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Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. Raymond J. Barry (1939 - ) AKA: Ray Barry, Raymond Barry Occupation: Actor Also: Director Born: March 14, 1939, Hempstead, NY Education: Brown University; School of Drama, Yale University A slim, intense character actor, Barry has had a career that has slowly built up steam since the 1960s. Active as both actor, playwright and director in experimental theater, he has worked with such NYC groups as Open Theater, The New York Shakespeare Company and Living Theater. Barry made his Broadway debut in The Leaf People (1975) and also appeared off-Broadway in Landscape of the Body (1977), Curse of the Starving Class (1978), Antigone (1982) and Once in Doubt (1989). Barry—like many New York actors—eked out his living by appearing on such soaps as One Life to Live, As the World Turns, All My Children, Texas y The Doctors. He played the veteran officer who was the boss of Paul Sorvino on TV's The Oldest Rookie (CBS, 1987-88) and has also made guest appearances on Scarecrow and Mrs. King, L.A. Law, Melrose Place and in a recurring role of a US Senator on The X-Files. Beginning with DADDY, I DON'T LIKE IT LIKE THIS (CBS, 1978), TV movies have also provided good roles for the actor. He has had good supporting parts in EL ROSTRO DE LA FURIA (ABC, 1983), QUEMANDOSE LENTAMENTE (Showtime, 1986), the miniseries DRUG WARS: THE CAMARENA STORY (NBC, 1990), TWO-FISTED TALES (Fox, 1992), BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE (ABC, 1993) and FUGITIVE NIGHTS: DANGER IN THE DESERT (NBC, 1993). But it has been on the big screen where Barry has shone. Since his debut in the 1986 teen comedy PLAYING FOR KEEPS, he has been a frequent player. Not all of his films or roles have been stellar, of course, but among the high points have been appearances as Tom Cruise bitter father in Oliver Stone NACIDO EL 4 DE JULIO (1989), as the wealthy expedition leader in K-2 (1992), as a cop in the underrated THE REF (1994), and as the father of one of Sean Penn victims in Tim Robbins MIENTRAS ESTÉS CONMIGO (1995). Barry also portrayed a deranged gunman who holds a group of men hostage in a sleazy nightclub in HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR (1995) and appears as Chris O'Donnell legal adversary in the film adaptation of John Grisham's EL SECRETO (1996).
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