Raymond J. Barry

Raymond J. Barry with wife and children (Photo by Nathan Morgan, 2011)

Raymond John Barry (born March 14, 1939 in Hempstead Village , New York ) is an American actor .

Life and accomplishments

Barry graduated from Brown University . He has appeared in over 70 plays and has won the Obie Award twice. In 1990 he received the Drama Critic's Circle Award .

Barry received his first film roles in the 1970s. In the thriller In the Year of the Dragon (1985) he appeared alongside Mickey Rourke . In the film drama Born on July 4th (1989) he played one of the bigger roles alongside Tom Cruise . In the horror episode film Three Roads to Death (1991) he played the role of Garrett , who competes in a car race against Billy ( Brad Pitt ).

In the thriller Falling Down (1993) he played the role of the police captain Yardley , who persuades the shortly before retirement police officer Martin Prendergast ( Robert Duvall ) to stay, although he does not trust Prendergast . In the thriller Die Kammer (1996) he played alongside Chris O'Donnell and Gene Hackman . In the fantasy comedy Flubber (1997) he took on one of the bigger roles alongside Robin Williams .

In the US crime series Cold Case , Barry took on the recurring role of Paul Cooper , the father of Lilly Rush ( Kathryn Morris ) mentioned again and again in previous seasons . Barry also plays recurring grandfather and father characters in the series Lost and Justified .

Filmography (selection)

• 1977: The Goodbye (The Goodbye Girl)
• 1978: An Unmarried Woman
• 1980: Christmas Evil (You Better Watch Out)
• 1985: Year of the Dragon (Year of the Dragon)
• 1987: Drei auf dem Highway - Three for the Road (Three for the Road)
• 1987–1988: The Oldest Rookie (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 1988: The Cop (Cop, The Cop)
• 1989: Born on 4 July (Born on the Fourth of July)
• 1991: K2 - The Last Adventure (K2)
• 1991: Valkenvania - The Wonderful World of Madness (Nothing But Trouble)
• 1992: Three Paths to Death ( Two-Fisted Tales , TV movie)
• 1992: Rapid Fire - Unarmed and extremely dangerous (Rapid Fire)
• 1993: Falling Down (Falling Down)
• 1993: Cool Runnings - Being there is everything (Cool Runnings)
• 1994: No Panic - Good hostages are rare (The Ref)
• 1995: Delivered to the knife (headless body in topless bar)
• 1995: Sudden Death
• 1995: Dead Man Walking - His Last Walk (Dead Man Walking)
• 1996: The Chamber (The Chamber)
• 1997: Mad City
• 1997: Bloody Wedding - The Bride Must Wait (Best Men)
• 1997: Flubber
• 2001: The Deep End (The Deep End)
• 2001: Training Day
• 2003: Fully married (Just Married)
• 2004: Alias ​​- Die Agentin ( Alias , TV series, episodes 3x16–3x17)
• 2005: Law & Order (TV series, episode 16x03)
• 2006: Little Children
• 2007: Kill Bobby Z (Death and Life of Bobby Z)
• 2007: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story)
• 2008–2010: Cold Case - No victim is ever forgotten ( Cold Case , TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2009: Charlie Valentine - Gangster, Gunfighter, Gentleman (Charlie Valentine)
• 2009: Lost (TV series, episode 5x06)
• 2009: Dark Legends - Curiosity Can Kill (The Shortcut)
• 2010: Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
• 2010-2015: Justified (TV series, 23 episodes)
• 2011: Criminal Intent - Crime in the sights ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent , TV series, episode 10x04)
• 2011: The Closer (TV series, episode 7x05)
• 2012: New Girl (TV series, episode 2x02)
• 2014: 3 Days to Kill
• 2014–2015: The 100 (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2015: Apocalypse Los Angeles (LA Apocalypse)
• 2016: The Purge: Election Year
• 2017: Gotham (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2017: You're the Worst (TV series, episodes 4x01–4x02)
• 2017: A Second Chance for Love (No Postage Necessary)
• 2018: Shooter (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2019: Dead Girls Don't Lie ( 13 Reasons Why , TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2019: desolation

Web links

• Raymond J. Barry in the Internet Movie Database (English)