Barry Pepper facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Barry Pepper
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Barry Robert Pepper
April 4, 1970 Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse(s) | Cindy Pepper |
| Children | 1 |
Barry Robert Pepper (born April 4, 1970) is a talented actor from Canada. He is famous for playing many different characters in movies and TV shows. You might know him as Private Daniel Jackson in Saving Private Ryan or as Corrections Officer Dean Stanton in The Green Mile.
Barry Pepper has also played real-life people, like baseball legend Roger Maris in 61* and journalist Joseph L. Galloway in We Were Soldiers. He even won a special award, the 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 series The Kennedys. He has also been nominated for other big awards, like the Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
Growing Up and Learning
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 did something amazing: they sailed around the South Pacific islands in a yacht they built themselves! They traveled for five years.
During their travels, Barry learned his school lessons through special mail-in courses and also went to public schools in Polynesia. His family encouraged him to be creative and play acting games on the boat. This helped him discover his love for performing.
After their adventures, the family moved back to Canada. They settled on Denman Island, where his mother's family had lived for a very long time. Barry finished high school in 1988. He then went to Camosun College to study marketing and design, thanks to a scholarship for his artistic talents. Later, he moved to Vancouver to take acting classes. He studied acting for four years before getting his first regular role on the TV show Madison.
Acting Career
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Barry Pepper is well-known for his role as the skilled sniper Private Daniel Jackson in the war movie Saving Private Ryan. He also played Dean Stanton in The Green Mile, a movie about a prison guard.
He has taken on many interesting roles, like Frank Slaughtery in 25th Hour and journalist Joseph L. Galloway in We Were Soldiers. He even played the main human character in the science fiction film Battlefield Earth. Barry also played famous sports figures, such as baseball player Roger Maris in the TV movie 61* and race car driver Dale Earnhardt in 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story.
You might also have seen him in Seven Pounds with Will Smith, or in the western movie True Grit. Barry has also lent his voice to video games. He was the voice of Alex Mercer in Prototype and Corporal Dunn in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
In 2011, Barry Pepper played Robert F. Kennedy in the TV mini-series The Kennedys. This role earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, which is a very important award in television.
More recently, Barry appeared in the Maze Runner movies. He played Vince, a tough survivalist, in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). In 2019, he starred as Dave Keller in the exciting horror film Crawl.
Personal Life
Barry Pepper is married to Cindy Pepper, and they have one daughter. He is also a citizen of the United States.
See also
In Spanish: Barry Pepper para niños
