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