Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

181

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-02-24 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

San Mateo, California, USA

Barry Bostwick

Biography

Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing Brad Majors in the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, replacing Peter Scolari as Mr. Tyler in the sitcom What I Like About You, and playing Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City. He has also had considerable fame in musical theater.

Known For

7.5%

Incredibles 2

Jun 14, 2018

8.3%

Supernatural

Sep 13, 2005

7.9%

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sep 20, 1999

7.5%

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Aug 14, 1975

7.0%

American Dad!

Feb 6, 2005

6.6%

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Apr 10, 2009

8.0%

Scrubs

Oct 2, 2001

8.1%

Ghost Whisperer

Sep 23, 2005

7.4%

New Girl

Sep 20, 2011

7.6%

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Oct 6, 2000

6.0%

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

Mar 2, 2003

6.9%

Teen Beach Movie

Aug 7, 2013

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Acting

—		The Roommates as Henry
—		Aaah! Roach! as The Exterminator
—		Making Megaforce as Self

2025		The Rocky Horror Phenomenon as Self
2025		Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

2024		Best Christmas Movies Ever! as Self
2024		Daruma as Horace
2024		Love, Danielle as Bryce
2024		Isla Monstro as Potus (voice)
2024		The Potwins as Grandpa Davis

2023

Outlaw Johnny Black as Tom Sheally

2022

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self

2021		Single All the Way as Harold
2021		Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. as Will

2020		Love by Drowning as Val Martin Sr.
2020		The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream as Brad Majors
2020		Molly Robber as Ron "Dad"
2020		American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules as Peepaw
2020		Viral Vignettes as Jack
2020		Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Self

2019		Christmas in Louisiana as Timothy
2019		A Christmas Miracle as Santa Dean
2019		Undercover Brother 2 as The Man
2019		The Field as George
2019		3 from Hell as Narrator
2019		Santa Girl as Santa Claus
2019		Grand-Daddy Day Care as Dynamite Dan North

2018		Slay Belles as Santa
2018		Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar as Bill
2018		Incredibles 2 as Mayor (voice)

2017		Christmas in Mississippi as Mr. Kriss
2017		Will & Grace as Jerry Wise
2017		Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again as Bill Haywith
2017		A Mermaid's Tale as Art
2017		Bigger Fatter Liar as Alan Wolf

2016		Three Days in August as John
2016		Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse as The Senator
2016		American Housewife as Thomas
2016		Milo Murphy's Law as Clyde (voice)
2016		Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival as The Watchword
2016		The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave as Grandpa (voice)
2016		A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story as Self

2015		Tales of Halloween as Mr. Abbadon
2015		Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves as Jonathan
2015		Love Under the Stars as Walt Godfrey
2015		November Rule as Lance
2015		The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power as Sorrell Reskov

2014		Dragula as Dragula
2014		Enlisted as Russell

2013		Masters of Sex as Morris
2013		The Goldbergs as Professor Majors
2013		Teen Beach Movie as Big Poppa
2013		Blast Vegas as Sal Rowinski
2013		Finding Joy as Alan

2012		FDR: American Badass! as FDR
2012		The New Normal as Marty
2012		Home Run Showdown as Big Al
2012		Scandal as Jerry Grant

2011		New Girl as Robert
2011		Franklin & Bash as Jacob 'Falcon' Riley
2011		The Selling as Father Jimmy
2011		Some Guy Who Kills People as Sheriff Walt Fuller

2010		2010: Moby Dick as Captain Ahab
2010		Glory Daze
2010		An-tici-pation: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast Part II as Himself
2010		Hot in Cleveland as Hugh
2010		Miss Nobody as Father Grisham
2010		Secrets of the Mountain as Henry Beecham
2010		Bedrooms as Roger

2009		Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2009		Cougar Town as Roger Frank
2009		The Forgotten as Bill Ramey
2009		Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as Self
2009		Glee as Tim Stanwick
2009		Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's as Self
2009		Hannah Montana: The Movie as Mr. Bradley

2008		Holiday Baggage as Pete Murphy
2008		Childrens Hospital as Grandpa Richie
2008		Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History as Self
2008		Depth Charge

2007		Phineas and Ferb as Grandpa Clyde (voice)
2007		Nancy Drew as Dashiel Biedermeyer
2007		Evening as Mr. Wittenborn
2007		Love Is a Four Letter Word as Martin Harper

2006		Ugly Betty as Roger Adams
2006		'Til Death as George Von Stuessen
2006		Psych as Roland Armitage

2005		Ghost Whisperer as Don Sullivan
2005		Out of Practice
2005		Supernatural as Jay
2005		American Dad! as VanDouzen (voice)

2004		Chestnut: Hero of Central Park as Thomas Trundle
2004		The Skulls III as Nathan Lloyd

2003		Cold Case as Roy Brigham Anthony (2005)
2003		Las Vegas
2003		101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure as Thunderbolt (voice)
2003		Spymate as The President

2002		Less than Perfect as Max Damarius
2002		What I Like About You as Jack Tyler
2002		She Spies as Gary McNamara

2001		Scrubs as Mr. Randolph
2001		Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Collin Winthrop

1999		Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Self
1999		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Oliver Gates
1999		Where Are They Now? as Self

1998		Hollywood Squares
1998		Men in White as President Smith
1998		One Hot Summer Night as Art Brooks

1997		The New Batman Adventures as Irv Kleinman / Bernie Benson (voice)
1997		Lexx as Thodin

1996		I Worship His Shadow as Thodin
1996		A Different Kind of Christmas as Frank Mallory
1996		Spin City as Randall Winston
1996		E! True Hollywood Story
1996		The Secret Agent Club as Vincent Scarletti
1996		Spy Hard as Norman Coleman

1995		High Society as Mark Finnegan
1995		The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show as Self
1995		The Secretary as Eric Bradford
1995		The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. as Matt Sherry
1995		Project: Metalbeast as Miller
1995		919 Fifth Avenue as Lawrence Van Degen

1994		Men, Movies & Carol as Self
1994		Once in a Lifetime as Dr. Matthew Dane
1994		In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful as Phillip

1993		Praying Mantis as Don McAndrews
1993		Weekend at Bernie's II as Arthur Hummel
1993		Between Love and Hate as Justin Conrad
1993		The Last U-Boat as Captain Hawkins
1993		Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon as Garral

1992		The Golden Palace as Nick DeCarlo
1992		Russian Holiday as Grant Ames

1991

Captive as Paul Plunk

1990		Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1990		Challenger as Commander Francis R. Scobee
1990		Aladdin as Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring

1989		Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon as Jeffrey Wyatt
1989		Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989		Parent Trap III as Jeffrey Wyatt

1988		War and Remembrance
1988		Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration as Self
1988		Addicted to His Love as Larry Hogan
1988		Body of Evidence as Alex Dwyer

1987

I'll Take Manhattan as Zachary Amberville

1986		Dads
1986		George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation as George Washington
1986		George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation as George Washington
1986		Pleasures as Ben Scott
1986		Betrayed by Innocence as Nick DeLeon

1985		Deceptions as Grant Roberts
1985		Deceptions as Grant Roberts
1985		A Woman of Substance as Maj. Paul McGill

1984

George Washington as Gen. George Washington

1983		An Uncommon Love as Kinser
1983		The Hitchhiker as Tony Lynch
1983		Summer Girl as Gavin Shelburne

1982		MegaForce as Ace Hunter
1982		Working as Steelworker
1982		Night of 100 Stars as Self

1981		Red Flag: The Ultimate Game as Maj. Jay Rivers
1981		Foul Play as Detective Tucker Pendleton

1980		A Capitol Fourth as Self
1980		The Silent Lovers as John Gilbert
1980		Scruples as Spider Elliott
1980		Once Upon a Family as Henry Demerjian

1979		You Can't Take it With You as Anthony Kirby, Jr.
1979		Murder by Natural Causes as Gil Weston

1978

Movie Movie as Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings

1977

The Quinns as Bill Quinn

1976

Charlie's Angels as Ted Machlin

1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975		The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Brad Majors

1974		The Chadwick Family as Duffy McTaggert
1974		Slither as Dick Kanipsia
1974		Road Movie as Hank

1971		Jennifer on My Mind as Minstrel #1
1971		Great Performances as Self

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Lucas Sandover

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

Production

2020

Molly Robber as Executive Producer