Portrait of Barry Primus

Acting

Barry Primus

Career

Active from 1967 to 2025, with a break from 2015 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Heartland
Heartland
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barry Primus Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7
  • Coming of Age
    2.1, average 3.0
  • Wonder
    2.6, average 3.4
  • Spiritual
    1.5, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Tension 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Complex Relationships 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Show Business 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Psychological Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 60
Eternity
Eternity (2025)
GoodWatch score 71

as Older Larry

The Prank
The Prank (2024)
GoodWatch score 55

as George Wheeler

Arkansas
Arkansas (2020)
GoodWatch score 54

as Old Greek

2010s

5 titles ยท average score 59
The Irishman
The Irishman (2019)
GoodWatch score 86

as Ewing King

Breakable You
Breakable You (2017)
GoodWatch score 35

as Dr. Chazen

Joy
Joy (2015)
GoodWatch score 61

as Rudy's Attorney

The Longest Week
The Longest Week (2014)
GoodWatch score 32

as Bernard the Chauffer

American Hustle
American Hustle (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

as Tellegio's Consigliere

2000s

10 titles ยท average score 62
Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
GoodWatch score 81

Thanks

Jackson
Jackson (2008)

as Donald

Righteous Kill
Righteous Kill (2008)
GoodWatch score 38

as Prosky

After Midnight
After Midnight (2007)

as Marty Cole

Big Guns
Big Guns (2006)

as Will Fox

Break a Leg
Break a Leg (2005)
GoodWatch score 51

as Ira Goldstein

Boston Legal
Boston Legal (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Professor Jeffrey Benoit

15 Minutes
15 Minutes (2001)
GoodWatch score 43

as Cab Driver

Life as a House
Life as a House (2001)
GoodWatch score 60

as Tom

James Dean
James Dean (2001)
GoodWatch score 81

as Nicholas Ray

1990s

18 titles ยท average score 58
Providence
Providence (1999)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Gordon

Gold Coast
Gold Coast (1997)
GoodWatch score 48

as Ed Grossi

The Practice
The Practice (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Porn Film Director Goodwin

Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ellis Parker

Arli$$
Arli$$ (1996)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Benny

Trade Off
Trade Off (1995)
GoodWatch score 41

as Detective Gold

The X-Files
The X-Files (1993)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Robert Dorlund

seaQuest DSV
seaQuest DSV (1993)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Frobe Ernst

Mistress
Mistress (1992)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay, Story

Night and the City
Night and the City (1992)
GoodWatch score 57

as Tommy Tessler

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Gary Silver

Denial
Denial (1990)
GoodWatch score 49

as Jay

1980s

28 titles ยท average score 58
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
GoodWatch score 33

as Ford Maddox

Big Business
Big Business (1988)
GoodWatch score 59

as Michael

The Stranger
The Stranger (1987)
GoodWatch score 49

as Sergeant Drake

Talking Walls
Talking Walls (1987)
GoodWatch score 32

as Professor Hirsch

Stillwatch
Stillwatch (1987)

as Toby Wilson

L.A. Law
L.A. Law (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Jack Lambert

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Det. Sgt. Len Berger

Miami Vice
Miami Vice (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as FBI Agt. Daley

Heartland
Heartland (1981)
GoodWatch score 86

as Jack

Absence of Malice
Absence of Malice (1981)
GoodWatch score 70

as Robert Waddell

On Golden Pond
On Golden Pond (1981)
GoodWatch score 78

Casting

Night Games
Night Games (1980)
GoodWatch score 45

as Jason St. John

1970s

18 titles ยท average score 60
The Rose
The Rose (1979)
GoodWatch score 71

as Dennis

Knots Landing
Knots Landing (1979)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Mitch Casey

Avalanche
Avalanche (1978)
GoodWatch score 27

as Mark Elliott

New York, New York
New York, New York (1977)
GoodWatch score 62

as Paul Wilson

Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target
Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target (1977)

as Harry Jaworsky

Lou Grant
Lou Grant (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Autopsy
Autopsy (1975)
GoodWatch score 59

as Father Paul Lenox

Big Rose
Big Rose (1974)

as Ed Mills

Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
GoodWatch score 57

as Rake Brown

Von Richthofen and Brown
Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
GoodWatch score 54

as Hermann Goering

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971)

as Gnossos "Paps" Pappadopoulis

Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
GoodWatch score 62

as Aaron Reinhardt

1960s

4 titles ยท average score 66
Medical Center
Medical Center (1969)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

The Brotherhood
The Brotherhood (1968)
GoodWatch score 60

as Vido

The Desperate Hours
The Desperate Hours (1967)

as Hank Griffin

The Virginian
The Virginian (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Johnny Younce