Barry York Tubb (born February 13, 1963) is an American actor and director. He has worked in both

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and

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between 1983 and 2014.

Early life

Tubb was born in

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, in 1963. He won the state bull-riding championship at age 15 (junior division). After graduating from Snyder High School in 1981, he began stage training in

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. Tubb moved to

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in the mid '80s to begin his screen- and television-acting career.

Career

He earned a regular role on the short-lived baseball ensemble series ''

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'' and later a recurring role as a rookie police officer on ''

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''. He played a shy homosexual boy who comes out to his parents in '' Consenting Adult'', and a wealthy corporate upstart involved in murder in ''Billionaire Boys Club''. Barry's most popular television role was that of Jasper Fant in the epic Westerns ''

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'' and its sequel ''

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'' in 1993, which were partly set in his native Texas. Moving on to film, Barry accepted supporting roles in ''

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'', '' The Legend of Billie Jean'', and as Wolfman in ''

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''. In 1988, he co-starred with

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and

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in the

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production of ''Sweet Sue'', in which he appeared nude, and which had a run of 164 performances. The following year, he appeared in the drama ''Warm Summer Rain'' opposite

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. Barry turned to independent filming and other interests outside of Hollywood. In 1991, he moved to France and rode in a Wild West show. Barry starred, directed, produced, and co-wrote the ''Cowboys and Indians'' low-budget thriller ''Blood Trail'' which led to no major offers for distribution. In 2002, Tubb directed the family film '' Grand Champion'' about the exploits a young boy who raises a prize-winning steer and struggles to save it from the slaughterhouse. He shot the film in his own hometown of Snyder, Texas. Tubb has participated in gatherings of the American Cowboy Culture Association, which holds the annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration each September in

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. In 2024, Tubb sued

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for the use of his face in the film '' Top Gun: Maverick'' without his permission.

Filmography

References

External links

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Interview Snyder's Little Piece of Hollywood: Barry Tubb
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