Barry Corbin
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
El Tonto Por Cristo
2025
as Terry Don
Sod and Stubble
2025
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
as Undertaker Turton
The Bay House
2022
as Cowden Brooks
Funny Thing About Love
2021
as Grandpa Joe
Magic Max
2021
as Grismer
Eminence Hill
2019
as Noah
The Margarita Man
2019
as Chief Doyle
Trading Paint
2019
as Sheriff Buck Taylor
The Valley
2018
as Gary
Brimming with Love
2018
as Walter
Farmer of the Year
2018
as Hap
An American in Texas
2017
as Larry Korchinsky
Ay Lav Yu Tuu
2017
as Danny Brown
All Saints
2017
as Forrest
Mountain Top
2017
as Sam Miller
New Life
2016
as Oscar
Windsor
2016
as Gil Denton
Last Man Club
2016
as Pete Williams
Christmas in the Smokies
2015
as Wade Haygood
Beyond the Farthest Star
2015
as Chief Burns
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
2015
as Self
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish
2014
as Narrator
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Ol' Jammer (voice)