Barry Bostwick

Known for: Acting

Born: 1945-02-24 (age 81)

From: San Mateo, California, USA

Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing Brad Majors in the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, replacing Peter Scolari as Mr. Tyler in the sitcom What I Like About You, and playing Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City. He has also had considerable fame in musical theater.

Filmography (189)

MOVIE★ 10.0
Making Megaforce
2026
as Self
MOVIE
Sane Inside Insanity
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.3
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Daruma
2024
as Horace
MOVIE
Love, Danielle
2024
as Bryce
MOVIE★ 4.0
Isla Monstro
2024
as Potus (voice)
TV★ 1.0
The Potwins
2024
as Grandpa Davis
MOVIE★ 5.4
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
as Tom Sheally
MOVIE★ 6.4
Single All the Way
2021
as Harold
TV★ 7.8
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
2021
as Will
MOVIE
Love by Drowning
2020
as Val Martin Sr.
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream
2020
as Brad Majors
MOVIE★ 9.8
Molly Robber
2020
as Ron "Dad"
MOVIE★ 6.1
American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
2020
as Peepaw
TV★ 10.0
Viral Vignettes
2020
as Jack
MOVIE★ 6.8
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Christmas in Louisiana
2019
as Timothy
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Christmas Miracle
2019
as Santa Dean
MOVIE★ 4.3
Undercover Brother 2
2019
as The Man
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Field
2019
as George
MOVIE★ 5.8
3 from Hell
2019
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.7
Santa Girl
2019
as Santa Claus
MOVIE★ 5.8
Grand-Daddy Day Care
2019
as Dynamite Dan North
MOVIE★ 4.2
Slay Belles
2018
as Santa
MOVIE★ 7.2
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
2018
as Bill
MOVIE★ 7.5
Incredibles 2
2018
as Mayor (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Christmas in Mississippi
2017
as Mr. Kriss
TV★ 7.5
Will & Grace
2017
as Jerry Wise
MOVIE★ 6.6
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
2017
as Bill Haywith
MOVIE★ 5.4
A Mermaid's Tale
2017
as Art
MOVIE★ 5.3
Bigger Fatter Liar
2017
as Alan Wolf
MOVIE★ 3.8
Three Days in August
2016
as John
TV★ 5.7
The Great Indoors
2016
as Mather
MOVIE★ 6.7
Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse
2016
as The Senator
TV★ 7.7
American Housewife
2016
as Thomas
TV★ 7.4
Milo Murphy's Law
2016
as Clyde (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
2016
as The Watchword
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave
2016
as Grandpa (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Tales of Halloween
2015
as Mr. Abbadon
MOVIE★ 5.1
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015
as Jonathan
TV★ 4.3
Gigi Does It
2015
MOVIE★ 6.5
Love Under the Stars
2015
as Walt Godfrey
MOVIE★ 5.6
November Rule
2015
as Lance
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015
as Sorrell Reskov
MOVIE★ 6.8
Dragula
2014
as Dragula
TV★ 6.3
Enlisted
2014
as Russell
TV★ 7.1
Masters of Sex
2013
as Morris
TV★ 7.4
The Goldbergs
2013
as Professor Majors
MOVIE★ 6.9
Teen Beach Movie
2013
as Big Poppa
MOVIE★ 3.4
Blast Vegas
2013
as Sal Rowinski
MOVIE★ 5.8
Finding Joy
2013
as Alan
MOVIE★ 5.1
FDR: American Badass!
2012
as FDR
TV★ 6.0
The New Normal
2012
as Marty
MOVIE★ 8.9
Home Run Showdown
2012
as Big Al
TV★ 7.2
Scandal
2012
as Jerry Grant
TV★ 7.4
New Girl
2011
as Robert
TV★ 7.3
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Jacob 'Falcon' Riley
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Selling
2011
as Father Jimmy
MOVIE★ 6.1
Some Guy Who Kills People
2011
as Sheriff Walt Fuller
MOVIE★ 3.0
2010: Moby Dick
2010
as Captain Ahab
TV★ 5.7
Glory Daze
2010
as Mr. Wilson
MOVIE
An-tici-pation: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast Part II
2010
as Himself
TV★ 7.2
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Hugh
MOVIE★ 5.2
Miss Nobody
2010
as Father Grisham
MOVIE★ 4.9
Secrets of the Mountain
2010
as Henry Beecham
MOVIE★ 3.3
Bedrooms
2010
as Roger
TV★ 7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
TV★ 6.5
Cougar Town
2009
as Roger Frank
TV★ 6.1
The Forgotten
2009
as Bill Ramey
MOVIE
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Glee
2009
as Tim Stanwick
MOVIE★ 6.6
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
as Mr. Bradley
MOVIE★ 5.6
Holiday Baggage
2008
as Pete Murphy
TV★ 6.9
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Grandpa Richie
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Depth Charge
2008
TV★ 7.9
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Grandpa (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Nancy Drew
2007
as Dashiel Biedermeyer
MOVIE★ 5.8
Evening
2007
as Mr. Wittenborn
MOVIE★ 5.3
Love Is a Four Letter Word
2007
as Martin Harper
TV★ 6.4
Ugly Betty
2006
as Roger Adams
TV★ 6.5
'Til Death
2006
as George Von Stuessen
TV★ 7.9
Psych
2006
as Roland Armitage
MOVIE★ 6.2
Spymate
2006
as The President
TV★ 8.1
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Don Sullivan
TV★ 7.4
Out of Practice
2005
TV★ 8.3
Supernatural
2005
as Jay
TV★ 7.0
American Dad!
2005
as VanDouzen (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Chestnut: Hero of Central Park
2004
as Thomas Trundle
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Skulls III
2004
as Nathan Lloyd
MOVIE★ 9.0
Swing
2003
as Freddie
TV★ 7.8
Cold Case
2003
as Roy Brigham Anthony (2005)
TV★ 7.0
Las Vegas
2003
as Martin
TV★ 7.2
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Roger Payne
MOVIE★ 6.0
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
as Thunderbolt (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Less than Perfect
2002
as Max Damarius
TV★ 6.4
What I Like About You
2002
as Jack Tyler
TV★ 7.5
She Spies
2002
as Gary McNamara
TV★ 10.0
Baby Bob
2002
as Jack Collins
TV★ 8.1
Scrubs
2001
as Mr. Randolph
MOVIE
Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special
2001
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Collin Winthrop
MOVIE★ 10.0
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1999
as Self
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Oliver Gates
TV★ 7.5
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
TV★ 7.6
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
MOVIE★ 3.8
Men in White
1998
as President Smith
MOVIE★ 4.3
One Hot Summer Night
1998
as Art Brooks
TV★ 8.0
The New Batman Adventures
1997
as Irv Kleinman / Bernie Benson (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Lexx
1997
as Thodin
MOVIE★ 7.5
I Worship His Shadow
1996
as Thodin
MOVIE★ 4.9
A Different Kind of Christmas
1996
as Frank Mallory
TV★ 7.0
Spin City
1996
as Randall Winston
TV★ 8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Secret Agent Club
1996
as Vincent Scarletti
MOVIE★ 5.4
Spy Hard
1996
as Norman Coleman
TV★ 8.0
High Society
1995
as Mark Finnegan
MOVIE★ 9.7
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Secretary
1995
as Eric Bradford
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995
as Matt Sherry
MOVIE★ 4.4
Project: Metalbeast
1995
as Miller
MOVIE★ 4.5
919 Fifth Avenue
1995
as Lawrence Van Degen
MOVIE★ 7.0
Men, Movies & Carol
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Once in a Lifetime
1994
as Dr. Matthew Dane
MOVIE★ 4.6
In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful
1994
as Phillip
MOVIE★ 5.6
Praying Mantis
1993
as Don McAndrews
MOVIE★ 4.4
Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon
1993
as Garral
MOVIE★ 5.1
Weekend at Bernie's II
1993
as Arthur Hummel
MOVIE★ 4.6
Between Love and Hate
1993
as Justin Conrad
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Last U-Boat
1993
as Captain Hawkins
TV★ 6.4
The Golden Palace
1992
as Nick DeCarlo
MOVIE★ 5.5
Russian Holiday
1992
as Grant Ames
MOVIE★ 6.0
Captive
1991
as Paul Plunk
TV★ 9.0
The Great Air Race
1991
as Roscoe Turner
MOVIE★ 4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Challenger
1990
as Commander Francis R. Scobee
MOVIE★ 5.9
Aladdin
1990
as Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring
MOVIE★ 5.6
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
1989
as Jeffrey Wyatt
TV★ 7.0
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
MOVIE★ 5.9
Parent Trap III
1989
as Jeffrey Wyatt
TV★ 7.9
War and Remembrance
1988
MOVIE★ 8.0
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Addicted to His Love
1988
as Larry Hogan
MOVIE★ 7.0
Body of Evidence
1988
as Alex Dwyer
TV★ 6.2
I'll Take Manhattan
1987
as Zachary Amberville
TV★ 7.5
Dads
1986
MOVIE
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986
as George Washington
TV★ 6.8
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986
as George Washington
MOVIE★ 6.0
Pleasures
1986
as Ben Scott
MOVIE★ 6.3
Betrayed by Innocence
1986
as Nick DeLeon
MOVIE★ 6.7
Deceptions
1985
as Grant Roberts
TV★ 6.0
Deceptions
1985
as Grant Roberts
TV★ 7.6
A Woman of Substance
1985
as Major Paul McGill
TV★ 7.7
George Washington
1984
as Gen. George Washington
MOVIE★ 3.3
An Uncommon Love
1983
as Kinser
TV★ 6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Tony Lynch
MOVIE★ 6.3
Summer Girl
1983
as Gavin Shelburne
MOVIE★ 4.1
MegaForce
1982
as Ace Hunter
MOVIE★ 4.8
Working
1982
as Steelworker
MOVIE★ 5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Steelworker
MOVIE★ 5.3
Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
1981
as Maj. Jay Rivers
TV★ 5.0
Foul Play
1981
as Detective Tucker Pendleton
TV
A Capitol Fourth
1980
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Silent Lovers
1980
as John Gilbert
TV★ 4.9
Scruples
1980
as Spider Elliott
MOVIE★ 9.0
Once Upon a Family
1980
as Henry Demerjian
MOVIE
Young Guy Christian
1979
as Guy Christian
MOVIE★ 7.0
You Can't Take it With You
1979
as Anthony Kirby, Jr.
MOVIE★ 6.9
Murder by Natural Causes
1979
as Gil Weston
MOVIE★ 6.0
Movie Movie
1978
as Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Quinns
1977
as Bill Quinn
TV★ 6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Ted Machlin
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
as Brad Majors
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Chadwick Family
1974
as Duffy McTaggert
MOVIE★ 10.0
Slither
1974
as Dick Kanipsia
MOVIE★ 5.7
Road Movie
1974
as Hank
MOVIE★ 3.6
Jennifer on My Mind
1971
as Minstrel #1
TV★ 6.1
Great Performances
1971
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Lucas Sandover
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Roommates
—
as Henry
MOVIE
Aaah! Roach!
—
as The Exterminator