Barry Primus
Barry Primus | |
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| Born | February 16, 1938 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Bennington College |
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| Years active | 1963–present |
| Spouse | Julie Arenal |
Barry Primus (born February 16, 1938) is an American television and film actor, director, and writer.
Career
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While Primus is primarily an actor, he has also worked as a writer and director in films in which he has acted. For the first decade of his career, he was employed as a stage actor. He gained some experience on TV in shows like
He then made his initial film appearance in the Manhattan-filmed
After working as second unit director on Mark Rydell's The Rose (1979), Primus increased his behind-the-camera activities; in 1992, he directed his first theatrical feature, the "inside" Hollywood comedy/drama Mistress.
A member of the
Primus's recent film work includes
Personal life
Primus has been married to choreographer Julie Arenal for over 50 years.
Select filmography
- 1968 The Brotherhood as Vido
- 1970 Puzzle of a Downfall Child as Aaron Reinhardt
- 1971 Hermann Goering
- 1971 Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me as Gnossos 'Paps' Pappadopoulis
- 1972 Boxcar Bertha as Rake Brown
- 1974 The Gravy Train as Tony
- 1975 Autopsy as Father Paul Lenox
- 1977 New York, New York as Paul Wilson
- 1978 Avalanche as Mark Elliott
- 1979 Heartland as Jack
- 1979 The Rose as Dennis
- 1980 Night Games as Jason St. John
- 1981 Les Uns et les Autres
- 1981 Absence of Malice as Waddell
- 1983 Over Here, Mr. President as Mike Yaeger
- 1984 The River as Roy
- 1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills as Lou Waltzberg
- 1986 Jake Speed as Lawrence
- 1986 SpaceCamp as Brennan
- 1987 Talking Walls as Professor Hirsch
- 1987 The Stranger as Sergeant Drake
- 1988 Big Business as Michael
- 1989 Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death as Ford Maddox
- 1990 Denial as Jay
- 1990 Torn Apart as Arie Arnon
- 1990 Final Stage as Detective #1
- 1991 Guilty by Suspicion as Bert Alan
- 1992 Night and the City as Tommy Tessler
- 1992 Mistress (writer, director, producer)
- 1996 Flipping as Joey, Leo's Crew
- 1999 Black and White as Priest
- 2001 15 Minutes as Cab Driver
- 2001 James Dean as Nicholas Ray
- 2001 Life as a House as Tom
- 2003 Frankie and Johnny Are Married as Himself
- 2004 Cross Bronx as Mary Green
- 2004 When Will I Be Loved as Victor Barrie
- 2005 Break a Leg as Ira Goldstein
- 2006 Mustang Sally as Dr. Koshansky
- 2008 Jackson as Donald
- 2008 Righteous Kill as Dr. Prosky
- 2012 The Legend as Arnold
- 2013 Memoirs (Short) as Ray Harris
- 2013 American Hustle as Tellegio's Consigliere
- 2013 Grudge Matchas Joey, The Bartender
- 2013 Redemptionas Scott McCabe
- 2013 The Next Cassavetes as Fire Marshal
- 2014 Small Time as Jerry
- 2014 The Longest Week as Bernard, the Chauffeur
- 2015 Bad Hurt as Marty
- 2015 Joyas Rudy's Attorney
- 2017 Breakable You as Dr. Chazen
- 2019 The Irishman as Ewing King
- 2020 Arkansas as Old Greek
References
- ^ "Barry Primus biography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on April 4, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
- ^ "Maine Media |". Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
External links
- Barry Primus at IMDb
- Barry Primus at AllMovie
- Barry Primus at the Internet Broadway Database
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