1. Barry Corbin is best known for his starring role as Maurice Minnifield on the television series Northern Exposure, which earned him two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
21 Facts About Barry Corbin
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Barry Corbin played football briefly in eighth grade, but soon moved to the arts, including acting and ballet classes.
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Barry Corbin graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas.
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Barry Corbin studied theater arts at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
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Barry Corbin began his career in the 1960s as a Shakespearean actor, but today is more likely to be seen in the role of the sheriff, military leader, or some other authority figure, though on occasion, he has portrayed murderous villains.
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From 1979 until 1984, Barry Corbin appeared in several episodes of Dallas as Sheriff Fenton Washburn.
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Barry Corbin played Mary Carson's stockman Pete, who teaches the Clearys' sons how to shear sheep on their aunt's gigantic Australian sheep station, Drogheda.
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Also in 1983, Barry Corbin played Merit Sawyer in the television series Boone, cancelled after 10 episodes.
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Barry Corbin's role was as a stern father to the young actor Tom Byrd, who played Boone Sawyer, an aspiring singer.
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From 1990 to 1995, Barry Corbin portrayed former astronaut and local business leader Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination.
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In 1994, Barry Corbin narrated the acclaimed TV documentary MoonShot, telling the story of the 1960s space race from the first-person viewpoint of Mercury Seven astronaut Deke Slayton.
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From 2007 to 2012, Barry Corbin appeared in the recurring role of Clay Johnson, father of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on The Closer.
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In 2003, Barry Corbin co-starred with Northern Exposure castmate John Cullum in "Blackwater Elegy", a short film written by Matthew Porter and co-directed by Porter and Joe O'Brien.
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From 2003 to 2009, Barry Corbin played Whitey Durham, the basketball coach for the Tree Hill Ravens on the drama series One Tree Hill.
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Barry Corbin had a role in 2007's No Country for Old Men.
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Barry Corbin lost most of his hair in the 1990s due to alopecia areata.
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Barry Corbin is the signature voice of radio station KPLX in Fort Worth, Texas, and has voiced trailers and promotions for CMT and various other country radio stations.
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Barry Corbin played a role in the Netflix series The Ranch.
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In 2020, Barry Corbin had a recurring guest role as Everett Acker in Better Call Saul.
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Barry Corbin has volunteered his time to charity for many years, including rodeos and being spokesman for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation.
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In September 2011, Barry Corbin was given a lifetime achievement award by the Estes Park Film Festival in Estes Park, Colorado.