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- Bear
- Height1.83 m
- Barry Ratcliffe is an award winning actor best known as "Hollywood's Auctioneer", most recently on NBC's "Night Court", "Outer Banks" on Netflix, and Marvel's "Hawkeye". His notable characters include CEO Don Foushee on the hit TV series "Outsiders", Lenox Bidlow on M. Night Shyamalan's "Servant", city councilman Jason Tyler on the Lifetime drama "Army Wives", as well as recreating the cowardly lion for the feature film "Dorothy and the Witches of Oz" and the Starz miniseries "The Witches of Oz".
His wide range spans from comedy to drama on such shows as "Hollywood" on Netflix, "Bluff City Law" with Jimmie Smits, "Fresh off the Boat" with Constance Wu, "General Hospital", "The Inspectors", "Manhunt: Deadly Games", "P-Valley", "Enemy Within", "Nashville", "Person of Interest", "House of Cards", Tyler Perry's "The Haves and The Have Nots", "White Collar", "Brothers and Sisters", and many more. His film resume is equally extensive from his latest "Elvis from Outer Space", the Nicholas Sparks film "The Longest Ride", "Juanita" with Alfre Woodard, "Masterminds" with Zach Galifianakis and Owen Wilson, Seth MacFarlane's "Ted 2" with Liam Neeson and Mark Wahlberg, to an assorted collection of wide ranging memorable characters.
Born and raised on a farm in the mountains of Virginia, Barry Ratcliffe is the youngest of 7 among 5 boys and 2 girls. In high school, Barry was active in sports, politics, and performance arts. Upon graduating, he completed a course at Carolina School of Broadcasting, a 2 year degree in engineering from Virginia Western, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from prestigious Radford University in Journalism and Theatre. While attending Radford, he performed in plays, hosted a television show, was President of the Student Body for 2 years, Chairman of 4 activity organizations, host for the Miss Radford Pageant for 2 years, active in sports, as well as worked a full time job managing the athletic facilities on campus. After graduating, Barry compiled an extensive resume in corporate America and in the entertainment field. His eclectic experience includes life guarding at the beach, managing a state water park, Manager and National Corporate Trainer for Roger Penske, Manager for Hertz Car Rental at their largest revenue location in the world, 13 state Area Manager for Budget Truck Rental, Sales Manager for 65 million dollars Sun Microsystems National Sales Group, and Business Development Manager for the California Drug free Workplace Programs. He is also a licensed financial advisor helping select individuals and those in the entertainment industry.
His goals are simple. To be the best performer he can be, whether it is as a great character actor in dramatic or comedic roles, or as a stand up, entertaining with his intelligent, and insightful commentary on today's events.- IMDb mini biography by: Wendy Bernhardt
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Has been shot.
- Has been an actual auctioneer, entertainer, and corporate trainer for NASA and the Combined Federal Campaign in CA for the past 5 years.
- Barry is a licensed financial advisor for Edward Jones helping select families, including individuals, and companies in the entertainment business reach their long term financial goals.
- Managed to *actually* break a leg during an audition. While auditioning for the film "Dog Tags" with Director Damion Dietz, his leg snapped in half due to a ruptured ACL. He tried to limp home two blocks away in Beverly Hills, but collapsed before he could make it. The film was delayed for over a year due to other reasons, but when it came time to film, Barry was chosen for the role of Uncle Sam, and the film has since been completed and released.
- Is blind in one eye.
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