Barry Pepper Biography
Barry Robert Pepper is a Canadian-American actor. He played Private Daniel Jackson in Saving Private Ryan 1998, Corrections Officer Dean Stanton in The Green Mile 1999, Roger Maris in 61* 2001, Joseph L. Galloway in We Were Soldiers 2002, and Sergeant Michael Strank in Flags of Our Fathers 2006.
How old is Barry Pepper? – Age
He is 53 years old as of 2023. The actor was born on April 4, 1970, in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada.
Barry Pepper Height
The star stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Barry Pepper Childhood
Pepper was born the youngest of three boys in Campbell River, British Columbia, the son of a lumberjack. When he was five years old, his family set sail in a homemade yacht, navigating through the South Pacific islands for five years. The actor was educated through correspondence courses and public schools in Polynesia. His family encouraged him to entertain himself through improvisation and acting games while abroad the ship.
He graduated from George P. Vanier Secondary School in 1988. Pepper attended Camosun College after receiving a scholarship for artistic achievement, studying marketing and design. He later moved to Vancouver, where he enrolled in acting classes. Barry spent four years studying, including at the Gastown Actors Studio, before landing a recurring role on the show Madison.
Barry Pepper Career
Barry is perhaps best known for his role as the sniper Private Daniel Jackson in Saving Private Ryan. He portrayed Correction Officer Dean Stanton in The Green Mile, appeared as Frank Slaughtery in Spike Lee’s 25th Hour, as journalist Joseph L. Galloway in We Were Soldiers, his role as the human protagonist of the film Battlefield Earth, his depiction of Roger Maris in Billy Crystal’s HBO film 61* , as Dale Earnhardt in the ESPN produced film 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, and as Dan Morris in the film Seven Pounds, with Will Smith. He recently had roles in Casino Jack and the Coen brothers’ True Grit.
Pepper provided the voce for Alex Mercer, the protagonist of the video game Prototype and the voice for Corporal Dunn, a character in the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Pepper won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his performance in Battlefield Earth; A Saga of the Year 3000. He also appeared in Jagged Edge’s music video for Goodbye. In 2011, the actor starred as Robert F. Kennedy in the Canadian-American TV mini-series The Kennedys, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
In 2015, Barry appeared in The Maze Runner sequel, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, as Vince,” a survivalist who is one of the last remaining soldiers of a legendary unit called the right Arm. In 2018, Pepper reprised as Vince in Maze Runner: The Death Cure. In 2019, Barry starred as Dave keller in the horror film Crawl.
Barry Pepper Net Worth
As of 2024, he has a net worth of $39.2 million.
Barry Pepper Movie
1992 – A Killer Among Friends
1996 – Titanic
1998 – Saving Private Ryan
2000 – We All Fall Down
2001 – 61*
2002 – 25th Hour
2003 – The Snow Walker
2006 – Unkown
2010 – True Grit
2014 – Kill the Messenger
2015 – Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2017 – Bitter Harvest
2019 – Crawl
2021 – Trigger Point
2023 – Bring Him to Me
Barry Pepper TV Shows
1994 – Neon Rider
1995 – Sliders
1996 – The Sentinel
2011 – The Kennedys
2017 – The Kennedys: After Camelot
2023 – Lawmen: Bass Reeves