Barry Corbin
Known for Acting · 199 credits
- Born
- 1940-10-16 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Lamesa, Texas. USA
- Also known as
- Leonard Barrie Corbin · 베리 코빈 · بری کوربین
Biography
Leonard Barrie Corbin (born October 16, 1940) is an American film and television actor. His is best known for his role as the pompous former astronaut Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure (1990–1995), which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Corbin also had prominent recurring or starring roles in the series Lonesome Dove, One Tree Hill, The Closer, Anger Management, The Ranch, and Better Call Saul. In film, he has acted in many genres including thrillers (WarGames, The Hot Spot, In the Valley of Elah), comedies (Any Which Way You Can, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Stir Crazy) and Westerns (Urban Cowboy, No Country for Old Men, Killers of the Flower Moon), often as a sheriff, military leader, or other authority figure.
Known For
TV Shows (56)
Yellowstone
2018
as Ross
Modern Family
2009
as Merle Tucker
Columbo
1971
as Clifford Calvert
Better Call Saul
2015
as Everett Acker
JAG
1995
as Percival Bertram
Young Sheldon
2017
as Mr. Gilford
Psych
2006
as Billy Joe
King of the Hill
1997
as Fire Chief (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lt. Lou Flannigan
The Closer
2005
as Clay Johnson
One Tree Hill
2003
as Whitey Durham
Dallas
1978
as Sheriff Fenton Washburn
Tulsa King
2022
as Babe Keller
M*A*S*H
1972
Army Wives
2007
as Veteran Patient
The A-Team
1983
as J.J. Kincaid
Hill Street Blues
1981
Parenthood
2010
as Ernie
The Drew Carey Show
1995
as Chuck Fifer
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
as Stuart Ryder
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Dead Run")
Spin City
1996
as Peter Noland / Peter Noland (archive footage)
Matlock
1986
as Steven McRea
The Outer Limits
1995
as Carlton Powers
Hart to Hart
1979
Ellen
1994
as Jack Penney
The Unit
2006
as Carson
Designing Women
1986
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Ben Crowder
Northern Exposure
1990
as Maurice Minnifield
Reba
2001
as JV
Anger Management
2012
as Ed
The Ranch
2016
as Dale
The Thorn Birds
1983
as Pete
The Magnificent Seven
1998
as Wickes
The Big Easy
1996
as C.D. LeBlanc
Unscripted
2005
as Barry Corbin
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Mr. Jenkins
Life with Louie
1994
as Uncle Sammy (voice)
Mysterious Ways
2000
Lonesome Dove
1989
as Roscoe Brown
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Elmore
The Famous Teddy Z
1989
Call to Glory
1984
as Mr. Hunter
Blood & Oil
2015
as Clifton Lundegren
The Duck Factory
1984
as Hubbell
Tucker's Witch
1982
I Know My First Name Is Steven
1989
as Officer Warner
Boone
1983
as Merit Sawyer
Fatal Vision
1984
as Franz Grebner
Murder in Texas
1981
as Dist. Atty. McMasters
NBC Special Treat
1975
as Stokey Andrews
A Death in California
1985
as Jim Heusdens
Spies
1987
Washingtoon
1985
as Bunky Munster
Moon Shot
1994
as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
Movies (143)
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Ellis
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
as Undertaker Turton
WarGames
1983
as General Beringer
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
2009
as Grandpa Max Tennyson
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Ol' Jammer (voice)
The Hot Spot
1990
as Sheriff
Career Opportunities
1991
as Officer Don
The Homesman
2014
as Buster Shaver
Any Which Way You Can
1980
as Fat Zack
Critters 2
1988
as Harv
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
as C.J.
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Arnold Bickman
Urban Cowboy
1980
as Uncle Bob
Stir Crazy
1980
as Warden Walter Beatty
Mountain Top
2017
as Sam Miller
The Grand
2007
as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
Rage!
1980
as Resident #5
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
as P.J. Downing
Honkytonk Man
1982
as Arnspriger
Held Up
1999
as Pembry
Monte Walsh
2003
as Bob the Storekeeper
Curdled
1996
as Lodger
Nothing in Common
1986
as Andrew Woolridge
My Science Project
1985
as Lew Harlan
Solo
1996
as General Clyde Haynes
It Takes Two
1988
as George Lawrence
All Saints
2017
as Forrest
Dead & Buried
1981
as Phil
Short Time
1990
as Captain
Ghost Dad
1990
as Mr. Emery Collins
Conagher
1991
as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
Bloodworth
2010
as Itchy
The Man Who Loved Women
1983
as Roy Carr
That Evening Sun
2009
as Thurl Chessor
Crossfire Trail
2001
as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
Trading Paint
2019
as Sheriff Buck Taylor
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
1981
as Wimbish
Six Pack
1982
as Sheriff
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
Wyvern
2009
as Haas
Not Since You
2009
as Uncle Dennis
Under Cover
1987
as Sergeant Irwin Lee
Lake City
2008
as George
My Son Is Innocent
1996
as Dan Pendleton
The Ratings Game
1984
as Colonel
Clover Bend
2002
as Cotton Clayton
Beer for My Horses
2008
as Buck Baker
Stranger on My Land
1988
as Gil
Siringo
1995
as Marshall John Llewellyn
Red King, White Knight
1989
as Bentick
Virus
1995
as Dr. Clayman
Eminence Hill
2019
as Noah
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
as Judge Smith
Last Man Club
2016
as Pete Williams
Brimming with Love
2018
as Walter
Sedona
2011
as Les
The Chase
1991
as Wallis
New Life
2016
as Oscar
Under Siege
1986
Ghoul
2012
as Grandfather
Timequest
2003
as Lyndon Johnson
Deadly Family Secrets
1995
as Mr. Potter
Permanent Record
1988
as Jim Sinclair
Sealed with a Kiss
1999
as Wink 'Pop' Blake
The Hired Heart
1997
as Mike Hadley
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
1999
as Tony
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
as B. R. Abernathy
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984
as Burt Hamilton
Valley of the Sun
2011
as Gene Taggart
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
as Judge
Young Harry Houdini
1987
as Elmore
An American in Texas
2017
as Larry Korchinsky
Shadow on the Mesa
2013
as Jake Rawlins
River's End
2005
as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
Alien Express
2005
as Senator Frank Rawlings
Prime Suspect
1982
as Bob Austin
The People Across the Lake
1988
as Malcolm Bryce
NoNAMES
2010
as Ed
Beautiful Dreamer
2006
as Grandpa
The Journeyman
2001
as Charlie Ledbetter
The Super Cops
1974
as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
LBJ: The Early Years
1987
as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
Sod and Stubble
2025
The Bay House
2022
as Cowden Brooks
The Keys
1992
as Buckaloo
Universal Squadrons
2011
as Deakin
Funny Thing About Love
2021
as Grandpa Joe
The Valley
2018
as Gary
Travis McGee
1983
as Sheriff Hack Ames
Bitter Harvest
1981
as Dr. Agajanian
Off the Mark
1987
as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
as Nick Hanson
Hope Ranch
2002
as Shorty
Dunsmore
2003
as Sheriff Breen
The Defiant Ones
1986
as Floyd Carpenter
C.A.T. Squad
1986
as The Director
Beyond the Farthest Star
2015
as Chief Burns
Firefighter
1986
as Capt. Johnson
A Face to Kill for
1999
as Frank Hadley
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
2015
as Self
No One Can Hear You
2001
as Sheriff Joe Webster
El Tonto Por Cristo
2025
as Terry Don
Feed the Fish
2011
as Axel Andersen
This Is Where We Live
2013
as Bode Warden
The Gristle
2004
as Senator Dorm
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
1981
as Gus Lobell
Last Flight Out
1990
as Capt. Bob Berg
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
1987
as Max
Man Against the Mob
1988
as Big Mac McCleary
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012
as Walker
The Hitchhiker
2014
as Leonard
Christmas in the Smokies
2015
as Wade Haygood
What Comes Around
1985
as Leon Redden
This House Possessed
1981
as Lt. Fletcher
Bus Stop
1982
as Virgil Blessing
John Henry
1986
as Mr. Jenkins
Hidden Places
2006
as Sheriff
Windsor
2016
as Gil Denton
The Fumbleheads
1997
as Robert Blister
The Pipeline
as Lester Galloway
About Barry Corbin
Leonard Barrie Corbin (born October 16, 1940) is an American film and television actor. His is best known for his role as the pompous former astronaut Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure (1990–1995), which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Corbin also had prominent recurring or starring roles in the series Lonesome Dove, One Tree Hill, The Closer, Anger Management, The Ranch, and Better Call Saul. In film, he has acted in many genres including thrillers (WarGames, The Hot Spot, In the Valley of Elah), comedies (Any Which Way… With 199 credits spanning from 1954 to 2025, Barry Corbin has appeared in 143 films and 56 TV shows.
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Most Popular Barry Corbin Movies
- No Country for Old Men (2007) — as Ellis
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) — as Undertaker Turton
- WarGames (1983) — as General Beringer
- Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009) — as Grandpa Max Tennyson
- Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) — as Ol' Jammer (voice)
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