Barry Corbin
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 16, 1940 in Lamesa, Texas. USA
- Active Years
- 1954–2025 (72 Years)
- Total Credits
- 204 credits in database
Acting Born Oct 16, 1940 Lamesa, Texas. USA 204 credits
Biography
Barry Corbin is an American film and television actor born on October 16, 1940, in Lamesa, Texas. He has acted in various genres, including thrillers, comedies, and Westerns. His known credits include films such as WarGames, The Hot Spot, and Urban Cowboy, as well as television series like Northern Exposure, Lonesome Dove, and Better Call Saul. Corbin has appeared in over 200 credits throughout his career. He is also known by other names, including Leonard Barrie Corbin and Barry Corbin.
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Career overview
Barry Corbin is an American film and television actor born on October 16, 1940, in Lamesa, Texas. He has had a diverse acting career, appearing in various genres including thrillers, comedies, and Westerns. Corbin has acted in films such as WarGames, The Hot Spot, and Urban Cowboy, among others.
In television, Corbin has had prominent recurring or starring roles in several series. He is best known for his portrayal of a character on Northern Exposure, which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Corbin has also appeared in other notable television shows, including Lonesome Dove, One Tree Hill, The Closer, Anger Management, The Ranch, and Better Call Saul.
With over 200 acting credits to his name, Barry Corbin has established himself as a versatile and experienced actor in the entertainment industry. His extensive body of work spans multiple genres and mediums, showcasing his range and adaptability as a performer.
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Tommy Lee Jones
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William Sanderson
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Robert Urich
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Hal Holbrook
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James Gammon
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Michael Paul Chan
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John Cullum
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Elaine Miles
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Anthony Edwards
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Josh Brolin
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Career timeline
El Tonto Por CristoSod and Stubble
Killers of the Flower Moon
Tulsa KingThe Bay House
Magic MaxFunny Thing About Love
9-1-1: Lone StarStar Trek: First Frontier
Trading PaintThe Margarita ManEminence Hill
YellowstoneBrimming with LoveFarmer of the YearThe Valley
Young SheldonAll SaintsMountain TopAn American in TexasAy Lav Yu Tuu
The RanchNew LifeLast Man ClubWindsor
Better Call SaulBlood & OilChristmas in the SmokiesBeyond the Farthest StarUrban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
Planes: Fire & RescueThe HomesmanDiving With The Dinosaur FishThe HitchhikerDawn of the Crescent Moon
Shadow on the MesaThis Is Where We LiveReturn to Cicely
Anger ManagementGhoulThe Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente FernandezBorn Wild
SedonaValley of the SunUniversal SquadronsThe Next Door NeighborFeed the Fish
ParenthoodBloodworthNoNAMESRising Stars
Modern FamilyBen 10: Alien SwarmWyvernThat Evening SunNot Since You
Lake CityBeer for My Horses
Army WivesNo Country for Old MenIn the Valley of ElahThe Grand
PsychThe UnitHidden PlacesWaitin' to LiveBeautiful Dreamer
The CloserUnscriptedYesterday's DreamsRiver's EndAlien Express
The Gristle
One Tree HillMonte WalshDunsmoreTimequest
Clover BendHope Ranch
RebaCrossfire TrailNo One Can Hear YouThe JourneymanDrive-In Movie Memories
Mysterious Ways
Held UpA Face to Kill ForSealed with a KissJudgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
The Magnificent Seven
King of the HillThe Hired HeartThe Fumbleheads
Spin CitySpin CityThe Big EasyKiss and TellSolo
JAGThe Drew Carey ShowThe Outer LimitsDeadly Family SecretsSiringo
Full Filmography
204 titles- El Tonto Por Cristo (2025) as Terry Don
- Sod and Stubble (2025)
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) as Undertaker Turton
- Tulsa King (2022) as Babe Keller
- The Bay House (2022) as Cowden Brooks
- Magic Max (2021) as Grismer
- Funny Thing About Love (2021) as Grandpa Joe
- 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020) as Stuart Ryder
- Star Trek: First Frontier (2020) as John April
- Trading Paint (2019) as Sheriff Buck Taylor
- The Margarita Man (2019) as Chief Doyle
- Eminence Hill (2019) as Noah
- Yellowstone (2018) as Ross
- Brimming with Love (2018) as Walter
- Farmer of the Year (2018) as Hap
- The Valley (2018) as Gary
- Young Sheldon (2017) as Mr. Gilford
- All Saints (2017) as Forrest
- Mountain Top (2017) as Sam Miller
- An American in Texas (2017) as Larry Korchinsky
- Ay Lav Yu Tuu (2017) as Danny Brown
- The Ranch (2016) as Dale
- New Life (2016) as Oscar
- Last Man Club (2016) as Pete Williams
- Windsor (2016) as Gil Denton
- Better Call Saul (2015) as Everett Acker
- Blood & Oil (2015) as Clifton Lundegren
- Christmas in the Smokies (2015) as Wade Haygood
- Beyond the Farthest Star (2015) as Chief Burns
- Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's (2015) as Self
- Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) as Ol' Jammer (voice)
- The Homesman (2014) as Buster Shaver
- Diving With The Dinosaur Fish (2014) as Narrator
- The Hitchhiker (2014) as Leonard
- Dawn of the Crescent Moon (2014) as Cyrus
- Shadow on the Mesa (2013) as Jake Rawlins
- This Is Where We Live (2013) as Bode Warden
- Return to Cicely (2013) as Self
- Anger Management (2012) as Ed
- Ghoul (2012) as Grandfather
- The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012) as Walker
- Born Wild (2012) as Ray Jennings
- Sedona (2011) as Les
- Valley of the Sun (2011) as Gene Taggart
- Universal Squadrons (2011) as Deakin
- The Next Door Neighbor (2011) as Judge Rodgers
- Feed the Fish (2011) as Axel Andersen
- Redemption: For Robbing the Dead (2011) as Judge Smith
- Parenthood (2010) as Ernie
- Bloodworth (2010) as Itchy
- NoNAMES (2010) as Ed
- Rising Stars (2010) as Farmer
- Modern Family (2009) as Merle Tucker
- Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009) as Grandpa Max Tennyson
- Wyvern (2009) as Haas
- That Evening Sun (2009) as Thurl Chessor
- Not Since You (2009) as Uncle Dennis
- Lake City (2008) as George
- Beer for My Horses (2008) as Buck Baker
- Army Wives (2007) as Veteran Patient
- No Country for Old Men (2007) as Ellis
- In the Valley of Elah (2007) as Arnold Bickman
- The Grand (2007) as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
- Psych (2006) as Billy Joe
- The Unit (2006) as Carson
- Hidden Places (2006) as Sheriff
- Waitin' to Live (2006) as Buford Pike
- Beautiful Dreamer (2006) as Grandpa
- The Closer (2005) as Clay Johnson
- Unscripted (2005) as Barry Corbin
- Yesterday's Dreams (2005) as Pastor
- River's End (2005) as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
- Alien Express (2005) as Senator Frank Rawlings
- The Gristle (2004) as Senator Dorm
- One Tree Hill (2003) as Whitey Durham
- Monte Walsh (2003) as Bob the Storekeeper
- Dunsmore (2003) as Sheriff Breen
- Timequest (2003) as Lyndon Johnson
- Clover Bend (2002) as Cotton Clayton
- Hope Ranch (2002) as Shorty
- Reba (2001) as JV
- Crossfire Trail (2001) as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
- No One Can Hear You (2001) as Sheriff Joe Webster
- The Journeyman (2001) as Charlie Ledbetter
- Drive-In Movie Memories (2001)
- Mysterious Ways (2000)
- Held Up (1999) as Pembry
- A Face to Kill For (1999) as Frank Hadley
- Sealed with a Kiss (1999) as Wink 'Pop' Blake
- Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story (1999) as Tony
- The Magnificent Seven (1998) as Wickes
- King of the Hill (1997) as Fire Chief (voice)
- The Hired Heart (1997) as Mike Hadley
- The Fumbleheads (1997) as Robert Blister
- Spin City (1996) as Peter Noland
- Spin City (1996) as Peter Noland (archive footage)
- The Big Easy (1996) as C.D. LeBlanc
- Kiss and Tell (1996) as George Reed
- Solo (1996) as General Clyde Haynes
- Curdled (1996) as Lodger
- My Son Is Innocent (1996) as Dan Pendleton
- JAG (1995) as Percival Bertram
- The Drew Carey Show (1995) as Chuck Fifer
- The Outer Limits (1995) as Carlton Powers
- Deadly Family Secrets (1995) as Mr. Potter
- Siringo (1995) as Marshall John Llewellyn
- Virus (1995) as Dr. Clayman
- Ellen (1994) as Jack Penney
- Life with Louie (1994) as Uncle Sammy (voice)
- Moon Shot (1994) as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- Moon Shot (1994) as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) as Ben Crowder
- The Keys (1992) as Buckaloo
- Career Opportunities (1991) as Officer Don
- Conagher (1991) as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
- The Chase (1991) as Wallis
- Northern Exposure (1990) as Maurice Minnifield
- The Hot Spot (1990) as Sheriff
- Ghost Dad (1990) as Mr. Emery Collins
- Short Time (1990) as Captain
- Last Flight Out (1990) as Capt. Bob Berg
- Lonesome Dove (1989) as Roscoe Brown
- I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989) as Officer Warner
- The Famous Teddy Z (1989)
- Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) as P.J. Downing
- Red King, White Knight (1989) as Bentick
- Critters 2 (1988) as Harv
- Secret Witness (1988) as Sheriff
- It Takes Two (1988) as George Lawrence
- Permanent Record (1988) as Jim Sinclair
- Stranger on My Land (1988) as Gil
- Man Against the Mob (1988) as Big Mac McCleary
- The People Across the Lake (1988) as Malcolm Bryce
- Young Harry Houdini (1987) as Elmore
- LBJ: The Early Years (1987) as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
- Spies (1987)
- Under Cover (1987) as Sergeant Irwin Lee
- Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987) as Max
- Off the Mark (1987) as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
- Matlock (1986) as Steven McRea
- Designing Women (1986)
- The Defiant Ones (1986) as Floyd Carpenter
- Maggie (1986) as Jimmy Scott Farnsworth
- Nothing in Common (1986) as Andrew Woolridge
- Hard Traveling (1986) as Frank Burton
- Under Siege (1986)
- C.A.T. Squad (1986) as The Director
- John Henry (1986) as Mr. Jenkins
- Firefighter (1986) as Capt. Johnson
- The Twilight Zone (1985) as (segment "Dead Run")
- Tall Tales & Legends (1985) as Mr. Jenkins
- My Science Project (1985) as Lew Harlan
- A Death in California (1985) as Jim Heusdens
- Washingtoon (1985) as Bunky Munster
- What Comes Around (1985) as Leon Redden
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Lt. Lou Flannigan
- Call to Glory (1984) as Mr. Hunter
- The Jesse Owens Story (1984) as Judge
- The Duck Factory (1984) as Hubbell
- The Ratings Game (1984) as Colonel
- Fatal Vision (1984) as Franz Grebner
- Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984) as Burt Hamilton
- The A-Team (1983) as J.J. Kincaid
- The Thorn Birds (1983) as Pete
- WarGames (1983) as General Beringer
- Boone (1983) as Merit Sawyer
- The Man Who Loved Women (1983) as Roy Carr
- The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983) as B. R. Abernathy
- Travis McGee (1983) as Sheriff Hack Ames
- American Playhouse (1982) as Abernathy
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) as C.J.
- Tucker's Witch (1982)
- Honkytonk Man (1982) as Arnspriger
- Fantasies (1982) as Naylor
- Six Pack (1982) as Sheriff
- Bus Stop (1982) as Virgil Blessing
- Prime Suspect (1982) as Bob Austin
- Hill Street Blues (1981)
- This House Possessed (1981) as Lt. Fletcher
- Dead & Buried (1981) as Phil
- Murder in Texas (1981) as Dist. Atty. McMasters
- The Killing of Randy Webster (1981) as Nick Hanson
- The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981) as Wimbish
- Bitter Harvest (1981) as Dr. Agajanian
- A Few Days at Weasel Creek (1981) as Gus Lobell
- Any Which Way You Can (1980) as Fat Zack
- Stir Crazy (1980) as Warden Walter Beatty
- Urban Cowboy (1980) as Uncle Bob
- Rage! (1980) as Resident #5
- Hart to Hart (1979)
- Dallas (1978) as Sheriff Fenton Washburn
- NBC Special Treat (1975) as Stokey Andrews
- The Super Cops (1974) as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- M*A*S*H (1972)
- Columbo (1971) as Clifford Calvert
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Elmore
- Worst Enemy as Jim
- solo as estrella
- A Trace of Murder as Clifford Calvert
- The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
- Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
- The Dilemma as Gerald
- Capture the Flag as Miami
- Be Glad He Did It as Buddy Kasper
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Barry Corbin best known for?
Barry Corbin is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Sod and Stubble (2025), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), Tulsa King (2022), 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020).
When and where was Barry Corbin born?
Barry Corbin was born on October 16, 1940 in Lamesa, Texas. USA.
How many credits does Barry Corbin have?
Barry Corbin has accumulated over 204 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1954 to 2025.
What is Barry Corbin's background in cinema and television?
Barry Corbin is an American film and television actor born on October 16, 1940, in Lamesa, Texas. He has acted in various genres, including thrillers, comedies, and Westerns. His known credits include films such as WarGames, The Hot Spot, and Urban Cowboy, as well as television series like Northern Exposure, Lonesome D...
Barry Corbin by the numbers
204credits
146films
58TV series
1954–2025active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- The Big Easy (1996) as C.D. LeBlanc — aged about 55
- Better Call Saul (2015) as Everett Acker — aged about 74
- Tulsa King (2022) as Babe Keller — aged about 81
- Yellowstone (2018) as Ross — aged about 77
- The Jesse Owens Story (1984) as Judge — aged about 43
- Columbo (1971) as Clifford Calvert — aged about 30
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