Barry Bostwick
Barry Bostwick
Barry Knapp Bostwickis an American stage and screen actor. He is known for playing Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He replaced Peter Scolari as Mr. Tyler in the sitcom What I Like About You, as well as portraying Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City and the father of the President in the TV series Scandal. Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theater...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 February 1945
CitySan Mateo, CA
CountryUnited States of America
You don't have a lot of time to massage a scene into oblivion. It's like you do it, you get a couple of good takes, and then you move on, so you have to be very spontaneous as an actor and have done your homework, and I like that.
I was always this guy who appreciated and loved women and supported them and all those little things that were female-skewed, strong women parts.
I played a lot of serious parts in a lot of TV movies and early miniseries but what happens is that you get sort of locked into "Oh no, he's a serious actor." Well, I was a serious actor for nine years or 10 years and then I get into comedy and everybody said, "Oh no, he's funny. He can do comedy," and then all of a sudden, you're just a comedy guy.
People have a tendency to cast me more as lawyers and doctors and just rich guys, rich assholes basically, a lot of rich assholes. That's what I'm normally seen as, you know.
In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
Every man over 40 should have a PSA test each year.
Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere.