Barry Corbin
Acting
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.
As actor 201
Modern Family
2009
Yellowstone
2018
One Tree Hill
2003
Columbo
1971
Young Sheldon
2017
Dallas
1978
JAG
1995
King of the Hill
1997
Tulsa King
2022
The Closer
2005
Better Call Saul
2015
Psych
2006
M*A*S*H
1972
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The A-Team
1983
The Drew Carey Show
1995
Hill Street Blues
1981
American Playhouse
1982
Northern Exposure
1990
Matlock
1986
Parenthood
2010
Hart to Hart
1979
Ellen
1994
Spin City
1996
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
Army Wives
2007
The Outer Limits
1995
The Twilight Zone
1985
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
The Unit
2006
Designing Women
1986
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
The Ranch
2016
Reba
2001
No Country for Old Men
2007
Anger Management
2012
The Thorn Birds
1983
The Magnificent Seven
1998
Life with Louie
1995
The Hot Spot
1990
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Lonesome Dove
1989
WarGames
1983
Blood & Oil
2015
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Big Easy
1996
The Homesman
2014
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
Mysterious Ways
2000
Call to Glory
1984
The Famous Teddy Z
1989
In the Valley of Elah
2007
Career Opportunities
1991
Tucker's Witch
1982
Critters 2
1988
Unscripted
2005
Ghost Dad
1990
Stir Crazy
1980
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
2009
The Duck Factory
1984
Dead & Buried
1981
Any Which Way You Can
1980
Urban Cowboy
1980
I Know My First Name Is Steven
1989
Crossfire Trail
2001
The Grand
2007
Worst Enemy
Honkytonk Man
1982
Bloodworth
2010
Trading Paint
2019
Lake City
2008
Held Up
1999
Monte Walsh
2003
Solo
1996
Nothing in Common
1986
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
The Ratings Game
1984
Brimming with Love
2018
Murder in Texas
1981
Boone
1983
The Hired Heart
1997
A Death in California
1985
Universal Squadrons
2011
All Saints
2017
Maggie
1986
Fatal Vision
1984
Conagher
1991
Curdled
1996
Clover Bend
2002
Eminence Hill
2019
That Evening Sun
2009
New Life
2016
The Journeyman
2001
Not Since You
2009
My Science Project
1985
It Takes Two
1988
Last Flight Out
1990
Six Pack
1982
Travis McGee
1983
Fantasies
1982
Firefighter
1986
Mountain Top
2017
Short Time
1990
Beer for My Horses
2008
Last Man Club
2016
Under Siege
1986
This House Possessed
1981
The Pipeline
The Man Who Loved Women
1983
Sedona
2011
Bus Stop
1982
The Chase
1991
My Son Is Innocent
1996
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
Under Cover
1987
Permanent Record
1988
NoNAMES
2010
A Trace of Murder
Magic Max
2021
Yesterday's Dreams
2005
Valley of the Sun
2011
The Defiant Ones
1986
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
Washingtoon
1985
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
1981
River's End
2005
Spies
1987
Wyvern
2009
Ay Lav Yu Tuu
2017
Stranger on My Land
1988
Shadow on the Mesa
2013
Prime Suspect
1982
Red King, White Knight
1989
Hard Traveling
1986
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012
The Super Cops
1974
Hidden Places
2006
The Hitchhiker
2014
Secret Witness
1988
Ghoul
2012
Beautiful Dreamer
2006
Bitter Harvest
1981
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
1981
Young Harry Houdini
1987
The Gristle
2004
LBJ: The Early Years
1987
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
1987
Sealed with a Kiss
1999
Virus
1995
Kiss and Tell
1996
Waitin' to Live
2006
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984
Man Against the Mob
1988
Moon Shot
1994
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
1999
The People Across the Lake
1988
C.A.T. Squad
1986
What Comes Around
1985
Deadly Family Secrets
1995
The Bay House
2022
The Margarita Man
2019
NBC Special Treat
1975
John Henry
1986
Off the Mark
1987
Siringo
1995
El Tonto Por Cristo
2025
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
Born Wild
2012
Timequest
2003
Beyond the Farthest Star
2015
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish
2014
Feed the Fish
2011
The Valley
2018
The Keys
1992
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
An American in Texas
2017
Hope Ranch
2002
Rising Stars
2010
Dunsmore
2003
Funny Thing About Love
2021
Windsor
2016
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
2015
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
Alien Express
2005
Christmas in the Smokies
2015
Capture the Flag
Rage!
1980
This Is Where We Live
2013
The Fumbleheads
1997
Return to Cicely
2013
Farmer of the Year
2018
Moon Shot
1994
A Face to Kill For
1999
Dawn of the Crescent Moon
2014
Sod and Stubble
2025
The Dilemma
The Next Door Neighbor
2011
Be Glad He Did It
No One Can Hear You
2001