NetflixMovies
Barry Pepper

Biography

Barry Pepper is a Canadian-American actor born in Campbell River, British Columbia, who moved to Vancouver to study acting and landed a recurring role on Madison. He became widely known for playing a sniper in Saving Private Ryan (1998), then appeared in Enemy of the State (1998), The Green Mile (1999), We Were Soldiers (2002), 25th Hour (2002), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), True Grit (2010), Snitch (2013), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), and Crawl (2019). He earned nominations from the Screen Actors Guild on three occasions, as well as from the Genie, Independent Spirit, and Golden Globe organizations. His portrayal of Robert F. Kennedy in The Kennedys brought him a Primetime Emmy Award, and he has also provided voices for the video games Prototype and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

56years old

Turns 57 on April 4in 168 days

  • Born Campbell River
  • Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
  • Also credited as Barry Robert Pepper

Movie Career

Films
33
Career span
31 years1992 to 2023

Genres

Photos

  • Barry Pepper, photo 1 of 3
  • Barry Pepper, photo 2 of 3
  • Barry Pepper, photo 3 of 3

Share

Did you know?!

  1. Behind the award

    Pepper won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor for Battlefield Earth, and said that if he had known in advance he would win, he would have accepted the award in person.

  2. Early training

    Pepper trained for four years, including at the Gastown Actors Studio in Vancouver, before he landed a recurring role on the show Madison.

Barry Pepper movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

Top of the page, the section list
  1. Saving Private Ryan1998 Drama, Waras Private Jackson

    IMDb rating 8.61.7M votes

  2. True Grit2010 Adventure, Drama, Westernas Lucky Ned Pepper

    IMDb rating 7.6379K votes

  3. The Green Mile1999as Dean Stanton

    IMDb rating 8.61.6M votes

  4. 25th Hour2002as Frank Slaughtery

    IMDb rating 7.6192K votes

  5. Seven Pounds2008as Dan

    IMDb rating 7.6328K votes

  6. Crawl2019as Dave

    IMDb rating 6.1104K votes

  7. Snitch2013as Agent Cooper

    IMDb rating 6.496K votes

  8. Battlefield Earth2000as Jonnie Goodboy Tyler

    IMDb rating 2.585K votes

Most often with

Wes Ball directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

Top of the page, the section list

Films together

Box office

What Barry Pepper's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

Top of the page, the section list

Combined worldwide box office

$2.8 billion

24 of the 33 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 33 films: 24 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.

  • 24Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 1Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 82% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Saving Private Ryan1998as Private Jackson
    $482M17.2% of the total
  2. 2
    $312M11.1% of the total
  3. 3
    $288M10.3% of the total
  4. 4
    The Green Mile1999as Dean Stanton
    $287M10.2% of the total
  5. 5
    The Lone Ranger2013as Fuller
    $261M9.3% of the total
  6. 6
    True Grit2010as Lucky Ned Pepper
    $252M9.0% of the total
  7. 7
    Enemy of the State1998as David Pratt
    $251M8.9% of the total
  8. 8
    Seven Pounds2008as Dan
    $168M6.0% of the total
We Were Soldiers (2002), $115 millionCrawl (2019), $91.5 millionFlags of Our Fathers (2006), $65.9 millionMonster Trucks (2016), $64.5 millionSnitch (2013), $42.9 millionBroken City (2013), $34.7 millionBattlefield Earth (2000), $29.7 million25th Hour (2002), $23.9 millionKnockaround Guys (2001), $12.8 millionThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), $12.0 millionFirestorm (1998), $8.2 millionUnknown (2006), $3.4 millionCasino Jack (2010), $1.1 millionBitter Harvest (2017), $557,241Like Dandelion Dust (2009), $352,810Trigger Point (2021), $29,262

$506 millionfrom the other 16 films with a worldwide figure, 18% of the total

Awards

One award and honor, one of them major.

Top of the page, the section list
Barry Pepper's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Emmy Awards
2011Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieThe KennedysWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

Top of the page, the section list