Barry Corbin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-10-16 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Lamesa, Texas. USA
Barry Corbin
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.
Known For
Acting
The Pipeline
as Lester Galloway
Capture the Flag
as Miami
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
as Henry Spangler (voice)
Be Glad He Did It
as Buddy Kasper
El Tonto Por Cristo
as Terry Don
The Dilemma
as Gerald
(2025)
(2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Undertaker Turton
(2022)
The Bay House
as Cowden Brooks
(2021)
Funny Thing About Love
as Grandpa Joe
(2021)
Magic Max
as Grismer
(2020)
Star Trek: First Frontier
as John April
(2019)
Eminence Hill
as Noah
(2019)
Trading Paint
as Sheriff Buck Taylor
(2019)
The Margarita Man
as Chief Doyle
(2018)
The Valley
as Gary
(2018)
Brimming with Love
as Walter
(2018)
Farmer of the Year
as Hap
(2017)
Mountain Top
as Sam Miller
(2017)
All Saints
as Forrest
(2017)
An American in Texas
as Larry Korchinsky
(2017)
Ay Lav Yu Tuu
as Danny Brown
(2016)
New Life
as Oscar
(2016)
Windsor
as Gil Denton
(2016)
Last Man Club
as Pete Williams
(2015)
Christmas in the Smokies
as Wade Haygood
(2015)
(2014)
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Ol' Jammer (voice)
(2014)
The Homesman
as Buster Shaver
(2014)
Dawn of the Crescent Moon
as Cyrus
(2014)
The Hitchhiker
as Leonard
(2014)
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish
as Narrator
(2013)
Shadow on the Mesa
as Jake Rawlins
(2013)
Beyond the Farthest Star
as Chief Burns
(2013)
This Is Where We Live
as Bode Warden
(2012)
Ghoul
as Grandfather
(2012)
(2012)
Born Wild
as Ray Jennings
(2011)
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Judge Smith
(2011)
Feed the Fish
as Axel Andersen
(2011)
Sedona
as Les
(2011)
Universal Squadrons
as Deakin
(2011)
Valley of the Sun
as Gene Taggart
(2011)
The Next Door Neighbor
as Judge Rodgers
(2010)
Rising Stars
as Farmer
(2010)
NoNAMES
as Ed
(2010)
Bloodworth
as Itchy
(2009)
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
as Grandpa Max Tennyson
(2009)
Wyvern
as Haas
(2009)
That Evening Sun
as Thurl Chessor
(2009)
Not Since You
as Uncle Dennis
(2008)
Beer for My Horses
as Buck Baker
(2008)
Lake City
as George
(2007)
No Country for Old Men
as Ellis
(2007)
The Grand
as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
(2007)
In the Valley of Elah
as Arnold Bickman
(2006)
Beautiful Dreamer
as Grandpa
(2006)
Waitin' to Live
as Buford Pike
(2006)
Hidden Places
as Sheriff
(2005)
River's End
as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
(2005)
Alien Express
as Senator Frank Rawlings
(2005)
Yesterday's Dreams
as Pastor
(2004)
The Gristle
as Senator Dorm
(2003)
Monte Walsh
as Bob the Storekeeper
(2003)
Timequest
as Lyndon Johnson
(2003)
Dunsmore
as Sheriff Breen
(2002)
Clover Bend
as Cotton Clayton
(2002)
Hope Ranch
as Shorty
(2001)
Crossfire Trail
as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
(2001)
The Journeyman
as Charlie Ledbetter
(2001)
No One Can Hear You
as Sheriff Joe Webster
(2001)
(1999)
Held Up
as Pembry
(1999)
Sealed with a Kiss
as Wink 'Pop' Blake
(1999)
A Face to Kill for
as Frank Hadley
(1999)
(1997)
The Hired Heart
as Mike Hadley
(1997)
The Fumbleheads
as Robert Blister
(1996)
Solo
as General Clyde Haynes
(1996)
My Son Is Innocent
as Dan Pendleton
(1996)
Curdled
as Lodger
(1996)
Kiss and Tell
as George Reed
(1995)
Virus
as Dr. Clayman
(1995)
Deadly Family Secrets
as Mr. Potter
(1995)
Siringo
as Marshall John Llewellyn
(1994)
Moon Shot
as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
(1992)
The Keys
as Buckaloo
(1991)
Career Opportunities
as Officer Don
(1991)
Conagher
as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
(1991)
The Chase
as Wallis
(1990)
The Hot Spot
as Sheriff
(1990)
Short Time
as Captain
(1990)
Ghost Dad
as Mr. Emery Collins
(1990)
Last Flight Out
as Capt. Bob Berg
(1989)
Red King, White Knight
as Bentick
(1989)
Who's Harry Crumb?
as P.J. Downing
(1988)
Permanent Record
as Jim Sinclair
(1988)
Critters 2
as Harv
(1988)
The People Across the Lake
as Malcolm Bryce
(1988)
It Takes Two
as George Lawrence
(1988)
Man Against the Mob
as Big Mac McCleary
(1988)
Stranger on My Land
as Gil
(1987)
LBJ: The Early Years
as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
(1987)
Under Cover
as Sergeant Irwin Lee
(1987)
Off the Mark
as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
(1987)
Young Harry Houdini
as Elmore
(1987)
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
as Max
(1986)
Nothing in Common
as Andrew Woolridge
(1986)
Firefighter
as Capt. Johnson
(1986)
John Henry
as Mr. Jenkins
(1986)
The Defiant Ones
as Floyd Carpenter
(1986)
Hard Traveling
as Frank Burton
(1986)
(1986)
C.A.T. Squad
as The Director
(1985)
My Science Project
as Lew Harlan
(1985)
What Comes Around
as Leon Redden
(1984)
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
as Burt Hamilton
(1984)
The Ratings Game
as Colonel
(1984)
The Jesse Owens Story
as Judge
(1983)
WarGames
as General Beringer
(1983)
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as B. R. Abernathy
(1983)
Travis McGee
as Sheriff Hack Ames
(1983)
The Man Who Loved Women
as Roy Carr
(1982)
(1982)
Honkytonk Man
as Arnspriger
(1982)
Six Pack
as Sheriff
(1982)
Prime Suspect
as Bob Austin
(1982)
Fantasies
as Naylor
(1982)
Bus Stop
as Virgil Blessing
(1981)
Dead & Buried
as Phil
(1981)
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
as Gus Lobell
(1981)
This House Possessed
as Lt. Fletcher
(1981)
The Killing of Randy Webster
as Nick Hanson
(1981)
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
as Wimbish
(1981)
Bitter Harvest
as Dr. Agajanian
(1980)
Urban Cowboy
as Uncle Bob
(1980)
Rage!
as Resident #5
(1980)
Stir Crazy
as Warden Walter Beatty
(1980)
Any Which Way You Can
as Fat Zack
(1974)
The Super Cops
as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)