Barry Corbin — biography, films, roles and trivia

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.

Filmography

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2007 No Country for Old Men Ellis

Interesting facts

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Full name is Leonard Barrie Corbin.
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Barry has an illegitimate daughter, Shannon Ross, from a woman he dated in college. She became pregnant and, without telling Corbin, gave the daughter up for adoption. Corbin learned about her when Shannon was already 26 years old.