How Old Is Barry Newman? Barry Newman Birthday
Barry Newman was born on November 7, 1938 and is 87 years old now.
Birthday: November 7, 1938
How Old - Age: 87
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Barry Newman - Biography
Barry Foster Newman (born November 7, 1938) is an American film, television and stage actor, known for his portrayal of Kowalski in the movie Vanishing Point, and for his title role in the 1970s television series Petrocelli. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe and Emmy awards.
Newman went on to star in the New York production of the longest running play on the British stage, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap. After numerous parts on Broadway, in the musical What makes Sammy Run, Sidney Kingsley's Night Live, America Hurrah, to name a few, Newman went on to do TV and movies. While working at nights on Broadway in What Makes Sammy Run, Newman starred as attorney John Barnes in the daytime drama, The Edge of Night for two years. Earlier, Newman also co-starred in his first film, the gangster potboiler, Pretty Boy Floyd (1960) but he made his breakthrough with his first starring role in The Lawyer (1970), directed by Sidney Furie, for which Newman received critical acclaim. Newman then went on to star in the 1971 cult movie Vanishing Point, as Kowalski, followed by starring roles in 20th Century Fox's Salzburg Connection, and Paramount's Fear Is The Key. In 1974 he starred in the hit NBC TV Series Petrocelli.
Director Richard C. Sarafian's original choice for the role of Kowalski was Gene Hackman but the studio, 20th Century Fox, insisted on using Newman. The film was not initially a success in the United States when it first opened in 1971 but received critical acclaim and was a commercial success in Europe.
Newman's success with the two hour TV film Night Games, based on the 1970 movie The Lawyer, led to the NBC TV series, Petrocelli, starring Newman as a compassionate big-city lawyer, living and working in the fictional town of San Remo, Arizona (filmed in Tucson, Arizona). He was nominated for an Emmy in 1975 for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series and, in 1976, for a Golden Globe.
