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Barry Corbin

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Barry Corbin

Born October 16, 1940 in Lamesa, Texas. USA138 films

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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Killers of the Flower Moon poster7.4Killers of the Flower Moon2023WarGames poster7.1WarGames1983In the Valley of Elah poster6.8In the Valley of Elah2007Career Opportunities poster6.9Career Opportunities1991The Homesman poster6.5The Homesman2014Planes: Fire & Rescue poster6.2Planes: Fire & Rescue2014Stir Crazy poster6.5Stir Crazy1980Critters 2 poster6.2Critters 21988

Filmography

138 films as actor
  1. TBAThe DilemmaGerald
  2. TBAThe PipelineLester Galloway
  3. TBABe Glad He Did ItBuddy Kasper
  4. TBACapture the FlagMiami
  5. TBAWorst EnemyJim
  6. TBAA Trace of MurderClifford Calvert
  7. 2025El Tonto Por CristoTerry Don
  8. 2025Sod and Stubble
  9. 2023Killers of the Flower MoonUndertaker Turton
  10. 2022The Bay HouseCowden Brooks
  11. 2021Funny Thing About LoveGrandpa Joe
  12. 2021Magic MaxGrismer
  13. 2019Eminence HillNoah
  14. 2019The Margarita ManChief Doyle
  15. 2019Trading PaintSheriff Buck Taylor
  16. 2018The ValleyGary
  17. 2018Brimming with LoveWalter
  18. 2018Farmer of the YearHap
  19. 2017An American in TexasLarry Korchinsky
  20. 2017Ay Lav Yu TuuDanny Brown
  21. 2017All SaintsForrest
  22. 2017Mountain TopSam Miller
  23. 2016New LifeOscar
  24. 2016WindsorGil Denton
  25. 2016Last Man ClubPete Williams
  26. 2015Christmas in the SmokiesWade Haygood
  27. 2015Beyond the Farthest StarChief Burns
  28. 2014Planes: Fire & RescueOl' Jammer (voice)
  29. 2014The HomesmanBuster Shaver
  30. 2014The HitchhikerLeonard
  31. 2014Dawn of the Crescent MoonCyrus
  32. 2013This Is Where We LiveBode Warden
  33. 2013Shadow on the MesaJake Rawlins
  34. 2012Born WildRay Jennings
  35. 2012The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente FernandezWalker
  36. 2012GhoulGrandfather
  37. 2011Universal SquadronsDeakin
  38. 2011Redemption: For Robbing the DeadJudge Smith
  39. 2011SedonaLes
  40. 2011Feed the FishAxel Andersen
  41. 2011Valley of the SunGene Taggart
  42. 2011The Next Door NeighborJudge Rodgers
  43. 2010Rising StarsFarmer
  44. 2010NoNAMESEd
  45. 2010BloodworthItchy
  46. 2009Ben 10: Alien SwarmGrandpa Max Tennyson
  47. 2009That Evening SunThurl Chessor
  48. 2009Not Since YouUncle Dennis
  49. 2009WyvernHaas
  50. 2008Beer for My HorsesBuck Baker
  51. 2008Lake CityGeorge
  52. 2007No Country for Old MenEllis
  53. 2007In the Valley of ElahArnold Bickman
  54. 2007The GrandJimminy 'Lucky' Faro
  55. 2006Waitin' to LiveBuford Pike
  56. 2006Beautiful DreamerGrandpa
  57. 2006Hidden PlacesSheriff
  58. 2005Alien ExpressSenator Frank Rawlings
  59. 2005Yesterday's DreamsPastor
  60. 2005River's EndSheriff 'Buster' Watkins
  61. 2004The GristleSenator Dorm
  62. 2003DunsmoreSheriff Breen
  63. 2003Monte WalshBob the Storekeeper
  64. 2002Hope RanchShorty
  65. 2002Clover BendCotton Clayton
  66. 2001No One Can Hear YouSheriff Joe Webster
  67. 2001The JourneymanCharlie Ledbetter
  68. 2001Crossfire TrailSheriff Walter Moncrief
  69. 2000TimequestLyndon Johnson
  70. 1999Held UpPembry
  71. 1999Sealed with a KissWink 'Pop' Blake
  72. 1999Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler StoryTony
  73. 1999A Face to Kill ForFrank Hadley
  74. 1997The Hired HeartMike Hadley
  75. 1997The FumbleheadsRobert Blister
  76. 1996CurdledLodger
  77. 1996SoloGeneral Clyde Haynes
  78. 1996My Son Is InnocentDan Pendleton
  79. 1996Kiss and TellGeorge Reed
  80. 1995Deadly Family SecretsMr. Potter
  81. 1995SiringoMarshall John Llewellyn
  82. 1995VirusDr. Clayman
  83. 1992The KeysBuckaloo
  84. 1991ConagherCharlie McCloud, Stage Driver
  85. 1991Career OpportunitiesOfficer Don
  86. 1991The ChaseWallis
  87. 1990The Hot SpotSheriff
  88. 1990Ghost DadMr. Emery Collins
  89. 1990Last Flight OutCapt. Bob Berg
  90. 1990Short TimeCaptain
  91. 1989Red King, White KnightBentick
  92. 1989Who's Harry Crumb?P.J. Downing
  93. 1988The People Across the LakeMalcolm Bryce
  94. 1988Secret WitnessSheriff
  95. 1988It Takes TwoGeorge Lawrence
  96. 1988Critters 2Harv
  97. 1988Permanent RecordJim Sinclair
  98. 1988Stranger on My LandGil
  99. 1988Man Against the MobBig Mac McCleary
  100. 1987Under CoverSergeant Irwin Lee
  101. 1987Off the MarkWalt Warner / Jenell's Pa
  102. 1987Young Harry HoudiniElmore
  103. 1987LBJ: The Early YearsJudge Alvin J. Wirtz
  104. 1987Warm Hearts, Cold FeetMax
  105. 1986John HenryMr. Jenkins
  106. 1986FirefighterCapt. Johnson
  107. 1986Nothing in CommonAndrew Woolridge
  108. 1986C.A.T. SquadThe Director
  109. 1986MaggieJimmy Scott Farnsworth
  110. 1986Under Siege
  111. 1986Hard TravelingFrank Burton
  112. 1986The Defiant OnesFloyd Carpenter
  113. 1985My Science ProjectLew Harlan
  114. 1985What Comes AroundLeon Redden
  115. 1984The Ratings GameColonel
  116. 1984The Jesse Owens StoryJudge
  117. 1984Flight 90: Disaster on the PotomacBurt Hamilton
  118. 1983The Man Who Loved WomenRoy Carr
  119. 1983The Ballad of Gregorio CortezB. R. Abernathy
  120. 1983WarGamesGeneral Beringer