Barry Watson: biography and career of the actor

Barry Watson is an American-born actor, known for his roles in projects such as “Kill Mrs. Tingle”, “Breakfast on the Sidelines”, “Seventh Heaven” and others. He started with the modeling business, but in the end decided to devote himself to acting.

Biography

Barry Watson (photo below) was born in 1974 in Traverse City (Michigan) in the family of lawyer Michael Watson and lawyer Karen Watson. When the guy turned eight years old, the whole family moved to Dallas (Texas), where Barry signed a contract with a modeling agency. In parallel, he studied acting at a local studio for young actors. At the age of 15, after moving to the California city of Burbank, Barry signed a contract for shooting in the popular soap opera. Six months later, he returned to Texas, where he enrolled at Richardson High School, which he graduated in 1992.

Carier start

So, the foundation of Barry Watson’s acting career was the NBC’s daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives, which ranks high on the list of the longest running programs in the world. In 1990, he got a small role, thanks to which he was noticed. Already after 3 years, they invited to the shooting of the television drama Robert Dornhelm's "Fatal Lies: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald."

In the same 1993, Barry, along with Francis Fisher and Daniel Baldwin, starred in Christopher Guest's fantastic comedy "Attack of a 50-foot Woman" - a remake of the 1958 project of the same name. Two years later, he appeared in two episodes of the sitcom Kim Bass "Sister, Sister" (1994 - 1999). And for four episodes he played one of the main characters in the teenage drama of the NBC channel "Malibu Coast" (1996).

Breakfast with Mrs. Tingle

In 1999, Barry Watson played the role of student Luke Churner in the comedy thriller Kevin Williamson's “Kill Mrs. Tingle,” which focuses on an intractable teacher and three students who want to correct their grades in any way. He later played Jack Baret, a bleeding tramp who claimed to be pursued by killers, in Scott Reynolds' thriller Breakfast on the Sidelines (2001). And as one of the main characters starred in the comedy Wallace Volodarski "Boys from the dormitory" (2002).

In 2005, the actor appeared in the role of Tim Jensen, a guy who sincerely believes in the existence of the evil monster who abducted his father in the horror film Stephen T. Kay “Boogeyman”.

For 10 years (1996 - 2006) starred in Brenda Hampton’s dramatic project "The Seventh Heaven", where he played the role of Matt - the firstborn of the Cadman family, around which the events of the series revolve. And from 2006 to 2007 he played Brian Davis - the central character of the comedy drama Dana Stevens "What about Brian."

Kiss of the devil

Todd Dipler, Samantha's ex-boyfriend who still lives in her apartment, Barry Watson starred in the ABC sitcom “Who Is Samantha?” (2007 - 2009). He played the role of Pax, a time traveler, in Michael Lange’s fantasy melodrama My Future Boyfriend (2011). And in the guise of a businessman, Luke Garvey appeared in Michael Scott’s television melodrama “Kiss by the Lake”, telling the story of two school friends who, after many years, again had the chance to confess their feelings to each other.

The actor Nicholas Boyd played the actor in Michael Scott's drama “Far From Home” (2014). The role of Michael Young, who saw the resurrection of the deceased son, played in the horror film Peter Sullivan's “Sons of the Devil” (2015). And in the image of a single father, Ricky Cooper appeared in the comedy series Date My Dad.

As for the new films with Barry Watson, the release of comedy melodrama by Colin Theis A Very Nutty Christmas is planned for 2018, in which he will play the main role. A year later, he will play a minor character in Charles Martin Smith's drama A Dog's Way Home.