Raymond J. Barry filmography and biography
Date of birth: 14 March 1939, Hempstead, Long Island, New York, USA
Raymond J. Barry biography
Raymond J. Barry was born in New York, and attended Brown University, where he was a star athlete in football, basketball, and track. While there, he earned his degree in Philosophy and as a senior, was cast in the stage production of "Picnic," where he played a football player. He then entered the Yale Drama School and after completing, acted in the Broadway play "The Leaf People." He has appeared in over 100 plays and has starred in such films as Dead Man Walking, Sudden Death, and The Chamber. Before moving into film, Raymond J. Barry appeared in more than 75 stage productions, winning two Obie Awards for "Leaf People" and "Molly's Dream." Barry earned a degree in philosophy at Brown University before being accepted by the Yale School of Drama. After he moved to New York in the 1960s, his involvement with experimental theatre included work with Julian Beck at the Living Theatre and with John Vaccaro at the Theatre of the Ridiculous. Barry appeared in 17 productions of the New York Shakespeare Festival and by 1968, was touring Europe with Joseph Chaikin's Open Theatre. Barry is also actively writing stage projects. He co-directed the Puerto Rican Writer's Workshop in New York, and his play "Once In Doubt" won the 1990 Drama Critic's Circle Award.
Raymond J. Barry trivia
- Trained in acting by William Hickey (I). Worked with
Julian Beck in The Living Theater, one of the leaders in
avant-garde theater during the 1960s in New York.
- Once taught English at a private school in New York called Oakland
Academy.
- Received a Dramalogue Award and L.A. Drama Critics Award for writing and
starring in "Once In Doubt" at the Los Angeles Theatre Centre.
- Received the 1997 Dramalogue Award for his performance in the play
"Buried Child".
- Barry earned a degree in philosophy at Brown University before being
accepted by the Yale University School of Drama.
Raymond J. Barry quotes
- I did things because of the things themselves. And I still do that with
my writing, my painting, sometimes with acting still, and I don't care.
You're at the mercy of money. You become nothing more than a hunter, in
terms of tribal ethic, because we all are members of a tribe, let's
face it. You go through your war period in high school when you're a
little jock, then you become a provider for your family. Some people
are better hunters than other, and bring in more deer. In our culture
it's not about deer, it's about money, which is tragic. I think if you
lose touch with that stuff, with what you really care about, you're
dead in the water.
- Being an artist, particularly being an actor, is a very worthwhile life,
but can also be a very hard one, because you can't hide. Specifically,
what you can't hide from are your tensions, which are derived from
fear. It reads on a screen or on stage if you're tense, and the tension
has got to come from some hang-up you have about being there to begin
with.