Raymond J. Barry

For persons of a similar name, see Ray Barry (disambiguation).

Raymond J. Barry
Raymond J. Barry with his wife and two of their children (2011)
Born	Raymond John Barry (1939-03-14) March 14, 1939 Hempstead, New York, U.S.
Education	Brown University (BA) Yale University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970–present
Spouse	Robyn Mundell
Children	4
Website	raymondjbarry.org

Raymond John Barry (born March 14, 1939) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the film Steel City.

Personal life

Raymond John Barry was born in Hempstead, New York. He is married to writer Robyn Mundell. Together they have four children, Oona, Raymond, Liam and Manon.

His father, Raymond Barry, worked in sales. His mother, Barbara Constance Barry (née Duffy), was also an actor, known professionally as B. Constance Barry (April 29, 1913 – October 22, 2006). Her final role in 2001, was in the film L.I.E. Barry's mother was of Canadian, Irish, and Swedish descent, and Barry's paternal grandparents were from Ireland.

A three-letter athlete at Lynbrook High School in Lynbrook, New York, Barry graduated from Brown University in 1962. While there, he earned his degree in Philosophy. Afterwards, he completed the Yale Drama School.

Career

Before appearing in films he appeared in more than 75 plays. Barry is known for his roles in the film Interview with the Assassin, portraying Walter Ohlinger, a man who claimed to be the second shooter on the Grassy Knoll in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and as Ron Kovic's father in the Academy Award-winning film Born on the Fourth of July. Barry also played Pa Cox, known for his character's continuous quote, "The wrong kid died!" in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

Other films in which he appeared include: Dead Man Walking, Cool Runnings, K2, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Falling Down, and Training Day.

On television, he has appeared as Jack Shephard's grandfather in Lost, as Fox Mulder's congressional patron, Senator Richard Matheson, in The X-Files, and as Lilly Rush's father in CBS series Cold Case. He had a recurring role on Justified as Arlo Givens, the father of main character Raylan Givens.

Barry appeared in two films focusing on the death penalty, Dead Man Walking and The Chamber, both with actor Robert Prosky.

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Sur Faces
	Between the Lines	Herbert Fisk
	The Goodbye Girl	Richard III Cast
1978	An Unmarried Woman	Edward Thoreaux
1980	Christmas Evil	Detective Gleason
1985	Insignificance	Ballplayer's Father
	Year of the Dragon	Louis Bukowski
1986	Slow Burn	Gerald McMurty
	Out of Bounds	Hurley
	Playing for Keeps	Mr. Hatcher, Chloe's Father
1987	Three for the Road	Senator Kitteredge
1988	Cop	Captain Fred Gaffney
	Daddy's Boys	Daddy
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Mr. Kovic
1991	December Bride	Petey
	Nothing but Trouble	Mark
	K2	Phillip Claiborne
1992	The Turning	Mark Harnish
	Rapid Fire	FBI Agent Frank Stewart
1993	Falling Down	Captain Bill Yardley
	Cool Runnings	Kurt Hemphill
1994	The Ref	Lieutenant Huff
1995	Sudden Death	US Vice President Daniel Binder
	Dead Man Walking	Earl Delacroix
	Headless Body in Topless Bar	The Man
1996	The Chamber	Rollie Wedge / Donnie Cayhall
1997	Best Men	Agent Hoover
	Mad City	FBI Special Agent Dobbins
	Flubber	Chester Hoenicker
1998	Return to Paradise	Sheriff's Father	uncredited
2001	Recoil		uncredited
	The Deep End	Carlie Nagel
	Training Day	Captain Lou Jacobs
	New Port South	Edwards
2002	Interview with the Assassin	Walter Ohlinger
2003	Just Married	Mr. Leezak
	The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story	Stephen Figura
	The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp	Stephen Figura
2004	The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea	Stephen Figura
2006	Steel City	Vic Lee
	Slumberland	Harry
	Little Children	Bob "Bullhorn Bob"
2007	Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane	Captain Banyon
	The Death and Life of Bobby Z	Stanley
	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Pa Cox
2008	Seducing Spirits	Dr. Joel Sheinbaum
	The Dot Man	General Boyt
	American Crude	Mr. Grand
	Hotel California	Dmitri Debartolla
2009	Set Apart	Will Lantis
2012	Charlie Valentine	Charlie Valentine
	The Order		uncredited
	The Shortcut	Ivor Hartley
	The Yellow Wallpaper	Dr. Jack Everland
2014	3 Days to Kill	CIA Director
2016	The Purge: Election Year	Caleb Warrens
	Brave New Jersey	Captain Ambrose P. Collins
2018	Desolation	Father Bill
2024	Filthy Animals	Lester

Television

Year	Title	Role	Episode	Notes
1974	Upstairs, Downstairs	Mr. Lyon's Friend	"The Sudden Storm"
1978	Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This	Tony		TV movie
1983	The Face of Rage			TV movie
1985	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Captain Ted Ronson	"J. Edgar's Ghost"
1987	It's a Living	Gangster	"Ginger's Baby"
1987–1988	The Oldest Rookie	Lieutenant Marco Zaga	Main cast
1990	Drug Wars: The Camarena Story	Jack Lawn	Main cast	Miniseries
1992	Tales from the Crypt	Joe Garrett	"King of the Road"
	L.A. Law		"Love on the Rox"
	Two-Fisted Tales	Garrett	Segment: "King of the Road"	TV Movie
1993	Between Love and Hate	Charles Templeton		TV movie
	Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert	Jack Graves		TV movie
1994	Frasier		"You Can't Tell a Crook by His Cover"
	Melrose Place	Vince Connors	"No Strings Attached"
	Hyperion Bay	Frank Sweeney	"The Rope"
1994–1999	The X-Files	Senator Richard Matheson	3 episodes
1998	Four Corners	Sam Haskell
1999	Wasteland		2 episodes
2002	UC: Undercover	Nathan Dubinsky	"Teddy C"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dr. Phillip Gerard	"The Accused is Entitled"
	Push, Nevada	D'Wight Sloman / Dwight Sloman	"The Letter of the Law"
2003	Dragnet	Sergeant Gil Thorn	"The Little Guy"
2004	Alias	Senator George Reed	2 episodes
2005	Crossing Jordan	Mr. Nicholas	"Luck Be a Lady"
	Law & Order	Robert Dolan	"Ghosts"
2006	Mystery Woman: Redemption	Reverend Tucker		TV movie
2008	Welcome to The Captain	The General	2 episodes
2008–2009	Cold Case	Paul Cooper	6 episodes
	The Cleaner	Bill Banks	2 episodes
2009	Lost	Ray Shephard	"316"
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Travis Hankett	"Wannabe"
	NCIS: Los Angeles	Branston Cole / Bernstrom Kohl	2 episodes
	The Will: Family Secrets Revealed	Joey Bishop	"The Estate of Joey Bishop"
2010–2015	Justified	Arlo Givens	Recurring role (seasons 1–4, 6)
2011	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Johnny Eames	"The Last Street in Manhattan"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Arvin Thorpe	3 episodes
2012	New Girl	Older Nick	"Katie"
2013	Axe Cop	Bad Santa	"Birthday Month"
	Grey's Anatomy	Gene Steers	"Puttin' on the Ritz"
2014–2015	The 100	Dante Wallace	Recurring role (season 2)
2016	Ray Donovan	Dmitri Sokolov	2 episodes
2017	Feud: Bette and Joan	Hal LeSueur	"Hagsploitation"
	Gotham	The Shaman / Sensei	Recurring role (season 3)
	Training Day	Captain Lou Jacobs	"Elegy"	reprised his role from the 2001 film
	You're the Worst	Burt	"It's Been: Part 1"
	The Gifted	Otto Strucker	"threat of eXtinction"
2018	Shooter	August Russo	3 episodes
2019	13 Reasons Why	Harrison Chatham	Recurring role (season 3)
2022	Snowfall	Old Man James	2 episodes

Theatre

Off Broadway

Year	Title	Role	Theatre
1970	Terminal	The Open Theater Ensemble	Washington Square Methodist Church
	The Serpent: A Ceremony
1974	The Last Days of British Honduras	The Amerind	Joseph Papp Public Theater
1975	Fishing	Rory
1976	Woyzeck	Drum Major / Grandmother / Cop
1977	Happy End	Baby Face	Theatre Four
	Landscape of the Body	Masked Man / Dope King / Bank Teller	Joseph Papp Public Theater
1978	Curse of the Starving Class	Slater
1981	Penguin Touquet	Dangerous Man
	Hunting Scenes from Bavaria	Volker	Stage 73
1983	Egyptology: My Head was a Sledgehammer		Joseph Papp Public Theater

Broadway

Year	Title	Role	Theatre
1975	The Leaf People	Gitaucho (Meesho)	Booth Theatre
1977	Happy End	Volker	Martin Beck Theatre
1979	Zoot Suit	Sergeant Smith / Bailiff / Sailor	Winter Garden Theatre

External links

• Media related to Raymond J. Barry at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Raymond J. Barry at IMDb 
• Raymond J. Barry at the Internet Broadway Database
• Raymond J. Barry at the Internet Off-Broadway Database