Barry Pepper facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Barry Pepper
Pepper in 2011
Born	Barry Robert Pepper (1970-04-04) April 4, 1970 (age 55) Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
Citizenship	Canada United States
Alma mater	Camosun College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Spouse(s)	Cindy Pepper
Children	1

Barry Robert Pepper (born April 4, 1970) is a Canadian-American actor. He is well-known for playing many different characters in movies and TV shows. Some of his most famous roles include Private Daniel Jackson in Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Corrections Officer Dean Stanton in The Green Mile (1999). He also played Roger Maris in 61* (2001) and Sergeant Michael Strank in Flags of Our Fathers (2006).

Barry Pepper has won several awards for his acting. He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his role as Robert F. Kennedy in the TV mini-series The Kennedys (2011). He has also been nominated for other big awards, like the Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

Early Life and School Days

Barry Pepper was born in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. He was the youngest of three brothers. When he was five years old, his family went on an amazing adventure! They sailed around the South Pacific islands in a yacht they built themselves. This trip lasted for five years.

During their travels, Barry learned his school lessons through special courses sent to him by mail. He also attended local schools in the islands. His family encouraged him to be creative and play acting games while on the boat. This helped him discover his love for performing.

After their sailing adventure, the family returned to Canada. They settled on Denman Island, which had been his mother's family home for many generations. Barry graduated from Georges P. Vanier Secondary School in 1988. He then went to Camosun College on a scholarship for his artistic talents, where he studied marketing and design. Later, he moved to Vancouver to take acting classes and worked at a restaurant. He studied acting for four years before getting his first regular role on the TV show Madison.

Barry Pepper's Acting Career

Pepper at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival

Barry Pepper is famous for his role as Private Daniel Jackson, a skilled sniper, in the movie Saving Private Ryan (1998). He also acted alongside Will Smith in Enemy of the State (1998). Another memorable role was Dean Stanton in The Green Mile (1999).

He played real-life baseball legend Roger Maris in the HBO film 61* (2001). Barry also appeared as journalist Joseph L. Galloway in We Were Soldiers (2002). In 2003, he starred as Charlie Halliday in The Snow Walker. He even played race car driver Dale Earnhardt in the ESPN movie 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004).

Barry Pepper has also lent his voice to video games. He was the voice of Alex Mercer in Prototype (2009) and Corporal Dunn in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009).

In 2000, he won a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his role in Battlefield Earth. This award is given for performances that are considered not very good. Barry has said that he would have happily accepted the award in person if he had known he was going to win!

In 2011, Barry Pepper played Robert F. Kennedy in the TV mini-series The Kennedys. For this important role, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, which is a very big award in television.

More recently, he played DEA Agent Cooper in the movie Snitch (2013). He also appeared as Vince, a survivalist, in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). In 2019, he starred as Dave Keller in the horror film Crawl.

Barry Pepper's Personal Life

Barry Pepper is married to Cindy Pepper, and they have one daughter. He is also a citizen of the United States, in addition to being Canadian.

Filmography

Movies

Television Shows

Video Games

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: Barry Pepper para niños