
Barry Bostwick
Known for Acting · 187 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 (67)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Oliver Gates

Supernatural
2005
as Jay

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Collin Winthrop

American Dad!
2005
as VanDouzen (voice)

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

Psych
2006
as Roland Armitage

Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Grandpa (voice)

Scrubs
2001
as Mr. Randolph

Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Don Sullivan

Glee
2009
as Tim Stanwick

Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist

Scandal
2012
as Jerry Grant

Cold Case
2003
as Roy Brigham Anthony (2005)

Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Lucas Sandover

New Girl
2011
as Robert

The Goldbergs
2013
as Professor Majors

Charlie's Angels
1976
as Ted Machlin

Great Performances
1971
as Self

Las Vegas
2003
as Martin

Nip/Tuck
2003
as Roger Payne

Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Hugh

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter

Spin City
1996
as Randall Winston

Masters of Sex
2013
as Morris

Franklin & Bash
2011
as Jacob 'Falcon' Riley

Childrens Hospital
2008
as Grandpa Richie

Ugly Betty
2006
as Roger Adams

American Housewife
2016
as Thomas

Cougar Town
2009
as Roger Frank

Lexx
1997
as Thodin

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self

The Hitchhiker
1983
as Tony Lynch

Will & Grace
2017
as Jerry Wise

The New Batman Adventures
1997
as Irv Kleinman / Bernie Benson (voice)

What I Like About You
2002
as Jack Tyler

Less than Perfect
2002
as Max Damarius

'Til Death
2006
as George Von Stuessen

She Spies
2002
as Gary McNamara

Milo Murphy's Law
2016
as Clyde (voice)
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self

Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
2021
as Will

The Forgotten
2009
as Bill Ramey

The Golden Palace
1992
as Nick DeCarlo

A Woman of Substance
1985
as Major Paul McGill

War and Remembrance
1988
as 'Lady' Aster

The New Normal
2012
as Marty

Out of Practice
2005

Enlisted
2014
as Russell

Glory Daze
2010
as Mr. Wilson

Baby Bob
2002
as Jack Collins

The Great Indoors
2016
as Mather

High Society
1995
as Mark Finnegan

A Capitol Fourth
1980
as Self

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self

E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self

Foul Play
1981
as Detective Tucker Pendleton

George Washington
1984
as Gen. George Washington

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986
as George Washington

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
Movies (120)

Incredibles 2
2018
as Mayor (voice)

American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
2020
as Peepaw

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
as Brad Majors

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
as Thunderbolt (voice)

Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
as Mr. Bradley

Spy Hard
1996
as Norman Coleman

Teen Beach Movie
2013
as Big Poppa

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015
as Sorrell Reskov

The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave
2016
as Grandpa (voice)

Evening
2007
as Mr. Wittenborn

Love, Danielle
2024
as Bryce

Nancy Drew
2007
as Dashiel Biedermeyer

3 from Hell
2019
as Narrator

Depth Charge
2008

Chestnut: Hero of Central Park
2004
as Thomas Trundle

2010: Moby Dick
2010
as Captain Ahab

Tales of Halloween
2015
as Mr. Abbadon

Single All the Way
2021
as Harold

MegaForce
1982
as Ace Hunter

Road Movie
1974
as Hank

Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
as Tom Sheally

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

Spymate
2006
as The President

Miss Nobody
2010
as Father Grisham

Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self

FDR: American Badass!
2012
as FDR

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995
as Matt Sherry

Weekend at Bernie's II
1993
as Arthur Hummel

Making Megaforce
2026
as Self

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self

Swing
2003
as Freddie

In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful
1994
as Phillip

Bedrooms
2010
as Roger

Love Under the Stars
2015
as Walt Godfrey

Best Christmas Movies Ever!
2024
as Self

Blast Vegas
2013
as Sal Rowinski

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
as Self

Sane Inside Insanity
2025
as Self

One Hot Summer Night
1998
as Art Brooks

Grand-Daddy Day Care
2019
as Dynamite Dan North

Deceptions
1985
as Grant Roberts

Movie Movie
1978
as Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings

November Rule
2015
as Lance

A Christmas Miracle
2019
as Santa Dean

Parent Trap III
1989
as Jeffrey Wyatt

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
as Self

Undercover Brother 2
2019
as The Man

Finding Joy
2013
as Alan

Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse
2016
as The Senator

The Field
2019
as George

The Secret Agent Club
1996
as Vincent Scarletti

Once in a Lifetime
1994
as Dr. Matthew Dane

The Last U-Boat
1993
as Captain Hawkins

Challenger
1990
as Commander Francis R. Scobee

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self

Working
1982
as Steelworker

Pleasures
1986
as Ben Scott

Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
2016
as The Watchword

You Can't Take it With You
1979
as Anthony Kirby, Jr.

Captive
1991
as Paul Plunk

The Secretary
1995
as Eric Bradford

Home Run Showdown
2012
as Big Al

A Mermaid's Tale
2017
as Art

Men in White
1998
as President Smith

Three Days in August
2016
as John

Bigger Fatter Liar
2017
as Alan Wolf

Slay Belles
2018
as Santa

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
1989
as Jeffrey Wyatt

Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special
2001

Summer Girl
1983
as Gavin Shelburne

Betrayed by Innocence
1986
as Nick DeLeon

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
2017
as Bill Haywith

Santa Girl
2019
as Santa Claus

Christmas in Mississippi
2017
as Mr. Kriss

The Skulls III
2004
as Nathan Lloyd

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995
as Self

The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream
2020
as Brad Majors

I Worship His Shadow
1996
as Thodin

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
as Self

The Selling
2011
as Father Jimmy

Aaah! Roach!
as The Exterminator

A Different Kind of Christmas
1996
as Frank Mallory

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
2018
as Bill

Christmas in Louisiana
2019
as Timothy

Daruma
2024
as Horace

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1999
as Self

Murder by Natural Causes
1979
as Gil Weston

The Silent Lovers
1980
as John Gilbert

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
1981
as Maj. Jay Rivers

Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015
as Jonathan

Addicted to His Love
1988
as Larry Hogan

Praying Mantis
1993
as Don McAndrews

Slither
1974
as Dick Kanipsia

Jennifer on My Mind
1971
as Minstrel #1

Holiday Baggage
2008
as Pete Murphy

Love Is a Four Letter Word
2007
as Martin Harper

Men, Movies & Carol
1994
as Self

Love by Drowning
2020
as Val Martin Sr.

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
2016
as Self

Aladdin
1990
as Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring

Project: Metalbeast
1995
as Miller

Body of Evidence
1988
as Alex Dwyer

Between Love and Hate
1993
as Justin Conrad

919 Fifth Avenue
1995
as Lawrence Van Degen

Dragula
2014
as Dragula

Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon
1993
as Garral

Russian Holiday
1992
as Grant Ames

Some Guy Who Kills People
2011
as Sheriff Walt Fuller

The Quinns
1977
as Bill Quinn

Once Upon a Family
1980
as Henry Demerjian

Secrets of the Mountain
2010
as Henry Beecham

The Chadwick Family
1974
as Duffy McTaggert

Isla Monstro
2024
as Potus (voice)

The Roommates
as Henry
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986
as George Washington
An Uncommon Love
1983
as Kinser
Young Guy Christian
1979
as Guy Christian

Molly Robber
2020
as Ron "Dad"

An-tici-pation: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast Part II
2010
as Himself
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 187 credits spanning from 1956 to 2026, Barry Bostwick has appeared in 120 films and 67 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 Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) — as Brad Majors
- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) — as Thunderbolt (voice)
- Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) — as Mr. Bradley
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