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Barry Corbin

Barry Corbin

Actor · Born October 16, 1940 · Lamesa, Texas. USA

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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.

Acted in 192

2020s

  1. 2026
  2. 2025

    El Tonto Por Cristo

    Terry Don

  3. 2023
  4. 2022

    The Bay House

    Cowden Brooks

  5. 2021

    Funny Thing About Love

    Grandpa Joe

  6. Magic Max

    Grismer

  7. 2020

    Finding Harmony

    Grady Pickett

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. The Margarita Man

    Chief Doyle

  3. 2018
  4. The Valley

    Gary

  5. Farmer of the Year

    Hap

  6. 2017
  7. Ay Lav Yu Tuu

    Danny Brown

  8. 2016
  9. Windsor

    Gil Denton

  10. Last Man Club

    Pete Williams

  11. 2015
  12. Beyond the Farthest Star

    Chief Burns

  13. 2014
  14. The Hitchhiker

    Leonard

  15. Dawn of the Crescent Moon

    Cyrus

  16. 2013

    This Is Where We Live

    Bode Warden

  17. 2012

    Born Wild

    Ray Jennings

  18. Ghoul

    Grandfather

  19. 2011

    Universal Squadrons

    Deakin

  20. Feed the Fish

    Axel Andersen

  21. 2010

    Rising Stars

    Farmer

  22. NoNAMES

    Ed

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008
  3. 2007
  4. The Grand

    Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro

  5. 2006

    Waitin' to Live

    Buford Pike

  6. Beautiful Dreamer

    Grandpa

  7. 2005

    Alien Express

    Senator Frank Rawlings

  8. Yesterday's Dreams

    Pastor

  9. River's End

    Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins

  10. 2004

    The Gristle

    Senator Dorm

  11. 2003
  12. 2002

    Hope Ranch

    Shorty

  13. 2001
  14. No One Can Hear You

    Sheriff Joe Webster

  15. 2000
  16. Timequest

    Lyndon Johnson

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. Sealed with a Kiss

    Wink 'Pop' Blake

  3. Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

    Tony

  4. A Face to Kill For

    Frank Hadley

  5. 1998
  6. 1997

    The Hired Heart

    Mike Hadley

  7. The Fumbleheads

    Robert Blister

  8. 1996
  9. Curdled

    Lodger

  10. My Son Is Innocent

    Dan Pendleton

  11. Kiss and Tell

    George Reed

  12. 1995

    Deadly Family Secrets

    Mr. Potter

  13. Siringo

    Marshall John Llewellyn

  14. 1994
  15. 1993
  16. 1992

    The Keys

    Buckaloo

  17. 1991

    Conagher

    Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver

  18. 1990
  19. Last Flight Out

    Capt. Bob Berg

  20. Short Time

    Captain

1980s

  1. 1989

    Red King, White Knight

    Bentick

  2. The Famous Teddy Z

    TV

  3. I Know My First Name Is Steven

    Officer Warner · 2 episodes

  4. 1988

    The People Across the Lake

    Malcolm Bryce

  5. Permanent Record

    Jim Sinclair

  6. Stranger on My Land

    Gil

  7. Man Against the Mob

    Big Mac McCleary

  8. 1987

    Under Cover

    Sergeant Irwin Lee

  9. Off the Mark

    Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa

  10. Young Harry Houdini

    Elmore

  11. Spies

    TV

  12. LBJ: The Early Years

    Judge Alvin J. Wirtz

  13. Warm Hearts, Cold Feet

    Max

  14. 1986

    John Henry

    Mr. Jenkins

  15. Firefighter

    Capt. Johnson

  16. C.A.T. Squad

    The Director

  17. Maggie

    Jimmy Scott Farnsworth

  18. Under Siege

    Movie

  19. Hard Traveling

    Frank Burton

  20. 1985
  21. What Comes Around

    Leon Redden

  22. A Death in California

    Jim Heusdens · 2 episodes

  23. 1984
  24. Fatal Vision

    Franz Grebner · 2 episodes

  25. The Duck Factory

    Hubbell · 1 episode

  26. 1983

    The Man Who Loved Women

    Roy Carr

  27. Boone

    Merit Sawyer · 13 episodes

  28. Travis McGee

    Sheriff Hack Ames

  29. 1982
  30. Tucker's Witch

    TV

  31. Bus Stop

    Virgil Blessing

  32. Six Pack

    Sheriff

  33. Prime Suspect

    Bob Austin

  34. Fantasies

    Naylor

  35. 1981

    A Few Days at Weasel Creek

    Gus Lobell

  36. Bitter Harvest

    Dr. Agajanian

  37. Murder in Texas

    Dist. Atty. McMasters · 2 episodes

  38. This House Possessed

    Lt. Fletcher

  39. 1980
  40. Rage!

    Resident #5

No release date

  1. The Dilemma

    Gerald

  2. Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story

    Henry Spangler (voice)

  3. The Pipeline

    Lester Galloway

Appearances4

2010s

  1. 2015

    Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's

    Self

  2. 2014

    Diving With The Dinosaur Fish

    Narrator

  3. 2013

    Return to Cicely

    Self

1990s

  1. 1994

    Moon Shot

    Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)