Barry Bostwick
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 24, 1945 in San Mateo, California, USA
- Active Years
- 1956–2026 (71 Years)
- Total Credits
- 191 credits in database
Acting Born Feb 24, 1945 San Mateo, California, USA 191 credits
Biography
Barry Bostwick is an American actor and singer. He was born on February 24, 1945, in San Mateo, California, USA. Bostwick is known for his work in various roles, including Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He has also appeared in the sitcoms What I Like About You and Spin City, playing the character of Mr. Tyler and Mayor Randall Winston respectively. Bostwick has had a significant presence in musical theater. He has been involved in numerous projects throughout his career, with a total of 189 known credits.
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Career overview
Barry Bostwick is an American actor known for his work in film and television. He is recognized for his portrayal of Brad Majors in the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Bostwick has also appeared in the sitcoms What I Like About You and Spin City, where he played the role of Mayor Randall Winston.
Bostwick's acting career spans numerous credits, with 189 known credits to his name. He has gained considerable fame in musical theater, although specific details about his work in this area are not provided. Bostwick's versatility as an actor has allowed him to take on a wide range of roles, contributing to his enduring presence in the entertainment industry.
Throughout his career, Bostwick has demonstrated his ability to adapt to various genres and formats, from film to television and musical theater. His performances have left a lasting impact on audiences, cementing his status as a notable figure in American entertainment.
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Career timeline
Making Megaforce
Sane Inside InsanityStrange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Love, DanielleIsla MonstroBest Christmas Movies Ever!The PotwinsDaruma
Outlaw Johnny Black
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.Single All the Way
American Pie Presents: Girls' RulesTime Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All TimeViral VignettesTime Warp Vol. 1: Midnight MadnessLove by Drowning
The Field3 from HellGrand-Daddy Day CareUndercover Brother 2A Christmas Miracle
Incredibles 2Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the AltarSlay Belles
Will & GraceA Mermaid's TaleBigger Fatter LiarSigned, Sealed, Delivered: Home AgainChristmas in Mississippi
American HousewifeMilo Murphy's LawThe Great IndoorsThe Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the BraveAlleluia! The Devil's Carnival
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for PowerTales of HalloweenGigi Does ItLove Under the StarsNovember Rule
EnlistedDragula
The GoldbergsMasters of SexTeen Beach MovieBlast VegasFinding Joy
ScandalThe New NormalHome Run ShowdownFDR: American Badass!
New GirlFranklin & BashSome Guy Who Kills PeopleThe Selling
Hot in ClevelandGlory Daze2010: Moby DickMiss NobodyBedrooms
GleeCelebrity Ghost StoriesCougar TownThe ForgottenHannah Montana: The Movie
Childrens HospitalHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical HistoryDepth ChargeHoliday Baggage
Phineas and FerbNancy DrewEveningLove Is a Four Letter Word
PsychUgly Betty'Til DeathSpymate
SupernaturalAmerican Dad!Ghost WhispererOut of Practice
Chestnut: Hero of Central ParkThe Skulls III
Cold CaseNip/TuckLas Vegas101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London AdventureSwing
What I Like About YouLess than PerfectShe SpiesBaby Bob
ScrubsDisney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitWhere Are They Now?Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Hollywood SquaresMen in WhiteOne Hot Summer Night
LexxThe New Batman Adventures
Spin CitySpy HardE! True Hollywood StoryThe Secret Agent ClubA Different Kind of Christmas
Full Filmography
191 titles- Making Megaforce (2026) as Self
- Sane Inside Insanity (2025) as Self
- Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025) as Self
- Love, Danielle (2024) as Bryce
- Isla Monstro (2024) as Potus (voice)
- Best Christmas Movies Ever! (2024) as Self
- The Potwins (2024) as Grandpa Davis
- Daruma (2024) as Horace
- Outlaw Johnny Black (2023) as Tom Sheally
- Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. (2021) as Will
- Single All the Way (2021) as Harold
- American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules (2020) as Peepaw
- Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time (2020) as Self
- Viral Vignettes (2020) as Jack
- Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020) as Self
- Love by Drowning (2020) as Val Martin Sr.
- The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream (2020) as Brad Majors
- Molly Robber (2020) as Ron "Dad"
- Molly Robber (2020) Executive Producer
- The Field (2019) as George
- 3 from Hell (2019) as Narrator
- Grand-Daddy Day Care (2019) as Dynamite Dan North
- Undercover Brother 2 (2019) as The Man
- A Christmas Miracle (2019) as Santa Dean
- Christmas in Louisiana (2019) as Timothy
- Santa Girl (2019) as Santa Claus
- Incredibles 2 (2018) as Mayor (voice)
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar (2018) as Bill
- Slay Belles (2018) as Santa
- Will & Grace (2017) as Jerry Wise
- A Mermaid's Tale (2017) as Art
- Bigger Fatter Liar (2017) as Alan Wolf
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again (2017) as Bill Haywith
- Christmas in Mississippi (2017) as Mr. Kriss
- American Housewife (2016) as Thomas
- Milo Murphy's Law (2016) as Clyde (voice)
- The Great Indoors (2016) as Mather
- The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave (2016) as Grandpa (voice)
- Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016) as The Watchword
- Three Days in August (2016) as John
- Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse (2016) as The Senator
- A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story (2016) as Self
- The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015) as Sorrell Reskov
- Tales of Halloween (2015) as Mr. Abbadon
- Gigi Does It (2015)
- Love Under the Stars (2015) as Walt Godfrey
- November Rule (2015) as Lance
- Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves (2015) as Jonathan
- Enlisted (2014) as Russell
- Dragula (2014) as Dragula
- The Goldbergs (2013) as Professor Majors
- Masters of Sex (2013) as Morris
- Teen Beach Movie (2013) as Big Poppa
- Blast Vegas (2013) as Sal Rowinski
- Finding Joy (2013) as Alan
- Scandal (2012) as Jerry Grant
- The New Normal (2012) as Marty
- Home Run Showdown (2012) as Big Al
- FDR: American Badass! (2012) as FDR
- New Girl (2011) as Robert
- Franklin & Bash (2011) as Jacob 'Falcon' Riley
- Some Guy Who Kills People (2011) as Sheriff Walt Fuller
- The Selling (2011) as Father Jimmy
- Hot in Cleveland (2010) as Hugh
- Glory Daze (2010) as Mr. Wilson
- 2010: Moby Dick (2010) as Captain Ahab
- Miss Nobody (2010) as Father Grisham
- Bedrooms (2010) as Roger
- An-tici-pation: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast Part II (2010) as Himself
- Secrets of the Mountain (2010) as Henry Beecham
- Glee (2009) as Tim Stanwick
- Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009) as Self
- Cougar Town (2009) as Roger Frank
- The Forgotten (2009) as Bill Ramey
- Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) as Mr. Bradley
- Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009) as Self
- Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009) as Self
- Childrens Hospital (2008) as Grandpa Richie
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008) as Self
- Depth Charge (2008)
- Holiday Baggage (2008) as Pete Murphy
- Phineas and Ferb (2007) as Grandpa (voice)
- Nancy Drew (2007) as Dashiel Biedermeyer
- Evening (2007) as Mr. Wittenborn
- Love Is a Four Letter Word (2007) as Martin Harper
- Psych (2006) as Roland Armitage
- Ugly Betty (2006) as Roger Adams
- 'Til Death (2006) as George Von Stuessen
- Spymate (2006) as The President
- Supernatural (2005) as Jay
- American Dad! (2005) as VanDouzen (voice)
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) as Don Sullivan
- Out of Practice (2005)
- Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004) as Thomas Trundle
- The Skulls III (2004) as Nathan Lloyd
- Cold Case (2003) as Roy Brigham Anthony (2005)
- Nip/Tuck (2003) as Roger Payne
- Las Vegas (2003) as Martin
- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) as Thunderbolt (voice)
- Swing (2003) as Freddie
- What I Like About You (2002) as Jack Tyler
- Less than Perfect (2002) as Max Damarius
- She Spies (2002) as Gary McNamara
- Baby Bob (2002) as Jack Collins
- Scrubs (2001) as Mr. Randolph
- Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special (2001)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Collin Winthrop
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Oliver Gates
- Where Are They Now? (1999) as Self
- Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1999) as Self
- Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
- Men in White (1998) as President Smith
- One Hot Summer Night (1998) as Art Brooks
- Lexx (1997) as Thodin
- The New Batman Adventures (1997) as Irv Kleinman / Bernie Benson (voice)
- Spin City (1996) as Randall Winston
- Spy Hard (1996) as Norman Coleman
- E! True Hollywood Story (1996) as Self
- The Secret Agent Club (1996) as Vincent Scarletti
- A Different Kind of Christmas (1996) as Frank Mallory
- I Worship His Shadow (1996) as Thodin
- High Society (1995) as Mark Finnegan
- The Secretary (1995) as Eric Bradford
- Project: Metalbeast (1995) as Miller
- The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. (1995) as Matt Sherry
- 919 Fifth Avenue (1995) as Lawrence Van Degen
- The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show (1995) as Self
- Once in a Lifetime (1994) as Dr. Matthew Dane
- Men, Movies & Carol (1994) as Self
- In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful (1994) as Phillip
- Weekend at Bernie's II (1993) as Arthur Hummel
- Between Love and Hate (1993) as Justin Conrad
- Praying Mantis (1993) as Don McAndrews
- The Last U-Boat (1993) as Captain Hawkins
- Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon (1993) as Garral
- The Golden Palace (1992) as Nick DeCarlo
- Russian Holiday (1992) as Grant Ames
- The Great Air Race (1991) as Roscoe Turner
- Captive (1991) as Paul Plunk
- Night of 100 Stars III (1990) as Self
- Challenger (1990) as Commander Francis R. Scobee
- Aladdin (1990) as Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring
- Parent Trap III (1989) as Jeffrey Wyatt
- Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again (1989)
- Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989) as Jeffrey Wyatt
- War and Remembrance (1988)
- War and Remembrance (1988) as 'Lady' Aster
- Addicted to His Love (1988) as Larry Hogan
- Body of Evidence (1988) as Alex Dwyer
- Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (1988) as Self
- I'll Take Manhattan (1987) as Zachary Amberville
- George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986) as George Washington
- Betrayed by Innocence (1986) as Nick DeLeon
- George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986) as George Washington
- Dads (1986)
- Pleasures (1986) as Ben Scott
- A Woman of Substance (1985) as Major Paul McGill
- Deceptions (1985) as Grant Roberts
- Deceptions (1985) as Grant Roberts
- George Washington (1984) as Gen. George Washington
- The Hitchhiker (1983) as Tony Lynch
- Summer Girl (1983) as Gavin Shelburne
- An Uncommon Love (1983) as Kinser
- American Playhouse (1982) as Steelworker
- MegaForce (1982) as Ace Hunter
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
- Working (1982) as Steelworker
- Foul Play (1981) as Detective Tucker Pendleton
- Red Flag: The Ultimate Game (1981) as Maj. Jay Rivers
- A Capitol Fourth (1980) as Self
- Scruples (1980) as Spider Elliott
- Once Upon a Family (1980) as Henry Demerjian
- The Silent Lovers (1980) as John Gilbert
- You Can't Take it With You (1979) as Anthony Kirby, Jr.
- Young Guy Christian (1979) as Guy Christian
- Murder by Natural Causes (1979) as Gil Weston
- Movie Movie (1978) as Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
- The Quinns (1977) as Bill Quinn
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as Ted Machlin
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) as Brad Majors
- The Chadwick Family (1974) as Duffy McTaggert
- Road Movie (1974) as Hank
- Slither (1974) as Dick Kanipsia
- Great Performances (1971) as Self
- Jennifer on My Mind (1971) as Minstrel #1
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Lucas Sandover
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
- Aaah! Roach! as The Exterminator
- The Roommates as Henry
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Barry Bostwick best known for?
Barry Bostwick is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025), Outlaw Johnny Black (2023), Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. (2021), Single All the Way (2021).
When and where was Barry Bostwick born?
Barry Bostwick was born on February 24, 1945 in San Mateo, California, USA.
How many credits does Barry Bostwick have?
Barry Bostwick has accumulated over 191 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1956 to 2026.
What is Barry Bostwick's background in cinema and television?
Barry Bostwick is an American actor and singer. He was born on February 24, 1945, in San Mateo, California, USA. Bostwick is known for his work in various roles, including Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He has also appeared in the sitcoms What I Like About You and Spin City, playing the character of Mr. ...
Barry Bostwick by the numbers
191credits
121films
70TV series
1956–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Home Run Showdown (2012) as Big Al — aged about 67
- Supernatural (2005) as Jay — aged about 60
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) as Don Sullivan — aged about 60
- Scrubs (2001) as Mr. Randolph — aged about 56
- The New Batman Adventures (1997) as Irv Kleinman / Bernie Benson (voice) — aged about 52
- Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025) as Self — aged about 80
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