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Barry Primus

Actor

Barry Primus

Acting
1970 — present · 16 films
Born
16 February 1938 · age 88
From
New York City, New York, USA

Barry Primus (born February 16, 1938) is an American actor, director, and writer.

Career Signature

How Barry Primus’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

grainy 70s grit
bittersweet
heavy emotional
rise-and-fall tragedy
emotionally devastating

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Tonal kin

Faye DunawayFaye Dunaway34 filmsJack NicholsonJack Nicholson48 filmsSean PennSean Penn44 filmsJeroen KrabbéJeroen Krabbé18 filmsTuesday WeldTuesday Weld17 filmsShelley WintersShelley Winters42 filmsWarren BeattyWarren Beatty19 filmsJacqueline BissetJacqueline Bisset30 films

Filmography

Eternity

2025

The Longest Week

2014

James Dean

2001

Night and the City

1992

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

1989

Big Business

1988

SpaceCamp

1986

Absence of Malice

1981

The Rose

1979

Avalanche

1978

New York, New York

1977

Autopsy

1975

The Dion Brothers

1974

Boxcar Bertha

1972

Von Richthofen and Brown

1971

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

1970