 | Mr. Hatcher - Chloe's Father |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | 1985 | TV Series | Capt. Ted Ronson |
| Year of the Dragon | 1985 | Louis Bukowski (as Ray Barry) |
| Insignificance | 1985 | Ballplayer's Father |
| The Face of Rage | 1983 | TV Movie |
| Christmas Evil | 1980 | Detective Gleason (as Ray Barry) |
| Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This | 1978 | TV Movie | Tony |
| An Unmarried Woman | 1978 | Edward |
| The Goodbye Girl | 1977 | Richard III Cast (as Ray Barry) |
| Between the Lines | 1977 | Herbert Fisk |
| Sur Faces | 1977 |
