Barry Bostwick
Known for Acting · 189 credits
- Born
- 1945-02-24 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- San Mateo, California, USA
Biography
Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing Brad Majors in the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, replacing Peter Scolari as Mr. Tyler in the sitcom What I Like About You, and playing Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City. He has also had considerable fame in musical theater.
Known For
TV Shows (69)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Oliver Gates
Supernatural
2005
as Jay
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Collin Winthrop
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as VanDouzen (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Goldbergs
2013
as Professor Majors
Psych
2006
as Roland Armitage
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Grandpa (voice)
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Don Sullivan
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Roger Payne
Scrubs
2001
as Mr. Randolph
Glee
2009
as Tim Stanwick
New Girl
2011
as Robert
Cold Case
2003
as Roy Brigham Anthony (2005)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Lucas Sandover
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Scandal
2012
as Jerry Grant
Las Vegas
2003
as Martin
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Ted Machlin
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Hugh
American Playhouse
1982
as Steelworker
Spin City
1996
as Randall Winston
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Grandpa Richie
American Housewife
2016
as Thomas
Cougar Town
2009
as Roger Frank
What I Like About You
2002
as Jack Tyler
Ugly Betty
2006
as Roger Adams
Masters of Sex
2013
as Morris
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Jacob 'Falcon' Riley
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
Lexx
1997
as Thodin
Milo Murphy's Law
2016
as Clyde (voice)
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Tony Lynch
'Til Death
2006
as George Von Stuessen
Will & Grace
2017
as Jerry Wise
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
2021
as Will
She Spies
2002
as Gary McNamara
The New Batman Adventures
1997
as Irv Kleinman / Bernie Benson (voice)
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
Less than Perfect
2002
as Max Damarius
The Golden Palace
1992
as Nick DeCarlo
A Capitol Fourth
1980
as Self
The Forgotten
2009
as Bill Ramey
A Woman of Substance
1985
as Major Paul McGill
War and Remembrance
1988
as 'Lady' Aster
The New Normal
2012
as Marty
Glory Daze
2010
as Mr. Wilson
Enlisted
2014
as Russell
The Great Indoors
2016
as Mather
Out of Practice
2005
High Society
1995
as Mark Finnegan
Baby Bob
2002
as Jack Collins
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
George Washington
1984
as Gen. George Washington
Scruples
1980
as Spider Elliott
Movies (120)
Incredibles 2
2018
as Mayor (voice)
American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
2020
as Peepaw
The Field
2019
as George
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
as Brad Majors
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
as Thunderbolt (voice)
Spy Hard
1996
as Norman Coleman
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
as Mr. Bradley
Teen Beach Movie
2013
as Big Poppa
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015
as Sorrell Reskov
3 from Hell
2019
as Narrator
Single All the Way
2021
as Harold
A Mermaid's Tale
2017
as Art
Sane Inside Insanity
2025
as Self
Home Run Showdown
2012
as Big Al
The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave
2016
as Grandpa (voice)
MegaForce
1982
as Ace Hunter
2010: Moby Dick
2010
as Captain Ahab
Nancy Drew
2007
as Dashiel Biedermeyer
Love, Danielle
2024
as Bryce
Isla Monstro
2024
as Potus (voice)
Tales of Halloween
2015
as Mr. Abbadon
Undercover Brother 2
2019
as The Man
Summer Girl
1983
as Gavin Shelburne
Evening
2007
as Mr. Wittenborn
Movie Movie
1978
as Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Swing
2003
as Freddie
Making Megaforce
2026
as Self
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
2017
as Bill Haywith
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
2018
as Bill
Bigger Fatter Liar
2017
as Alan Wolf
Love Under the Stars
2015
as Walt Godfrey
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
as Tom Sheally
Weekend at Bernie's II
1993
as Arthur Hummel
An Uncommon Love
1983
as Kinser
Bedrooms
2010
as Roger
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Spymate
2006
as The President
Parent Trap III
1989
as Jeffrey Wyatt
Grand-Daddy Day Care
2019
as Dynamite Dan North
The Secret Agent Club
1996
as Vincent Scarletti
Jennifer on My Mind
1971
as Minstrel #1
A Christmas Miracle
2019
as Santa Dean
Challenger
1990
as Commander Francis R. Scobee
FDR: American Badass!
2012
as FDR
Addicted to His Love
1988
as Larry Hogan
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
Once in a Lifetime
1994
as Dr. Matthew Dane
Blast Vegas
2013
as Sal Rowinski
Men in White
1998
as President Smith
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
2016
as The Watchword
You Can't Take it With You
1979
as Anthony Kirby, Jr.
November Rule
2015
as Lance
The Secretary
1995
as Eric Bradford
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
1989
as Jeffrey Wyatt
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
as Self
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995
as Matt Sherry
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
Captive
1991
as Paul Plunk
Some Guy Who Kills People
2011
as Sheriff Walt Fuller
Love by Drowning
2020
as Val Martin Sr.
Miss Nobody
2010
as Father Grisham
Christmas in Mississippi
2017
as Mr. Kriss
Dragula
2014
as Dragula
Between Love and Hate
1993
as Justin Conrad
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
2024
as Self
919 Fifth Avenue
1995
as Lawrence Van Degen
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015
as Jonathan
Depth Charge
2008
One Hot Summer Night
1998
as Art Brooks
Russian Holiday
1992
as Grant Ames
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
Three Days in August
2016
as John
The Skulls III
2004
as Nathan Lloyd
Christmas in Louisiana
2019
as Timothy
Secrets of the Mountain
2010
as Henry Beecham
Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse
2016
as The Senator
Betrayed by Innocence
1986
as Nick DeLeon
Aaah! Roach!
as The Exterminator
Chestnut: Hero of Central Park
2004
as Thomas Trundle
Deceptions
1985
as Grant Roberts
Finding Joy
2013
as Alan
The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream
2020
as Brad Majors
Once Upon a Family
1980
as Henry Demerjian
Slay Belles
2018
as Santa
Praying Mantis
1993
as Don McAndrews
Young Guy Christian
1979
as Guy Christian
Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
1981
as Maj. Jay Rivers
Murder by Natural Causes
1979
as Gil Weston
The Quinns
1977
as Bill Quinn
Men, Movies & Carol
1994
as Self
Aladdin
1990
as Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring
Project: Metalbeast
1995
as Miller
Holiday Baggage
2008
as Pete Murphy
Santa Girl
2019
as Santa Claus
In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful
1994
as Phillip
The Last U-Boat
1993
as Captain Hawkins
The Silent Lovers
1980
as John Gilbert
The Roommates
as Henry
The Selling
2011
as Father Jimmy
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
as Self
The Chadwick Family
1974
as Duffy McTaggert
Body of Evidence
1988
as Alex Dwyer
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986
as George Washington
Pleasures
1986
as Ben Scott
I Worship His Shadow
1996
as Thodin
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
2016
as Self
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1999
as Self
Love Is a Four Letter Word
2007
as Martin Harper
Working
1982
as Steelworker
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
as Self
An-tici-pation: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast Part II
2010
as Himself
A Different Kind of Christmas
1996
as Frank Mallory
Daruma
2024
as Horace
Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special
2001
Road Movie
1974
as Hank
Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon
1993
as Garral
Slither
1974
as Dick Kanipsia
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995
as Self
Molly Robber
2020
as Ron "Dad"
About Barry Bostwick
Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing Brad Majors in the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, replacing Peter Scolari as Mr. Tyler in the sitcom What I Like About You, and playing Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City. He has also had considerable fame in musical theater. With 189 credits spanning from 1956 to 2026, Barry Bostwick has appeared in 120 films and 69 TV shows.
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Most Popular Barry Bostwick Movies
- Incredibles 2 (2018) — as Mayor (voice)
- American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules (2020) — as Peepaw
- The Field (2019) — as George
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) — as Brad Majors
- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) — as Thunderbolt (voice)
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