Barry Primus: movies and TV shows
Barry Primus has 93 credits in the archive: 68 films and 25 TV series, from 1962 to 2025. Highest rated: The X-Files (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1962 – 2025 · busiest year: 1977 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eternity | Older Larry | Film | 7.1 | 87 |
| 2024 | Faye | Self | Film | 6.4 | 86 |
| 2024 | The Prank | George Wheeler | Film | 5.6 | 86 |
| 2020 | Arkansas | Old Greek | Film | 5.8 | 82 |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Ewing King | Film | 7.6 | 81 |
| 2019 | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Self | Film | — | 81 |
| 2019 | Rock Bottom | Film | — | 81 | |
| 2017 | Breakable You | Dr. Chazen | Film | 5.4 | 79 |
| 2015 | Joy | Rudy's Attorney | Film | 6.6 | 77 |
| 2014 | The Longest Week | Bernard the Chauffer | Film | 5.1 | 76 |
| 2013 | American Hustle | Tellegio's Consigliere | Film | 6.9 | 75 |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Film | 8.2 | 71 | |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Prosky | Film | 5.9 | 70 |
| 2008 | Jackson | Donald | Film | 4.5 | 70 |
| 2007 | After Midnight | Marty Cole | Film | — | 69 |
| 2006 | Big Guns | Will Fox | Film | 3.0 | 68 |
| 2005 | Break a Leg | Ira Goldstein | Film | 3.6 | 67 |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Professor Jeffrey Benoit | TV | 7.9 | 66 |
| 2001 | 15 Minutes | Cab Driver | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2001 | Life as a House | Tom | Film | 7.1 | 63 |
| 2001 | James Dean | Nicholas Ray | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1999 | Providence | Gordon | TV | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1999 | Black & White | Priest | Film | 5.4 | 61 |
| 1998 | V.I.P. | TV | 5.3 | 60 | |
| 1997 | The Practice | Porn Film Director Goodwin | TV | 7.7 | 59 |
| 1997 | Gold Coast | Ed Grossi | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1997 | Flipping | Joey, Leo's Crew | Film | 4.0 | 59 |
| 1996 | Arli$$ | Benny | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1996 | Crime of the Century | Ellis Parker | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1995 | Welcome to Paradise | Frank Blair | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1995 | Trade Off | Detective Gold | Film | 3.8 | 57 |
| 1994 | T-Force | Film | 5.5 | 56 | |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Robert Dorlund | TV | 8.4 | 55 |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Frobe Ernst | TV | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1992 | Mistress | Film | 5.5 | 54 | |
| 1992 | Mistress | Film | 5.5 | 54 | |
| 1992 | Mistress | Film | 5.5 | 54 | |
| 1992 | Night and the City | Tommy Tessler | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1991 | Guilty by Suspicion | Bert Alan | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Gary Silver | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1990 | Torn Apart | Arie Arnon | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1990 | Denial | Jay | Film | 5.1 | 52 |
| 1989 | Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death | Ford Maddox | Film | 4.5 | 51 |
| 1988 | Big Business | Michael | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Judge Warren Briggs | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1987 | Stillwatch | Toby Wilson | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1987 | Talking Walls | Professor Hirsch | Film | 3.5 | 49 |
| 1987 | The Stranger | Sergeant Drake | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Jack Lambert | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1986 | Jake Speed | Lawrence | Film | 4.6 | 48 |
| 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Lou Waltzberg | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1986 | SpaceCamp | Brennan | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Walter Wesley | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1985 | MacGruder and Loud | Sam | TV | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1985 | Brotherly Love | Det. Trelska | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Det. Sgt. Len Berger | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | FBI Agt. Daley | TV | 7.4 | 46 |
| 1984 | Hunter | Andy McBride | TV | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1984 | The River | Roy | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1984 | The River | Film | 6.4 | 46 | |
| 1983 | Heart of Steel | Amendola | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Martin Colson | TV | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Dory McKenna | TV | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1982 | Hotel | TV | 6.8 | 44 | |
| 1982 | Portrait of a Showgirl | Dennis Philips | Film | 8.7 | 44 |
| 1982 | Paper Dolls | Alan | Film | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1981 | On Golden Pond | Film | 7.3 | 43 | |
| 1981 | Absence of Malice | Robert Waddell | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1981 | Heartland | Jack | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1981 | Macbeth | Banquo | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1980 | Night Games | Jason St. John | Film | 4.5 | 42 |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Mitch Casey | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1979 | The Rose | Dennis | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1978 | Avalanche | Mark Elliott | Film | 3.6 | 40 |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | TV | 7.3 | 39 | |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | TV | 7.1 | 39 | |
| 1977 | New York, New York | Paul Wilson | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1977 | Washington: Behind Closed Doors | Joe Wisnovsky | TV | 7.8 | 39 |
| 1977 | Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target | Harry Jaworsky | Film | 3.7 | 39 |
| 1975 | Autopsy | Father Paul Lenox | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1974 | The Book of Murder | Charlie Mariette | Film | — | 36 |
| 1974 | The Dion Brothers | Tony | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1974 | Big Rose | Ed Mills | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1973 | Incident at Vichy | Bayard, A Railroad Worker | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | TV | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1972 | Boxcar Bertha | Rake Brown | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1971 | Von Richthofen and Brown | Hermann Goering | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1971 | Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me | Gnossos "Paps" Pappadopoulis | Film | 3.5 | 33 |
| 1970 | Puzzle of a Downfall Child | Aaron Reinhardt | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1969 | Medical Center | TV | 6.4 | 31 | |
| 1968 | The Brotherhood | Vido | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1967 | The Desperate Hours | Hank Griffin | Film | 4.0 | 29 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Johnny Younce | TV | 6.5 | 24 |