- Films
- 25
- Avg rating
- 6.04
- Peak run
- 1979’86
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Barry by the numbers
Average
6.04
18 rated films
Vote weighted
6.08
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.88
rating spread
Career
56y
1970 to 2025
Total votes
231K
across every film
Best
7.0
The Rose
Worst
5.4
The Longest Week
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 |  Eternity | Older Larry | 6.9 | 69,126 |
| 2020 |  Arkansas | Old Greek | 6.1 | 16,969 |
| 2015 | Bad Hurt | Marty | · | 465 |
| 2014 |  The Longest Week | Bernard the Chauffeur | 5.4 | 14,393 |
| 2005 | Break a Leg | Ira Goldstein | · | 322 |
| 1992 | Night and the City | Tommy Tessler | 5.8 | 5,576 |
| 1991 |  Guilty by Suspicion | Bert Alan | 6.6 | 10,639 |
| 1990 | Denial | Jay | · | 347 |
| 1989 | Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death | Ford Maddox | 4.8 | 3,900 |
| 1988 |  Big Business | Michael | 6.4 | 17,187 |
| 1987 | Talking Walls | Professor Hirsch | · | 273 |
| 1987 | The Stranger | Sergeant Drake | · | 431 |
| 1986 | Jake Speed | Lawrence | 4.9 | 1,233 |
| 1986 |  SpaceCamp | Brennan | 5.8 | 15,682 |
| 1981 |  Absence of Malice | Bob Waddell | 6.9 | 16,832 |
| 1980 | Night Games | Jason St. John | · | 406 |
| 1979 |  The Rose | Dennis | 7.0 | 9,974 |
| 1979 | Heartland | Jack | 7.2 | 1,518 |
| 1978 | Avalanche | Mark Elliott | 3.8 | 2,853 |
| 1977 |  New York, New York | Paul Wilson | 6.6 | 24,168 |
Better together?
Barry Primus's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Barry Primus
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