Barry Corbin

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
October 16, 1940 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Lamesa, Texas. USA
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy Romance
Career Span
– Present

Barry Corbin

4 wins
643 nominations
4 Oscars
137 credits

Barry Corbin is an American film and television actor. His most well-known role came in the television series Northern Exposure (1990–1995), for which he was consecutively nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Personal Info

Born
Oct 16, 1940
From
Lamesa, Texas. USA
Known For
Acting
Career
– Present

Award Recognition

4
Wins
643
Nominations
4
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2025

Sod and Stubble

2023

Killers of the Flower Moon as Undertaker Turton Award

2022

The Bay House as Cowden Brooks

2021

Funny Thing About Love as Grandpa Joe
Magic Max as Grismer

2020

Star Trek: First Frontier as John April

2019

Trading Paint as Sheriff Buck Taylor Award
The Margarita Man as Chief Doyle
Eminence Hill as Noah

2018

The Valley as Gary
Farmer of the Year as Hap
Brimming with Love as Walter

2017

All Saints as Forrest Award
Mountain Top as Sam Miller
Ay Lav Yu Tuu as Danny Brown
An American in Texas as Larry Korchinsky

2016

Last Man Club as Pete Williams
New Life as Oscar
Windsor as Gil Denton

2015

Christmas in the Smokies as Wade Haygood
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's as Self

2014

The Homesman as Buster Shaver Award
Planes: Fire & Rescue as Ol' Jammer (voice) Award
Dawn of the Crescent Moon as Cyrus
The Hitchhiker as Leonard
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish as Narrator

2013

Shadow on the Mesa as Jake Rawlins
This Is Where We Live as Bode Warden
Beyond the Farthest Star as Chief Burns

2012

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez as Walker
Born Wild as Ray Jennings
Ghoul as Grandfather

2011

Sedona as Les
Valley of the Sun as Gene Taggart
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
Universal Squadrons as Deakin
Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
The Next Door Neighbor as Judge Rodgers

2010

Ben 10 Alien Swarm as Grandpa Max Tennyson
Bloodworth as Itchy
Rising Stars as Farmer
NoNAMES as Ed

2009

Not Since You as Uncle Dennis Award
Wyvern as Haas
That Evening Sun as Thurl Chessor

2008

Lake City as George
Beer for My Horses as Buck Baker

2007

No Country for Old Men as Ellis Award
In the Valley of Elah as Arnold Bickman Award
The Grand as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro

2006

Hidden Places as Sheriff
Beautiful Dreamer as Grandpa
Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike

2005

River's End as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings

2004

The Gristle as Senator Dorm

2003

Monte Walsh as Bob the Storekeeper Award
Dunsmore as Sheriff Breen
Timequest as Lyndon Johnson

2002

Clover Bend as Cotton Clayton
Hope Ranch as Shorty

2001

Crossfire Trail as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
The Journeyman as Charlie Ledbetter
Drive-In Movie Memories
No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster

1999

Held Up as Pembry
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story as Tony
Sealed with a Kiss as Wink 'Pop' Blake
A Face to Kill for as Frank Hadley

1997

The Fumbleheads as Robert Blister
The Hired Heart as Mike Hadley

1996

Solo as General Clyde Haynes
My Son Is Innocent as Dan Pendleton
Curdled as Lodger
Kiss and Tell as George Reed

1995

Virus as Dr. Clayman
Deadly Family Secrets as Mr. Potter
Siringo as Marshall John Llewellyn

1994

Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)

1992

The Keys as Buckaloo

1991

Career Opportunities as Officer Don Award
Conagher as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
The Chase as Wallis

1990

The Hot Spot as Sheriff Award
Ghost Dad as Mr. Emery Collins
Short Time as Captain
Last Flight Out as Capt. Bob Berg

1989

Who's Harry Crumb? as P.J. Downing
Red King, White Knight as Bentick

1988

Critters 2 as Harv Award
Permanent Record as Jim Sinclair
It Takes Two as George Lawrence
Stranger on My Land as Gil
Man Against the Mob as Big Mac McCleary
The People Across the Lake as Malcolm Bryce

1987

Under Cover as Sergeant Irwin Lee
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet as Max
LBJ: The Early Years as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
Off the Mark as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
Young Harry Houdini as Elmore

1986

Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
Firefighter as Capt. Johnson
John Henry as Mr. Jenkins
Under Siege
The Defiant Ones as Floyd Carpenter
C.A.T. Squad as The Director
Hard Traveling as Frank Burton

1985

My Science Project as Lew Harlan
What Comes Around as Leon Redden

1984

The Ratings Game as Colonel
The Jesse Owens Story as Judge
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac as Burt Hamilton

1983

WarGames as General Beringer Award
The Man Who Loved Women as Roy Carr
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as B. R. Abernathy
Travis McGee as Sheriff Hack Ames

1982

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as C.J. Award
Honkytonk Man as Arnspriger Award
Six Pack as Sheriff
Prime Suspect as Bob Austin
Fantasies as Naylor
Bus Stop as Virgil Blessing

1981

Dead & Buried as Phil Award
The Killing of Randy Webster as Nick Hanson
This House Possessed as Lt. Fletcher
Bitter Harvest as Dr. Agajanian
A Few Days at Weasel Creek as Gus Lobell
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia as Wimbish

1980

Urban Cowboy as Uncle Bob Award
Any Which Way You Can as Fat Zack Award
Stir Crazy as Warden Walter Beatty Award
Rage! as Resident #5

1974

The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)

The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
The Dilemma as Gerald

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Killers of the Flower Moon
No Country for Old Men
The Homesman
WarGames
The Hot Spot
Career Opportunities
Urban Cowboy
Ben 10 Alien Swarm
Any Which Way You Can

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