Barry Corbin
Known for Acting
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
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Ellis
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
as Undertaker Turton
WarGames
1983
as General Beringer
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Arnold Bickman
Career Opportunities
1991
as Officer Don
The Hot Spot
1990
as Sheriff
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Ol' Jammer (voice)
The Homesman
2014
as Buster Shaver
Stir Crazy
1980
as Warden Walter Beatty
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
2009
as Grandpa Max Tennyson
Urban Cowboy
1980
as Uncle Bob
Bloodworth
2010
as Itchy
Dead & Buried
1981
as Phil
Any Which Way You Can
1980
as Fat Zack
The Ratings Game
1984
as Colonel
Nothing in Common
1986
as Andrew Woolridge
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
as C.J.
Mountain Top
2017
as Sam Miller
That Evening Sun
2009
as Thurl Chessor
Solo
1996
as General Clyde Haynes