Acting

Barry Corbin

Born 1940-10-16 · Lamesa, Texas. USA

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.

Credits

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Brothers
as Carl Travis
2026
El Tonto Por Cristo
as Terry Don
2025
Sod and Stubble
2025
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Undertaker Turton
2023
The Bay House
as Cowden Brooks
2022
Tulsa King
as Babe Keller
2022
Funny Thing About Love
as Grandpa Joe
2021
Magic Max
as Grismer
2021
9-1-1: Lone Star
as Stuart Ryder
2020
Eminence Hill
as Noah
2019
The Margarita Man
as Chief Doyle
2019
Trading Paint
as Sheriff Buck Taylor
2019
Yellowstone
as Ross
2018
The Valley
as Gary
2018
Brimming with Love
as Walter
2018
Farmer of the Year
as Hap
2018
An American in Texas
as Larry Korchinsky
2017
Young Sheldon
as Mr. Gilford
2017
Ay Lav Yu Tuu
as Danny Brown
2017
All Saints
as Forrest
2017
Mountain Top
as Sam Miller
2017
New Life
as Oscar
2016
Windsor
as Gil Denton
2016
Last Man Club
as Pete Williams
2016
The Ranch
as Dale
2016
Christmas in the Smokies
as Wade Haygood
2015
Blood & Oil
as Clifton Lundegren
2015
Beyond the Farthest Star
as Chief Burns
2015
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
as Self
2015
Better Call Saul
as Everett Acker
2015
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish
as Narrator
2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Ol' Jammer (voice)
2014
The Homesman
as Buster Shaver
2014
The Hitchhiker
as Leonard
2014
Dawn of the Crescent Moon
as Cyrus
2014
This Is Where We Live
as Bode Warden
2013
Return to Cicely
as Self
2013
Shadow on the Mesa
as Jake Rawlins
2013
Born Wild
as Ray Jennings
2012
Anger Management
as Ed
2012
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
as Walker
2012
Ghoul
as Grandfather
2012
Universal Squadrons
as Deakin
2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Judge Smith
2011
Sedona
as Les
2011
Feed the Fish
as Axel Andersen
2011
Valley of the Sun
as Gene Taggart
2011
The Next Door Neighbor
as Judge Rodgers
2011
Rising Stars
as Farmer
2010
NoNAMES
as Ed
2010
Parenthood
as Ernie
2010
Bloodworth
as Itchy
2010
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
as Grandpa Max Tennyson
2009
That Evening Sun
as Thurl Chessor
2009
Not Since You
as Uncle Dennis
2009
Modern Family
as Merle Tucker
2009
Wyvern
as Haas
2009
Beer for My Horses
as Buck Baker
2008
Lake City
as George
2008
No Country for Old Men
as Ellis
2007
In the Valley of Elah
as Arnold Bickman
2007
The Grand
as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
2007
Army Wives
as Veteran Patient
2007
Waitin' to Live
as Buford Pike
2006
Psych
as Billy Joe
2006
The Unit
as Carson
2006
Beautiful Dreamer
as Grandpa
2006
Hidden Places
as Sheriff
2006
Alien Express
as Senator Frank Rawlings
2005
The Closer
as Clay Johnson
2005
Yesterday's Dreams
as Pastor
2005
Unscripted
as Barry Corbin
2005
River's End
as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
2005
The Gristle
as Senator Dorm
2004
One Tree Hill
as Whitey Durham
2003
Dunsmore
as Sheriff Breen
2003
Monte Walsh
as Bob the Storekeeper
2003
Hope Ranch
as Shorty
2002
Clover Bend
as Cotton Clayton
2002
Reba
as JV
2001